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New York Times: Sunday, December 2, 2012
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, December 2, 2012 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Steven E. Atwood
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[It's gone!]
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A pop group might have one on Facebook
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A pop group might have one on Facebook
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Pouch
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Pouch
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64 or 1,000
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64 or 1,000
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Head of a family
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Head of a family
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Woodcutter of legend
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Woodcutter of legend
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Rings
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Rings
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Consideration in choosing a deli?
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Consideration in choosing a deli?
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Without rhyme or reason
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Without rhyme or reason
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Baby pig, e.g.
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Baby pig, e.g.
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Name part meaning "from"
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Part of a butcher's stand-up routine?
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Part of a butcher's stand-up routine?
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Camouflage
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Camouflage
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Sharpness
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Sharpness
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French wave
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French wave
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Pallid
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Pallid
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Laundry basket of just colors or just whites?
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Laundry basket of just colors or just whites?
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___-Pei (dog breed)
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___-Pei (dog breed)
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Reqmt. for certain graduate studies
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Reqmt. for certain graduate studies
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Get an ___ effort
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Get an ___ effort
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Actress Sommer
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Actress Sommer
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Wise lawmaker most likely to be re-elected?
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Wise lawmaker most likely to be re-elected?
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Miniature
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Miniature
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Protestant denom.
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Protestant denom.
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Anthony Eden, Earl of ___
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Anthony Eden, Earl of ___
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Red-berried tree
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Red-berried tree
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French spouse
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French spouse
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Rock's ___ Fighters
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Rock's ___ Fighters
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Seeks, as office
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Seeks, as office
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Artistic expression on the slopes?
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Artistic expression on the slopes?
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Levels
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Levels
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Thrust upward
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Thrust upward
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Causing Election Day delays?
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Causing Election Day delays?
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Car category
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Car category
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Skin growth
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Skin growth
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Negatives
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Negatives
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Time ___
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Time ___
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Mideast capital
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Dallas player, for short
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Dallas player, for short
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Jungle critter
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Jungle critter
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Chart indicating the progression of darkness after sunset?
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Chart indicating the progression of darkness after sunset?
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Disturb
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Disturb
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Sched. listing
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Sched. listing
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Eve preceders
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Eve preceders
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Boy: Lat.
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Boy: Lat.
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Power in Hollywood?
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Power in Hollywood?
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"Don't be ___"
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"Don't be ___"
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Caught in ___
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Caught in ___
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Thick skin
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Thick skin
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Prop for Mr. Monopoly or Mr. Peanut
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Prop for Mr. Monopoly or Mr. Peanut
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Paintball weapons?
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Paintball weapons?
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Voluminous ref.
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Voluminous ref.
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Comes by
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Comes by
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Salsa specification
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Salsa specification
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When there might be a two-for-one special on ice cream drinks?
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When there might be a two-for-one special on ice cream drinks?
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Beat in a price war
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Beat in a price war
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Props for Mr. Monopoly and Mr. Peanut
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Props for Mr. Monopoly and Mr. Peanut
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Make
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Make
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Building support
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Building support
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Some printers
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Some printers
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Curse
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Curse
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Mil. awards
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Loan figs.
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Loan figs.
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Nuuanu Pali Lookout locale
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Grp. that has held summit meetings in Caracas and Riyadh
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Grp. that has held summit meetings in Caracas and Riyadh
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Paul Bunyan, e.g.
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Paul Bunyan, e.g.
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Used a FedEx Office service
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Used a FedEx Office service
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Actress Woodard
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Actress Woodard
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Actress Vardalos
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Actress Vardalos
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Source of northern exposure?
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Source of northern exposure?
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Belarus neighbor
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Belarus neighbor
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Old minelayers
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Old minelayers
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Critic Clive
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Critic Clive
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Quarantine
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Quarantine
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Composer Salieri
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Composer Salieri
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1957 #1 R&B hit for Chuck Willis
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1957 #1 R&B hit for Chuck Willis
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Or or nor: Abbr.
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Or or nor: Abbr.
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"Let ___ good unto all men": Galatians 6:10
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"Let ___ good unto all men": Galatians 6:10
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Suffice
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Suffice
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Salinger girl
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Salinger girl
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Like superhighways
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Like superhighways
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Actress Lena
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Actress Lena
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Counter orders
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Counter orders
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To the same extent
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To the same extent
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SeaWorld attraction
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SeaWorld attraction
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Offshore bank, e.g., for tax purposes
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Offshore bank, e.g., for tax purposes
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Normandy campaign city
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Normandy campaign city
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Writer Fleming
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Writer Fleming
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Writer Wallace
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Writer Wallace
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11th-century king of Denmark
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11th-century king of Denmark
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City on the Little Cuyahoga
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City on the Little Cuyahoga
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Clear, in a way
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Clear, in a way
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Italian port on the Tyrrhenian Sea
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Italian port on the Tyrrhenian Sea
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Attic's purpose
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Attic's purpose
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Sport involving paddles
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Sport involving paddles
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Olive ___
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Olive ___
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Grazing area
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Grazing area
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"Wise" one
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"Wise" one
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Patronized, as a restaurant
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Patronized, as a restaurant
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Fr. title
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Unyielding
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Unyielding
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Lunatics' outbursts
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Lunatics' outbursts
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Denver-to-Albuquerque dir.
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Denver-to-Albuquerque dir.
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___ Paulo
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___ Paulo
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Quaker cereal
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Quaker cereal
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Contents of jewel cases
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Contents of jewel cases
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Ones going through channels?
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Ones going through channels?
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Fencing unit?
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Fencing unit?
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"Vive ___!"
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"Vive ___!"
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Kind of personality
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Kind of personality
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Up to, briefly
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Up to, briefly
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Brian of ambient music
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Big maker of 65-Down
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Permeate
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Permeate
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Jewelry chain
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Jewelry chain
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Turn inside out
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Turn inside out
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Separate out
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Separate out
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Braves' div.
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Braves' div.
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High-performance cars
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Bond girl Adams
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Bond girl Adams
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Given enough to be happy
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Given enough to be happy
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Out around midday, say
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Out around midday, say
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Emphasize
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Emphasize
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Some car radio buttons
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Some car radio buttons
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B-baller
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B-baller
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Small rented farms, in Britain
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Small rented farms, in Britain
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Keep out of sight
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Keep out of sight
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High, in a way
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High, in a way
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Pay for a hand
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Pay for a hand
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Terra ___
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Terra ___
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"Aristotle Contemplating ___ of Homer"
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"Aristotle Contemplating ___ of Homer"
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Certain bra specification
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Legal scholar Guinier
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Legal scholar Guinier
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Quaintly antique
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Quaintly antique
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German quaff
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German quaff
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Actress Lupino and others
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Actress Lupino and others
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Undercover agent
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Undercover agent
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Bits and pieces, e.g.: Abbr.
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Bits and pieces, e.g.: Abbr.
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"That's it!"
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"That's it!"
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Roofing material
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