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New York Times: Sunday, August 6, 2017
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, August 6, 2017 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Patrick Berry
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"Cease!," on the seas
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"Cease!," on the seas
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"What nonsense!"
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"What nonsense!"
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Walk on the edge?
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Walk on the edge?
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Luminary
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Luminary
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Clubs with strobes
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Clubs with strobes
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Hieroglyphic bird
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Hieroglyphic bird
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___ O's (chocolaty cereal brand)
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___ O's (chocolaty cereal brand)
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Asian territory in the game Risk
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Asian territory in the game Risk
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Roll out
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Roll out
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Sailing vessels that Cap'n Crunch might commandeer?
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Sailing vessels that Cap'n Crunch might commandeer?
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Cuzco builders
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Cuzco builders
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Tetris piece
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Tetris piece
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Testing times
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Testing times
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Heavily armored vessels getting married?
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Heavily armored vessels getting married?
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Smelter input
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Smelter input
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Whiskey distiller's supply
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Whiskey distiller's supply
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"The plot thickens!"
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"The plot thickens!"
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Candy in collectible containers
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Candy in collectible containers
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Mideast monarchy
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Mideast monarchy
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Numbers on right-hand pages
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Numbers on right-hand pages
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Resells ruthlessly
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Resells ruthlessly
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Speaker on a car's dash
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Speaker on a car's dash
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Polished
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Polished
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Fruit mentioned in the "Odyssey"
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Fruit mentioned in the "Odyssey"
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Equal
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Equal
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Actor Stephen
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Actor Stephen
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Split, e.g.
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Split, e.g.
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Kids' game in which small vessels attack each other?
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Kids' game in which small vessels attack each other?
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Rio maker
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Rio maker
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Flood survivor
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Flood survivor
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___ Gold, chief of staff on "The Good Wife"
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___ Gold, chief of staff on "The Good Wife"
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Often-quoted chairman
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Often-quoted chairman
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A large amount
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A large amount
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Fishing vessel that can pull only half a net behind it?
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Fishing vessel that can pull only half a net behind it?
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Bruce of "The Hateful Eight"
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Bruce of "The Hateful Eight"
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Messenger ___
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Messenger ___
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Rare craps roll
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Rare craps roll
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Incapacitate, in a way
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Incapacitate, in a way
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Growth ring?
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Growth ring?
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Recreational vessel that's never left the harbor?
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Recreational vessel that's never left the harbor?
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1997 action film set on a plane
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1997 action film set on a plane
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X amount
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X amount
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Isaac Newton, e.g.
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Isaac Newton, e.g.
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Brings up
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Brings up
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Bad at one's job
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Bad at one's job
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P, to Pythagoras
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P, to Pythagoras
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Revolver, in Roaring Twenties slang
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Revolver, in Roaring Twenties slang
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Use scissors on
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Use scissors on
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Governess at Thornfield
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Governess at Thornfield
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Berkeley institution, briefly
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Berkeley institution, briefly
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In place of
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In place of
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It brings people together
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It brings people together
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No. of interest to some recruiters
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No. of interest to some recruiters
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Luxury vessel with a pair of decks, both of which need swabbing?
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Luxury vessel with a pair of decks, both of which need swabbing?
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Malodorous mammal
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Malodorous mammal
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A&M athlete
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A&M athlete
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Matisse who painted "La Danse"
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Matisse who painted "La Danse"
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Cargo vessel full of iPads?
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Cargo vessel full of iPads?
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Mown strips
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Mown strips
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"Game of Thrones," e.g.
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"Game of Thrones," e.g.
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Blackens
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Blackens
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Staple of Shinto rituals
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Staple of Shinto rituals
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Second story?
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Second story?
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Rub out
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Rub out
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Not needing a cane, maybe
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Not needing a cane, maybe
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Deadhead's hits?
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Deadhead's hits?
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Foolish
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Foolish
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Kick in
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Struggle
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Struggle
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Ambitiously sought
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Ambitiously sought
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Noninvasive medical procedures
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Noninvasive medical procedures
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Flashlight
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Flashlight
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Consequential
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Consequential
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Addis ___
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Addis ___
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Lookout point
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Lookout point
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"You Send Me" singer, 1957
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"You Send Me" singer, 1957
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Coffee holder
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Coffee holder
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Works on as a cobbler might
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Works on as a cobbler might
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Libertarian pundit Neal
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Libertarian pundit Neal
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Head honcho
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Head honcho
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It may end on a high note
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It may end on a high note
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D.C.'s National ___
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D.C.'s National ___
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Chicago-based fraternal order
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Chicago-based fraternal order
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Mezzanine access
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Mezzanine access
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They hang around the rain forest
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They hang around the rain forest
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Return from a trip to the Alps?
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Return from a trip to the Alps?
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Pharma watchdog
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Pharma watchdog
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Surveillance aid
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Surveillance aid
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Coat in a cote
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Coat in a cote
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Fire
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Fire
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Longtime retailer hurt by Amazon
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Longtime retailer hurt by Amazon
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Coverage provider?
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Coverage provider?
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Femme's title
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Femme's title
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Choice for an online gamer
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Choice for an online gamer
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Star of "Kinsey," 2004
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Star of "Kinsey," 2004
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Is downright terrible
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Is downright terrible
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Actress Téa
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Actress Téa
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Beauty
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Beauty
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Under goer?
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Under goer?
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Biathletes do it
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Biathletes do it
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Uncreative creation
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Uncreative creation
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Forming spiral patterns
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Forming spiral patterns
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Holy Week follower
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Holy Week follower
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___ State (Alabama's nickname)
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___ State (Alabama's nickname)
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Measure of purity
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Measure of purity
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Cheer with an accent
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Cheer with an accent
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"___: A Love Story" (1998 George Burns book)
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"___: A Love Story" (1998 George Burns book)
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Like soubise sauce
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Like soubise sauce
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Coat of arms element
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Coat of arms element
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Flock female
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Flock female
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Vogue or Elle
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Vogue or Elle
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Ehrich ___ a.k.a. Houdini
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Ehrich ___ a.k.a. Houdini
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Chops up
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Chops up
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Elephant ___ (pastry)
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Elephant ___ (pastry)
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It may help remove a curse
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It may help remove a curse
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Hold an assembly
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Hold an assembly
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Revival movement prefix
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Revival movement prefix
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Not mainstream
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Not mainstream
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Bellyacher
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Bellyacher
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Quits, informally
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Quits, informally
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Nonsensical talk
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Nonsensical talk
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Prep for a match
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Prep for a match
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Dilapidated dwelling
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Dilapidated dwelling
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Manhandles, with "up"
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Manhandles, with "up"
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Like the Gemini flights
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Like the Gemini flights
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Way out
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Way out
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Wares at fairs
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Wares at fairs
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"Around the World in 80 Days" protagonist
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"Around the World in 80 Days" protagonist
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Nonpermanent sculpture medium
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Nonpermanent sculpture medium
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Flower with rays
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Flower with rays
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Vichyssoise vegetables
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Vichyssoise vegetables
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Single
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Single
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Dialect of Arabic
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Dialect of Arabic
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Entry ticket
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Entry ticket
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Iridescent stone
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Iridescent stone
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Women's Open org.
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Women's Open org.
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Go astray
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Go astray
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Roulette bet
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Roulette bet
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Cool, in the '40s
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Cool, in the '40s
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Roguish
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Roguish
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