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New York Times: Sunday, August 31, 2014
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, August 31, 2014 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Joel Fagliano
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Halle Berry was once runner-up for this
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Halle Berry was once runner-up for this
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Foreheads
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Foreheads
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Hanes competitor
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Hanes competitor
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Identify on Facebook
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Identify on Facebook
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Ties up
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Ties up
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French filmmaker who led the Cinéma Pur movement
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French filmmaker who led the Cinéma Pur movement
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When Earth Day is celebrated: Abbr.
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When Earth Day is celebrated: Abbr.
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Jewish bread/Played, as a violin/Throw (1950)
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Jewish bread/Played, as a violin/Throw (1950)
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Tan line producer, maybe
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Tan line producer, maybe
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Ring material
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Ring material
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___ cloud (source of comets)
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___ cloud (source of comets)
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Org. in "The Sopranos"
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Org. in "The Sopranos"
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Spend time in idle reverie
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Spend time in idle reverie
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One quarter of a quartet
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One quarter of a quartet
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Toyota rival/Measure of power/Insult (1954)
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Toyota rival/Measure of power/Insult (1954)
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Parisian possessive
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Parisian possessive
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Sound units
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Sound units
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Strip club fixture
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Strip club fixture
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Anagram - and synonym - of 71-Across
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Anagram - and synonym - of 71-Across
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Peace in the Middle East
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Peace in the Middle East
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Forbes competitor
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Forbes competitor
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Ca, Ce, Co or Cu
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Ca, Ce, Co or Cu
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Reside/Savage/Puzzle (out)/Wash (2013)
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Reside/Savage/Puzzle (out)/Wash (2013)
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Greatly desired objects
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Greatly desired objects
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Any of the "South Park" characters
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Any of the "South Park" characters
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Strike concern
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Strike concern
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Kiss's partner
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Kiss's partner
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Bananas
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Bananas
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Number by a door?
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Number by a door?
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Islamic spirit
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Islamic spirit
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Inner: Prefix
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Inner: Prefix
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Dating service datum
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Dating service datum
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Hooligan/Strange/Silo contents (1972)
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Hooligan/Strange/Silo contents (1972)
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Only non-U.S. M.L.B. team: Abbr.
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Only non-U.S. M.L.B. team: Abbr.
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Some cameras, for short
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Some cameras, for short
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See 39-Across
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See 39-Across
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Like a milquetoast
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Like a milquetoast
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Complete reversal
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Complete reversal
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Comedian Kevin
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Comedian Kevin
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Seed
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Seed
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Obama follower?
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Obama follower?
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Sad news
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Sad news
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Wildlife protector/Difficult/Hotel door feature (1980)
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Wildlife protector/Difficult/Hotel door feature (1980)
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Have the lead
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Have the lead
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"Chances ___ ..."
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"Chances ___ ..."
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Load bearer?
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Load bearer?
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Memo opener
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Memo opener
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California roll ingredient
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California roll ingredient
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"That's what she ___"
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"That's what she ___"
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Road block?
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Road block?
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"In what way?"/Like overcooked steak/Possess/European capital on a gulf (1985)
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"In what way?"/Like overcooked steak/Possess/European capital on a gulf (1985)
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Get whipped
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Get whipped
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British author who wrote "The Old Devils"
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British author who wrote "The Old Devils"
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"___ man!"
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"___ man!"
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Oklahoma tribe
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Oklahoma tribe
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Brave group, informally?
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Brave group, informally?
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Kind of garden
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Kind of garden
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What you get when you say 23-, 31-, 47-, 64-, 79- or 97-Across out loud
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What you get when you say 23-, 31-, 47-, 64-, 79- or 97-Across out loud
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Meringue ingredient
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Meringue ingredient
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P.O.W.'s, e.g.
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P.O.W.'s, e.g.
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Rush-hour subway rider, facetiously
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Rush-hour subway rider, facetiously
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___ Islas Filipinas
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___ Islas Filipinas
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"Inglourious Basterds" org.
