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New York Times: Sunday, October 14, 2012
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, October 14, 2012 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Todd Gross
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Yoga posture
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Yoga posture
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Mideast strongman
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Mideast strongman
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Men's suit specification
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Men's suit specification
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Bread dispensers
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Bread dispensers
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Common belief
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Common belief
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Complete, in informal writing
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Complete, in informal writing
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"Dies ___"
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"Dies ___"
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Slow leak
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Slow leak
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Special attention
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Special attention
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Lioness's lack
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Lioness's lack
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Behind
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Behind
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Against one's will
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Against one's will
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Salon worker
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Salon worker
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Island west of Maui
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Island west of Maui
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Didn't come right out and say
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Didn't come right out and say
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Word with Army or ant
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Word with Army or ant
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Lapful, maybe
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Lapful, maybe
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Tantrum, colloquially
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Tantrum, colloquially
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General headquarters?
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General headquarters?
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Farm wagon
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Farm wagon
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Some baby sitters
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Some baby sitters
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Soap discontinued in 2011
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Soap discontinued in 2011
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Speakeasy's distilling locale
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Speakeasy's distilling locale
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Buzzer
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Buzzer
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Buzzes
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Buzzes
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Repeated phrase in "Hot Hot Hot"
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Repeated phrase in "Hot Hot Hot"
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Ikea store, to some
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Ikea store, to some
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Something with a Blue Book value
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Something with a Blue Book value
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1937 hit with the lyric "You're like the fragrance of blossoms fair"
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1937 hit with the lyric "You're like the fragrance of blossoms fair"
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Brown ink
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Brown ink
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Comic strip with the characters Rat and Pig
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Comic strip with the characters Rat and Pig
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A little off
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A little off
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Not well
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Not well
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Behind
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Behind
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Low-battery signal
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Low-battery signal
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Dog with "rough" and "smooth" breeds
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Dog with "rough" and "smooth" breeds
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British pens
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British pens
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Southwest terminal?
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Southwest terminal?
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"The Gates" artist
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"The Gates" artist
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M.R.I., maybe
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M.R.I., maybe
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Old-fashioned boiler input
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Old-fashioned boiler input
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"Have you ___ good?"
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"Have you ___ good?"
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Tex. neighbor
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Tex. neighbor
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Egypt's Sadat
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Egypt's Sadat
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What a pusher may push in a park
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What a pusher may push in a park
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Cabinet dept. since 1889
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Cabinet dept. since 1889
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Stoller's partner in songwriting
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Stoller's partner in songwriting
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Like some coincidences
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Like some coincidences
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Enters hurriedly
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Enters hurriedly
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What dead men are said to do
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What dead men are said to do
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You may go under it at a hotel
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You may go under it at a hotel
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Stock: Abbr.
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Stock: Abbr.
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With "The," former sketch comedy program on CBS ... fittingly enough
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With "The," former sketch comedy program on CBS ... fittingly enough
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Bit of science
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Bit of science
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Farm fowl
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Chilled
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Chilled
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Some up-and-comers
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Some up-and-comers
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Teetotaler's amount
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Teetotaler's amount
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Or follower
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Or follower
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Some classwork
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Some classwork
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Relative of a crown
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Relative of a crown
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Top of a ladder, maybe
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Top of a ladder, maybe
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"___ Evil" (Mia Farrow film)
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"___ Evil" (Mia Farrow film)
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Chronicle
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Chronicle
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"Our Town" opera composer
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"Our Town" opera composer
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On the ground, in ballet
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On the ground, in ballet
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Volume of the world
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Volume of the world
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Pet that doesn't need much brushing, say
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Pet that doesn't need much brushing, say
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Old Brit. coins
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Old Brit. coins
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Son in "The Royal Tenenbaums"
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Son in "The Royal Tenenbaums"
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Italian ladies
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Italian ladies
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Itty-bitty breath mint
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Itty-bitty breath mint
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Omani or Yemeni
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Omani or Yemeni
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Three-time All-Star pitcher Frank
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Three-time All-Star pitcher Frank
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Hanger-on
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Hanger-on
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Warning
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Warning
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Blue eyes and blond hair
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Blue eyes and blond hair
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Takes baby steps
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Takes baby steps
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Alka-Seltzer ad character
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Alka-Seltzer ad character
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Frist's successor as Senate majority leader
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Frist's successor as Senate majority leader
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Outta here
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Outta here
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Percussionist's setup
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Percussionist's setup
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Home of the oldest school in Sweden, founded in 1085
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Home of the oldest school in Sweden, founded in 1085
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Palm products
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Palm products
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Recipe unit
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Recipe unit
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Hindu title of respect
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Hindu title of respect
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Round in Britain, maybe
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Round in Britain, maybe
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More likely to crash?
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More likely to crash?
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Boating hazards
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Boating hazards
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"Uh-uh, laddie"
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"Uh-uh, laddie"
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Blue Triangle grps.
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Blue Triangle grps.
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Not burn completely
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Not burn completely
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It might extend above a side door
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It might extend above a side door
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The youngest Jetson
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The youngest Jetson
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Only a day away, say
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Only a day away, say
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Cassette player
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Cassette player
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"Pulp Fiction" weapon
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"Pulp Fiction" weapon
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Benaderet of "The Beverly Hillbillies"
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Benaderet of "The Beverly Hillbillies"
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Cinnabar, e.g.
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Cinnabar, e.g.
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2010 movie with a plot to steal the moon
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2010 movie with a plot to steal the moon
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Prefix with comedy
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Prefix with comedy
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Wuss
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Wuss
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Pine-___
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Pine-___
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Split in a hurry
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Split in a hurry
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Forest, in Germany
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Forest, in Germany
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Epitome of simplicity
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Epitome of simplicity
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"Whatever"
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"Whatever"
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River through Orsk
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River through Orsk
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Central Sicilian province
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Central Sicilian province
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Windy City commuters' inits.
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Windy City commuters' inits.
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Lottery winner's feeling
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Lottery winner's feeling
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Departure from the norm
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Departure from the norm
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Philosopher Kierkegaard
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Philosopher Kierkegaard
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Competent
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Competent
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Ted who wrote "The Kennedy Legacy"
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Ted who wrote "The Kennedy Legacy"
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T. S. Eliot's middle name
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T. S. Eliot's middle name
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"Nashville" director
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"Nashville" director
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Must
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Must
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Presidential middle name or last name
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Presidential middle name or last name
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Take off again, as pounds
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Take off again, as pounds
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Dodger Hershiser
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Dodger Hershiser
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Vasco da Gama's departure point
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Vasco da Gama's departure point
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#2: Abbr.
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#2: Abbr.
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Low-rent district
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Low-rent district
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Pharmaceutical giant that makes Boniva
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Pharmaceutical giant that makes Boniva
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"___ Gold"
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"___ Gold"
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African region including Khartoum and Timbuktu
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African region including Khartoum and Timbuktu
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"___ roll!" (bettor's cry)
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"___ roll!" (bettor's cry)
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Full of the latest
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Full of the latest
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Asian gold bar measure
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Asian gold bar measure
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Glassmaking material
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Glassmaking material
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Game with Wild Draw 4 cards
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