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New York Times: Sunday, August 20, 2017
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, August 20, 2017 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Ruth Bloomfield Margolin
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Matisse, e.g., stylistically
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Matisse, e.g., stylistically
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H. H. Munro pseudonym
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H. H. Munro pseudonym
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XXX
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XXX
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Back up on disk
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Back up on disk
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Cons
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Cons
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Juicy
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Juicy
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Seats by the orchestra pit, perhaps
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Seats by the orchestra pit, perhaps
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Film excerpt
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Film excerpt
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Re: ___ (suitor's subject line)
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25, 27, 29, etc.
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25, 27, 29, etc.
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The first pope, to French speakers
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The first pope, to French speakers
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Words before fat and lean, in a nursery rhyme
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Words before fat and lean, in a nursery rhyme
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The Gabor sisters, e.g.
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The Gabor sisters, e.g.
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Re: ___ (stingy date's subject line)
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Hairstyle rarely seen in the military
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Hairstyle rarely seen in the military
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Apply to
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Apply to
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Formally chooses
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Formally chooses
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The crystal in some crystal balls
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The crystal in some crystal balls
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Carrier to Seoul, for short
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Carrier to Seoul, for short
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The lowest of the low
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The lowest of the low
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Catering staple
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Catering staple
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Re: ___ (song lyricist's subject line)
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Part of a locust tree
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Part of a locust tree
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Place to say 9-Down
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Place to say 9-Down
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Help
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Help
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Quenched
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Quenched
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World leader who proclaimed "Women hold up half the sky"
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World leader who proclaimed "Women hold up half the sky"
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Bathday cakes?
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Bathday cakes?
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Kind of diagram
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Kind of diagram
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Dwellers on the Arabian Peninsula
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Dwellers on the Arabian Peninsula
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Re: ___ (film director's subject line)
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Re: ___ (sales agent's subject line ... with an attachment)
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Re: ___ (sales agent's subject line ... with an attachment)
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Peanut butter choice
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Peanut butter choice
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Municipal regs.
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Municipal regs.
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Prefix with liberal or conservative, but not moderate
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Prefix with liberal or conservative, but not moderate
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Slippery sort
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Slippery sort
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One is usually set by a chair
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One is usually set by a chair
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Purpose
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Purpose
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Talk smack about
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Talk smack about
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Baseball exec Bud
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Baseball exec Bud
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Re: ___ (duster's subject line)
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Tony winner Hagen
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Tony winner Hagen
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$$$$, on Yelp
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$$$$, on Yelp
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"Selma" director DuVernay
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"Selma" director DuVernay
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Greek gods' drink
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Greek gods' drink
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"Down," at a diner
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"Down," at a diner
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Pithy observations
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Pithy observations
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Best-of-the-best
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Best-of-the-best
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Re: ___ (prison librarian's subject line)
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Re: ___ (prison librarian's subject line)
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Hansen of a 2016 Broadway hit
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Hansen of a 2016 Broadway hit
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Sidney who directed "12 Angry Men"
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Sidney who directed "12 Angry Men"
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Actress Arquette
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Actress Arquette
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The Destroyer, in Hinduism
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The Destroyer, in Hinduism
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Re: ___ (celebrity physician's subject line)
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Mark Zuckerberg when founding Facebook, e.g.
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Mark Zuckerberg when founding Facebook, e.g.
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Eliminated by a ref's decision
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Heavenly hunter
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Heavenly hunter
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Monastery figure
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Monastery figure
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European capital
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European capital
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Repair shop figs.
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Repair shop figs.
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Stuff
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Stuff
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Simple, as a question
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Simple, as a question
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Online help
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Online help
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"Are you some kind of ___?"
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"Are you some kind of ___?"
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Lone Star State sch.
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Lone Star State sch.
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Guest
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Guest
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Perfume compound
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Perfume compound
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Inspector Clouseau's employer
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Inspector Clouseau's employer
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"A Navel" artist, 1923
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"A Navel" artist, 1923
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Wine-and-cassis drink
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Wine-and-cassis drink
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See 53-Across
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See 53-Across
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Dalmatian, e.g.
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Dalmatian, e.g.
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Lilylike plant
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Lilylike plant
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Tot's "Lemme up on your shoulders!"
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Tot's "Lemme up on your shoulders!"
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Old-fashioned gunfight locales
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Old-fashioned gunfight locales
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Like the people who invented golf
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Like the people who invented golf
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Astronaut after whom Buzz Lightyear was named
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Astronaut after whom Buzz Lightyear was named
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Couch potato
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Couch potato
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Some home printers
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Some home printers
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Title Seuss creature
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Title Seuss creature
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"Stop!," to a cop
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"Stop!," to a cop
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Lowly worker
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Lowly worker
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Bugged
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Bugged
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Short and detached, in music: Abbr.
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Surefire
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Surefire
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Expert on meters and feet
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Expert on meters and feet
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An official color of the Miami Dolphins
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An official color of the Miami Dolphins
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Roll up
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Roll up
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Tirade
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Tirade
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Den, often
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Den, often
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Gucci or Givenchy, e.g.
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Gucci or Givenchy, e.g.
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The first "A" in Reddit's A.M.A.
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The first "A" in Reddit's A.M.A.
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Mesmerized
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Mesmerized
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"You bet!," in Yucatán
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"You bet!," in Yucatán
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Radiuses' neighbors
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Radiuses' neighbors
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Marriott competitor
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Marriott competitor
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Third one's a harm?
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Third one's a harm?
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Wine's aroma
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Wine's aroma
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China setting
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China setting
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Doofus
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Doofus
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Novelist Seton
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Novelist Seton
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Mesa ___ National Park
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Mesa ___ National Park
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Moaning Hogwarts ghost
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Moaning Hogwarts ghost
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Not even close
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Not even close
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The Red Baron and others
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The Red Baron and others
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Northern Montana tribe
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Northern Montana tribe
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Poker player's tic, perhaps
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Poker player's tic, perhaps
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___ Python
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___ Python
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Depose
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Depose
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Cubbie or Card
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Cubbie or Card
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From the top, to a musician
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From the top, to a musician
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Sierras, e.g.
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Sierras, e.g.
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Want ad letters
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Want ad letters
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Take the heat from?
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Take the heat from?
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Motorcade unit
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Motorcade unit
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Lee of Marvel Comics
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Lee of Marvel Comics
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Storied also-ran
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Storied also-ran
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Apple product discontinued in 2017
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Apple product discontinued in 2017
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Tennis's Steffi
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Tennis's Steffi
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Through with
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Through with
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Like some training
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Like some training
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Quarantine
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Quarantine
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"Is that even possible?"
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"Is that even possible?"
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Must pay
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Must pay
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Main forces?
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Main forces?
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See the world
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See the world
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Tea times: Abbr.
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Tea times: Abbr.
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Ransom note writer
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Ransom note writer
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Deseret News reader, e.g.
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Deseret News reader, e.g.
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"Turn up the A/C!"
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"Turn up the A/C!"
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Must have
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Must have
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Paris's Musée d'___
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Paris's Musée d'___
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Fleet on Fleet Street
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Fleet on Fleet Street
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With 117-Down, Mesabi Range output
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With 117-Down, Mesabi Range output
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Regarding
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Regarding
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Thick coat on a cold day?
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Thick coat on a cold day?
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See 112-Down
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Small inlet
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Small inlet
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