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New York Times: Sunday, November 15, 2015
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, November 15, 2015 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Alan Arbesfeld
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Animals at a football game
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Animals at a football game
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Antithesis of brashness
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Antithesis of brashness
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One carrying a spiked club, maybe
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One carrying a spiked club, maybe
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Case for a lawyer
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Case for a lawyer
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Lay bare
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Lay bare
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Worker hardly making a living wage
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Worker hardly making a living wage
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"So You Think You Can Dance," say?
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"So You Think You Can Dance," say?
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School for James Bond
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School for James Bond
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Plenty
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Plenty
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East German secret police
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East German secret police
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Some letter enclosures, for short
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Some letter enclosures, for short
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A or B, but not O
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A or B, but not O
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Punk offshoot
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Kigali native
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Kigali native
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A mean Amin
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A mean Amin
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Toni Morrison novel
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Toni Morrison novel
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One with monthly payments
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One with monthly payments
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Shakespeare's Claudius and others
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Shakespeare's Claudius and others
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Added on, botanically
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Added on, botanically
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Roller coaster shout from Queen Elizabeth?
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Roller coaster shout from Queen Elizabeth?
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Geezers
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Geezers
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Sprinkling on a deviled egg
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Sprinkling on a deviled egg
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Nuevo ___, state in Mexico
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Nuevo ___, state in Mexico
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Klingon on "Star Trek: T.N.G."
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Klingon on "Star Trek: T.N.G."
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It may lead to an unearned run
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It may lead to an unearned run
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Make out
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Make out
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Sad sack
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Sad sack
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AOL competitor
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AOL competitor
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Actor Hirsch of "Into the Wild"
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Actor Hirsch of "Into the Wild"
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Without doubt
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Without doubt
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Antique photo
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Antique photo
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___ Ration (old dog food brand)
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___ Ration (old dog food brand)
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"Did you mean Doom or Dolittle?"?
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"Did you mean Doom or Dolittle?"?
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Tools for cobblers
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Tools for cobblers
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Inverse trig function
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Inverse trig function
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Succinctly
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Succinctly
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Battlefield cry
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Battlefield cry
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Literary inits.
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Literary inits.
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Actress Streep
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Actress Streep
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Coolness, in modern slang
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Coolness, in modern slang
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Lisa, to Patty and Selma, on "The Simpsons"
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Lisa, to Patty and Selma, on "The Simpsons"
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One-___ (old ball game)
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One-___ (old ball game)
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Is sick
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Is sick
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Made an effort
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Made an effort
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Easily
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Easily
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Mob Boss Hall of Fame?
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Mob Boss Hall of Fame?
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Like some jeans and apartment buildings
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Like some jeans and apartment buildings
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Onetime place for Saddam Hussein's image
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Onetime place for Saddam Hussein's image
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Elite groups
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Elite groups
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Spillane's "___ Jury"
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Spillane's "___ Jury"
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Camouflaged
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Camouflaged
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Snowbird's destination
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Snowbird's destination
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Wisk competitor
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Wisk competitor
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Sci-fi/historical fiction writer Stephenson
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Sci-fi/historical fiction writer Stephenson
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Decorative moldings
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Decorative moldings
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John ___, "The House of Blue Leaves" playwright
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John ___, "The House of Blue Leaves" playwright
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"Argo" setting
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"Argo" setting
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Some salad greens
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Some salad greens
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Making a complaint at a restaurant?
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Making a complaint at a restaurant?
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Iowa State locale
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Iowa State locale
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Trigger autocorrect, say
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Trigger autocorrect, say
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Beat to the finish
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Beat to the finish
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Eighty-six
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Eighty-six
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Traps in a net
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Traps in a net
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You may want to stop reading when you see this
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Hot Wheels maker
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Hot Wheels maker
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In
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In
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"Mad Men" extras
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"Mad Men" extras
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Crows' cries
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Crows' cries
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"Gee," in Glasgow
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"Gee," in Glasgow
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"Meet the Press" competitor
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"Meet the Press" competitor
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Company that encourages people to lie?
