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New York Times: Sunday, September 23, 2012
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, September 23, 2012 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Matt Ginsberg
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Lascivious
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Lascivious
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They have flat tops
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They have flat tops
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Most excellent, in modern slang
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Most excellent, in modern slang
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Set forth
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Set forth
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Kind of wine
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Kind of wine
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Heir, usually
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Heir, usually
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French farewell
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French farewell
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*Male pattern baldness?
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*Male pattern baldness?
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Content of a 2003 decryption
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Content of a 2003 decryption
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With 78-Down, character commemorated in the answers to this puzzle's starred clues
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With 78-Down, character commemorated in the answers to this puzzle's starred clues
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Muddy
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Muddy
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Japanese consent
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Japanese consent
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*Baying?
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*Baying?
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Transfers, as funds
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Transfers, as funds
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Title words before "Easy" for Linda Ronstadt and "Hard" for John Lennon
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Title words before "Easy" for Linda Ronstadt and "Hard" for John Lennon
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Coach
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Coach
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Walk in the park, say
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Walk in the park, say
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Menu heading
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Menu heading
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French 101 verb
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French 101 verb
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Thumbing of the nose
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Thumbing of the nose
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E-mail address ending
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E-mail address ending
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*Cardiologist's concern?
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*Cardiologist's concern?
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Bridge responses
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Bridge responses
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Sen. Daniel Inouye, for one
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Sen. Daniel Inouye, for one
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Bridge response
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Bridge response
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Hit on the noggin
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Hit on the noggin
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Saw to it
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Saw to it
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The Lion, not the Witch or the Wardrobe
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The Lion, not the Witch or the Wardrobe
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Discovery medium
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Discovery medium
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Fingers
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Fingers
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*Caries?
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*Caries?
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VCR button
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VCR button
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Pretty up
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Pretty up
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Tony's relatives
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Tony's relatives
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Occupants of the lowest circle of Dante's hell
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Occupants of the lowest circle of Dante's hell
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Zig or zag
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Zig or zag
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Had haddock, say
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Had haddock, say
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Dispenser item
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Dispenser item
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Citation
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Citation
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*Marriage in 2004, divorce in 2011?
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*Marriage in 2004, divorce in 2011?
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Mix (in)
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Mix (in)
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Inventor after whom a Yale residential college is named
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Inventor after whom a Yale residential college is named
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Soviet author Ehrenburg
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Soviet author Ehrenburg
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View from a control tower
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View from a control tower
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Sweet drink
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Sweet drink
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They have pointed tops
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They have pointed tops
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Bel ___ cheese
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Bel ___ cheese
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Twist spinoff
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Twist spinoff
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*Conduct classes?
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*Conduct classes?
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"What ___ thou art, act well thy part"
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"What ___ thou art, act well thy part"
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Heaps
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Heaps
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"God helps ___ ..."
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"God helps ___ ..."
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Pitcher of coffee?
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Pitcher of coffee?
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*Petrified wood?
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*Petrified wood?
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Any of the Brontë sisters
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Any of the Brontë sisters
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Necessitates
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Necessitates
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Prime cut
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Prime cut
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Steep slopes
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Steep slopes
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Application enclosures, often
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Application enclosures, often
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Ecclesiastical council
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Ecclesiastical council
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Vituperates
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Vituperates
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It's a trap
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Singer whose name sounds like a cry
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Singer whose name sounds like a cry
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*Endless bagpipe tune?
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*Endless bagpipe tune?
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Item in a box in the basement
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Item in a box in the basement
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___ a secret
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___ a secret
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Heir, often
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Heir, often
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St. Benedict, e.g.
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St. Benedict, e.g.
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Kellogg offering, briefly
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Kellogg offering, briefly
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Clint
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Clint
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South of Mexico
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South of Mexico
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Heaps
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Heaps
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Con man's plant
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Con man's plant
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"We Shall Overcome" singer
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"We Shall Overcome" singer
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*Stable hands?
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*Stable hands?
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Broadway bigwig: Abbr.
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Broadway bigwig: Abbr.
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"This isn't going well at all!"
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"This isn't going well at all!"
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Poetic ending
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Poetic ending
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Catch on
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Catch on
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Squeals
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Squeals
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Passover month
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Passover month
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Snowy Floridian?
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Snowy Floridian?
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Audible reproof
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Audible reproof
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Rat-___
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Rat-___
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Owns, in the Bible
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Owns, in the Bible
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It can be balanced and biased simultaneously
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It can be balanced and biased simultaneously
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Fit to serve
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Fit to serve
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Actress Sommer
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Actress Sommer
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French composer of "Vexations"
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French composer of "Vexations"
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87-Down, e.g., by birth
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87-Down, e.g., by birth
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Extinct emu-like birds
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Extinct emu-like birds
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Frère's sibling
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Frère's sibling
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Parade figure, informally
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Parade figure, informally
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*Gold-plated forceps?
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*Gold-plated forceps?
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Man of the house?
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Man of the house?
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Onetime Time competitor, briefly
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Onetime Time competitor, briefly
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Tighten (up)
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Tighten (up)
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Works (up)
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Works (up)
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See 103-Down
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See 103-Down
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Work without ___
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Work without ___
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Corrupting atmosphere
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Corrupting atmosphere
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Like many a ditz
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Like many a ditz
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Prime Minister David Cameron's alma mater
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Prime Minister David Cameron's alma mater
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"There is ___ in the affairs of men ..."
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"There is ___ in the affairs of men ..."
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1965 title role for Ursula Andress
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1965 title role for Ursula Andress
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Birdsong
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Birdsong
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Supersized
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Supersized
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Language from which "clan" comes
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Language from which "clan" comes
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Dweller along the Volga
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Dweller along the Volga
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Abbr. after many an officer's name
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Abbr. after many an officer's name
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2001-02 Nickelodeon sitcom
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2001-02 Nickelodeon sitcom
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See 28-Across
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Dictator's first words?
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Dictator's first words?
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"Morning" person
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"Morning" person
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Bigwigs
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Bigwigs
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A.C. or D.C.
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A.C. or D.C.
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When repeated, a child's taunt
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When repeated, a child's taunt
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Comedian Smirnoff
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Comedian Smirnoff
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Job for the Hardy Boys
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Job for the Hardy Boys
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Actress Martha who played Sinatra's love interest in "Some Came Running"
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Actress Martha who played Sinatra's love interest in "Some Came Running"
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"S.N.L." specialty
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"S.N.L." specialty
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Gold prospector Joe with a state capital named after him
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Gold prospector Joe with a state capital named after him
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"Days," for one
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"Days," for one
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Nabisco offering
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Nabisco offering
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Agreeing (with)
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Agreeing (with)
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They may produce suits
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They may produce suits
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Early hurdles for 55-Down members: Abbr.
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Early hurdles for 55-Down members: Abbr.
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Annual May event
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Annual May event
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2010 Nobelist Mario Vargas ___
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2010 Nobelist Mario Vargas ___
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"Bonanza" role
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"Bonanza" role
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Prefix with bel
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Prefix with bel
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Name dropper's notation?
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Name dropper's notation?
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___ card
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___ card
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Slip on
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Slip on
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Musician Brian
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Musician Brian
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Springfield's Flanders
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Springfield's Flanders
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Steamboat Springs, Colo., for one
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Steamboat Springs, Colo., for one
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European streaker, once, in brief
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European streaker, once, in brief
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