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New York Times: Sunday, October 18, 2015
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, October 18, 2015 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Dan Schoenholz
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Supreme Court justice who once compared the majority's reasoning to "the mystical aphorisms of the fortune cookie"
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Supreme Court justice who once compared the majority's reasoning to "the mystical aphorisms of the fortune cookie"
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Low part
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Low part
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Classify
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Classify
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A dozen for Hercules
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A dozen for Hercules
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Silk case
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Silk case
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Words of defiance
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Words of defiance
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Admission of a lack of familiarity with Mr. Hockey?
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Admission of a lack of familiarity with Mr. Hockey?
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Business feature?
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Business feature?
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Ancient Persian
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Ancient Persian
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Like sailors' talk
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Like sailors' talk
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Celebrity cook Paula
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Celebrity cook Paula
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Curse (out)
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Curse (out)
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Fusses
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Fusses
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Kyoto concurrence
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Kyoto concurrence
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Less serious works by the author of "Brighton Rock"?
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Less serious works by the author of "Brighton Rock"?
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Take responsibility for
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Take responsibility for
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Makes fast
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Makes fast
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Roman law
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Roman law
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One making a roaring start?
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One making a roaring start?
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Only one person can do it
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Only one person can do it
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Fits comfortably
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Fits comfortably
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Toque
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Toque
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Reason for Brosnan fans to watch 1980s TV?
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Reason for Brosnan fans to watch 1980s TV?
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"Home, ___"
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"Home, ___"
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Beach fronts?
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Beach fronts?
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A title might be presented in it: Abbr.
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A title might be presented in it: Abbr.
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Being dragged along
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Being dragged along
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John Lennon's middle name
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John Lennon's middle name
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Brand name whose middle two letters are linked in its logo
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Brand name whose middle two letters are linked in its logo
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Cameo stone
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Cameo stone
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Some briefs
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Some briefs
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Round house?
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Round house?
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Trying to sell one's "Au Revoir les Enfants" video?
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Trying to sell one's "Au Revoir les Enfants" video?
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Where safety goggles may be worn
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Where safety goggles may be worn
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Don Juan's mother
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Don Juan's mother
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Plowmen's cries
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Plowmen's cries
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"Rhyme Pays" rapper
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"Rhyme Pays" rapper
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"Catch-22" pilot
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"Catch-22" pilot
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Deplete
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Deplete
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Flaky stuff
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Foam
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Foam
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Challenge for a virologist
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Challenge for a virologist
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Explosive side of a former tennis great?
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Explosive side of a former tennis great?
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Fruitcakes
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Fruitcakes
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Libation with a floral bouquet
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Libation with a floral bouquet
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Noted second-place finisher
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Noted second-place finisher
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Make sense of
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Make sense of
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"Smack!"
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"Smack!"
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Maybe not even that
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Maybe not even that
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Rockies game
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Rockies game
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Comic's copy of "The Importance of Being Earnest"?
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Comic's copy of "The Importance of Being Earnest"?
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"Oh no!"
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"Oh no!"
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Home of Future World
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Home of Future World
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Soil: Prefix
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Soil: Prefix
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Upbeat
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Upbeat
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Rocky debris
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Rocky debris
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Brazilian berry
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Brazilian berry
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Applaud
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Applaud
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Assign blame to the singer of "Blurred Lines"?
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Assign blame to the singer of "Blurred Lines"?
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"Lake Wobegon Days" writer
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"Lake Wobegon Days" writer
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Writing award won multiple times by Alice Munro
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Writing award won multiple times by Alice Munro
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Where Quiznos and Mapquest are headquartered
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Where Quiznos and Mapquest are headquartered
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Erotic
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Erotic
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"All I ___ Do" (Sheryl Crow hit)
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"All I ___ Do" (Sheryl Crow hit)
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Tavern vessels
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Tavern vessels
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Slenderizes
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Slenderizes
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Midshipman's counterpart
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Midshipman's counterpart
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Residence
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Residence
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Single copy of "The Bonfire of the Vanities"?
