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New York Times: Sunday, December 11, 2016
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, December 11, 2016 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Tom McCoy
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"The cauldron of Democracy"
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"The cauldron of Democracy"
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Leaving word
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Leaving word
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Figure skater Cohen
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Figure skater Cohen
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Opponents of the Protestant Reformation
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Opponents of the Protestant Reformation
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Pickup truck's capacity, maybe
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Pickup truck's capacity, maybe
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Common word in insurance company names
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Common word in insurance company names
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Dialect that was called 22-Across before the age of colonialism
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Dialect that was called 22-Across before the age of colonialism
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Giving heat?
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Giving heat?
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Share
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Share
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Dummy symbols in ciphers
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Dummy symbols in ciphers
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Fever fit
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Fever fit
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___ point
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___ point
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"Fernando" band
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"Fernando" band
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Stops
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Stops
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System that was called 34-Across before the Internet
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System that was called 34-Across before the Internet
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Concept that was called 36-Across before research into the square root of negatives
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Concept that was called 36-Across before research into the square root of negatives
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Airport figs.
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Airport figs.
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PBS's "___ Can Cook"
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PBS's "___ Can Cook"
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Small newt
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Small newt
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Coins that pay for passage over the River Styx
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Coins that pay for passage over the River Styx
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Believes (in)
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Believes (in)
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Gridiron gains: Abbr.
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Gridiron gains: Abbr.
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Terrier carrier
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Terrier carrier
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___ splints (runner's ailment)
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___ splints (runner's ailment)
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Machinelike
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Machinelike
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Cackle from a greedy person
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Cackle from a greedy person
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Food that was called 53-Across before Twizzlers and the like
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Food that was called 53-Across before Twizzlers and the like
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Skimobile, informally
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Skimobile, informally
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"Tell me how you really feel!"
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"Tell me how you really feel!"
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Gross
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Gross
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Squeeze (out)
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Squeeze (out)
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Symbol for density
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Symbol for density
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Cinnamon candies
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Cinnamon candies
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Personal datum: Abbr.
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Personal datum: Abbr.
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Jackson 5 #1 hit
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Jackson 5 #1 hit
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Against
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Against
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W.W. II danger
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W.W. II danger
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Source of the saying "It is more blessed to give than to receive"
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Source of the saying "It is more blessed to give than to receive"
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Fastener that was called 80-Across before a rounded design was implemented
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Fastener that was called 80-Across before a rounded design was implemented
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Dancer Duncan
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Dancer Duncan
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Belonging to the highest level
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Belonging to the highest level
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Part of the names of four state capitals
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Part of the names of four state capitals
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Escapes
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Escapes
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Whoop
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Whoop
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Rids of vermin, in a way
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Rids of vermin, in a way
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Peddler's stock
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Peddler's stock
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Quaint contraction
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Quaint contraction
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Nickname of a "Game of Thrones" dwarf, with "the"
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Nickname of a "Game of Thrones" dwarf, with "the"
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Realtor's goal
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Entertainment category that was called 97-Across before talkies
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Entertainment category that was called 97-Across before talkies
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Object that was called 100-Across before electronic documents
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Object that was called 100-Across before electronic documents
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"Good enough"
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"Good enough"
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___ dixit
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Part of Dixie: Abbr.
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Part of Dixie: Abbr.
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Ages and ages
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Ages and ages
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Something you might have a gut feeling about?
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Something you might have a gut feeling about?
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Painter Jean
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Painter Jean
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Horror and mystery
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Horror and mystery
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Activity that was called 111-Across before pesticides
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Activity that was called 111-Across before pesticides
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Degree
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Degree
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Not belonging to anybody
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Not belonging to anybody
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Property recipient
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Property recipient
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Aids in filing
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Aids in filing
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Main points
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Main points
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"Oh, jeez!"
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"Oh, jeez!"
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Police broadcast, for short
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Disfigure
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Climax of many a fantasy novel
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Climax of many a fantasy novel
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Mass, e.g.
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Mass, e.g.
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Doubter's question
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Doubter's question
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Small monetary amts.
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Small monetary amts.
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Light-colored wood
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Light-colored wood
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Rod user
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Rod user
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Apple alternatives
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Apple alternatives
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Reply to 5-Down
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Reply to 5-Down
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"Rosy-fingered" Greek goddess
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"Rosy-fingered" Greek goddess
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Releases, dramatically
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Releases, dramatically
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Without a doubt
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Without a doubt
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Something to bank on
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Something to bank on
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Look for business?
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Look for business?
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Site of the infamous Hoa Lo Prison
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Site of the infamous Hoa Lo Prison
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___ bloom (result of fertilizer pollution)
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___ bloom (result of fertilizer pollution)
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Burdens
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Burdens
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Home of Haleakala National Park
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Home of Haleakala National Park
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Empower
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Empower
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Stomach-related
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Stomach-related
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South American corn cakes
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South American corn cakes
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Happened to
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Happened to
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Mark of success in business?
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Mark of success in business?
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Portrays feelings
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Portrays feelings
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Was horrible
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Was horrible
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Onetime title for Bernie Sanders
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Onetime title for Bernie Sanders
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"Me neither"
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"Me neither"
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Former attorney general Holder
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Former attorney general Holder
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"Oof!"
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"Oof!"
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They go about two feet
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They go about two feet
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Ailing
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Ailing
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Spock's rank: Abbr.
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Spock's rank: Abbr.
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Declined
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Declined
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Target demographic for Hot Wheels
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Target demographic for Hot Wheels
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Bee follower
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Bee follower
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"Ta-ta!"
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"Ta-ta!"
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"The Simpsons" girl
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"The Simpsons" girl
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Like the planet in "Dune"
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Like the planet in "Dune"
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"lol"
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"lol"
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Upright
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Upright
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Observe
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Observe
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Drag away
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Drag away
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Zilch
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Zilch
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Opposite of fore
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Opposite of fore
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Tea Partiers in Congress, e.g.
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Apparel also called clamdiggers
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Apparel also called clamdiggers
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Agrees to fight
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Agrees to fight
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Like many wedding cakes
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Like many wedding cakes
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Purported rural shenanigan
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Purported rural shenanigan
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Lags
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Lags
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Argument-ending reply
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Argument-ending reply
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"Go ahead, I'm listening"
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"Go ahead, I'm listening"
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Like snakes
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Like snakes
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Ticket
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Ticket
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Court reporter, e.g.
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Court reporter, e.g.
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Helper: Abbr.
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Helper: Abbr.
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Caesar's "Commentaries on the ___ War"
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Caesar's "Commentaries on the ___ War"
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"The Real Slim Shady," for one
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"The Real Slim Shady," for one
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Actor Bruce
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Actor Bruce
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Primps
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Primps
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"Brown Sugar" band, with "the"
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"Brown Sugar" band, with "the"
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Not as lax
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Not as lax
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Vibrating device
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Vibrating device
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Siri
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Siri
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Go for
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Go for
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"___ even"
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"___ even"
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I's
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I's
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"O mio babbino caro," for one
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"O mio babbino caro," for one
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Be an agent (for)
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Be an agent (for)
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Charles, par exemple
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Charles, par exemple
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Ice Bucket Challenge, for one
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Ice Bucket Challenge, for one
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Quaff in Middle-earth
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Quaff in Middle-earth
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Opposite of paleo-
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Opposite of paleo-
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Goal for some dropouts, for short
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Goal for some dropouts, for short
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