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New York Times: Sunday, October 2, 2016
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, October 2, 2016 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Zhouqin Burnikel
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Waste generator?
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Waste generator?
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Bookkeeper's stamp
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Bookkeeper's stamp
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Talks a big game
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Talks a big game
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Time capsule ceremony
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Time capsule ceremony
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Lawn game that's in the Special Olympics
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Lawn game that's in the Special Olympics
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Director of the "Hostel" films
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Director of the "Hostel" films
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First Amendment guarantee
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First Amendment guarantee
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Digital technology that provides higher-quality sound
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Digital technology that provides higher-quality sound
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Big name in chips
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Big name in chips
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Like most 23-Across chips
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Like most 23-Across chips
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Bad-mouth
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Bad-mouth
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In need of an ice bath, say
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In need of an ice bath, say
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Dropbox competitor
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Dropbox competitor
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Not just imply
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Not just imply
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Send into space
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Send into space
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It's not used in miniature golf
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It's not used in miniature golf
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French topper
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French topper
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Miss in court?
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Miss in court?
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Pulls a yard prank on, briefly
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Pulls a yard prank on, briefly
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Duluth-to-St. Paul dir.
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Duluth-to-St. Paul dir.
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"Vous ___ ici"
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"Vous ___ ici"
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Last shot, often
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Last shot, often
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Give it a go
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Give it a go
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"Yee-___!"
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"Yee-___!"
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How Chinese brides are often dressed
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How Chinese brides are often dressed
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Hodgepodge
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Hodgepodge
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It may be full of bugs
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It may be full of bugs
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Business reply encl.
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Business reply encl.
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"Gigi" author, 1944
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"Gigi" author, 1944
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D.D.E.'s two-time presidential rival
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D.D.E.'s two-time presidential rival
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App image
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App image
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Biblical landing site
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Biblical landing site
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"Yeah, right!"
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"Yeah, right!"
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Now and then
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Now and then
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Alternatives to Twinkies
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Alternatives to Twinkies
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Give for a bit
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Give for a bit
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Pinch-hit (for)
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Pinch-hit (for)
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Totaled
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Totaled
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Beatles girl who "made a fool of everyone"
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Beatles girl who "made a fool of everyone"
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International commerce assn.
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International commerce assn.
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Fontana di Trevi locale
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Fontana di Trevi locale
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Aleve shelfmate
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Aleve shelfmate
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Entr'___
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Entr'___
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Tuna variety
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Tuna variety
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Attach, as a seat belt
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Attach, as a seat belt
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Surfboard stabilizer
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Surfboard stabilizer
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Physicist who said "Anyone who is not shocked by quantum theory has not understood it"
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Physicist who said "Anyone who is not shocked by quantum theory has not understood it"
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What may go to your head around Christmas?
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What may go to your head around Christmas?
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Tribe under attack in "Hotel Rwanda"
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Tribe under attack in "Hotel Rwanda"
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Fruity drink
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Fruity drink
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Islet in the Thames
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Islet in the Thames
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Tip of Cambodia?
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Tip of Cambodia?
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West Coast gas brand
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West Coast gas brand
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Line part: Abbr.
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Line part: Abbr.
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Extends, in a way
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Extends, in a way
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Black mark uncovered in a background check
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Black mark uncovered in a background check
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Trees used for making furniture
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Trees used for making furniture
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Agreement preceding a kiss
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Agreement preceding a kiss
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Flat need?
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Flat need?
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Little batteries
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Little batteries
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Rhimes who created "Grey's Anatomy" and "Scandal"
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Rhimes who created "Grey's Anatomy" and "Scandal"
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Hit 1990s computer game
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Hit 1990s computer game
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U.P.S. delivery: Abbr.
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U.P.S. delivery: Abbr.
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"Sure thing!"
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"Sure thing!"
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Elec., e.g.
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Elec., e.g.
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She betrayed Samson
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She betrayed Samson
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Like a simple-majority voting system
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Like a simple-majority voting system
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Con
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Con
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Two-time N.L. batting champ Willie
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Two-time N.L. batting champ Willie
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Banks that are too important to fail?
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Banks that are too important to fail?
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"What are the chances of seeing you here?!"
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"What are the chances of seeing you here?!"
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"The ___ the limit!"
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"The ___ the limit!"
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It'll never reach its destination
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It'll never reach its destination
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Hit band heard on the soundtrack of "Back to the Future"
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Hit band heard on the soundtrack of "Back to the Future"
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"Am not!" rebuttal
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"Am not!" rebuttal
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PBS's "___ the Science Kid"
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PBS's "___ the Science Kid"
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The so-called "path of virtue"
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The so-called "path of virtue"
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Trees associated with the underworld in Celtic myth
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Trees associated with the underworld in Celtic myth
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___-mouthed
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___-mouthed
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Throb
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Throb
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Summertime coffee order
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Summertime coffee order
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Weigh down
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Weigh down
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Like flip phones, now
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Like flip phones, now
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Things to settle
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Things to settle
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Word before strike or ball
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Word before strike or ball
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Mmes., to Don Juan
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Mmes., to Don Juan
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Commotion
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Commotion
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Commotion
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Commotion
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Orthodontist's recommendation
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Orthodontist's recommendation
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Key next to A
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Key next to A
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Plot turner
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Plot turner
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Darts about
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Darts about
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Rest spots for camels
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Rest spots for camels
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Amount ___
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Amount ___
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It'll give you a lift
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It'll give you a lift
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Big name in medical scales
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Big name in medical scales
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Con
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Con
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"Hold on there!"
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"Hold on there!"
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Start over
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Start over
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"To be clear ..."
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"To be clear ..."
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Classic lie
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Classic lie
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Rear end
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Rear end
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Final performance
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Final performance
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Grilling site
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Grilling site
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Like Comic-Con attendees vis-Ã -vis the general public
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Like Comic-Con attendees vis-Ã -vis the general public
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Bow tie topper
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Bow tie topper
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Short rest
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Short rest
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Much organic matter
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Much organic matter
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Topping station at a Mexican restaurant
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Topping station at a Mexican restaurant
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Three before seven?
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Three before seven?
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Part of LIFO, to an accountant
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Part of LIFO, to an accountant
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Took courses
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Took courses
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Target
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Target
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Solo in space
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Golf resort known for its Blue Monster course
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Golf resort known for its Blue Monster course
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Canadian hockey team
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Canadian hockey team
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Shocked cry
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Shocked cry
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"If memory serves ..."
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"If memory serves ..."
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Dancer's boss
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Dancer's boss
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Another, in Aragón
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Another, in Aragón
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Ending with Jumbo
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Ending with Jumbo
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Comedy Central host Daniel
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Comedy Central host Daniel
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Suitable
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Suitable
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One writing about "hare loss"?
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One writing about "hare loss"?
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Water whirls
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Water whirls
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Upright
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Upright
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___ Diego
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___ Diego
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French pastry
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French pastry
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Basilica recesses
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Basilica recesses
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No longer in the closet
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No longer in the closet
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OB/GYNs, e.g.
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OB/GYNs, e.g.
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Trees used for making wands
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Trees used for making wands
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Like some chances
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Like some chances
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Weymouth of Talking Heads
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Weymouth of Talking Heads
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Rowdy revelry
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Rowdy revelry
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Like Sir Ben Kingsley
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Like Sir Ben Kingsley
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"Bad" cholesterol, for short
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"Bad" cholesterol, for short
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Most music radio stations
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Most music radio stations
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"Understand?"
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"Understand?"
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Rural power org.
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Rural power org.
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