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New York Times: Sunday, December 25, 2016
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, December 25, 2016 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Kevin G. Der
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Leave a permanent mark on
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Stows, as a banner
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Ice carving?
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Ice carving?
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Frequently
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Frequently
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Romance writer Roberts
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Romance writer Roberts
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Ultimately succeed
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Ultimately succeed
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Coin portraying Queen Victoria, once
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Coin portraying Queen Victoria, once
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Quaint cry of disapproval
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Play by heart?
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Monastery title
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Sphere
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Sphere
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Personal problems
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Personal problems
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Relay segment
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Roman emblem of power adopted by Mussolini
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Big name in grills
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Big name in grills
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Toward the back
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Gymnastics event
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Gymnastics event
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Means of death for Judas Iscariot
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Means of death for Judas Iscariot
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A plus average?
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A plus average?
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Tight-lipped
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Tight-lipped
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Took first
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Took first
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2007 Peace Prize recipient
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2007 Peace Prize recipient
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Rio greeting
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Makes minor observations?
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Makes minor observations?
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Gum that comes in Fire and Ice varieties
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Gum that comes in Fire and Ice varieties
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Begot
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Letterhead?
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Letterhead?
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"Star Trek: T.N.G." counselor
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"Star Trek: T.N.G." counselor
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Leeway
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Leeway
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Life force in Eastern medicine
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Life force in Eastern medicine
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Handle with care?
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Handle with care?
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Chart of the heavens
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Chart of the heavens
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River more than 2,700 miles long that crosses the Equator twice
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River more than 2,700 miles long that crosses the Equator twice
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Two turtledoves, e.g.
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Two turtledoves, e.g.
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Cry at a surprise party just before the honoree arrives
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Get a groove on?
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Get a groove on?
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Drink Gatorade after a workout, say
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Drink Gatorade after a workout, say
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Calm before the storm?
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Calm before the storm?
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Blow it
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Blow it
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Red-haired biblical twin
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Red-haired biblical twin
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Marco Polo crossed it
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Marco Polo crossed it
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"Gnarly!"
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"Gnarly!"
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What a lead runner sets
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What a lead runner sets
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Learns
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Learns
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Some Bavarian brews
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Some Bavarian brews
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Under the weather
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Under the weather
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"Pronto!"
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"Pronto!"
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Part of a film studio tour
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Part of a film studio tour
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Disney Channel's "___ and Maddie"
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Disney Channel's "___ and Maddie"
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Grab and go?
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Grab and go?
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Land bordering Nepal
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Land bordering Nepal
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Errands, e.g.
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Errands, e.g.
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A.T.M. expense
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A.T.M. expense
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Provider of limited coverage?
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Provider of limited coverage?
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Subject to a recall, maybe
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Subject to a recall, maybe
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Ginger ___
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Ginger ___
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"You betcha!"
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"You betcha!"
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Middle X or O
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Middle X or O
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Milne young 'un
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Milne young 'un
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Stay ahead of the curve?
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Stay ahead of the curve?
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December 31, e.g.
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December 31, e.g.
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___ Hawkins dance
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___ Hawkins dance
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Glossy fabric
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Glossy fabric
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Baja's opposite
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Setting for much of "Lord Jim"
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Setting for much of "Lord Jim"
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Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse ___
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Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse ___
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Stuck-up sort
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Stuck-up sort
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Spot for brooding
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Spot for brooding
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Support, as a foundation
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Dara who swam at five Olympics
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Curmudgeonly
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Curmudgeonly
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Common Christmas entree
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Former Saudi king
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Former Saudi king
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Release from shackles
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Release from shackles
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Way up a bunny slope
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Way up a bunny slope
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San ___ Obispo, Calif.
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San ___ Obispo, Calif.
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Thérèse, e.g.: Abbr.
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Thérèse, e.g.: Abbr.
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Make available
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Make available
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Bars for swingers?
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Bars for swingers?
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Go (for)
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Go (for)
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Coral bleaching locale
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Coral bleaching locale
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Drive mad
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Drive mad
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Salty or spicy
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Salty or spicy
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Event with steeply discounted prices
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Event with steeply discounted prices
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Interest piquer
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Interest piquer
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Sports team tally: Abbr.
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Sports team tally: Abbr.
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Boeing competitor
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Boeing competitor
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Dollar, in slang
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Pittance
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Pittance
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One of nine for Tina Fey
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One of nine for Tina Fey
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Swedish lake that's the largest in the European Union
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Swedish lake that's the largest in the European Union
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Suffix with beta or cyclo-
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Drops
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Drops
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Metaphor for punishment
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Metaphor for punishment
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Standing
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Standing
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Luau locale
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Luau locale
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Cupronickel, e.g.
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Cupronickel, e.g.
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Like some uncertain dates
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Like some uncertain dates
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Poppycock
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Poppycock
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1998 N.L. M.V.P.
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1998 N.L. M.V.P.
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Night at the museo?
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Night at the museo?
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___ the line (obeying)
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___ the line (obeying)
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Canoe builder's bark source
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Canoe builder's bark source
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"Quite true"
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"Quite true"
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Padlock's place
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Padlock's place
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Find common ground
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Find common ground
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What spirits can do
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What spirits can do
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Toward the back
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Toward the back
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Kept for later
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Kept for later
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"A Visit From St. Nicholas" writer
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"A Visit From St. Nicholas" writer
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Very loud
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Very loud
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Isn't over yet
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Isn't over yet
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Maker of the fragrance Sauvage
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Wreck, informally
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Wreck, informally
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Russian moolah
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Russian moolah
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Triangular road sign
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Triangular road sign
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Big purveyor of sports talk
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Big purveyor of sports talk
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Imagines
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Imagines
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Like a machine that prints, scans and faxes
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Like a machine that prints, scans and faxes
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Provider of the fizz in a gin fizz
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Provider of the fizz in a gin fizz
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Worm or fly
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Worm or fly
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Blubber
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Blubber
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Setting for some aerial maneuvers
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Setting for some aerial maneuvers
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"Well, Did You ___?" (Cole Porter tune)
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"Well, Did You ___?" (Cole Porter tune)
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"Hurry!"
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"Hurry!"
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Soy-based frozen dessert brand
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Soy-based frozen dessert brand
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Flight attendant's offering
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Flight attendant's offering
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Fisher of fashion
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Fisher of fashion
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Design feature
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Design feature
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Hawks' hangouts
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Hawks' hangouts
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"John Wick" star
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"John Wick" star
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Mark with spots
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Mark with spots
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Passes
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Passes
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Onetime alternative to Facebook Messenger
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Onetime alternative to Facebook Messenger
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Website with a Watch list
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Website with a Watch list
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Vigorously debate (with)
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Vigorously debate (with)
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Man cave, maybe
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Man cave, maybe
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Employee badges, e.g.
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Employee badges, e.g.
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It's a "gift"
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It's a "gift"
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Name whose Italian equivalent is Giovanni
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