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New York Times: Sunday, October 23, 2016
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, October 23, 2016 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Ellen Leuschner,
Jeff Chen
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Take on
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Take on
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Some subjects in Scheherazade's stories
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Some subjects in Scheherazade's stories
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Humbled
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Humbled
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Playful leap
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Playful leap
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Mother-of-pearl source
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Mother-of-pearl source
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Words preceding "We stand on guard for thee"
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Words preceding "We stand on guard for thee"
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"Skyfall" singer
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"Skyfall" singer
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Over the 27-Across
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In low spirits
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In low spirits
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Guarantee that one will
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Guarantee that one will
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Rise
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Rise
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Sighed line
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Rev
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Rev
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Obsessed with fantasy role-playing games, say
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Obsessed with fantasy role-playing games, say
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"What have we here?!"
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"What have we here?!"
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Under the 29-Across
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Certain swinger, informally
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Certain swinger, informally
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Spanish bear
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Spanish bear
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Castor ___ ("Popeye" guy)
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Castor ___ ("Popeye" guy)
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Balance sheet abbr.
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Balance sheet abbr.
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Friday, on old TV: Abbr.
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Friday, on old TV: Abbr.
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Olympics venue between London and Tokyo
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Olympics venue between London and Tokyo
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Many a Jazz fan
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Many a Jazz fan
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Preserver of bugs
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Preserver of bugs
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Caffè ___
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Caffè ___
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"Thinking ..."
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"Thinking ..."
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Over the 62-Across
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Prestigious mil. award
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Prestigious mil. award
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International observance in 20-Down, informally
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International observance in 20-Down, informally
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Dreidel, e.g.
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Dreidel, e.g.
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Cataract
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Cataract
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Parisian sibling
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Parisian sibling
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Exerted
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Exerted
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Put on the back burner
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Put on the back burner
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Verizon subsidiary
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Verizon subsidiary
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Old line in Russia
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Old line in Russia
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___ Victory (tourist attraction in Portsmouth, England)
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___ Victory (tourist attraction in Portsmouth, England)
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Under the 67-Across
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Single-masted pleasure craft
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Single-masted pleasure craft
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Keeps up
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Keeps up
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Neck and neck
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Neck and neck
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Luminous
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Luminous
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Abbr. in many Québec city names
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Abbr. in many Québec city names
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Potus #34
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Potus #34
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Conditionals
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Conditionals
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Melodramatic response
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Melodramatic response
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Reagan has one named for him
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Reagan has one named for him
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Competitor of Sapporo and Kirin
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Competitor of Sapporo and Kirin
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Over the 104-Across
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Commercial prefix with Pen
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With 109-Down, cochlea's place
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With 109-Down, cochlea's place
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[snort]
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[snort]
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Sky light
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Sky light
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Sculpture medium for Calder
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Sculpture medium for Calder
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Print tint
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Print tint
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University of Washington logo
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University of Washington logo
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Under the 105-Across
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John Paul's successor
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John Paul's successor
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Increasing in pitch
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Increasing in pitch
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"Me Talk Pretty One Day" humorist
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"Me Talk Pretty One Day" humorist
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One who can pick his work?
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One who can pick his work?
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Impersonate
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Impersonate
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Places for studs
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Places for studs
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___ dish
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___ dish
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Signature Obama legislation, for short
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Gosh-darn
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Floor-length formalwear
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House member from the Bay Area beginning in 1987
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Quite the hike
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Be plentiful
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Be plentiful
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Louis Armstrong vocal feature
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High point of a European vacation?
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N.Y.C. div.
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N.Y.C. div.
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Cry annoyingly
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Cry annoyingly
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Cause for a blessing
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Cause for a blessing
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Political columnist Matt
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Political columnist Matt
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Debate moderator's day job, typically
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Debate moderator's day job, typically
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H. H. Munro's pen name
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H. H. Munro's pen name
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Leon ___, Henry James biographer
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Leon ___, Henry James biographer
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Twain's "celebrated jumping frog"
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Twain's "celebrated jumping frog"
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Crabgrass, e.g.
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Crabgrass, e.g.
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Mushroom variety
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Mushroom variety
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Start of the fourth qtr.
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Early British actress Nell
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Early British actress Nell
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Like quiche
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Like quiche
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In conflict
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In conflict
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Title fictional character who "sprang from his Platonic conception of himself"
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Title fictional character who "sprang from his Platonic conception of himself"
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Clothier Bauer
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Clothier Bauer
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Fired bullets, informally
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Fired bullets, informally
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___ too happy
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___ too happy
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Blinker
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Blinker
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Abbr. on a company's sign
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Abbr. on a company's sign
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Thin as ___
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Thin as ___
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Front and back, at a golf course
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Front and back, at a golf course
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Silly billy
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Silly billy
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Bull session
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Bull session
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"Thinking ..."
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"Thinking ..."
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Gerrymanders, say
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Gerrymanders, say
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Big Apple paper, for short
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Big Apple paper, for short
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Situated
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Situated
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Badly
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Badly
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Informal acknowledgment of responsibility
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Informal acknowledgment of responsibility
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Portland-to-Spokane dir.
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"That was dumb of me"
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"That was dumb of me"
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"___ Flux" (Charlize Theron film)
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"___ Flux" (Charlize Theron film)
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Debugger
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Debugger
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Man's name that's the reverse of 117-Down
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Man's name that's the reverse of 117-Down
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Woodworking fasteners
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Woodworking fasteners
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Clueless
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Clueless
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Food preservative abbr.
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Food preservative abbr.
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Letters ending a business name
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Letters ending a business name
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Buy-one-get-one-free deal
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Buy-one-get-one-free deal
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Selfish sort
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Selfish sort
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Villainous
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Villainous
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Target customer of Yelp
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Target customer of Yelp
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Mount of Greek myth
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Mount of Greek myth
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R.E.M.'s "The ___ Love"
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R.E.M.'s "The ___ Love"
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Kind of branch
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Kind of branch
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Sweets
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Sweets
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Lynn in the Pro Football Hall of Fame
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Lynn in the Pro Football Hall of Fame
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Application datum: Abbr.
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Application datum: Abbr.
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Fashions
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Fashions
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"Um ... fancy meeting you here"
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"Um ... fancy meeting you here"
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[Look what I got away with!]
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[Look what I got away with!]
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Small swigs
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Small swigs
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Huffs
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Huffs
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Coat for a dentist
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Coat for a dentist
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What "i.e." means
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What "i.e." means
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Charlotte ___, V.I.
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Charlotte ___, V.I.
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British ___
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British ___
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Female W.W. II enlistee
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Female W.W. II enlistee
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Stick ___
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Stick ___
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Some P.O. plans
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Some P.O. plans
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See 102-Across
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Antidote
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Antidote
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Bank clock info
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Clean energy grp.
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Ringing words?
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Ringing words?
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Catch
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Catch
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Man's name that's the reverse of 66-Down
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