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New York Times: Sunday, December 16, 2012
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, December 16, 2012 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Matt Ginsberg
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Food that jiggles
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"Along ___ spider ..."
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"Along ___ spider ..."
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Gone, but not forgotten
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Gone, but not forgotten
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Horizontal: Abbr.
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Ticked by
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Ticked by
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First U.S. screen portrayer of Dr. Fu Manchu
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First U.S. screen portrayer of Dr. Fu Manchu
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Dangerous outpouring
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Dangerous outpouring
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Overly
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Overly
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Souvenir from the Petrified Forest?
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Souvenir from the Petrified Forest?
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Priests, at times
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Priests, at times
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Two-fifths of 'N Sync?
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Two-fifths of 'N Sync?
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Actor Edward James ___
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Actor Edward James ___
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What randy bucks do?
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What randy bucks do?
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Agreement from the Gipper's coach?
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Luth. or Presb.
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Luth. or Presb.
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Force
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Force
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Crowning touch?
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Crowning touch?
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What mayo is part of
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Tolkien trilogy, to fans
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Tolkien trilogy, to fans
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Measure of purity
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Measure of purity
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Knobby
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Knobby
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Plucky housekeeper?
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Plucky housekeeper?
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Drama set at the Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce ad agency
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Drama set at the Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce ad agency
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Nautical direction
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Pasta suffix
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Pasta suffix
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Inquirers
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Inquirers
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Words before coming or made
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Words before coming or made
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Inclined
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Inclined
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Some salmon
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Some salmon
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"Well done, Sir Lancelot," in Franglais?
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"Well done, Sir Lancelot," in Franglais?
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Python in "The Jungle Book"
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Python in "The Jungle Book"
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Handel bars?
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Handel bars?
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Wings: Lat.
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Wings: Lat.
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Lightning ___
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Lightning ___
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Soothsayer's shoelace problem?
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Soothsayer's shoelace problem?
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Link up with
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Link up with
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Pleasure boats
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Pleasure boats
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Affair of the heart
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Affair of the heart
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Chucklehead
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Chucklehead
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___ Jima
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___ Jima
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Stage assistant
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Stage assistant
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Outpourings
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Outpourings
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Shorten a bar mitzvah by 50%?
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Shorten a bar mitzvah by 50%?
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Decorative pin
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Decorative pin
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Qatari bigwig: Var.
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Qatari bigwig: Var.
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Ones with a lot of pull?
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London can
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London can
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Alpine wind
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Alpine wind
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Literally, "itself"
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Literally, "itself"
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Memo opener
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Memo opener
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Polar explorer, after getting religion?
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Polar explorer, after getting religion?
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Tagline for the biopic "Dudley" starring bandleader Brown?
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Tagline for the biopic "Dudley" starring bandleader Brown?
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Out at the dentist's?
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Out at the dentist's?
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Freddy Krueger's street
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Freddy Krueger's street
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Ten Commandments no-no
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Ten Commandments no-no
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Where Macy's keeps the wedding dresses?
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Where Macy's keeps the wedding dresses?
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Wimple wearer
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Wimple wearer
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Home to the 90-Down, once
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Home to the 90-Down, once
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Nasty look
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Nasty look
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"___ it!"
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"___ it!"
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Popular smartphone app
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Dog command
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Dog command
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Guitarist Duane and others
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Makes, as one's way
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Makes, as one's way
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What one may break during exercise
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André and Mia's adoptive daughter
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Book about the writing style of the Mongols?
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Iraq war hazard, briefly
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Small, low island
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Be at one (with)
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Be at one (with)
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Former San Francisco mayor
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Former San Francisco mayor
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Stately home
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Stately home
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K.C.-to-Chicago direction
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Postscript: Abbr.
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Former attorney general Gonzales
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Former attorney general Gonzales
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Kind of salad
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Kind of salad
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Steve ___, 1980 Olympic track champion
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Steve ___, 1980 Olympic track champion
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Stinging rebuke
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Stinging rebuke
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Was humbled
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Was humbled
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Like the ring in an eclipse
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Like the ring in an eclipse
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Leopard spot
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Leopard spot
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Scammed
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Scammed
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Bones next to humeri
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Bones next to humeri
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Tranquilizing
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Tranquilizing
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Horatian piece
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Horatian piece
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Balcony cry
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Balcony cry
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Soundboard controls
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Soundboard controls
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Deliberately delude
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Deliberately delude
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Alaska's ___ Peninsula
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Alaska's ___ Peninsula
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Walk-___ (non-recruited athletes)
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Walk-___ (non-recruited athletes)
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It may be rigged
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It may be rigged
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Sacha Baron Cohen persona
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Sacha Baron Cohen persona
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Who wrote "A bear, however hard he tries, / Grows tubby without exercise"
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Who wrote "A bear, however hard he tries, / Grows tubby without exercise"
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Big truck maker
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Big truck maker
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Have ___ (bathe)
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Have ___ (bathe)
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Willing recipients?
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Willing recipients?
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Urgently
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Urgently
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Psychology pioneer Alfred
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Psychology pioneer Alfred
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Trick-taking card game
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Trick-taking card game
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Abdicated?
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Abdicated?
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Photoshop command
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Photoshop command
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Locale of a 12/7/1941 attack
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Locale of a 12/7/1941 attack
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Funny Fields
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Funny Fields
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Just begun
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Just begun
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Freckles, e.g.
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Salad bar supply
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Castle component
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Castle component
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___ to go
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___ to go
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Drop
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Drop
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One of five Nicholases
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Start of a basketball game
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Start of a basketball game
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Words from Sgt. Friday
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U.K. mil. decoration
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U.K. mil. decoration
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Feminist Germaine
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Feminist Germaine
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Raining hard?
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Raining hard?
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Totally jazzed
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Totally jazzed
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Some scriptural passages
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74-Down recipient, e.g.
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Fergie, for one
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Fergie, for one
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Bygone bookstore chain
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Bull session?
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Bull session?
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Inspector in Elizabeth George mysteries
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Inspector in Elizabeth George mysteries
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Obeyed a sentry, say
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Obeyed a sentry, say
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See 106-Across
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See 106-Across
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"___ Only One" (Melissa Etheridge hit)
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"___ Only One" (Melissa Etheridge hit)
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Cleared the dishes
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Cleared the dishes
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"Antigonae" composer Carl
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"Antigonae" composer Carl
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Miss America identifier
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Miss America identifier
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Allay
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Allay
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Neither Dem. nor Rep.
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Neither Dem. nor Rep.
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Knock over
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Knock over
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Charlemagne's realm: Abbr.
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