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New York Times: Sunday, May 20, 2012
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, May 20, 2012 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Alan Arbesfeld
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Course preparer
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Course preparer
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Close shave
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Close shave
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John Lennon song that ends "I love you, yeah, yeah, now and forever"
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John Lennon song that ends "I love you, yeah, yeah, now and forever"
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Deck (out)
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Deck (out)
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Tops
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Tops
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Like some church matters
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Like some church matters
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Monster slain by Hercules
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Monster slain by Hercules
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Lead-in to meter
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Lead-in to meter
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Chocolat, say?
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Chocolat, say?
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Shorten, with "off"
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Shorten, with "off"
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In the limelight
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In the limelight
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HBO competitor
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HBO competitor
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Emphatic denial
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Emphatic denial
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Home to the Minutemen, informally
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Home to the Minutemen, informally
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When repeated, an old New Orleans tune
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When repeated, an old New Orleans tune
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Word repeated four times in the last line of Shakespeare's "All the world's a stage" speech
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Word repeated four times in the last line of Shakespeare's "All the world's a stage" speech
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Polyester fabric
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Polyester fabric
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Macho drag queen?
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Macho drag queen?
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Shield border
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Shield border
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Make, as a copy of a CD
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Make, as a copy of a CD
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Stop on a line
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Stop on a line
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Dockworkers' org.
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Dockworkers' org.
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Like literary classics?
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Like literary classics?
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Call to the bar?
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Call to the bar?
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Weirdo
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Weirdo
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Earth goddess
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Earth goddess
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Bobby who sang "Take Good Care of My Baby"
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Bobby who sang "Take Good Care of My Baby"
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Hall-of-Fame pitcher Joss
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Hall-of-Fame pitcher Joss
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Unsurprisingly
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Unsurprisingly
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Skinny?
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Skinny?
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Discreet signal
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Discreet signal
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Like a centaur?
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Like a centaur?
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"Don't let that youngster get off without paying!"?
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"Don't let that youngster get off without paying!"?
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Rural setting
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Rural setting
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Had way too much of
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Had way too much of
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Words from a con man
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Words from a con man
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Given a number, maybe
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Given a number, maybe
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Flushed
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Flushed
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Baseball's strikeout king
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Baseball's strikeout king
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Go (for)
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Go (for)
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Unbiased account?
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Unbiased account?
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Announcement made by a transplant surgeon, perhaps?
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Announcement made by a transplant surgeon, perhaps?
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British isle
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British isle
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Allan-___ (figure in the Robin Hood legend)
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Allan-___ (figure in the Robin Hood legend)
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Omelette ingredient
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Omelette ingredient
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Middling grades
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Middling grades
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Stigmatize a "great" king?
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Stigmatize a "great" king?
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Hankering
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Hankering
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Salon selection
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Salon selection
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Twin killings, on a diamond: Abbr.
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Twin killings, on a diamond: Abbr.
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Went off course
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Went off course
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Part of the inn crowd?
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Part of the inn crowd?
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Access requirement, maybe
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Access requirement, maybe
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Old-fashioned ingredient
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Old-fashioned ingredient
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Big collection agcy.
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Big collection agcy.
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Two reasons to avoid a dog kennel?
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Two reasons to avoid a dog kennel?
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Apt name for a 1-Across?
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Apt name for a 1-Across?
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Unenthusiastic
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Unenthusiastic
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Maximum
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Maximum
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Bar mixer
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Bar mixer
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Rx amt.
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Rx amt.
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Wonderland message
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Wonderland message
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"Are you kidding me?"
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"Are you kidding me?"
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Ocho minus cinco
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Ocho minus cinco
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Roman censor
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Roman censor
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Game ender, at times
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Game ender, at times
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Chemical endings
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Chemical endings
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Given prominence
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Given prominence
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"A diamond is forever," e.g.
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"A diamond is forever," e.g.
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Saint-Germain-des-Prés sights
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Saint-Germain-des-Prés sights
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Ohio or Colorado: Abbr.
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Ohio or Colorado: Abbr.
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Some tennis winners
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Some tennis winners
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Head line?
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Head line?
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Lanchester on the screen
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Lanchester on the screen
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Little genius
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Little genius
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Olive ___
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Olive ___
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Mid 16th-century year
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Mid 16th-century year
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God with a shield
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God with a shield
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Launch party?
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Launch party?
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Was duplicitous
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Was duplicitous
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Former co-host of "The View"
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Former co-host of "The View"
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Lose it
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Lose it
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___-shanter
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___-shanter
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Of no interest
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Of no interest
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See 32-Down: Abbr.
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See 32-Down: Abbr.
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Native of 30-Down
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Native of 30-Down
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It's solid yellow
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It's solid yellow
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Take a peke?
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Take a peke?
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Excitement
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Excitement
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Debate ender
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Debate ender
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Do more than threaten, say
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Do more than threaten, say
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Pilgrim
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Pilgrim
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Anesthetized
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Anesthetized
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Tore
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Tore
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Like some dorms
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Like some dorms
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Title town of a Longfellow poem
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Title town of a Longfellow poem
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Chihuahua drink
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Chihuahua drink
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Tandoor-baked bread
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Tandoor-baked bread
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Where heroes are made
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Where heroes are made
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Elaine of "Seinfeld"
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Elaine of "Seinfeld"
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Represented
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Represented
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Outlaw Belle who is said to have harbored Jesse James
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Outlaw Belle who is said to have harbored Jesse James
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Many a Little League coach
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Many a Little League coach
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River to the Rhône
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River to the Rhône
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When many German steins are lifted
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When many German steins are lifted
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They get bigger when you smile
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They get bigger when you smile
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Hit the runway
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Hit the runway
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Astronomical distance: Abbr.
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Astronomical distance: Abbr.
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Refrain syllables
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Refrain syllables
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Easter activity
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Easter activity
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Abhor
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Abhor
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Actor Alain
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Actor Alain
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Barely
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Barely
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"I did it!"
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"I did it!"
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It's grounded every Saturday
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It's grounded every Saturday
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Prepare, as some Mexican-style beans
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Prepare, as some Mexican-style beans
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Aesop, notably
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Aesop, notably
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Places for gates
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Places for gates
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"That makes sense"
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"That makes sense"
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Saturn S.U.V.
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Saturn S.U.V.
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Conclusive trial
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Conclusive trial
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Lose it
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Lose it
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Holiday quaff
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Holiday quaff
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Not worth ___
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Not worth ___
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Singer of the 1958 #1 hit "It's Only Make Believe"
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Singer of the 1958 #1 hit "It's Only Make Believe"
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The first "H" in Hanukkah
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The first "H" in Hanukkah
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Former TV judge
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Former TV judge
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Suffix with cigar
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Suffix with cigar
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Cousin of an ostrich
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Cousin of an ostrich
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Back-to-sch. time
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Back-to-sch. time
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Growl
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Growl
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Sitting on one's hands
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Sitting on one's hands
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Simba's mate
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Simba's mate
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___ effort
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___ effort
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Tactless
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Tactless
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Mmes., over the border
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Mmes., over the border
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Actor Alastair
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Actor Alastair
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Cambodia's Lon ___
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