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New York Times: Sunday, November 9, 2014
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, November 9, 2014 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Tom McCoy
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Extremely attractive bodies
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Extremely attractive bodies
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Bird found in this grid's lower-right corner
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Bird found in this grid's lower-right corner
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Building material in Oz
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Building material in Oz
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Female surfer
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Female surfer
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Words from a Latin lover
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Words from a Latin lover
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Byproduct of petroleum refining
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Byproduct of petroleum refining
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1996 Olympic tennis gold medalist
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1996 Olympic tennis gold medalist
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Suffer remorse
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Suffer remorse
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U.S.S.R.'s Brezhnev
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U.S.S.R.'s Brezhnev
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Sharp
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Sharp
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Side of a diner
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Side of a diner
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Background color of a $100 bill
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Background color of a $100 bill
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It might be stained
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It might be stained
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Hikers' snacks
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Hikers' snacks
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Facetious unit defined as the amount of beauty needed to launch one ship
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Facetious unit defined as the amount of beauty needed to launch one ship
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Young musician?
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Young musician?
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Nail holder
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Nail holder
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Birds Eye bagful
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Birds Eye bagful
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"That old" stuff of song
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"That old" stuff of song
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Sodium ___ (potato chip flavoring)
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Sodium ___ (potato chip flavoring)
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World's first national park
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World's first national park
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Dog's plaint
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Leading
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Leading
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Whitney who went to Yale, appropriately
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Whitney who went to Yale, appropriately
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Quaking ___
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Quaking ___
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Body of water found in this grid's upper-right corner
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Body of water found in this grid's upper-right corner
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Lawn tool
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Lawn tool
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Performing, say
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Performing, say
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Plagued
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Plagued
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Vitamin used to fight Alzheimer's
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Vitamin used to fight Alzheimer's
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X contributor
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X contributor
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Puts on eBay, say
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Puts on eBay, say
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"What a ___!"
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"What a ___!"
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"Methinks," in forums
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"Methinks," in forums
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Instruments in the Beatles' "Norwegian Wood" and "Within You Without You"
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Instruments in the Beatles' "Norwegian Wood" and "Within You Without You"
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Hawaiian verandas
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Hawaiian verandas
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Prey for a cheetah
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With 77-Across, when combined into one word, national trivia championship, e.g.
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With 77-Across, when combined into one word, national trivia championship, e.g.
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See 75-Across
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See 75-Across
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Hardware store or nursery purchase
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Hardware store or nursery purchase
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Gels
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Gels
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Beverage found in this grid's lower-left corner
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Beverage found in this grid's lower-left corner
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Ending with may
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Ending with may
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Injury found in this grid's upper-left corner
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Injury found in this grid's upper-left corner
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Bereavement
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Bereavement
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Placeholder?
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Placeholder?
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Prey of the Morlocks
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Prey of the Morlocks
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Give the go-ahead
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Give the go-ahead
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Relative of a panpipe
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Relative of a panpipe
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Common muffin flavor
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Common muffin flavor
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Jai ___
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Impersonal notes ... or what four groups of this puzzle's answers do (totaling 11 words)
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Impersonal notes ... or what four groups of this puzzle's answers do (totaling 11 words)
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"Mon ___!"
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"Mon ___!"
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Josh
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Josh
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___ 6
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___ 6
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Fundamental
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Fundamental
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Unit named for a telephone pioneer
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Unit named for a telephone pioneer
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Crass
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Crass
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Substance in some signs
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Substance in some signs
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Inclined (to)
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Inclined (to)
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Eponymous Bloomer
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Eponymous Bloomer
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Tranquil
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Tranquil
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Print up?
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Print up?
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Owner of Columbia Pictures
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Owner of Columbia Pictures
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Baby bird?
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Baby bird?
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Super-rare occurrence
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Super-rare occurrence
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Helga's "horrible" husband
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Helga's "horrible" husband
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Butler's maiden name?
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Banning from future work
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Banning from future work
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Nitrogen symbols
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Nitrogen symbols
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Earth-shattering, maybe
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Earth-shattering, maybe
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Quaint way of sending documents
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Lerner's partner on Broadway
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Lerner's partner on Broadway
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Beehive Stater
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Beehive Stater
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Long, narrow fish
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Long, narrow fish
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Insult
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Insult
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Centuries-old instrument
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Centuries-old instrument
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Peak performance?
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Peak performance?
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Lily-livered sorts
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Lily-livered sorts
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Course: Abbr.
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Course: Abbr.
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"Fingers crossed!"
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"Fingers crossed!"
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Illusory sight on Mars
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Illusory sight on Mars
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Robotic dog on "Doctor Who"
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Robotic dog on "Doctor Who"
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Bit of power
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Bit of power
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Paradise lost in "Paradise Lost"
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Paradise lost in "Paradise Lost"
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Rapper ___ Wayne
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Rapper ___ Wayne
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View from Neuchâtel
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View from Neuchâtel
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What you might bow your head to receive
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What you might bow your head to receive
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Like some wine glasses
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Like some wine glasses
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Have good intentions
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Have good intentions
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Sunburn preventer, maybe
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Sunburn preventer, maybe
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Idle
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Idle
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"Koala bear," e.g.
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"Koala bear," e.g.
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Modern purveyor of Scrabble and Monopoly
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Modern purveyor of Scrabble and Monopoly
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"___ we done here?"
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"___ we done here?"
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Who said "I can't prove it, but I can say it"
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Who said "I can't prove it, but I can say it"
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Trial site
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Trial site
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Pittsburgh-to-Wilkes-Barre dir.
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Pittsburgh-to-Wilkes-Barre dir.
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Honeymoon attire
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Honeymoon attire
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110, to Bilbo Baggins
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110, to Bilbo Baggins
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Sports star with size 18 shoes
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Sports star with size 18 shoes
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"Ginger ___" (1952 Newbery winner)
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"Ginger ___" (1952 Newbery winner)
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Bill
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Bill
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"NO!"
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"NO!"
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End of the Bible?
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End of the Bible?
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Scottish negatives
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Some ovines
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Some ovines
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Director Guillermo ___ Toro
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Director Guillermo ___ Toro
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Swindles
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Swindles
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Like some councils
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Like some councils
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Tabula ___
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Tabula ___
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Ignore
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Ignore
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Start of a round
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Start of a round
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Rapt
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Rapt
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Home of India's Red Fort
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Home of India's Red Fort
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Went down a slippery slope
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Went down a slippery slope
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"... just kidding!"
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"... just kidding!"
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Web file format, for short
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Web file format, for short
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Burn alleviator
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Burn alleviator
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Be winded
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Be winded
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Frosty's pipe
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Frosty's pipe
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Decorative bands
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Decorative bands
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Chillax, say
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Chillax, say
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Future imago
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Future imago
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Alternative name for Troy
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Anne's home, in literature
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Anne's home, in literature
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Court locale
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Court locale
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Desist
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Desist
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Top prize
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Top prize
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Film archive
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Film archive
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December celebrations
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December celebrations
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Incursion
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Incursion
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Beaver State capital
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Beaver State capital
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Chief
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Chief
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Long ride
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Long ride
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Day-___
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Day-___
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Go (for)
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Go (for)
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Modern beginning?
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Modern beginning?
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Long, narrow fish
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Long, narrow fish
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Blood type system
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Blood type system
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