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New York Times: Sunday, December 15, 2013
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, December 15, 2013 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Jeff Chen
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Oceans
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Oceans
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Bats
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Bats
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"The Clan of the Cave Bear" novelist
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"The Clan of the Cave Bear" novelist
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Razz
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Razz
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Tennis's Goran Ivanisevic, e.g.
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Tennis's Goran Ivanisevic, e.g.
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A band may be on one
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A band may be on one
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Torch-lit event
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Torch-lit event
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River of forgetfulness in Hades
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River of forgetfulness in Hades
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Iron Age people
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Iron Age people
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It has nine rooms
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It has nine rooms
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Ottoman
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Ottoman
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Serve up on a platter, say
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Serve up on a platter, say
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Collectors of DNA
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Collectors of DNA
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Game twist
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Game twist
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Some basketball players: Abbr.
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Some basketball players: Abbr.
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Espies
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Espies
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Profit from
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Profit from
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"I'm innocent!"
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"I'm innocent!"
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Lab safety org.?
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Lab safety org.?
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3-D pic
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3-D pic
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Diner fixtures, informally
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Diner fixtures, informally
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More rakish
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More rakish
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Canon offering
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Canon offering
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Clown prop
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Clown prop
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Sitcom ET
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Sitcom ET
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Walt Disney's middle name
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Walt Disney's middle name
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Cable inits. since 1996
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Cable inits. since 1996
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"Be a ___"
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"Be a ___"
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"Six Million Dollar Man" feature
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"Six Million Dollar Man" feature
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Cabbed it
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Cabbed it
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Most likely to be called up
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Most likely to be called up
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From the top
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From the top
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Move, informally
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Move, informally
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2400, on the SAT
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2400, on the SAT
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Dolt
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Dolt
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Like most checks and political candidates
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Like most checks and political candidates
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Green
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Green
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Not so nice
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Not so nice
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Annual literary prize
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Annual literary prize
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Picked up, in Britain
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Picked up, in Britain
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Home of Velázquez's "Las Meninas"
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Home of Velázquez's "Las Meninas"
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Breakfast dish
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Breakfast dish
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They break at dawn
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They break at dawn
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Angelica and others
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Angelica and others
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Like some resolution, for short
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Like some resolution, for short
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Showed no restraint, in brief
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Showed no restraint, in brief
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Cask filler
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Cask filler
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Linguistic quintet
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Linguistic quintet
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Parts of sows and cows
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Parts of sows and cows
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Head of steam?
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Head of steam?
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Place to lounge
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Place to lounge
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Jazz great Carmen
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Jazz great Carmen
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Cricket's sound
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Cricket's sound
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Triply
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Triply
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Like New Jersey among states admitted to the Union
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Like New Jersey among states admitted to the Union
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Subway fare
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Subway fare
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Chinese hard-liner
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Chinese hard-liner
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"Antigone" or "Elektra"
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"Antigone" or "Elektra"
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One famed for heartlessness
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One famed for heartlessness
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Last name in cookies
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Last name in cookies
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Some notepad jottings
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Some notepad jottings
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It may be left hanging
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It may be left hanging
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Take out
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Take out
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Farmworker in "The Wizard of Oz"
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Farmworker in "The Wizard of Oz"
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Scale unit
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Scale unit
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Tony winner Tharp
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Tony winner Tharp
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Spheres
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Spheres
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Ice cream brand
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Ice cream brand
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Recess
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Recess
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It's what's to be expected
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It's what's to be expected
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"The ___ the limit"
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"The ___ the limit"
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Grab
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Grab
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Abbr. on a musical score
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Abbr. on a musical score
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Cause of a crybaby?
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Cause of a crybaby?
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Provider of an inside look?
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Provider of an inside look?
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Nos. after a period, maybe
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Nos. after a period, maybe
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Yen
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Yen
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Last name in "Star Wars"
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Last name in "Star Wars"
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Farm females
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Farm females
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Takes for granted
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Takes for granted
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Charitable giving, e.g.
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Charitable giving, e.g.
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Trees with poisonous seeds
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Trees with poisonous seeds
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Marquis's inferior
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Marquis's inferior
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First name in "Star Wars"
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First name in "Star Wars"
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Girl group with four #1 hits in the 1990s
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Girl group with four #1 hits in the 1990s
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Often-decorative kitchen item, in Britain
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Often-decorative kitchen item, in Britain
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Aids for long drives
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Aids for long drives
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Gas bill unit
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Gas bill unit
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Crisp
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Crisp
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Lead-in to pop or pass
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Lead-in to pop or pass
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Chicago setting: Abbr.
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Chicago setting: Abbr.
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Japanese computer giant
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Japanese computer giant
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[See above]
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[See above]
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Last place, with "the"
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Last place, with "the"
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Indy 500 winner Luyendyk
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Indy 500 winner Luyendyk
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2007 title role for Ellen Page
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2007 title role for Ellen Page
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In utero
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In utero
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[See above]
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[See above]
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Sharp putdown
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Sharp putdown
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1974 Fassbinder film subtitled "Fear Eats the Soul"
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1974 Fassbinder film subtitled "Fear Eats the Soul"
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Subj. of some 911 calls
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Subj. of some 911 calls
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Figurehead, for short?
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Figurehead, for short?
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Like some parenting
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Like some parenting
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QB Manning
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QB Manning
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Ottoman V.I.P.
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Ottoman V.I.P.
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RR stop
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RR stop
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Brown-___ (sycophants)
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Brown-___ (sycophants)
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Like one pre-Columbian civilization
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Like one pre-Columbian civilization
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Parting word
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Parting word
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Taunting figure
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Taunting figure
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Running pants?
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Running pants?
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Subj. for Galileo
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Subj. for Galileo
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N.B.A. Hall-of-Famer Thomas
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N.B.A. Hall-of-Famer Thomas
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Oscar winner Swinton
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Oscar winner Swinton
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Oscar winner Tatum
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Oscar winner Tatum
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[See above]
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[See above]
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Winter month in Spain
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Winter month in Spain
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Withdraw from the bank?
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Withdraw from the bank?
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[See above]
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[See above]
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Seashore fliers
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Seashore fliers
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Twosomes
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Twosomes
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[See above]
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[See above]
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[See above]
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[See above]
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"___ kleine Nachtmusik"
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"___ kleine Nachtmusik"
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Per
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Per
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National rival
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National rival
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Her name is Norwegian for "beautiful woman who leads you to victory"
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Her name is Norwegian for "beautiful woman who leads you to victory"
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Van Gogh painting that once sold for a record $53.9 million
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Van Gogh painting that once sold for a record $53.9 million
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Highlight of many a western
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Highlight of many a western
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Fix
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Fix
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Ain't right?
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Ain't right?
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Concerto movements
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Concerto movements
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Broke
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Broke
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Didn't get involved
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Didn't get involved
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Pac-Man screen, e.g.
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Pac-Man screen, e.g.
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___'clock scholar
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___'clock scholar
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Numbskull
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Numbskull
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Loch ___
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Loch ___
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Twosome
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Twosome
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Canon offering, briefly
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