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New York Times: Sunday, July 29, 2012
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, July 29, 2012 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Kevin G. Der
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One of six World Cup qualifying zones
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One of six World Cup qualifying zones
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Tickles
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Tickles
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Visit
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Visit
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Summer getaway
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Summer getaway
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Pedigree alternative
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Pedigree alternative
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Relative of a crow
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Relative of a crow
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Shade darker than azure
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Shade darker than azure
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Gelatin substitute
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Gelatin substitute
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"Get an inside look at our booth" (Buffalo, 1901)
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"Get an inside look at our booth" (Buffalo, 1901)
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"Come by and chat at our booth" (Philadelphia, 1876)
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"Come by and chat at our booth" (Philadelphia, 1876)
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White Rabbit's song in "Alice in Wonderland"
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White Rabbit's song in "Alice in Wonderland"
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Do a pit job
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Do a pit job
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Early 20th-century Modernist
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Early 20th-century Modernist
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Whiz
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Whiz
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Two-time world figure skating champ Slutskaya
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Two-time world figure skating champ Slutskaya
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Card
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Card
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Back
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Back
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Thruway warning
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Thruway warning
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Double-check, in a way
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Double-check, in a way
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"You've gotta get your hands on this" (Knoxville, 1982)
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"You've gotta get your hands on this" (Knoxville, 1982)
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"Puts the keys of the future at your fingertips" (Philadelphia, 1876)
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"Puts the keys of the future at your fingertips" (Philadelphia, 1876)
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Inclusive pronoun
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Inclusive pronoun
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Russian city and oblast
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Russian city and oblast
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Thompson of "Family"
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Thompson of "Family"
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Day spa treatment
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Day spa treatment
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Ones with natural curls?
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Ones with natural curls?
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Veteran's award
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Veteran's award
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"Bring your dogs to our booth" (Philadelphia, 1876)
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"Bring your dogs to our booth" (Philadelphia, 1876)
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Queens neighborhood
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Queens neighborhood
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Dove's sign
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Dove's sign
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Grand ___
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Grand ___
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Transcript meas.
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Transcript meas.
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"The fair's toughest man alive" (New York City, 1939)
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"The fair's toughest man alive" (New York City, 1939)
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Run into
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Run into
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Energizes
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Energizes
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Ore. neighbor
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Ore. neighbor
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Just for giggles
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Just for giggles
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"Get the scoop on our new hand-held offering" (St. Louis, 1904)
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"Get the scoop on our new hand-held offering" (St. Louis, 1904)
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Bob Marley tune made popular by Johnny Nash
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Bob Marley tune made popular by Johnny Nash
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"Quo Vadis" role
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"Quo Vadis" role
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Swarm
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Swarm
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Incredulous reply
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Incredulous reply
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It's unavoidable
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It's unavoidable
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Battalions, e.g.
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Battalions, e.g.
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"Fairgoers may be in for a shock" (St. Louis, 1904)
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"Fairgoers may be in for a shock" (St. Louis, 1904)
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"Starting a giant revolution at the fairgrounds" (Chicago, 1893)
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"Starting a giant revolution at the fairgrounds" (Chicago, 1893)
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Winter reading, say
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Winter reading, say
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Pothook shape
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Pothook shape
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Santa ___
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Santa ___
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Muck
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Muck
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Fly without power
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Fly without power
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One that's hard to get ahold of?
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One that's hard to get ahold of?
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It may receive a few pointers
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It may receive a few pointers
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Hullabaloo
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Hullabaloo
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Densest natural element
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Densest natural element
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"Getting fairgoers moving on the right track" (Paris, 1900)
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"Getting fairgoers moving on the right track" (Paris, 1900)
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"Now showing our big vision of the future" (Osaka, 1970)
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"Now showing our big vision of the future" (Osaka, 1970)
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Pop ___
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Pop ___
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Continue after landing
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Continue after landing
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Designer Pucci
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Designer Pucci
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Source of the Hulk's power
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Source of the Hulk's power
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Bull run participant?
