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New York Times: Sunday, May 27, 2012
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, May 27, 2012 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Byron Walden
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Entourage, in slang
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Entourage, in slang
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Hide pokers
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Hide pokers
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*Patriot Caesar Rodney on horseback
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*Patriot Caesar Rodney on horseback
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Person running the show
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Person running the show
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"___ Majesty's Secret Service"
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"___ Majesty's Secret Service"
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*The Great Lakes
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*The Great Lakes
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Parallel, e.g.
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Parallel, e.g.
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"It's the Hard-Knock Life" musical
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"It's the Hard-Knock Life" musical
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Some dabblers
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Some dabblers
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Snake predators named for their calls
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Snake predators named for their calls
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*Scissor-tailed flycatcher with wildflowers
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*Scissor-tailed flycatcher with wildflowers
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D-backs, e.g.
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D-backs, e.g.
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P.R. problem
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P.R. problem
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Beach lotion abbr.
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Beach lotion abbr.
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Ones getting away
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Ones getting away
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Battery type
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Battery type
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Zales rival
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Zales rival
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Reduce to a symbol
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Reduce to a symbol
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Hosiery shade
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Hosiery shade
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Irons, in Paris
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Irons, in Paris
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"The Goodbye Kiss" author Massimo
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"The Goodbye Kiss" author Massimo
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Much-quoted line from Edgar in "King Lear"
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Much-quoted line from Edgar in "King Lear"
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Royal title that means "great house"
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Royal title that means "great house"
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Common sweetener
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Common sweetener
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Go by
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Go by
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Lacking rhyme or reason
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Lacking rhyme or reason
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Versatile delivery vehicles
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Versatile delivery vehicles
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Outlets in a chemistry lab
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Outlets in a chemistry lab
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Island province of the Roman Empire
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Island province of the Roman Empire
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Nonauthoritarian
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Nonauthoritarian
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*Covered wagon next to Chimney Rock
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*Covered wagon next to Chimney Rock
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Concerning
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Concerning
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United in purpose
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United in purpose
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*Rice stalks, a diamond and a mallard
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*Rice stalks, a diamond and a mallard
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Old comic book cowboy
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Old comic book cowboy
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Eager reporter
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Eager reporter
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Venture to postulate
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Venture to postulate
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Nassau residents
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Nassau residents
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"Lose Yourself" rapper
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"Lose Yourself" rapper
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The Perfesser's nephew in the comic strip "Shoe"
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The Perfesser's nephew in the comic strip "Shoe"
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Party hat?
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Party hat?
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Beauty contest since 1952
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Beauty contest since 1952
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Civil defense devices
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Civil defense devices
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Help in a bind
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Help in a bind
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Simpson girl
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Simpson girl
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Author Jorge
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Author Jorge
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Sui ___
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Sui ___
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With 95-Down, "The Royal Family of Broadway" star, 1930
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With 95-Down, "The Royal Family of Broadway" star, 1930
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Postcard in a barrel, perhaps
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Postcard in a barrel, perhaps
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Expose
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Expose
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Old French coin
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Old French coin
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Tennis's Stefan
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Tennis's Stefan
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Result of failing banks?
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Result of failing banks?
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*Statehouse dome
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*Statehouse dome
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French Baroque artist who painted "The Fortune Teller"
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French Baroque artist who painted "The Fortune Teller"
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"Get Smart" robot
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"Get Smart" robot
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Film composer Morricone
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Film composer Morricone
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110-Across set in Egypt
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110-Across set in Egypt
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*Abraham Lincoln
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*Abraham Lincoln
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See 108-Across
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See 108-Across
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Fair sight
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Fair sight
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*Racehorse in front of the Federal Hill mansion
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*Racehorse in front of the Federal Hill mansion
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"A madness most discreet," per Romeo
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"A madness most discreet," per Romeo
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Not flabby
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"Wanderings: Chaim ___ Story of the Jews"
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"Wanderings: Chaim ___ Story of the Jews"
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Quarter-mile, for many tracks
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Noted exile of 1979
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Noted exile of 1979
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Home to the National Voting Rights Museum
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Home to the National Voting Rights Museum
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Hosp. zones
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Hosp. zones
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"Thanks ___!"
