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New York Times: Sunday, August 17, 2014
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, August 17, 2014 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Caleb Madison
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Word after say or now
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Initiator of a probe, maybe
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Mop
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Mop
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Something five-star hotels provide, informally
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Detective Vance
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Detective Vance
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Mythological deity with two ravens
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Celebrity chef Matsuhisa
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Celebrity chef Matsuhisa
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Part of a titter
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Spellin' things incorrectly?
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Departing words
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Leonardo da Vinci, religiously
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Leonardo da Vinci, religiously
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Platform for many apps
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Platform for many apps
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Nosh on the trail
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Nosh on the trail
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R&B singer with the 2004 #1 hit "Goodies"
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R&B singer with the 2004 #1 hit "Goodies"
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Stealin' a hard drug?
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Stealin' a hard drug?
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Pushin' some bread back and forth?
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Pushin' some bread back and forth?
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Domain of Jupiter
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Domain of Jupiter
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Beak
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Beak
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Enwrap
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Enwrap
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Parkinson's treatment
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Parkinson's treatment
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Global finance org.
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Global finance org.
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___ de boeuf
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___ de boeuf
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___ Fierce (Beyoncé alter ego)
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___ Fierce (Beyoncé alter ego)
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Its official song is "Home on the Range": Abbr.
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Its official song is "Home on the Range": Abbr.
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Like some relations
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Like some relations
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Lie around
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Lie around
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Where she blows?
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Where she blows?
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Suffix with glycer-
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Paper pusher?
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Paper pusher?
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Was a bellwether
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Was a bellwether
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Strike first
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Strike first
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Disciplines
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Disciplines
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50 Cent piece
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50 Cent piece
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Fair-hiring inits.
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Fair-hiring inits.
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H.S. dropouts' documents
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H.S. dropouts' documents
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Not allowin' anyone to cook burgers and franks?
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Not allowin' anyone to cook burgers and franks?
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Google alternative
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Google alternative
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Mortal queen of Thebes who was transfigured into a goddess
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Mortal queen of Thebes who was transfigured into a goddess
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Hardens
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Hardens
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Brother, in slang
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Brother, in slang
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Like very few newspapers these days
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Like very few newspapers these days
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To be, in Tijuana
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To be, in Tijuana
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"Are you done?"
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"Are you done?"
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Place for lambs to frolic
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Place for lambs to frolic
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Wavy do
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Wavy do
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Comedic Mort
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Comedic Mort
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Bibliography listings
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Bibliography listings
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Union formation?
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Union formation?
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Hospital status, informally
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Hospital status, informally
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Each episode of "Law & Order," say
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Each episode of "Law & Order," say
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Roguish
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Roguish
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Tablet marking options
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Tablet marking options
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Deeply impressed
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Deeply impressed
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___ Cooper
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___ Cooper
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1/4 of zero?
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Recheckin' with a stopwatch?
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Demonstratin' how to shoot an apple off someone's head?
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Demonstratin' how to shoot an apple off someone's head?
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French nobleman
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French nobleman
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California's Santa ___ Mountains
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California's Santa ___ Mountains
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Album with the 1978 hit "Deacon Blues"
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Hot spring?
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Hot spring?
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Accouterment popularized by a "Seinfeld" episode
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Accouterment popularized by a "Seinfeld" episode
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Usin' less stickum?
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Tap choice
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Put in a bibliography
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___ socks
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___ socks
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Madcap
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Madcap
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"Gangnam Style" stylist
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Shipbuilder's starting point
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Shipbuilder's starting point
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Oracle
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Oracle
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Certain recess
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Givin' a female casino patron another card?
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Iraq's Imam ___ Air Base
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Old-timey medicines
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Scandinavian language, to its speakers
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Scandinavian language, to its speakers
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Hubbub
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Hubbub
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Make a note of?
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Sweater material
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Sweater material
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Medium for many selfies
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Medium for many selfies
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"I'm speechless"
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"I'm speechless"
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You can count on them
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You can count on them
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Makin' some big purchases?
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Makin' some big purchases?
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2002 Dennis Quaid film about a struggling minor-league pitcher
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2002 Dennis Quaid film about a struggling minor-league pitcher
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Places for briefs?
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Places for briefs?
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Big cheese
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Big cheese
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Steep
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Steep
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Unconvincing
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Unconvincing
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Cyrano de Bergerac, famously
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Cyrano de Bergerac, famously
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Certain charge
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Certain charge
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Party entertainers, for short
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Party entertainers, for short
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Breaks down
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Breaks down
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Dieter's label
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Dieter's label
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This, in Tijuana
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This, in Tijuana
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Singer with the 2009 hit "Tik Tok"
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Singer with the 2009 hit "Tik Tok"
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Track listings?
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Track listings?
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Hopin' favor is bestowed?
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Hopin' favor is bestowed?
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Moralist's comment
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Moralist's comment
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Vets
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Vets
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Panetta's successor as defense secretary
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Panetta's successor as defense secretary
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Hitch
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Hitch
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Juin honoree
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Juin honoree
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Deeply impressed
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Deeply impressed
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Logan of "60 Minutes"
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Logan of "60 Minutes"
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Jumping-off point?
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Jumping-off point?
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Dealbreaker?
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Dealbreaker?
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Wrecks
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Wrecks
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Engineering topic
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Engineering topic
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Popular six-second clips since 2013
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Popular six-second clips since 2013
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Much of the Guggenheim's collection
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Much of the Guggenheim's collection
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Big goof
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Big goof
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W.W. II transports: Abbr.
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Old "There's no step 3!" sloganeer
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Old "There's no step 3!" sloganeer
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River through two world capitals
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Hardens
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Hardens
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Bitin' a friend of Robin Hood?
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Bitin' a friend of Robin Hood?
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Carryin' a load of grain?
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Carryin' a load of grain?
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Title film locale in Springwood, Oh.
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Title film locale in Springwood, Oh.
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Stats for basketball players
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Stats for basketball players
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"Get rich quick" promise
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"Get rich quick" promise
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Clark ___, "The Avengers" actor
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Clark ___, "The Avengers" actor
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Egypt's Mubarak
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Egypt's Mubarak
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Coral reef lurker
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Coral reef lurker
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___ Zimmer, Oscar-winning composer for "The Lion King"
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___ Zimmer, Oscar-winning composer for "The Lion King"
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Pest
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Pest
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What you might use to put on a happy face?
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What you might use to put on a happy face?
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Not step so lively
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Not step so lively
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Some sweaters
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Some sweaters
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"Lemme!"
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"Lemme!"
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Like barbecue sauce
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Like barbecue sauce
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Nobelist Wiesel
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Nobelist Wiesel
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Loop loopers
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Loop loopers
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Eagle's perch
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Eagle's perch
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Hardly a yes man
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Hardly a yes man
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Sample
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Sample
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Microsoft portable media player
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Microsoft portable media player
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Plan (out)
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Plan (out)
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Sault ___ Marie
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Sault ___ Marie
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Shorts top?
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Shorts top?
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Little chow, say
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