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Single copy of "The Bonfire of the Vanities"?
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N.Y.C. line
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N.Y.C. line
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Questions
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Questions
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Farfalle shapes
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Farfalle shapes
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Sore
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Sore
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Great Lakes' ___ Canals
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Great Lakes' ___ Canals
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Disperse
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Disperse
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Fidgety
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Fidgety
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Net worth component
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Net worth component
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Topsiders?
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Topsiders?
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Spain's Costa del ___
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Spain's Costa del ___
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Go too far
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Go too far
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Actress O'Connor of "Xena: Warrior Princess"
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Actress O'Connor of "Xena: Warrior Princess"
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Saturn's largest moon
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Saturn's largest moon
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Rum mixers
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Rum mixers
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"What we want most, but what, alas! we use worst," per William Penn
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"What we want most, but what, alas! we use worst," per William Penn
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"Uh-uh"
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"Uh-uh"
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Questioning interjections
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Questioning interjections
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Like Vatican guards
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Like Vatican guards
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Ripsnorter
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Ripsnorter
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Pressing work
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Pressing work
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Fidgety
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Fidgety
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Japanese drama
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Japanese drama
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Some Thanksgiving decorations
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Some Thanksgiving decorations
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Dead-end position
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Dead-end position
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Modern-day home of the ancient Ashanti empire
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Modern-day home of the ancient Ashanti empire
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Some sites on the National Mall
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Some sites on the National Mall
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Home of Jar Jar Binks in "Star Wars" films
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Home of Jar Jar Binks in "Star Wars" films
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TV's ___ Network (sports presenter)
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TV's ___ Network (sports presenter)
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Relaxes and has some fun
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Relaxes and has some fun
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Chess's ___ ratings
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Chess's ___ ratings
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Singers do this
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Singers do this
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Nutrition-related
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Nutrition-related
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Confound
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Confound
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Resident of southern Mexico
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Resident of southern Mexico
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Llama's kin
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Llama's kin
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Radio freq.
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Radio freq.
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Come-___
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Come-___
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Nonkosher lunch order
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Nonkosher lunch order
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Onetime title for Obama and Clinton
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Onetime title for Obama and Clinton
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"They got me!"
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"They got me!"
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Preceded, with "to"
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Preceded, with "to"
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Former kingdom of Provence
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Former kingdom of Provence
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Military muckety-mucks
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Military muckety-mucks
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Midwesterners, stereotypically
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Midwesterners, stereotypically
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Modern TV feature
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Hundred Acre Wood resident
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Hundred Acre Wood resident
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Farrow or Hamm
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Farrow or Hamm
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Mother of Ares
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Mother of Ares
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France's ___ Polytechnique
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France's ___ Polytechnique
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Buy into "Common Sense"?
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Buy into "Common Sense"?
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Post office?
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Post office?
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Hardly fancy
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"L'Amore dei ___ Re" (Montemezzi opera)
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"L'Amore dei ___ Re" (Montemezzi opera)
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Sophocles tragedy
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Sophocles tragedy
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Sue Grafton's "___ for Innocent"
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Sue Grafton's "___ for Innocent"
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Come in under the radar, say
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Come in under the radar, say
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Artist Neiman
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Artist Neiman
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Raise, with "up"
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Raise, with "up"
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Eyes
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Eyes
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Poisonous snake
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Poisonous snake
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Producer of wrinkles, it's said
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Producer of wrinkles, it's said
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Comprehension
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Comprehension
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First year in Constantine's reign
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First year in Constantine's reign
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Like some port vessels
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Like some port vessels
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Levels
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Levels
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___ Fein
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___ Fein
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LAX figs.
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LAX figs.
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Jupiter's locale: Abbr.
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Jupiter's locale: Abbr.
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"Got it!"
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"Got it!"
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Hankering
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Hankering
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Riled (up)
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Riled (up)
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