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"Inglourious Basterds" org.
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___ nous
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___ nous
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Holes in shoes
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Holes in shoes
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Shopping malls on Black Friday, e.g.
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Shopping malls on Black Friday, e.g.
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Scarf down
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Scarf down
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Some wide receiver routes
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Some wide receiver routes
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Round of shots
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Round of shots
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Campus attended by Elle in "Legally Blonde"
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Campus attended by Elle in "Legally Blonde"
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Beach homes?
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Beach homes?
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Kind of blond
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Kind of blond
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Ponder, with "on"
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Ponder, with "on"
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Prepare to put back in the fridge, say
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Prepare to put back in the fridge, say
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Pair of socks?
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Pair of socks?
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Unite
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Unite
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Duke, e.g.: Abbr.
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Duke, e.g.: Abbr.
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Start of a children's rhyme
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Start of a children's rhyme
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Make more intense, as colors
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Make more intense, as colors
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Rap mogul, briefly
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Rap mogul, briefly
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Prohibited
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Prohibited
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Where a golf fairway transitions into a green
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Where a golf fairway transitions into a green
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President after Johnson
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President after Johnson
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One half of a 10-Down
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One half of a 10-Down
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Growing art form?
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Growing art form?
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Fred Flintstone's boss
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Fred Flintstone's boss
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Minnesota's St. ___ College
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Minnesota's St. ___ College
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Strange
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Strange
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Heavenly bodies?
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Heavenly bodies?
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Mood
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Mood
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Plebiscite, e.g.
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Plebiscite, e.g.
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Número of Mexican states that border the U.S.
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Número of Mexican states that border the U.S.
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Subway systems
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Subway systems
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Figures on some Valentine's Day cards
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Figures on some Valentine's Day cards
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Ultimate
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Ultimate
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"Careless Hands" crooner
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"Careless Hands" crooner
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Narcs enforce them
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Narcs enforce them
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Marsh rodent
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Marsh rodent
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Cross
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Cross
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It was satirized in "Dr. Strangelove"
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It was satirized in "Dr. Strangelove"
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Kind of blond
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Kind of blond
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Last word of an annual holiday song
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Last word of an annual holiday song
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Grind
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Grind
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"S.N.L." producer Michaels
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"S.N.L." producer Michaels
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Bring up to speed
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Bring up to speed
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First name in mysteries
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First name in mysteries
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Rachel's firstborn, in the Bible
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Rachel's firstborn, in the Bible
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Build up
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Build up
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Alecto, Megaera or Tisiphone
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Alecto, Megaera or Tisiphone
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Made haste
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Made haste
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Some shipping routes
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Some shipping routes
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One of the superheroes in 2012's "The Avengers"
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Former Oldsmobile model
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Former Oldsmobile model
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Road starting at the Porta Capena
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Road starting at the Porta Capena
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Film villain with prosthetic hands
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Film villain with prosthetic hands
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Cheeky
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Cheeky
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Less puzzling
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Less puzzling
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Kindle purchase, in brief
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Kindle purchase, in brief
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"Daniel in the Lions' Den" artist
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"Daniel in the Lions' Den" artist
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Discharges
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Discharges
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Long-legged shorebird
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Long-legged shorebird
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Surpass
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Surpass
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"Happy Days" girl
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"Happy Days" girl
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Green light
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Green light
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96 for Big Ben, heightwise
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96 for Big Ben, heightwise
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Eye shade
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Eye shade
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Symbol for ohms
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Symbol for ohms
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Common bar food
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Common bar food
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Kind of mail
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Kind of mail
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Get up
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Get up
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Three-time French Open champ
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Three-time French Open champ
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Euros replaced them
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Euros replaced them
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Work for Plutarch, informally
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Work for Plutarch, informally
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Not post-
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Not post-
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Hog's Head, in the Harry Potter books
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Hog's Head, in the Harry Potter books
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Tip of the tongue?
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