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New York Times: Sunday, October 21, 2012
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, October 21, 2012 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Caleb Rasmussen
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Carne ___ (burrito filling)
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Carne ___ (burrito filling)
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Times when the French fry?
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Times when the French fry?
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Chess champion Mikhail
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Chess champion Mikhail
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Highland fling participants
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Highland fling participants
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Gave props on Facebook
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Gave props on Facebook
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Big drop
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Big drop
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Inveigle
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Inveigle
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Husky relative
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Husky relative
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Not entirely real, as a photo
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Not entirely real, as a photo
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"The Sorcerer's Apprentice" poet
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"The Sorcerer's Apprentice" poet
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Footwear preserver
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Footwear preserver
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Poetic basis for an N.F.L. team name
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Poetic basis for an N.F.L. team name
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It has a light bark
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It has a light bark
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Go back over
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Go back over
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Affix, as a patch
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Affix, as a patch
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Move, in real-estate lingo
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Move, in real-estate lingo
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Soft scent
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Soft scent
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Actress Davis of "The Matrix Reloaded"
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Actress Davis of "The Matrix Reloaded"
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Warner who played Charlie Chan
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Warner who played Charlie Chan
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Oodles
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Oodles
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Bands seen at Japanese weddings
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Bands seen at Japanese weddings
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Football figs.
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Football figs.
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Carnivorous plant
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Carnivorous plant
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Christopher Robin's last name
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Christopher Robin's last name
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Ripken with a 17-year consecutive game streak
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Ripken with a 17-year consecutive game streak
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Org. with a wing and a globe in its logo
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Org. with a wing and a globe in its logo
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___ B
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___ B
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BlackBerry features
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BlackBerry features
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Secretary of labor who became a Supreme Court justice
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Secretary of labor who became a Supreme Court justice
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He wrote "War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength."
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He wrote "War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength."
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Rom-___ (some film fare)
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Rom-___ (some film fare)
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Clearheaded
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Clearheaded
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Franklin output
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Franklin output
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One with a reduced term?
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One with a reduced term?
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Skipping syllables
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Skipping syllables
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Scheduled
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Scheduled
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___ Palace
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___ Palace
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Caper ... or going around the wrong way, in Britain?
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Caper ... or going around the wrong way, in Britain?
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Owlish
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Owlish
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Do a line of shots?
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Do a line of shots?
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Gabrielle of volleyball and modeling
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Gabrielle of volleyball and modeling
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Kind of barometer
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Kind of barometer
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Fossil-rich location
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Fossil-rich location
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___ Pepper
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___ Pepper
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Kind of dye
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Kind of dye
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Warren site
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Warren site
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Jazzman Jones
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Jazzman Jones
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Fan noise
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Fan noise
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Rooty Tooty Fresh 'N Fruity establishment
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Rooty Tooty Fresh 'N Fruity establishment
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Bodybuilder's count
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Bodybuilder's count
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Get ___ on
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Get ___ on
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Skirt
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Skirt
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Presumptuous, say
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Presumptuous, say
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Elephantlike walker in "The Empire Strikes Back"
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Elephantlike walker in "The Empire Strikes Back"
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Former capital of 10+ million
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Former capital of 10+ million
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Historical figure in Isabel Allende's novel "Inés of My Soul"
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Historical figure in Isabel Allende's novel "Inés of My Soul"
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Pet food container
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Pet food container
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Digital problem
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Digital problem
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Like a winning X Games trick, maybe
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Like a winning X Games trick, maybe
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"Harrumph!"
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"Harrumph!"
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Inopportune
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Inopportune
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Island entertainer
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Island entertainer
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Persuasive Dr. Seuss character
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Persuasive Dr. Seuss character
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Pod
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Pod
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Daughter of King Triton
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Daughter of King Triton
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Retro light sources
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Retro light sources
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Boasts
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Boasts
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Predatory insect
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Predatory insect
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Pirate's moniker
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Pirate's moniker
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Sighed line?
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Guru's disciple, maybe
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Toyota exec ___ Toyoda
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Toyota exec ___ Toyoda
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Concludes
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Concludes
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"It's ___!" ("You're on!")
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"It's ___!" ("You're on!")
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Orson Scott Card's "___ Game"
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Orson Scott Card's "___ Game"
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Not a challenge at all
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Not a challenge at all
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F1 neighbor
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F1 neighbor
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Sofas
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Sofas
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Gets bored with
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Gets bored with
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Diplomat W. ___ Harriman
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Diplomat W. ___ Harriman
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What a handcuffed person may be
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What a handcuffed person may be
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There's one surrounding Atlantis
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There's one surrounding Atlantis
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Before long
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Before long
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Jeanne d'Arc, e.g.: Abbr.
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Jeanne d'Arc, e.g.: Abbr.
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Rest awhile
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Rest awhile
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Tier
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Tier
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Reader's direction
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Reader's direction
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"Stupid me!"
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"Stupid me!"
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Postal abbr.
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Postal abbr.
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Musical family name
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Musical family name
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"Cantar de Mio ___" (Spanish epic)
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"Cantar de Mio ___" (Spanish epic)
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Runoff, perhaps
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Runoff, perhaps
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Crop holder
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Crop holder
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Basic rhyme scheme
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Basic rhyme scheme
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Crop holder
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Crop holder
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New World monkey
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New World monkey
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How a rocket launch is usually viewed
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How a rocket launch is usually viewed
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Fan
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Fan
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Stubborn ones
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Stubborn ones
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Lying about
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Lying about
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Scores 100
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Scores 100
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Reward for one who 52-Down?
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Reward for one who 52-Down?
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Lifted
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Lifted
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Cash back from an online purchase
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Cash back from an online purchase
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Museum holding
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Museum holding
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Beginning of many a meal
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Beginning of many a meal
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Tolkien's Treebeard, e.g.
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Tolkien's Treebeard, e.g.
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Port from which Amelia Earhart left on her last flight
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Port from which Amelia Earhart left on her last flight
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TV type
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TV type
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___ expected (predictably)
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___ expected (predictably)
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Windows users
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Windows users
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Tattler
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Tattler
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Always, if the meter requires it
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Always, if the meter requires it
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Waikiki locale
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Brand associated with a crocodile logo
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Dummy
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Dummy
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Fictional Miss Jane
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Fictional Miss Jane
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Central European capital
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Central European capital
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___ detachment
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___ detachment
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Rio de Janeiro neighborhood
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Rio de Janeiro neighborhood
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Gluttonous
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Gluttonous
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Setting of "Anne of Green Gables"
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Setting of "Anne of Green Gables"
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University in Center Valley, Pa.
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University in Center Valley, Pa.
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The statue of David in Florence, e.g.
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The statue of David in Florence, e.g.
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Bird: Prefix
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Bird: Prefix
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Least defined
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Least defined
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Steel mill input
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Steel mill input
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Some cellphone settings
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Some cellphone settings
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Certain salad green
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Certain salad green
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Triage locales, for short
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Triage locales, for short
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Trooper's tool
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Trooper's tool
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Great deal
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Great deal
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"___ be a pleasure"
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"___ be a pleasure"
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"Idylls of the King" wife
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"Idylls of the King" wife
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Mama grizzly
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Mama grizzly
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Ordered
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Ordered
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Pep
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Pep
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"Bambi" villain
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