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Bull run participant?
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"Shepherd Moons" Grammy winner
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"Shepherd Moons" Grammy winner
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Remove from the stock exchange
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Remove from the stock exchange
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___ Daddy (N.B.A. nickname)
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___ Daddy (N.B.A. nickname)
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City where Cézanne was born
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City where Cézanne was born
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Bengalese wrap
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Bengalese wrap
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Sermon leader
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Sermon leader
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Retreats
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Retreats
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Like hams
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Like hams
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Eggnog ingredient
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Eggnog ingredient
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"Gross!"
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"Gross!"
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Full of life
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Full of life
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Mussorgski's "Bilder ___ Ausstellung"
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Mussorgski's "Bilder ___ Ausstellung"
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Judge to be suitable
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Judge to be suitable
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Bistro dessert
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Bistro dessert
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First-year law student
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First-year law student
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'Fore
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'Fore
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Faulkner's alma mater
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Faulkner's alma mater
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"High Hopes" lyricist Sammy
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"High Hopes" lyricist Sammy
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Greek squares
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Greek squares
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Pull through
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Pull through
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Hunt for food
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Hunt for food
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Colorful parrot
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Colorful parrot
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Small garden
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Small garden
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Game with Wild cards
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Game with Wild cards
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Sea snail
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Sea snail
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Lay away
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Lay away
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Neighbor of Draco and Hercules
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Neighbor of Draco and Hercules
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Met somebody?
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Met somebody?
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Sweet-talk, say
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Sweet-talk, say
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Firenze's place
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Firenze's place
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Part of many a bistro's name
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Part of many a bistro's name
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Tennis player's asset
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Tennis player's asset
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Group in many a park
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Group in many a park
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Small energy boost?
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Small energy boost?
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___ Piper
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___ Piper
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Part of summer in Santiago
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Part of summer in Santiago
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2004 Will Smith animated film
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2004 Will Smith animated film
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Deer hunter
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Deer hunter
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Online deluge
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Online deluge
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Aristotle's "fifth element"
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Aristotle's "fifth element"
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Extinguish
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Extinguish
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Fiji alternative
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Fiji alternative
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Mezzo-soprano in "Don Carlos"
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Mezzo-soprano in "Don Carlos"
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Onetime subject of the Mongols
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Onetime subject of the Mongols
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"Have ___ day"
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"Have ___ day"
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Fightin'
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Fightin'
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Viva ___
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Viva ___
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Lamar of the N.B.A.
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Lamar of the N.B.A.
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Ready to move
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Ready to move
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Fight
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Fight
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Pore over
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Pore over
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Divide
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Divide
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When some lunches end
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When some lunches end
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Go well together
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Go well together
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"Gross!"
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"Gross!"
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See 115-Down
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See 115-Down
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Some allergy sources
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Some allergy sources
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Nastygrams
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Nastygrams
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Actor Bruce
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Actor Bruce
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Sequester
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Sequester
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Single-issue publication
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Single-issue publication
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1972 Bill Withers hit
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1972 Bill Withers hit
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Act like an expert without being one
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Act like an expert without being one
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"Romanian Rhapsodies" composer
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"Romanian Rhapsodies" composer
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Bad blood
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Bad blood
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Female counselor
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Female counselor
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Antiquity, once
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Antiquity, once
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Like some ponds
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Like some ponds
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Van ___ of "Timecop"
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Van ___ of "Timecop"
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Ones with fictional accounts
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"Small" prefix
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"Small" prefix
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Far from aerodynamic
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Far from aerodynamic
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Williams of the Temptations
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Williams of the Temptations
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With 84-Down, a Pac-12 team
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With 84-Down, a Pac-12 team
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"Big" prefix
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"Big" prefix
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Beach souvenir?
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Beach souvenir?
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Year Claudius I became emperor
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Year Claudius I became emperor
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Course list abbr.
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