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"Thanks ___!"
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Father of the Blues
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Father of the Blues
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Outgrowth from the base of a grass blade
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Outgrowth from the base of a grass blade
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Birth control pioneer Margaret
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Birth control pioneer Margaret
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Handlers of brats
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Handlers of brats
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Stretched out
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Stretched out
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Designer Vera
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Designer Vera
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Island protector
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Island protector
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Islamic analogue of kosher
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Islamic analogue of kosher
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Like many music reissues
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Like many music reissues
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Military jacket with a furry hood
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Military jacket with a furry hood
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What a poor listener may have
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What a poor listener may have
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Athletic awards since 1993
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Athletic awards since 1993
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Some baseball scores: Abbr.
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Some baseball scores: Abbr.
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Salts
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Salts
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Inter
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Inter
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Neighbor of Poland: Abbr.
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ET carrier
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ET carrier
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___ belli (war-provoking act)
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___ belli (war-provoking act)
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Transition point
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Transition point
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Prefix with center
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Prefix with center
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*Rocky Mountains
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*Rocky Mountains
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Arctic ___ (pole-to-pole migrator)
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Arctic ___ (pole-to-pole migrator)
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Part of many a freight train
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Part of many a freight train
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E.M.T. application
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E.M.T. application
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Bingo alternative?
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Bingo alternative?
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Saint in a Sir Walter Scott title
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Saint in a Sir Walter Scott title
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"___ my garment and my mantle": Ezra 9:3
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"___ my garment and my mantle": Ezra 9:3
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*"Commonwealth" statue and a keystone
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*"Commonwealth" statue and a keystone
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Too
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Too
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Do dos, say
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Do dos, say
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Goes across
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Goes across
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"Cómo ___?"
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"Cómo ___?"
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Like the scent of many cleaners
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Like the scent of many cleaners
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Homo, for one
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Homo, for one
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Area that's frequently swept?
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Area that's frequently swept?
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"Lorna ___"
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"Lorna ___"
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Uncool types
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Uncool types
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Spring ___
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Spring ___
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Severely parched
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Severely parched
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Part of Russia next to Finland
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Part of Russia next to Finland
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Like the eastern part of Russia
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Like the eastern part of Russia
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Herring varieties
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Herring varieties
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Belgian river
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Belgian river
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*Old Man of the Mountain rock formation
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*Old Man of the Mountain rock formation
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Winter solvent
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Winter solvent
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Villain
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Villain
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"I ___ bored!"
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"I ___ bored!"
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*Lewis and Clark and the Gateway Arch
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*Lewis and Clark and the Gateway Arch
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Greenhouse workers
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Greenhouse workers
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Sinuous character
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Sinuous character
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___ West
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___ West
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Fabulist
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Fabulist
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Word repeated before "tekel" in biblical writing on the wall
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Word repeated before "tekel" in biblical writing on the wall
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Billing fig.
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Billing fig.
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Race, as an engine
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Lord or vassal
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Lord or vassal
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Move toward the middle
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Move toward the middle
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"Boris ___"
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"Boris ___"
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Cereal killer?
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Cereal killer?
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Suffix with form
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Kind of farming that doesn't disturb the soil
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Kind of farming that doesn't disturb the soil
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"Gangsta's Paradise" rapper
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"Gangsta's Paradise" rapper
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See 89-Across
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See 89-Across
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Like zombies
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Like zombies
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Ireland
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Ireland
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Unreliable
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Unreliable
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"I want my ___!" (old advertising catchphrase)
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"I want my ___!" (old advertising catchphrase)
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Benefit
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Benefit
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Force
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Force
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Cabinet dept. since 1979
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Cabinet dept. since 1979
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Go up
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Go up
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Scorching
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Scorching
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