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New York Times: Sunday, December 17, 2017
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, December 17, 2017 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Andrew J. Ries
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Neighbor of Sudan
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Neighbor of Sudan
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Queen in the "Star Wars" movies
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Queen in the "Star Wars" movies
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Basics
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Basics
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Things that people like to have ripped?
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Things that people like to have ripped?
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First sentence of a news story
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Party animal
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Party animal
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Comedian who was a regular on "The Steve Allen Show"
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Comedian who was a regular on "The Steve Allen Show"
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Sources of lean meat
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Sources of lean meat
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Comparatively strong, like some French wine?
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Comparatively strong, like some French wine?
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Grime
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Grime
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"Yo!"
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"Yo!"
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Went by
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Went by
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Fearful
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Fearful
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1998 De Niro thriller
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1998 De Niro thriller
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Highway noise barriers
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Highway noise barriers
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One who's in it but doesn't win it
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One who's in it but doesn't win it
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Egyptian leader obsessed with his appearance?
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Egyptian leader obsessed with his appearance?
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Certain Lincoln Center soprano?
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Certain Lincoln Center soprano?
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It may pop on a plane
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It may pop on a plane
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Dietary std.
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Dietary std.
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China's Chiang ___-shek
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China's Chiang ___-shek
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Yes or no follower
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Yes or no follower
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Light on one's feet
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Light on one's feet
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Submissive
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Submissive
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Fleet
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Fleet
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"Totally awesome!"
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"Totally awesome!"
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Bit of food ... or feud?
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Bit of food ... or feud?
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Part of a house
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Part of a house
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Peach ___
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Peach ___
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___-frutti
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___-frutti
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Buttonhole, e.g.
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Buttonhole, e.g.
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Shooting craps while waiting for one's train?
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Shooting craps while waiting for one's train?
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Actress Hatcher
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Actress Hatcher
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All skin and bones
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All skin and bones
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"I had a dream, which was not all a dream" poet
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"I had a dream, which was not all a dream" poet
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George Eliot's "___ Marner"
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George Eliot's "___ Marner"
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Finely decorated
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Finely decorated
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Antagonist
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Antagonist
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Much of Mongolia
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Much of Mongolia
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Automaker sold by G.M. in 2017
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Automaker sold by G.M. in 2017
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Territory
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Territory
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White undercoat
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White undercoat
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Broadbrim, e.g.
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Broadbrim, e.g.
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Inits. for getting around the Loop
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Inits. for getting around the Loop
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Protagonist in David Foster Wallace's "Infinite Jest"
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Protagonist in David Foster Wallace's "Infinite Jest"
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Comment from a cook who cools the cheese sauce before serving?
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Comment from a cook who cools the cheese sauce before serving?
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Woodwind that's O.K. to play?
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Woodwind that's O.K. to play?
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Something that's free of charge
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Something that's free of charge
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Weapon seen on the Kenyan flag
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Weapon seen on the Kenyan flag
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Big stinks
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Big stinks
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Done, slangily
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Done, slangily
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Units for binge watchers
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Units for binge watchers
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Actor Patel of "Lion"
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Actor Patel of "Lion"
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"Don't ___ me"
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"Don't ___ me"
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Cupid's catchphrase?
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Cupid's catchphrase?
