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New York Times: Sunday, February 9, 2014
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, February 9, 2014 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Charles M. Deber
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Cellphones, in Britain
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Cellphones, in Britain
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Alone
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Alone
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13-Down, in Dresden
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13-Down, in Dresden
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A debater takes it
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A debater takes it
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Jazz count?
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Jazz count?
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In that direction
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In that direction
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One favoring a strong central government
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One favoring a strong central government
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___ Vista
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___ Vista
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Turns in
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Turns in
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Film terrier
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Film terrier
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Bar order, with "the"
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Bar order, with "the"
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Sadness
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Sadness
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Narrow cut
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Narrow cut
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Move in an ungainly way
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Move in an ungainly way
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Mine, in Madrid
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Mine, in Madrid
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Cherished by
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Cherished by
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Literary inits.
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Literary inits.
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It's below the humerus
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It's below the humerus
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Trig. function
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Trig. function
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"Let ___"
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"Let ___"
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___ deferens
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___ deferens
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Dweller on the Red Sea
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Dweller on the Red Sea
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Less than right
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Less than right
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Crème de la crème
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Crème de la crème
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1996-2001 show featuring home videos
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1996-2001 show featuring home videos
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Actress Gardner
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Actress Gardner
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The People's Champion
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The People's Champion
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"The Battleship Potemkin" locale
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"The Battleship Potemkin" locale
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An O'Neill
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An O'Neill
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More appropriate
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More appropriate
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Houston sch.
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Houston sch.
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Followers of exes
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Followers of exes
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Detour, e.g.
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Detour, e.g.
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Coal distillate
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Coal distillate
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Announcer's aid
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Announcer's aid
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Plural French word that spells its singular English form in reverse
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Plural French word that spells its singular English form in reverse
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Much of the audience for 6-Down's show on 2/9/64
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Much of the audience for 6-Down's show on 2/9/64
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Trounces
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Trounces
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"When ___ younger, so much younger ..." ("Help!" lyric)
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"When ___ younger, so much younger ..." ("Help!" lyric)
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More modern, in Munich
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More modern, in Munich
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Relative of a convertible
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Relative of a convertible
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Part of a train from a refinery
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Part of a train from a refinery
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Servant, e.g.
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Servant, e.g.
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"Why ___ so shy when ...?" ("It's Only Love" lyric)
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"Why ___ so shy when ...?" ("It's Only Love" lyric)
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Snack chip
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Snack chip
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Nest on a cliff
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Nest on a cliff
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Author Umberto
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Author Umberto
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Dave Clark ___
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Dave Clark ___
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"___ the time ..."
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"___ the time ..."
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Playwright Fugard
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Playwright Fugard
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General ___ chicken
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General ___ chicken
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Attractive legs, in slang
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Attractive legs, in slang
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"Yuck!"
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"Yuck!"
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Actor Hemsworth of "The Hunger Games"
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Actor Hemsworth of "The Hunger Games"
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Bold
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Bold
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Stuck, after "in"
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Stuck, after "in"
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Queen who fell for Zeus' swan song?
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Queen who fell for Zeus' swan song?
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It may be a plot
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It may be a plot
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Lone Star State sch.
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Lone Star State sch.
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500 letters?
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500 letters?
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Cause of the witch's demise in "Hansel and Gretel"
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Cause of the witch's demise in "Hansel and Gretel"
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'60s war zone
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'60s war zone
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Rice-A-___
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Rice-A-___
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Fraternity chapter
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Fraternity chapter
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Big to-do
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Big to-do
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They're played at un conservatoire
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They're played at un conservatoire
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Undermines, as support
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Undermines, as support
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Living in a swing state?
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Living in a swing state?
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Kind of jacket with pockets on the chest
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Kind of jacket with pockets on the chest
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Tilted
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Tilted
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Oxford's St. ___ College
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Oxford's St. ___ College
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City on the Seine upstream from Paris
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City on the Seine upstream from Paris
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A majority
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A majority
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Aware of
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Aware of
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Craze caused by this puzzle's subjects
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Craze caused by this puzzle's subjects
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Schoolyard rejoinder
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Schoolyard rejoinder
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Card count in Caesar's Palace?
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Card count in Caesar's Palace?
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Host for this puzzle's subjects on 2/9/64
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Host for this puzzle's subjects on 2/9/64
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Places atop
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Places atop
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Eban of Israel
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Eban of Israel
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With 11-Down, subjects of this puzzle
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With 11-Down, subjects of this puzzle
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Enzyme suffix
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Enzyme suffix
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See 9-Down
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See 9-Down
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Rampage
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Rampage
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Way to go
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Way to go
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Nickname for this puzzle's subjects
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Nickname for this puzzle's subjects
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Free
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Free
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Bikini blast, informally
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Bikini blast, informally
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Song sung by this puzzle's subjects on 6-Down's show on 2/9/64
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Song sung by this puzzle's subjects on 6-Down's show on 2/9/64
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Big rig
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Big rig
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Lead-in to while
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Lead-in to while
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___ creek
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___ creek
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Dictator Amin
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Dictator Amin
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Broadway's ___-Fontanne Theater
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Broadway's ___-Fontanne Theater
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Promise of payment
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Promise of payment
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Frist's successor as Senate majority leader
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Frist's successor as Senate majority leader
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One of the six counties of Northern Ireland
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One of the six counties of Northern Ireland
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Escort to the door
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Escort to the door
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Yes
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Yes
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Balanced conditions
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Balanced conditions
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Band material
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Band material
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Park, e.g., in N.Y.C.
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Park, e.g., in N.Y.C.
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Wallach of "The Misfits"
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Wallach of "The Misfits"
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Subtitle for "Star Wars Episode IV," with "A"
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Subtitle for "Star Wars Episode IV," with "A"
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Just so, after "to"
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Just so, after "to"
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Bakeshop worker
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Bakeshop worker
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Free throw avgs., e.g.
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Free throw avgs., e.g.
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One team in the N.B.A. All-Star Game, with "the"
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One team in the N.B.A. All-Star Game, with "the"
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City on the Nile
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City on the Nile
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Junior Olympics org.
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Junior Olympics org.
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Certain NASA launch
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Certain NASA launch
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Had a ball at
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Had a ball at
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Unpredictable
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Unpredictable
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Composer Khachaturian
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Composer Khachaturian
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Slave
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Slave
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Apes
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Apes
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Apes
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Apes
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Where this puzzle's subjects got their start
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Where this puzzle's subjects got their start
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Song sung by this puzzle's subjects on 6-Down's show on 9/12/65
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Song sung by this puzzle's subjects on 6-Down's show on 9/12/65
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Earth's habitable parts
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Earth's habitable parts
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Dawnlike
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Dawnlike
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Common monthly expense
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Common monthly expense
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Ladies' man
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Ladies' man
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Prey for a dingo
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Prey for a dingo
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Molly formerly on "S.N.L."
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Molly formerly on "S.N.L."
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Like some dessert orders
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Like some dessert orders
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King in 1922 news
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King in 1922 news
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Hot
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Hot
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Instrument depicted by the shaded squares in this grid
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Instrument depicted by the shaded squares in this grid
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1965 and 1966 concert site for this puzzle's subjects
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1965 and 1966 concert site for this puzzle's subjects
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Sweeping
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Sweeping
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Soon
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Soon
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Be domestic
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Be domestic
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Medical suffix
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Medical suffix
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Calendar keeper, for short
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Calendar keeper, for short
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Medical suffix
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Medical suffix
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The "S" of CBS: Abbr.
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The "S" of CBS: Abbr.
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Sci-fi sighting
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Sci-fi sighting
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