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New York Times: Sunday, December 8, 2013
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, December 8, 2013 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Patrick Berry
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Palindromic band name
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Tosca's feeling for Cavaradossi
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Spring for a vacation
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Spring for a vacation
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Hawaiian tourist purchases
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"___ yourself"
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"___ yourself"
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Cow catcher
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Cow catcher
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Red wine drinker's paradise?
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Red wine drinker's paradise?
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Employee at the Ron Paul Archive?
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Employee at the Ron Paul Archive?
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Pitch that fixes everything?
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Pitch that fixes everything?
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"Strange Magic" band, briefly
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"Strange Magic" band, briefly
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Dollar bill featuring a portrait of Duran Duran's lead singer?
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IRS Form 5498 subject
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IRS Form 5498 subject
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Street caution
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Street caution
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Ball with a yellow stripe
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Shiner?
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Shiner?
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Willowy
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Willowy
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Like a robot's voice
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Like a robot's voice
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Still
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Still
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Architect Saarinen
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Architect Saarinen
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Blue expanse
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Blue expanse
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Follow closely
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Follow closely
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Hair-raising shout
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Hair-raising shout
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"___ te absolvo" (priest's phrase)
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"___ te absolvo" (priest's phrase)
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The one puppy that can read?
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The one puppy that can read?
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Creator of perfect whirlpools?
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Creator of perfect whirlpools?
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Baath Party member
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Baath Party member
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Uncommunicative
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Uncommunicative
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Political title of the 1930s-'40s
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Political title of the 1930s-'40s
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Counter formations
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Counter formations
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Mix in a tank
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Mix in a tank
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Overextend oneself?
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Overextend oneself?
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Classical guitarist Segovia
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Classical guitarist Segovia
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Adds to the batter, say
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Adds to the batter, say
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In a kooky manner
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In a kooky manner
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Buttonholed
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Buttonholed
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Given a home
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Given a home
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Triumphant song
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Triumphant song
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"This isn't making sense"
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"This isn't making sense"
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Whom John Bull symbolizes
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Whom John Bull symbolizes
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Have an objection
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Have an objection
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Minor-league championship flag?
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Minor-league championship flag?
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Alienate a New Jersey city?
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Alienate a New Jersey city?
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Biblical priest of Shiloh
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Biblical priest of Shiloh
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Blue expanse
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Blue expanse
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"Man of Steel" actress Adams
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"Man of Steel" actress Adams
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Sully
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Sully
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Go on strike
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Film crowd
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Film crowd
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CBS spinoff that ran for 10 seasons
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CBS spinoff that ran for 10 seasons
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How sports cars are contoured
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How sports cars are contoured
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"Cover ___ Face" (P. D. James's first novel)
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"Cover ___ Face" (P. D. James's first novel)
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Distress
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Distress
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Actor Jack of oaters
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Actor Jack of oaters
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Cousin of a crumble
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Cousin of a crumble
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Begat a soft place to sleep?
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Begat a soft place to sleep?
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Burlesque garment
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Burlesque garment
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"Charge!," to Duracells?
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"Charge!," to Duracells?
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Satisfying finale coming to pass?
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Satisfying finale coming to pass?
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Labeled idiotic?
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Labeled idiotic?
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First name in photography
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First name in photography
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Nickname for Palmer
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Nickname for Palmer
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"Don't be a spoilsport!"
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"Don't be a spoilsport!"
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Savory condiment
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Savory condiment
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Variety show fodder
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Variety show fodder
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Trader ___
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Trader ___
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Most qualified
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Relative of S.O.S
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Galoot
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Galoot
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One-hit wonder?
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One-hit wonder?
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Friend of d'Artagnan
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Friend of d'Artagnan
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Thick bunch?
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Thick bunch?
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Venture a thought
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Venture a thought
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Unfeigned
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Unfeigned
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Miranda of the Miranda warning
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Miranda of the Miranda warning
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Avoid
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Avoid
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Course listing
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Course listing
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Percussion instrument in "Maxwell's Silver Hammer"
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Percussion instrument in "Maxwell's Silver Hammer"
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Sophisticated
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Sophisticated
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Automaker that started as a bicycle company
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Automaker that started as a bicycle company
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Bent pipe
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Bent pipe
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"She's a good old worker and a good old pal," in song
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"She's a good old worker and a good old pal," in song
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Med. workplaces
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Med. workplaces
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Tea go-with
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Tea go-with
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"Days of Heaven" co-star
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"Days of Heaven" co-star
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Would-be singers' liabilities
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Would-be singers' liabilities
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Little town
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Little town
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Site of a 1963 J.F.K. speech
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Site of a 1963 J.F.K. speech
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Chargers and coursers
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Chargers and coursers
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Forest game
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Forest game
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"By that logic ..."
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"By that logic ..."
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Boarder's domain
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Boarder's domain
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Director Daniels of "The Butler"
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Director Daniels of "The Butler"
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Of the lymph glands
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Of the lymph glands
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Signet ring feature
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Signet ring feature
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Dropper?
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Dropper?
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Steven Bochco series
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Steven Bochco series
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Youngest of Chekhov's "Three Sisters"
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Youngest of Chekhov's "Three Sisters"
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Eldest Best Actress winner
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Eldest Best Actress winner
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Acronymic aircraft name
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Wistful remark
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Wistful remark
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With a will
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With a will
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It's "well regulated" in the Constitution
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It's "well regulated" in the Constitution
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Quarrel
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Quarrel
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"Lovergirl" singer
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"Lovergirl" singer
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Pulsation
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Pulsation
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Morally degraded
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Morally degraded
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Fish hawks
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Fish hawks
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Cross-promotion
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Cross-promotion
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Streetcar sound
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Streetcar sound
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Chrissie in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
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Chrissie in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
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Start of a George Eliot title
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Start of a George Eliot title
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N.B.A. team originally called the Americans
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N.B.A. team originally called the Americans
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Elephant's opposite, symbolically
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Elephant's opposite, symbolically
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URL component
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URL component
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Zeus swore oaths upon it
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Zeus swore oaths upon it
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Excited Oscars attendee
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Excited Oscars attendee
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Nave furniture
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Nave furniture
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Airline that doesn't fly on religious holidays
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Airline that doesn't fly on religious holidays
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Khartoum's river
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Khartoum's river
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Run headlong into
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Run headlong into
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Datum in a house listing
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Datum in a house listing
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___ Vineyard
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___ Vineyard
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Confined
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Confined
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"I thought ___ never leave!"
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"I thought ___ never leave!"
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Pile on the floor
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Pile on the floor
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Soothsayers of old
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Soothsayers of old
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Person prone to sunburn
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Person prone to sunburn
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Last Hitchcock film with Tippi Hedren
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Last Hitchcock film with Tippi Hedren
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Some Google search results
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Some Google search results
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Hot pot locale
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Hot pot locale
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English film festival city
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English film festival city
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It "hits the spot," per old radio ads
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It "hits the spot," per old radio ads
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Begin to show wear
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Begin to show wear
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Yarn quantity
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Yarn quantity
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Hair strands?
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Hair strands?
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"EastEnders" network
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"EastEnders" network
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Shot spot
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Shot spot
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Metaphysical concept
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Metaphysical concept
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Fortune cover subj.
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Fortune cover subj.
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Longtime Sixers nickname
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