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New York Times: Sunday, December 21, 2014
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, December 21, 2014 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Joel Fagliano
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Something put on the spot?
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Without a mixer
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Likely feature of a college town
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Likely feature of a college town
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One may be removed
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___-American
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___-American
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Red or white sticker?
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Red or white sticker?
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Homer that leaves people yawning?
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Homer that leaves people yawning?
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"Shucks!" or "Pshaw!"?
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"Shucks!" or "Pshaw!"?
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Go astray
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Father-son activity
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Father-son activity
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They can be fertilized
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They can be fertilized
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Pale ___
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Pale ___
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Majors in acting
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Majors in acting
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Domineering
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Domineering
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Give rise to
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Give rise to
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"The less you wear, the more you need ___" (slogan)
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"The less you wear, the more you need ___" (slogan)
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"Pick me, pick me!"
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"Pick me, pick me!"
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Sauce with a name derived from the Italian for "pounded"
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Sauce with a name derived from the Italian for "pounded"
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Risky chess move, informally
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Some briefs
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Some briefs
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Southwest tribe after a fistfight?
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Southwest tribe after a fistfight?
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Pad ___ (noodle dish)
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Pad ___ (noodle dish)
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Part of E.T.S.: Abbr.
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Part of E.T.S.: Abbr.
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Piano sonatas, e.g.
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___ generis
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___ generis
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World of Warcraft creatures
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World of Warcraft creatures
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Navratilova rival
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Navratilova rival
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Starts recycling, say
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Starts recycling, say
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First lady from Texas
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First lady from Texas
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Nav. rank
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Nav. rank
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War stat
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War stat
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Bleacher feature
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Where a director directs
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Where a director directs
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Backstabbing pal?
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Backstabbing pal?
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Soon gonna
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Soon gonna
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"Dedicated to the ___ Love"
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"Dedicated to the ___ Love"
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Siouan speaker
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Siouan speaker
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Filch
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Filch
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Around
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Around
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Zion National Park material
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Zion National Park material
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Coast along, with "by"
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Coast along, with "by"
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Reader of the Deseret News
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Reader of the Deseret News
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Break off
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Break off
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They're above abs
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They're above abs
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"It Came ___ a Midnight Clear"
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"It Came ___ a Midnight Clear"
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___ tide
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___ tide
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Barn dance that's free to attend?
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Barn dance that's free to attend?
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Seeks change?
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Seeks change?
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Hematite, e.g.
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Hematite, e.g.
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Together
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Together
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Actress Strahovski of 2000s TV
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Actress Strahovski of 2000s TV
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What vinegar has a lot of
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Proctor's charge
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Proctor's charge
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Gawks at
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Gawks at
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Computer addresses: Abbr.
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Computer addresses: Abbr.
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Believe it!
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Believe it!
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R.S.V.P., e.g.: Abbr.
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R.S.V.P., e.g.: Abbr.
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Where the big buoys are?
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Makeshift wig, maybe
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Vagrant after getting kicked off a train, say?
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Vagrant after getting kicked off a train, say?
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Stuff your dad finds ridiculous?
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Stuff your dad finds ridiculous?
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Gentle treatment, metaphorically
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Gentle treatment, metaphorically
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Temple University's team
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Saharan nomad
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Saharan nomad
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"The Shawshank Redemption" setting
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"The Shawshank Redemption" setting
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Nursing need
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Charles Schwab competitor
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Charles Schwab competitor
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Feel deep compassion
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Way out
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Way out
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Germany's ___ Basin
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Germany's ___ Basin
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Pac-12 team, for short
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Pac-12 team, for short
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Steve Jobs's successor at Apple
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Steve Jobs's successor at Apple
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Minuses, basically
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Minuses, basically
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House speaker after Dennis Hastert
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House speaker after Dennis Hastert
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I will follow it
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I will follow it
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"___ we done?"
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"___ we done?"
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Hockey Hall of Fame locale
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Hockey Hall of Fame locale
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Playbill info
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Playbill info
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World capital once conquered by Augustus
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World capital once conquered by Augustus
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Return to one's seat?
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Return to one's seat?
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Roy Rogers's real last name
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Roy Rogers's real last name
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Raven's cry
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Raven's cry
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Cause for a quarantine
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Cause for a quarantine
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Moon of Neptune
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Moon of Neptune
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Church leaders
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Church leaders
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Sound of a fly swatter
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Sound of a fly swatter
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"___ no biggie"
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"___ no biggie"
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Cognac bottle letters
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Cognac bottle letters
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Lawn game
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Lawn game
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"Or so"
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"Or so"
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Bone to pick
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Bone to pick
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Celtic battle, say
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Celtic battle, say
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Like President Taft
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Like President Taft
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Bygone
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Bygone
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Trucks, maybe
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Trucks, maybe
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Sedgwick in Warhol films
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Sedgwick in Warhol films
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Warrior or downward dog
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Warrior or downward dog
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Rhone tributary
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Rhone tributary
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Some Christmas decorations
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Some Christmas decorations
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Computerdom, informally
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Computerdom, informally
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'Fore
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'Fore
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Got the chair?
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Got the chair?
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Composer whose name is an anagram of SANTA + ME
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Composer whose name is an anagram of SANTA + ME
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Bear
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Bear
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Put-downs
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Put-downs
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Like used cigars, maybe
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Like used cigars, maybe
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Suffix with social
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Suffix with social
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"Personally, I think ...," in texts
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"Personally, I think ...," in texts
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Kate Middleton, e.g.
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Kate Middleton, e.g.
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Complex thing?
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Complex thing?
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Tree whose pods have sweet pulp
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Tree whose pods have sweet pulp
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Lead-in to pressure
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Lead-in to pressure
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Was gullible
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Was gullible
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Crush, e.g.
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Crush, e.g.
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Fattened fowl
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Fattened fowl
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Nickname for Orlando
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Nickname for Orlando
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Pasta with a name derived from the Italian for "quills"
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Auntie ___ (pretzel chain)
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German auto
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German auto
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"Good job by you!"
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"Good job by you!"
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Trendy coffee order
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Trendy coffee order
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Joint business venture?
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Joint business venture?
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Look
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Look
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Special newsstand offering
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Special newsstand offering
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"Illmatic" rapper
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"Illmatic" rapper
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Balance
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Balance
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Regal and Encore
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Regal and Encore
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Lively intelligence
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Lively intelligence
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Take off
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Take off
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Ski resort near Santa Fe
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Ski resort near Santa Fe
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Beauty
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Beauty
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___ of Man
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___ of Man
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Stillwater's home: Abbr.
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Stillwater's home: Abbr.
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___ Liasson, NPR political correspondent
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___ Liasson, NPR political correspondent
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With 113-Down, it's full of opinions
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See 112-Down
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Mil. rank
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Mil. rank
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Son of, in Hebrew names
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Son of, in Hebrew names
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Get behind
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Get behind
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It's hard to shoot
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It's hard to shoot
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