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New York Times: Sunday, August 26, 2012
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, August 26, 2012 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Amanda Yesnowitz,
Doug Peterson
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Common exclamation after "Well"
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Common exclamation after "Well"
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Some G.I.'s
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Some G.I.'s
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Like the Beatles
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Like the Beatles
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Norah Jones or Cher
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Norah Jones or Cher
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Land in South America
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Land in South America
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Big employer in Moline, Ill.
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Big employer in Moline, Ill.
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Bitterness
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Bitterness
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It's salty
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It's salty
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Storied C.S.A. commander
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Storied C.S.A. commander
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Onetime Ethiopia colonizers
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Onetime Ethiopia colonizers
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Banned book of 1928
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Banned book of 1928
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"___ Baby" (song from "Hair")
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"___ Baby" (song from "Hair")
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Group that's got your no.?
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Group that's got your no.?
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Hawaiian priest
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Hawaiian priest
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Gender abbr.
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Gender abbr.
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Leans
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Leans
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Bad way to run
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Bad way to run
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It's madness
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It's madness
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Put up with
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Put up with
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Mag. wheels
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Mag. wheels
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Source material for Broadway's "Seussical"
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Source material for Broadway's "Seussical"
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"___ dreaming?"
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"___ dreaming?"
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Oscar-winning role for Cotillard
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Oscar-winning role for Cotillard
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"Anne of Green Gables" town
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"Anne of Green Gables" town
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End of the line?
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End of the line?
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Paradoxical one
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Paradoxical one
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Seaman's swig
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Seaman's swig
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Like some communities
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Like some communities
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Time's 1930 Man of the Year
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Time's 1930 Man of the Year
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Slap-happy sort?
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Slap-happy sort?
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Razor handle?
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Razor handle?
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Japanese model
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Japanese model
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Bad service result?
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Bad service result?
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Away's partner
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Away's partner
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Kind of heart valve
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Kind of heart valve
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English author Elinor
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English author Elinor
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Word that keeps the same meaning if you move its first letter to the end
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Word that keeps the same meaning if you move its first letter to the end
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1955 Grant/Kelly thriller
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1955 Grant/Kelly thriller
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References
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References
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Western climax
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Western climax
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Spike
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Spike
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Smokey the Bear spot, e.g., in brief
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Smokey the Bear spot, e.g., in brief
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With repercussions
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With repercussions
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Sorority letters
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Sorority letters
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Like one saying "Who, little old me?"
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Like one saying "Who, little old me?"
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World's first certified gold record, 1942
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World's first certified gold record, 1942
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A couple of
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A couple of
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Adobe shade
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Adobe shade
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Reactor safety org.
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Reactor safety org.
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Judge's issuance
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Judge's issuance
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Bolt from Jamaica
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Bolt from Jamaica
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Kid's repeated rejoinder
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Kid's repeated rejoinder
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Ecologists' study
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Ecologists' study
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Kanga's offspring
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Kanga's offspring
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Fort Sill's home: Abbr.
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Fort Sill's home: Abbr.
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Source of the line "They say miracles are past"
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Source of the line "They say miracles are past"
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"Sing a Song of Watergate" comic
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"Sing a Song of Watergate" comic
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Former General Motors vehicles
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Former General Motors vehicles
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Toddler's wear
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Toddler's wear
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Where to park a parka?
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Where to park a parka?
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Others: Sp.
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Others: Sp.
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No-goodnik
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No-goodnik
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Planted
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Planted
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Announcer Hall
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Announcer Hall
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Former Mercury
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Former Mercury
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Up
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Up
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"I really should be going"
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"I really should be going"
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Lazybones, maybe
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Lazybones, maybe
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Preambles
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Preambles
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Sounded like an ass
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Sounded like an ass
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"South Park" boy
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"South Park" boy
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Look through some blinds, say
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Look through some blinds, say
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Take an ax to
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Take an ax to
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Place to find a crawdad
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Place to find a crawdad
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"Bye"
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"Bye"
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Bomb
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Bomb
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Behave
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Behave
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Shout to a diva
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Shout to a diva
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"The Kite Runner" protagonist
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"The Kite Runner" protagonist
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Mauna ___
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Mauna ___
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Spike, once
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Spike, once
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Verbal groans
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Verbal groans
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Nirvana achievers
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Nirvana achievers
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Cooked (up)
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Cooked (up)
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Any of the French Antilles
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Any of the French Antilles
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Russian royal
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Russian royal
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___ Tzu (dog)
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___ Tzu (dog)
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Class action?
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Class action?
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Nose out
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Nose out
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The "M" of MB
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The "M" of MB
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It may be said with the wave of a hand
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It may be said with the wave of a hand
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Alley ___
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Alley ___
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One of the Canterbury pilgrims
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One of the Canterbury pilgrims
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"Cat on ___ Tin Roof"
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"Cat on ___ Tin Roof"
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Not worthy of
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Not worthy of
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Swiss watch brand
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Swiss watch brand
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1962 John Wayne film
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1962 John Wayne film
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Main $$$ overseer
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Main $$$ overseer
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F.D.R. program
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F.D.R. program
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Some online reading
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Some online reading
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Starbucks size
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Starbucks size
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Talking doll that debuted in 1960
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Talking doll that debuted in 1960
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"___ You" (1955 Platters hit)
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"___ You" (1955 Platters hit)
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Org. for vehicle financing, once
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Org. for vehicle financing, once
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It's relatively easy to find a parking spot for
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It's relatively easy to find a parking spot for
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Title
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Title
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Spoken
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Spoken
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Charlotte and others
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Charlotte and others
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___ Romeo
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___ Romeo
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Leaves
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Leaves
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"Solid Gold" host Marilyn
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"Solid Gold" host Marilyn
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Mock response to a friend who pulls a practical joke
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Mock response to a friend who pulls a practical joke
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Blown away
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Blown away
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Radio host John
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Radio host John
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Speedy subatomic particle
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Speedy subatomic particle
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Voice quality
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Voice quality
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Paul Anka's "___ Beso"
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Paul Anka's "___ Beso"
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Series of bars, for short
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Series of bars, for short
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"Don't have ___, man!"
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"Don't have ___, man!"
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Hut cover
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Hut cover
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Lush
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Lush
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Warned someone off, in a way
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Warned someone off, in a way
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This above all?
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This above all?
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Loving feeling?
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Loving feeling?
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Starts liking
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Starts liking
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Acute uneasiness, with "the"
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Acute uneasiness, with "the"
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Watchful
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Watchful
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Johannesburg area
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Johannesburg area
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Be on high?
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Be on high?
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La estrella mas brillante
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La estrella mas brillante
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Bluish-gray
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Bluish-gray
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What the nose knows
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What the nose knows
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Start of a memo heading
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D-Day transport: Abbr.
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D-Day transport: Abbr.
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Mountain lake
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Mountain lake
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Storage item ... or one of six in this puzzle?
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Storage item ... or one of six in this puzzle?
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Uppity sort
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Uppity sort
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Mike holders
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Mike holders
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Hugs, in a love letter
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Hugs, in a love letter
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Unedited
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