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Company that encourages people to lie?
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Mardi Gras time
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Mardi Gras time
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Locale of the Battle of Tippecanoe
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Locale of the Battle of Tippecanoe
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Runs the show, briefly
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Runs the show, briefly
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Dots in la mer
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Dots in la mer
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___ Maar (Picasso's muse)
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___ Maar (Picasso's muse)
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Formal identification
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Formal identification
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Bono bandmate
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Bono bandmate
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Answer with a salute
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Answer with a salute
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Precedes at a concert
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Precedes at a concert
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"That milky liquid belongs to me!"?
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"That milky liquid belongs to me!"?
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Cousin of a tendril
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Cousin of a tendril
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Baseball or Supreme Court lineups
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Baseball or Supreme Court lineups
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Calrissian of "Star Wars" films
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Calrissian of "Star Wars" films
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Put back on the payroll
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Put back on the payroll
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Dudley Do-Right's love
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Dudley Do-Right's love
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Moseys along
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Moseys along
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E.U. member not in NATO: Abbr.
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E.U. member not in NATO: Abbr.
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Part of a winter stash
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Part of a winter stash
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One with brand loyalty?
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One with brand loyalty?
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"Oh ... my ... God!"
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"Oh ... my ... God!"
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Brian who wrote the score for "Me and Earl and the Dying Girl"
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Brian who wrote the score for "Me and Earl and the Dying Girl"
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Glimpse on the sly
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Glimpse on the sly
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Munitions suppliers
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Munitions suppliers
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One in line to rule the ocean?
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One in line to rule the ocean?
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Peter who directed "Picnic at Hanging Rock"
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Peter who directed "Picnic at Hanging Rock"
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Man's name that's Hebrew for "my God"
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Man's name that's Hebrew for "my God"
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1970 hit with the lyric "I'm down on my knees, / I'm begging you please to come home"
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1970 hit with the lyric "I'm down on my knees, / I'm begging you please to come home"
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Roger who wrote "The Boys of Summer"
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Roger who wrote "The Boys of Summer"
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Stick-in-the-mud types
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Stick-in-the-mud types
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Edit some film
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Edit some film
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Like measuring cups, often
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Like measuring cups, often
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Nutritional fig.
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Nutritional fig.
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Cattle calls
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Cattle calls
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___ Trail (Everglades highway)
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___ Trail (Everglades highway)
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PBS station in the Big Apple
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PBS station in the Big Apple
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Chorus line leader?
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Chorus line leader?
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Japanese porcelain
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Japanese porcelain
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Dis but not dat?
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Dis but not dat?
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"Fargo" assent
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"Fargo" assent
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Negligent
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Negligent
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Screen abbr.
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Screen abbr.
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Things found between the poles?
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Things found between the poles?
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Closed tight
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Closed tight
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Show some dumbfoundedness about
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Show some dumbfoundedness about
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Declaration on DÃa de San ValentÃn
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Declaration on DÃa de San ValentÃn
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Add one's two cents
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Add one's two cents
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Get cozy
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Get cozy
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Books often not read
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Books often not read
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Built-up
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Built-up
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"Prove it!"
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"Prove it!"
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Kind of number
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Kind of number
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Cataleptic state
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Cataleptic state
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Margaret who founded Planned Parenthood
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Margaret who founded Planned Parenthood
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Jefferson's religious belief
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Jefferson's religious belief
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Mathematician who was the subject of the book "The Man Who Loved Only Numbers"
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Mathematician who was the subject of the book "The Man Who Loved Only Numbers"
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Start of the Bay State's motto
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Start of the Bay State's motto
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Nurses at a bar
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Nurses at a bar
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Calvary inscription
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Calvary inscription
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Book before Esth.
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Book before Esth.
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Skater Midori
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Skater Midori
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