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New York Times: Sunday, June 10, 2012
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, June 10, 2012 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Xan Vongsathorn
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Benedictine monk who founded Scholasticism
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Fire
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Fire
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Initial request?
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Initial request?
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One of three in Toyota's logo
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One of three in Toyota's logo
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Lunchtime errand
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Lunchtime errand
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Have an ___ grind
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Have an ___ grind
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What a koala really isn't
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What a koala really isn't
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Horseplay?
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Horseplay?
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*Ready for the present?
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*Ready for the present?
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*Makeshift swing
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*Makeshift swing
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Pennsylvania city or county
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Pennsylvania city or county
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Blocks
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Blocks
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Hockey feint
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Hockey feint
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Call from a crow's nest
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Call from a crow's nest
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Sit on it
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Sit on it
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Chimera, e.g.
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Chimera, e.g.
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They're seen but not recognized
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They're seen but not recognized
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Bit of fallout
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Bit of fallout
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___ populi
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___ populi
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Grievances
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Grievances
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Ring around the collar?
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Ring around the collar?
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Vessel commanded by J.F.K.
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Vessel commanded by J.F.K.
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*Brushback pitch
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*Brushback pitch
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*All-in-one
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*All-in-one
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Lot to take in
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Lot to take in
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Soulful Baker
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Soulful Baker
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"Yeah, right"
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"Yeah, right"
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Bub
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Bub
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___ Martin Cognac
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___ Martin Cognac
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Pickup capacity, maybe
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Pickup capacity, maybe
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Bit to split
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Bit to split
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Wife of Uranus
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Wife of Uranus
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*Animal that gives birth to identical quadruplets
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*Animal that gives birth to identical quadruplets
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Don't fess up to
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Don't fess up to
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Kind of counter
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Kind of counter
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"Excalibur" role
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"Excalibur" role
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Protest singer Phil
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Protest singer Phil
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Comical Charlotte
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Comical Charlotte
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South Pacific capital
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South Pacific capital
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Silent goodbyes
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Silent goodbyes
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Cry of delight popularized by Homer Simpson
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Cry of delight popularized by Homer Simpson
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*Saturn and others
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*Saturn and others
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*Contents of a chest?
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*Contents of a chest?
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Heated patch
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Heated patch
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Broken off
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Broken off
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Maker of watches and calculators
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Maker of watches and calculators
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Signs off on
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Signs off on
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Unlock, poetically
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Unlock, poetically
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"Jabberwocky" starter
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"Jabberwocky" starter
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Slack-jawed
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Slack-jawed
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Title acquired the moment someone is born?
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Title acquired the moment someone is born?
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7x - 6 = 2x2 subj.
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7x - 6 = 2x2 subj.
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Five-spots
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Five-spots
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Salon supply
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Salon supply
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Curbside buys
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Curbside buys
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*Surfaced, in a way
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*Surfaced, in a way
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*Be repetitive ... or what parts of the answers to the starred clues do?
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*Be repetitive ... or what parts of the answers to the starred clues do?
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Lipstick print, maybe
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Lipstick print, maybe
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Co-worker of Clark
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Co-worker of Clark
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Alternatively
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Alternatively
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It's got chops
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It's got chops
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Like some praises
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Like some praises
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Start to matter?
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Start to matter?
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Keeps the nest warm
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Keeps the nest warm
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Narcissus, e.g.
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Narcissus, e.g.
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Get riled up
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Get riled up
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Afrique ___
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Afrique ___
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World capital that's also a girl's name
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World capital that's also a girl's name
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Embark (on)
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Embark (on)
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"Ben-Hur" novelist Wallace
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"Ben-Hur" novelist Wallace
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Styx song with some Japanese lyrics
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Styx song with some Japanese lyrics
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Frank with the album "Sheik Yerbouti"
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Frank with the album "Sheik Yerbouti"
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Nationals, before they were Nationals
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Nationals, before they were Nationals
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Big blast, informally
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Big blast, informally
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Rock band composition?
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Rock band composition?
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Diamond stat
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Diamond stat
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Party for departing parties
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Party for departing parties
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Redgrave of "Atonement"
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Redgrave of "Atonement"
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Nursery school, briefly
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Nursery school, briefly
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Decide (to)
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Decide (to)
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Deign
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Deign
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Duke of ___ (noble Spanish title since 1472)
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Duke of ___ (noble Spanish title since 1472)
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Big name in cinemas
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Big name in cinemas
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Tiptop
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Tiptop
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Lots and plots
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Lots and plots
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Hush Puppies material
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Hush Puppies material
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Oats, e.g.
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Oats, e.g.
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___-toothed
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___-toothed
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Cleared out
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Cleared out
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Recycling holder
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Recycling holder
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Gentrification target, maybe
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Gentrification target, maybe
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Nonsense word repeated before "oxen free"
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Nonsense word repeated before "oxen free"
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Antidrug ad, e.g., briefly
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Antidrug ad, e.g., briefly
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Half a dovetail joint
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Half a dovetail joint
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Shrovetide pancakes
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Shrovetide pancakes
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Repeatedly
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Repeatedly
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"___ open!"
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"___ open!"
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Greek water nymph
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Greek water nymph
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Searched (through)
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Searched (through)
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Be a union buster?
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Be a union buster?
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Repeating part of "Hey Jude"
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Repeating part of "Hey Jude"
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___ Grand
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___ Grand
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TripTik, e.g.
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TripTik, e.g.
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"A Midsummer Night's Dream" fairy king
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"A Midsummer Night's Dream" fairy king
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Uplifting piece
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Uplifting piece
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Spanish wine
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Spanish wine
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High conflicts
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High conflicts
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TV scientist Bill
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TV scientist Bill
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Gain maturity
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Gain maturity
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Grassy plain
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Grassy plain
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Add spring to, with "up"
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Add spring to, with "up"
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"You're ___ talk!"
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"You're ___ talk!"
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Boo-boo
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Boo-boo
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Mass. neighbor
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Mass. neighbor
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Cookout item
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Cookout item
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Ones you can count on?
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Ones you can count on?
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Fingers
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Fingers
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Job application fig.
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Job application fig.
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No walk in the park
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No walk in the park
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Parks with no intention of moving
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Parks with no intention of moving
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Dander
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Dander
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South Vietnam's first president ___ Dinh Diem
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South Vietnam's first president ___ Dinh Diem
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Have a crush on, in middle school lingo
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Have a crush on, in middle school lingo
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Responded to, as a tip
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Responded to, as a tip
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Something to try
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Something to try
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Grp. that includes Ecuador and Venezuela
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Grp. that includes Ecuador and Venezuela
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Garlicky sauce
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Garlicky sauce
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Meal
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Meal
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"___ of God" (1985 drama)
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"___ of God" (1985 drama)
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Certain lens
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Certain lens
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First name in 1960s diplomacy
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First name in 1960s diplomacy
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Shakes hands with, maybe
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Shakes hands with, maybe
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Plus
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Plus
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Kindergarten stuff
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Kindergarten stuff
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Wower
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Wower
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Banjo master Fleck
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Banjo master Fleck
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Gains maturity
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Gains maturity
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Command to a dog
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Command to a dog
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23rd in a series
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23rd in a series
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Sponge alternative
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