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Part
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Part
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Attention hog's cry
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Attention hog's cry
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Vigilant
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Vigilant
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"The Dukes of Hazzard" spinoff
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"The Dukes of Hazzard" spinoff
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Intimidate
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Intimidate
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One of eight in "The 12 Days of Christmas"
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One of eight in "The 12 Days of Christmas"
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Egg-shaped Hasbro toys introduced in 1971
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Egg-shaped Hasbro toys introduced in 1971
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Certain soft drinks, informally
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Score marking
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Score marking
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Powerful engine, for short
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Nighttime Cartoon Network programming block
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Nighttime Cartoon Network programming block
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Wipe off the map
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Wipe off the map
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Start of MGM's motto
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Start of MGM's motto
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Quaint "I believe"
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Quaint "I believe"
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Like Wrigley Field's walls
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Like Wrigley Field's walls
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Brave
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Brave
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Landon who lost in a landslide
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Landon who lost in a landslide
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Pastoral locale
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Pastoral locale
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Big name in 1980s-'90s TV talk
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State capital that's the setting of "Ironweed"
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State capital that's the setting of "Ironweed"
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Betty ___
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Betty ___
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Mean, lowdown sorts
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Mean, lowdown sorts
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Court conference
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Court conference
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CNN commentator Navarro
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CNN commentator Navarro
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The Cougars of the West Coast Conf.
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The Cougars of the West Coast Conf.
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Determination in a prenatal exam
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Determination in a prenatal exam
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Holiday meal
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Holiday meal
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Came down
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Came down
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Long lunch?
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Long lunch?
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It's to be expected
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It's to be expected
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Leveled
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Leveled
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Eleven: Fr.
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Eleven: Fr.
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Cheesy dish
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Cheesy dish
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Seminal symbol of mass production
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Seminal symbol of mass production
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Lose
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Lose
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Paul who sang "Lonely Boy"
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Paul who sang "Lonely Boy"
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King who said "Nothing will come of nothing"
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King who said "Nothing will come of nothing"
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Woman's name that means "truth"
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Woman's name that means "truth"
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Disloyalty
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Disloyalty
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Loft filler
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Loft filler
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Director of 1991's "Mississippi Masala"
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Director of 1991's "Mississippi Masala"
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Genesis brother
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Genesis brother
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Early Beatle
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Early Beatle
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Sam who ran the bar on "Cheers"
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Sam who ran the bar on "Cheers"
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Unconcerned with right and wrong
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Unconcerned with right and wrong
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Parts of supermarkets
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Parts of supermarkets
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With 57-Down, very nearly
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With 57-Down, very nearly
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See 55-Down
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See 55-Down
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Topic at the Kinsey Institute
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Topic at the Kinsey Institute
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32-ounce purchase at 7-Eleven
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32-ounce purchase at 7-Eleven
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Mining supply
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Mining supply
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Free
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Free
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Chasm
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Chasm
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It decreases a QB's rating: Abbr.
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It decreases a QB's rating: Abbr.
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Busy hosp. areas
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Busy hosp. areas
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Best of the best
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Best of the best
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Knee-highs, e.g.
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Knee-highs, e.g.
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Doesn't know for a fact, say
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___ buco
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Secreted signal
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Secreted signal
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El ___
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El ___
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Cricket rival of Harrow
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Cricket rival of Harrow
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Material once set afire and put in a catapult
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Material once set afire and put in a catapult
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Grasp, informally
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Grasp, informally
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Human, typically, diet-wise
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Human, typically, diet-wise
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Announcement upon a grand arrival
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Announcement upon a grand arrival
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Entertainment with camels, maybe
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Entertainment with camels, maybe
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It sank after W.W. II
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It sank after W.W. II
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Go cold turkey
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Go cold turkey
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Said
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Said
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Goaltender Dominik in the Hockey Hall of Fame
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Goaltender Dominik in the Hockey Hall of Fame
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Wrinkle-free, say
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Wrinkle-free, say
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Lincoln's place
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Lincoln's place
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Wild
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Wild
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Old movie dog
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Old movie dog
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___ Valley
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___ Valley
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Give a beating
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Give a beating
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Go forcefully (through)
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Go forcefully (through)
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1979 Roman Polanski film
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1979 Roman Polanski film
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Inc. relative
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Inc. relative
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Win on "Hollywood Squares"
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Win on "Hollywood Squares"
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"I shall return," e.g.
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"I shall return," e.g.
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Des Moines-to-Dubuque dir.
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Des Moines-to-Dubuque dir.
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Add years
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Add years
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Sentence fragments: Abbr.
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