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New York Times: Sunday, October 7, 2018
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, October 7, 2018 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Tom McCoy
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Experts
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Experts
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Accord
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Accord
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The Harry Potter novels, e.g.
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The Harry Potter novels, e.g.
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External parasites
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External parasites
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Minuscule, cutesily
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Minuscule, cutesily
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Not yet packed, say
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Not yet packed, say
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Another nickname for Old Abe ... or a description of the circled letter?
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Another nickname for Old Abe ... or a description of the circled letter?
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Got fit
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Got fit
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Funny Brooks
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Funny Brooks
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Eight: Prefix
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Eight: Prefix
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Astronaut's place ...
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Astronaut's place ...
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Aves.
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Aves.
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Let out, as a sigh
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Let out, as a sigh
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Venus, but not Serena
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Venus, but not Serena
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Truckful
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Truckful
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A lid usually covers it at night
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A lid usually covers it at night
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Naval rank: Abbr.
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Naval rank: Abbr.
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Counterpart of Venus
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Counterpart of Venus
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Screen or partition ...
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Screen or partition ...
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Kitchen sink attachment
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Kitchen sink attachment
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Much-disputed part of an airplane
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Much-disputed part of an airplane
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Where decongestant spray goes ...
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Animal with a snout
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Animal with a snout
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Candidate's goal
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Candidate's goal
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"___ time"
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"___ time"
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Discontent
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Discontent
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Alternatively
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Alternatively
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Kind
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Kind
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Cellular messenger
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Cellular messenger
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CBS drama beginning in 2018
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CBS drama beginning in 2018
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Negative connector
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Negative connector
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Cyberexpert's worry ...
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Cyberexpert's worry ...
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___ Poke (caramel candy)
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___ Poke (caramel candy)
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___-rock
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___-rock
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Each "O" of BOGO
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Each "O" of BOGO
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"___ and the Real Girl" (2007 comedy)
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"___ and the Real Girl" (2007 comedy)
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"What have I done!"
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"What have I done!"
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Part of an auto garage's business
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Part of an auto garage's business
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Hawaiian mash-up?
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Hawaiian mash-up?
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Product much advertised during football games
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Product much advertised during football games
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Clutch
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Clutch
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Office device ...
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Office device ...
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"That's my intention"
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"That's my intention"
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At the end of the day
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At the end of the day
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Heist figure ...
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Heist figure ...
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General ___ chicken
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General ___ chicken
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Bear: Sp.
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Bear: Sp.
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Soon
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Soon
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Memphis-to-Nashville dir.
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Memphis-to-Nashville dir.
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Coinage during the 2008 presidential election
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Coinage during the 2008 presidential election
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"Spider-Man" baddie
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"Spider-Man" baddie
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___ drive
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___ drive
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Bit of good fortune ...
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Bit of good fortune ...
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Something you might get your mitts on
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Something you might get your mitts on
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By birth
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By birth
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Away from work for a while
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Store banner ...
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Early ___
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Early ___
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Scowling
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Scowling
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Worry in East Africa
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Worry in East Africa
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Something to chew on
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Something to chew on
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Some see-through curtains
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Some see-through curtains
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"Ni-i-i-ice!"
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"Ni-i-i-ice!"
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Common phobia source
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Common phobia source
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Overturn
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Overturn
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Omani money
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Omani money
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Powerful arm
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Powerful arm
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What a "singleton" is, in baseball lingo
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What a "singleton" is, in baseball lingo
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City from which the U.S. moved its embassy in 2018
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City from which the U.S. moved its embassy in 2018
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Big retailer of camping gear
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Big retailer of camping gear
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Middle-earth denizen
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Middle-earth denizen
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About
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About
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Keep busy
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Keep busy
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Dr. Seuss title animal
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Dr. Seuss title animal
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Be a lousy bedmate, say
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Be a lousy bedmate, say
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Physicist Mach
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Physicist Mach
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Little protestation
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Little protestation
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"Ain't I somethin'?!"
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"Ain't I somethin'?!"
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Cabinet dept.
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Cabinet dept.
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Kind
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Kind
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Is on the up and up?
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Is on the up and up?
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Part of a place setting
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Part of a place setting
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Mom-and-pop org.
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Mom-and-pop org.
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Followers of talks
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Followers of talks
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"___ tu" (Verdi aria)
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"___ tu" (Verdi aria)
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Chose not to
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Chose not to
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Whigs' opponents
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Whigs' opponents
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"Water, water, everywhere," per Coleridge
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"Water, water, everywhere," per Coleridge
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"You're in my spot!"
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"You're in my spot!"
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Like an increasing amount of immigration to the U.S. nowadays
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Like an increasing amount of immigration to the U.S. nowadays
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Rizzo in "Midnight Cowboy"
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Rizzo in "Midnight Cowboy"
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More cunning
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More cunning
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The "r" of r = d/t
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The "r" of r = d/t
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Kind of hygiene
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Kind of hygiene
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Experts in the field?
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Experts in the field?
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Publisher's announcement
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Publisher's announcement
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Wet
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Wet
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Visits a school, maybe
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Visits a school, maybe
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Feeling with a deadline approaching
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Feeling with a deadline approaching
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Like carbon 12, but not carbon 14
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Like carbon 12, but not carbon 14
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Trip up
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Trip up
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Intrinsically
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Intrinsically
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Eyeball layer
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Eyeball layer
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Calif.'s 101, e.g.
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Calif.'s 101, e.g.
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Containing iron
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Containing iron
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Gung-ho
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Gung-ho
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Quick signatures, quickly
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Quick signatures, quickly
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Grammy winner Corinne Bailey ___
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Grammy winner Corinne Bailey ___
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Poet who originated the phrase "harmony in discord"
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Poet who originated the phrase "harmony in discord"
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Apostle of Ireland, for short
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Apostle of Ireland, for short
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Lounges
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Lounges
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Have because of
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Have because of
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Respond to a bumper sticker, maybe
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Bill
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Bill
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Lilac or lavender
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Lilac or lavender
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Section at a zoo
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Section at a zoo
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Distant source of radio waves
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Distant source of radio waves
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"X" isn't really one
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"X" isn't really one
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Void
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Void
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Wallop
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Wallop
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Org. founded under Nixon
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Org. founded under Nixon
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General rule
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General rule
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"Aw, nuts!"
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"Aw, nuts!"
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Converts to binary, e.g.
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Converts to binary, e.g.
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Literally, "great O's"
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Literally, "great O's"
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"Pretty slick!"
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"Pretty slick!"
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Expression of dismay
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Expression of dismay
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"Gah!"
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"Gah!"
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Egg: Prefix
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Egg: Prefix
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Join
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Join
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Have a feeling
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Have a feeling
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Bring into the world
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Bring into the world
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Truckful
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Truckful
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Computer command
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Computer command
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Problem for a plumber
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Problem for a plumber
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Remained fresh
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Remained fresh
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___ chips (trendy snack food)
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___ chips (trendy snack food)
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Scot's refusal
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Scottie's warning
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___ Amsterdam (name on colonial maps)
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___ Amsterdam (name on colonial maps)
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