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New York Times: Sunday, December 30, 2018
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, December 30, 2018 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Luke Vaughn
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Fixture on a ski lodge deck
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Sound quality
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Sound quality
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West African capital
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West African capital
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Like counting your chickens before they've hatched
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Like counting your chickens before they've hatched
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Going great guns, as business
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Going great guns, as business
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Come to terms with
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Come to terms with
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"Good golly!," across the pond
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"Good golly!," across the pond
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Close enough
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Close enough
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Cloaklike garment
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Cloaklike garment
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Nosh
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Nosh
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Goes around
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Goes around
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Hardly a right-minded individual?
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Hardly a right-minded individual?
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N.C.A.A. rival of Duke
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To which one might respond "Salud!"
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To which one might respond "Salud!"
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Superlative suffix
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Summer setting in Seattle: Abbr.
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Summer setting in Seattle: Abbr.
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Reason for an R rating?
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Reason for an R rating?
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McGregor who played Obi-Wan Kenobi
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McGregor who played Obi-Wan Kenobi
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Gobble
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Gobble
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Quaint photos
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Quaint photos
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Cuban or Zuckerberg?
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Cuban or Zuckerberg?
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Archie's pal at Riverdale
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Archie's pal at Riverdale
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Dry as a bone
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Largest species of the genus Leopardus
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Largest species of the genus Leopardus
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Fighting
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Fighting
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Sprang
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Sprang
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More ready to go
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More ready to go
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Show stopper?
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Show stopper?
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Pure and simple
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Pure and simple
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Part of the eye where vision is sharpest
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Part of the eye where vision is sharpest
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Old hand
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Old hand
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Maker of the MDX luxury S.U.V.
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Maker of the MDX luxury S.U.V.
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Needing certain ink for a color printer?
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Needing certain ink for a color printer?
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Epitome of laziness
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Epitome of laziness
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Freestyle, e.g.
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Freestyle, e.g.
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Harbor city of NW France
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Harbor city of NW France
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Went to court, say
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Went to court, say
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It may be right under your nose, informally
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It may be right under your nose, informally
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Fixture behind the bar
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Fixture behind the bar
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IHOP order
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IHOP order
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Billy of infomercial fame
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Billy of infomercial fame
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Only European capital on both a river and an ocean
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Only European capital on both a river and an ocean
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Kind of vision
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Kind of vision
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Fit for the job
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Fit for the job
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Impetus behind a paternity test?
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Impetus behind a paternity test?
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Not so far
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Not so far
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"Straight Outta Compton" group
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"Straight Outta Compton" group
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"The path to the dark side," per Yoda
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"The path to the dark side," per Yoda
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On a Paleo diet, say?
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On a Paleo diet, say?
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Slow boat
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Slow boat
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___ Studies (college major)
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___ Studies (college major)
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Big Starbucks orders
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Big Starbucks orders
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Year the Office of Homeland Security was created
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Year the Office of Homeland Security was created
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Some paints
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Some paints
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Rumbles
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Rumbles
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"The world's greatest ...," e.g.
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Opposite
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Opposite
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Capital of Thessaly
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Capital of Thessaly
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Washington air hub
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Washington air hub
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Post-workout activity
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Post-workout activity
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Unusually short
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Unusually short
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Start to take off, in a way
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Shanghai
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Shanghai
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Accents and Sonatas
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Accents and Sonatas
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100-meter and 200-meter
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Commotion
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Commotion
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Connected
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Connected
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Reaction to a really bad pun
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Something you might need to kill
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Something you might need to kill
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Treat like an object
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Treat like an object
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Really, really needing some sun?
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Really, really needing some sun?
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Neighborhood north of the World Trade Center
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Neighborhood north of the World Trade Center
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Charges
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Charges
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Weasel's relative
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Weasel's relative
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Beach tops
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Beach tops
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___ Tin Tin
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___ Tin Tin
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2003 Economics Nobelist Robert
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2003 Economics Nobelist Robert
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One's most ardent supporters
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One's most ardent supporters
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Finisher of cakes
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Finisher of cakes
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86
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86
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Buy one circus animal, get one circus animal free?
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Buy one circus animal, get one circus animal free?
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Most newspapers have one
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Most newspapers have one
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Sport-___
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Sport-___
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Theodor ___ (Dr. Seuss's real name)
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Theodor ___ (Dr. Seuss's real name)
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Live
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Live
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Stealth bomber, familiarly
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Partner of snick
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Partner of snick
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French Alpine river
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French Alpine river
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Root of Polynesia
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Root of Polynesia
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Mesopotamian mother goddess
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Mesopotamian mother goddess
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Female in a pen
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Female in a pen
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In front of, old-style
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In front of, old-style
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Cowboys' home, for short
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Cowboys' home, for short
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It's more than a warning: Abbr.
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Street handout, maybe
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Street handout, maybe
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View from la plage
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View from la plage
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"Aladdin" villain
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"Aladdin" villain
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City between Albany and Rochester
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City between Albany and Rochester
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Stimulate
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Stimulate
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2017 World Series winner, for short
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2017 World Series winner, for short
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Something required
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Something required
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Dog or cat transporter
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Dog or cat transporter
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Often-smoked cheese
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Often-smoked cheese
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First lady
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First lady
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Shia of "Transformers"
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Shia of "Transformers"
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Beginnings of fame and fortune?
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Beginnings of fame and fortune?
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Some SAT study
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Some SAT study
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Kind of alcohol
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Kind of alcohol
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"___ Days" (1990s platinum Bon Jovi album)
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"___ Days" (1990s platinum Bon Jovi album)
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Anthem contraction
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Anthem contraction
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On another call
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On another call
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Hedy ___, subject of the 2017 documentary "Bombshell"
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Hedy ___, subject of the 2017 documentary "Bombshell"
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Woman's name meaning "born again"
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Woman's name meaning "born again"
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Installment of a women's clothing catalog?
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Common potato chip flavor, in brief
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Hybrid tourney style
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Hybrid tourney style
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Pure
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Pure
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Worker at a hosp.
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Worker at a hosp.
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Waterloo's home
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Waterloo's home
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Something up for grabs on a fishing boat?
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Something up for grabs on a fishing boat?
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Director Lee
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Director Lee
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Rules, informally
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Rules, informally
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Untagged
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Untagged
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Quavering sounds
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Quavering sounds
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Rating somebody?
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Rating somebody?
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The Supreme Court and the Muses
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The Supreme Court and the Muses
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Zoroastrianism's sacred text
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Zoroastrianism's sacred text
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Author of "The Joy Luck Club"
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Author of "The Joy Luck Club"
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Collision
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Collision
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Barbara and Jenna Bush, to Jeb
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Barbara and Jenna Bush, to Jeb
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Famous
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Famous
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Exams for future J.D.s
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Exams for future J.D.s
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Traveling from coast to coast, maybe
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Traveling from coast to coast, maybe
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Car sticker fig.
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Car sticker fig.
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"Do you ___?"
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"Do you ___?"
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Robust
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Robust
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Part of A.M.A.
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Part of A.M.A.
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X
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X
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Medicinal plant
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Medicinal plant
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Part of S.A.S.E.: Abbr.
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Part of S.A.S.E.: Abbr.
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