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New York Times: Sunday, August 12, 2018
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, August 12, 2018 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Ross Trudeau
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Begin
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Begin
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Commercial aunt since 1889
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Commercial aunt since 1889
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Prep to find fingerprints
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Prep to find fingerprints
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Checkup sounds
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Checkup sounds
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Deduce
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Deduce
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Rabid supporters
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Rabid supporters
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Steel head?
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Steel head?
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Land O'Lakes and Breakstone's?
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Land O'Lakes and Breakstone's?
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Part of the SkyTeam Alliance
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Part of the SkyTeam Alliance
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With severity
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With severity
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The only way to get respect, so they say
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The only way to get respect, so they say
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Kind of torch
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Commies
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Commies
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Ministering?
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Ministering?
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Giant in direct sales
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Giant in direct sales
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Pro or con
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Pro or con
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Vientiane native
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Vientiane native
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Stag's mate
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Stag's mate
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Laundry unit
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Laundry unit
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"Inside the N.B.A." analyst beginning in 2011
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"Inside the N.B.A." analyst beginning in 2011
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Wunderkinds, say
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Wunderkinds, say
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"Damn, I can't seem to get a ball into fair territory!"?
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"Damn, I can't seem to get a ball into fair territory!"?
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Fabrication
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Fabrication
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Chicago airport code
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Chicago airport code
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Wide divide
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Wide divide
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Lose an all-in hand, say
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Lose an all-in hand, say
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Vitriol
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Vitriol
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Aziz of "Master of None"
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Aziz of "Master of None"
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Most susceptible to sunburn
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Most susceptible to sunburn
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Biblioklept's targets
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Biblioklept's targets
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Like a trip overland from Venezuela to Bolivia?
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Like a trip overland from Venezuela to Bolivia?
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Musical closings
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Musical closings
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Easy buckets
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Easy buckets
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Tiny, multitentacled creatures
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Tiny, multitentacled creatures
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Operating system since the early '70s
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Operating system since the early '70s
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Mother ___
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Mother ___
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"Robinson Crusoe" author
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"Robinson Crusoe" author
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Fútbol stadium cry
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Ingredient in a Cuba libre
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Expensive line of nonsense someone throws you?
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Expensive line of nonsense someone throws you?
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Novel endings, maybe
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Novel endings, maybe
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Informal assertion of authority
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Informal assertion of authority
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Indigo source
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Indigo source
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Part of NGO
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Part of NGO
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Orders
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Orders
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"Feed me!," maybe
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"Feed me!," maybe
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Tannery stock
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Tannery stock
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"What are you hauling in there?" and "How many axles you running?"
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"What are you hauling in there?" and "How many axles you running?"
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Course
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Course
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Actress Moreno
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Actress Moreno
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One putting others down
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One putting others down
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Ivory, e.g.
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Ivory, e.g.
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In a state
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In a state
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Entering your middle name, then date of birth, then adding a "1," etc.?
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Entering your middle name, then date of birth, then adding a "1," etc.?
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Missile in a mating ritual
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Missile in a mating ritual
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Best of all possible worlds
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Best of all possible worlds
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Amounts to
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Amounts to
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Amount to
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Amount to
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"... ish"
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"... ish"
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Nitpicky know-it-all
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Scoring factor at a crossword tournament
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Bros, e.g.
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Letter-shaped fastener
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Subsequently
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Subsequently
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Sadly unoriginal works
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Sadly unoriginal works
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In vogue
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In vogue
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Box of 12?
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Box of 12?
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Manning with two Super Bowl M.V.P. awards
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Manning with two Super Bowl M.V.P. awards
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"I want my ___" (1980s slogan)
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"I want my ___" (1980s slogan)
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Suggestion from a financial adviser, for short
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Suggestion from a financial adviser, for short
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Rami ___ of "Mr. Robot"
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Rami ___ of "Mr. Robot"
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Attack vigorously
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Attack vigorously
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Title role for Jamie Foxx
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Title role for Jamie Foxx
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Like the Statue of Liberty at night
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Like the Statue of Liberty at night
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Most common U.S. surname
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Most common U.S. surname
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Wee one
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Wee one
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Trattoria option that means "garlic and oil"
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Trattoria option that means "garlic and oil"
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Poem name whose singular and plural forms are the same
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Poem name whose singular and plural forms are the same
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Slowness embodied
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Slowness embodied
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Betrays, in a way
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Betrays, in a way
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"Treasure Island" monogram
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"Treasure Island" monogram
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Genetic messenger
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Genetic messenger
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Excessive lovers of the grape
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Excessive lovers of the grape
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Classical theater
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Classical theater
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Concrete
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Concrete
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Temptation location
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Temptation location
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Big name in soda cans and foil
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Big name in soda cans and foil
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Show grief
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Show grief
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Guest bed, in a pinch
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Guest bed, in a pinch
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Extended writer's blocks?
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Extended writer's blocks?
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Scrapbooking need
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Scrapbooking need
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Big success
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Big success
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Good source of calcium
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Good source of calcium
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Grasps
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Grasps
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Hosiery shades
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Hosiery shades
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Hebrew letter on a dreidel
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Hebrew letter on a dreidel
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American Girl products
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American Girl products
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Keep watch for, maybe
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Keep watch for, maybe
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Overdo it on the praise
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Overdo it on the praise
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"The Lord of the Rings" actor Billy
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"The Lord of the Rings" actor Billy
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He fought alongside Achilles
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He fought alongside Achilles
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Remote button
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Remote button
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Aspirin maker
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Aspirin maker
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Narrow valleys
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Narrow valleys
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Oreo ingredient until the mid-'90s
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Oreo ingredient until the mid-'90s
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One ogling
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One ogling
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"You just blew my mind!"
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"You just blew my mind!"
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Medical breakthrough
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Medical breakthrough
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"Movin' ___"
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"Movin' ___"
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Tiny
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Tiny
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Wide-swinging blow
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Wide-swinging blow
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CBS's "Kate & ___"
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CBS's "Kate & ___"
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Peddles
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Peddles
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Harbor sight
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Harbor sight
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Box of 12, say
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Box of 12, say
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"Ticklish" toys
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"Ticklish" toys
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Raced
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Raced
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[The light turned green! Go!]
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[The light turned green! Go!]
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Free trial version
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Free trial version
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Where you might open a whole can of worms?
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Where you might open a whole can of worms?
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Track down
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Track down
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Move in the direction of
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Move in the direction of
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Jerk
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Jerk
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Rise to the occasion
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Rise to the occasion
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Comedic duo?
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Comedic duo?
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Skipping syllables
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Skipping syllables
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Difficulty
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Difficulty
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2022 World Cup host
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2022 World Cup host
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Alternatives to cabs
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Alternatives to cabs
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About to blow one's top
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About to blow one's top
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3, 4 or 5, usually
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3, 4 or 5, usually
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What a 76-Down pulls
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What a 76-Down pulls
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Certain buy-in
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Certain buy-in
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Vet's malady, for short
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Vet's malady, for short
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Kerfuffle
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Kerfuffle
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Turf
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Turf
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Luxury hotel amenity
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Luxury hotel amenity
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Get gold from one's lead?
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