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New York Times: Sunday, April 9, 2017
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, April 9, 2017 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Byron Walden
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Ecclesiastical leader
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"Get out!"
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"Get out!"
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Blood enemy
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Blood enemy
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Aussie critters
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Diaper option
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Diaper option
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Bridge shape
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Bridge shape
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French director Clément
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French director Clément
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Martial art whose name means "sword way"
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Martial art whose name means "sword way"
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Home for Bilbo Baggins
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Home for Bilbo Baggins
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West Wing worker
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West Wing worker
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A lot
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A lot
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A.L. East team: Abbr.
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Contemptible sorts
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Contemptible sorts
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The ladies-only Western-themed bar I own?
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The ladies-only Western-themed bar I own?
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Inspector Clouseau or Borat?
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Inspector Clouseau or Borat?
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Peevish
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Peevish
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Most contemptible
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Most contemptible
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Blowup: Abbr.
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Blowup: Abbr.
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See 9-Down
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See 9-Down
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Like some quilt blocks
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Like some quilt blocks
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Decoration in a deli case?
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Decoration in a deli case?
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Tony who managed two World Series championships for the Cardinals
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Tony who managed two World Series championships for the Cardinals
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Setting for Cardinals home games, briefly
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Setting for Cardinals home games, briefly
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Vivacity
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Vivacity
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Neutral tone
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Parliamentary proceedings, e.g.
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Romeo or Juliet
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Romeo or Juliet
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___ booster
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___ booster
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Drained of color
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Drained of color
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"Indubitably"
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"Indubitably"
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Product of a stable of comic strip artists?
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Product of a stable of comic strip artists?
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Kentucky college
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Kentucky college
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Communication system pioneered by Thomas Gallaudet, for short
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Communication system pioneered by Thomas Gallaudet, for short
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Greek city where Perseus was born
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Greek city where Perseus was born
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Scaled-down woodwind?
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Scaled-down woodwind?
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Ice cream container
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Ice cream container
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Calendar model
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Calendar model
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Suffix with blast-
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Eight-time Olympic medalist Apolo Anton ___
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Eight-time Olympic medalist Apolo Anton ___
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Condo V.I.P.
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Condo V.I.P.
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Art Deco artist
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Art Deco artist
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Belgradian, e.g.
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Belgradian, e.g.
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Audiophile's collection
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Audiophile's collection
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Elizabeth with the memoir "Saving Graces"
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Elizabeth with the memoir "Saving Graces"
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Audibly upset Belgian francophone?
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Audibly upset Belgian francophone?
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Words after "Sure!"
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Words after "Sure!"
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Mournful work
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Mournful work
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MSN alternative
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MSN alternative
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Musician in the woodwind section
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Musician in the woodwind section
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Runs through
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Runs through
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Satirical depiction of the story of Noah?
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Satirical depiction of the story of Noah?
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Most important mounted cavalryman?
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Most important mounted cavalryman?
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Opposite corner in a romantic triangle
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Bush league, for short?
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Bush league, for short?
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Jean who played Aunt Martha in "Arsenic and Old Lace"
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Jean who played Aunt Martha in "Arsenic and Old Lace"
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Important positions
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Important positions
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Alphas
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Alphas
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Son of Gloria on "Modern Family"
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Son of Gloria on "Modern Family"
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Food thickener
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Food thickener
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Big name among radio shock jocks
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So-called "Butterfly Capital of Alabama"
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So-called "Butterfly Capital of Alabama"
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Environmental bane
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Environmental bane
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Hand (out)
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Hand (out)
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Study of the heavens: Abbr.
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Attacked
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Drei + fünf
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Sign of spring
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Sign of spring
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1992 Tim Robbins mockumentary
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1992 Tim Robbins mockumentary
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Horse picker's hangout, for short
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Horse picker's hangout, for short
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Melodramatic NBC hit starting in 2016
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Melodramatic NBC hit starting in 2016
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Indian "masters"
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Indian "masters"
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Hybrid bakery treats
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Hybrid bakery treats
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Roman ___
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Roman ___
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With 36-Across, a Dr. Seuss book
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With 36-Across, a Dr. Seuss book
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Marker maker
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Marker maker
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Time on the throne
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Time on the throne
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"___ Club" (#1 hit for 50 Cent)
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"___ Club" (#1 hit for 50 Cent)
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Removes, as a sticker
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Removes, as a sticker
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They can provoke knee-jerk reactions
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They can provoke knee-jerk reactions
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Reaching new heights in ballet?
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Reaching new heights in ballet?
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Ancient theater
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Ancient theater
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Little lad
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Little lad
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Aussie critters
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Quick series of social media posts
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Something seen at Frankenstein's birthday party?
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Something seen at Frankenstein's birthday party?
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Shopping ___
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Shopping ___
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Empty spaces
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Empty spaces
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Rhubarb with deep roots?
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Rhubarb with deep roots?
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Welcoming necklace
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Welcoming necklace
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DVD remote button
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DVD remote button
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Go a mile a minute
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Go a mile a minute
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Woe for some 51-Acrosses
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Woe for some 51-Acrosses
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Shine
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Shine
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Tres + cinco
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Tres + cinco
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Two-tone treat
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Two-tone treat
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Georgia senator who helped establish "don't ask, don't tell"
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Georgia senator who helped establish "don't ask, don't tell"
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Correo ___ (words on foreign correspondence)
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Correo ___ (words on foreign correspondence)
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Hairy hunter of Genesis
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Hairy hunter of Genesis
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Big do
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Big do
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Elvis ___ Presley
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Elvis ___ Presley
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Pitch in
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"The BFG" author
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"The BFG" author
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Automaker that introduced the Rambler
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Witch
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Witch
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2004 Scarlett Johansson film adapted from "Lady Windermere's Fan"
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2004 Scarlett Johansson film adapted from "Lady Windermere's Fan"
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Apt to go Democratic
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Apt to go Democratic
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Spit out
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Spit out
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Actress Sorvino
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Actress Sorvino
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One opposed
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One opposed
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Big brass
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Big brass
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Middling
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Middling
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Work out spectacularly
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Work out spectacularly
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Beehive, for one
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Beehive, for one
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Overcome
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Overcome
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Authority
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Authority
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Villainous visage
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Villainous visage
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Vegetarian sandwich filling
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Vegetarian sandwich filling
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Train syst.
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Train syst.
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Quarters
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Quarters
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Abrupt, disconcerting reaction
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After-dinner volunteer's words
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Pays de ___ (Nantes's region)
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Pays de ___ (Nantes's region)
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Variety of hold 'em
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Variety of hold 'em
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Frances who played TV's Aunt Bee
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Religious leaders
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Religious leaders
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___ President
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___ President
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Baldwin offering
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Baldwin offering
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Central
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Central
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Gets ready to do push-ups, say
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Gets ready to do push-ups, say
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Title opera heroine who is a Druidic high priestess
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Title opera heroine who is a Druidic high priestess
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Kind of boots
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Kind of boots
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ETS offering
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ETS offering
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Going nowhere, metaphorically
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Women's club event
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