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New York Times: Sunday, August 4, 2019
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, August 4, 2019 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Will Nediger
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Socializes (with)
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Socializes (with)
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With 20-Across, fire the whole staff
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Most exorbitant
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Most exorbitant
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Showing more craft
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Showing more craft
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See 6-Across
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Artillery
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Artillery
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With 105-Across, "What walks on four dino legs in the morning, four dino legs at noon and four dino legs in the evening?" and other riddles?
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With 105-Across, "What walks on four dino legs in the morning, four dino legs at noon and four dino legs in the evening?" and other riddles?
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Genre for "Rush Hour" and "Lethal Weapon"
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Genre for "Rush Hour" and "Lethal Weapon"
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Oversupplies
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Oversupplies
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The band Ben Folds Five, oddly
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The band Ben Folds Five, oddly
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The "A" of BART
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The "A" of BART
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Any nonzero number to the zeroth power
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Any nonzero number to the zeroth power
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"Little Women" sister
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"Little Women" sister
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Pioneering silent director Weber
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Pioneering silent director Weber
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Bitter
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Bitter
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Shopping binge
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Shopping binge
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Says "Quack" instead of "Buzz"?
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Says "Quack" instead of "Buzz"?
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Like Cinderella's stepsisters
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Like Cinderella's stepsisters
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Like tennis player Anna Smashnova's name
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Like tennis player Anna Smashnova's name
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"High-five!"
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"High-five!"
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Melodic opera passages
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Melodic opera passages
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Something a new parent might take
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Something a new parent might take
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Audio engineer's device
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Audio engineer's device
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Tables in an Old West saloon, e.g.?
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Tables in an Old West saloon, e.g.?
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"My Gal ___"
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"My Gal ___"
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Admirer's words
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Admirer's words
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Source of hand-me-downs
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Source of hand-me-downs
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Unloading sign
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Unloading sign
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The stuff of legends
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The stuff of legends
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Member of the Be Sharps, Homer Simpson's barbershop quartet
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Member of the Be Sharps, Homer Simpson's barbershop quartet
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Kerfuffle
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Kerfuffle
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Olympic powerhouse in boxing
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Olympic powerhouse in boxing
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Confuse "stem" with "stern," e.g.
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Confuse "stem" with "stern," e.g.
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Claude ___, villain in "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame"
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Claude ___, villain in "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame"
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Some Dior dresses
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Some Dior dresses
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Change to the Constitution first proposed in 1921, for short
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Change to the Constitution first proposed in 1921, for short
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Chess gambit employed by gangster Tony Montana?
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Chess gambit employed by gangster Tony Montana?
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Separate
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Separate
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Invite out for
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Invite out for
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Things that may be kicked
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Things that may be kicked
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Verse, quaintly
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Verse, quaintly
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English novelist McEwan
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English novelist McEwan
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"Je t'___"
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"Je t'___"
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Claims that Louis XIV's palace is better than all the other buildings in France combined?
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Claims that Louis XIV's palace is better than all the other buildings in France combined?
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In the middle of, old-style
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In the middle of, old-style
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Parishioner's offering
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Parishioner's offering
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Menaces to Indiana Jones
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Menaces to Indiana Jones
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Really big show
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Really big show
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Side in checkers
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Side in checkers
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Not tread lightly
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Not tread lightly
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Advertising claim that usually has a catch
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Advertising claim that usually has a catch
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Animal with a flexible snout
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Animal with a flexible snout
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"From my standpoint ..."
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"From my standpoint ..."
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See 22-Across
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Most brave
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Most brave
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Increase
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Increase
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Start to type?
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Start to type?
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Nickname for the capital of the Peach State
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Nickname for the capital of the Peach State
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KFC order
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KFC order
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Groups of stars
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Groups of stars
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Site of a 1920s renaissance
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Site of a 1920s renaissance
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Relative of a guinea pig
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Relative of a guinea pig
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Last innings, typically
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Last innings, typically
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Figures out
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Figures out
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Sign of theatrical success
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Sign of theatrical success
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Subject of a fund-raiser
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Subject of a fund-raiser
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Thelma's road trip partner
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Thelma's road trip partner
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Currency with a "zone"
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Currency with a "zone"
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Tempe sch.
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Tempe sch.
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Old game console, for short
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Old game console, for short
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Nickname
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Nickname
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Aligned
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Aligned
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Icelandic literary work
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Icelandic literary work
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Where a tunnel opens
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Where a tunnel opens
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"You'll ___ for this!"
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"You'll ___ for this!"
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Extra couple of numbers?
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Extra couple of numbers?
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Tea treats
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Tea treats
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Mobile home not much seen nowadays
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Mobile home not much seen nowadays
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Bygone N.Y.C. punk club
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Bygone N.Y.C. punk club
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Informer
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Informer
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"___ longa, vita brevis"
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"___ longa, vita brevis"
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Brings from outside with great effort
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Brings from outside with great effort
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A in physics
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A in physics
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Trig ratios
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Trig ratios
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Pack rat
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Pack rat
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User of the Twitter handle @Pontifex
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User of the Twitter handle @Pontifex
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Target number
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Target number
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It's a blessing
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It's a blessing
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Person who helps with a crash, informally
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Person who helps with a crash, informally
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Large wardrobe
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Large wardrobe
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Finds hilarious, perhaps
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Finds hilarious, perhaps
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Deduce
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Deduce
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A doctor might check them
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A doctor might check them
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Together
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Together
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Full-bodied Argentine wines
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Full-bodied Argentine wines
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Word often said with a drawn-out "e" sound
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Word often said with a drawn-out "e" sound
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Took shots
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Took shots
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Single squat or crunch
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Single squat or crunch
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Small goofs
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Small goofs
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Craft in a close encounter
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Craft in a close encounter
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54-Down genre
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54-Down genre
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___-compliant
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___-compliant
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Doomed to fail, for short
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Doomed to fail, for short
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Motorcade head
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Motorcade head
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Tender feelings
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Tender feelings
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Debonair
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Debonair
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La-la interval
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La-la interval
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Sierra ___
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Sierra ___
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Friend of Athos and Porthos
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Friend of Athos and Porthos
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Smear in print
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Smear in print
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"GoodFellas" co-star
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"GoodFellas" co-star
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Onetime fad item with replacement seeds
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Onetime fad item with replacement seeds
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Culmination
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Culmination
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Songs to be played at a concert
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Songs to be played at a concert
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Gives the nod
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Gives the nod
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Has because of
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Has because of
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Portmanteau for a TV addict
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Portmanteau for a TV addict
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Inc. relative
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Inc. relative
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___ to go
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___ to go
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Some deals from dealerships
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Some deals from dealerships
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Whiz
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Whiz
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Church toppers
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Church toppers
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Completely destroy
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Completely destroy
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Approximately
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Approximately
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Hammer part
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Hammer part
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Half-man/half-goat
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Half-man/half-goat
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"Toodle-oo!"
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"Toodle-oo!"
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South, in Brazil
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South, in Brazil
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Texted question to someone who hasn't shown up yet
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Texted question to someone who hasn't shown up yet
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Automotive initialism
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Automotive initialism
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Louis XIV, e.g.
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Louis XIV, e.g.
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Key in a corner
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