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New York Times: Sunday, August 11, 2019
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, August 11, 2019 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Alex Eaton-Salners
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Share on social media
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Blackens
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Blackens
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Screen org.?
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Screen org.?
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William H. Bonney ___ Billy the Kid
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William H. Bonney ___ Billy the Kid
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Mathematician taught by Bernoulli
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Mathematician taught by Bernoulli
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Most populous nation not in the U.N.
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Most populous nation not in the U.N.
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Best Actress winner of 1999 and 2004
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Best Actress winner of 1999 and 2004
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It's just part of the act
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It's just part of the act
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Surname of Princess Leia
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Surname of Princess Leia
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Midwest college town
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Midwest college town
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"Curiouser and curiouser ..."
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"Curiouser and curiouser ..."
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Bother
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Bother
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Grand onstage
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Grand onstage
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Place to swim or work out, informally
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Place to swim or work out, informally
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Business that has cut prices
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Business that has cut prices
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Entertaining
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Entertaining
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Went over the limit, say
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Major name in petrol
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Major name in petrol
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Language from which "jackal" and "jasmine" come
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Language from which "jackal" and "jasmine" come
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"La Traviata" composer
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"La Traviata" composer
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Jeer
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Jeer
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Bit on a book jacket
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Part of a three-in-a-row
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Greasy in the Pro Football Hall of Fame
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Greasy in the Pro Football Hall of Fame
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In-group at school
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In-group at school
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Preach the gospel
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Preach the gospel
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Rip off
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Rip off
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Longtime "All Things Considered" host Robert
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Longtime "All Things Considered" host Robert
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Screenwriter Ephron
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Screenwriter Ephron
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Anchor, e.g.
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Anchor, e.g.
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Chinese liquor made from sorghum
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Chinese liquor made from sorghum
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"Consequently ..."
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"Consequently ..."
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Verbal alternative to a shoulder tap
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Verbal alternative to a shoulder tap
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Beginnings of ideas
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Beginnings of ideas
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Internet content typically viewed alone
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Internet content typically viewed alone
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Italian scooter brand
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Italian scooter brand
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What 1-Down has that 1-Across lacks
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What 1-Down has that 1-Across lacks
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Part of the resistance?
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Part of the resistance?
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Some pickup info on rideshare apps: Abbr.
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Some pickup info on rideshare apps: Abbr.
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Stir
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Stir
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Man's name that means "my God"
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Man's name that means "my God"
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What's depicted by the circled letters in 41-/49-Across
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What's depicted by the circled letters in 41-/49-Across
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... in 52-Across
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... in 52-Across
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Rehearse a play from start to finish, in theater lingo
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Rehearse a play from start to finish, in theater lingo
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Swimmer in a Himeji Castle moat
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Nursery floor hazard
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Nursery floor hazard
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Unfamiliar with
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Unfamiliar with
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Informal "What if ...?"
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Informal "What if ...?"
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Alter, as a manuscript
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Alter, as a manuscript
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Bird's home
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Bird's home
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Bird's home
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Places for speakers
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Places for speakers
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Common people
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Common people
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Close up, say
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Close up, say
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Stylish ballroom dance
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Stylish ballroom dance
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Investigation
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Investigation
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... in 25-Across
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Brown powder
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Brown powder
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French cake
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French cake
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Nashville university, familiarly
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Nashville university, familiarly
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... and in 19-Across
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... and in 19-Across
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Go to
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Go to
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Princess of Avalor, in children's TV
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Princess of Avalor, in children's TV
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Machiavellian
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Machiavellian
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Tape deck button
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Tape deck button
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Oboes and saxes, e.g.
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Aid for a detective
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Aid for a detective
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Real pain
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Real pain
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Reaction to pain
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Berth place
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Berth place
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Bowling
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Bowling
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Cause of a supermarket parking mishap
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Tripping
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Tripping
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Expected
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Expected
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Serving with carrots and celery, maybe
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Serving with carrots and celery, maybe
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Meander
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Meander
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Lighter-air link
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Lighter-air link
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Virtual people
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Virtual people
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Bitter, e.g.
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Bitter, e.g.
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Alternative to Times New Roman
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Noncapital city whose name means "capital city"
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Noncapital city whose name means "capital city"
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City on the Nile
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City on the Nile
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As (to)
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As (to)
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Band with the 1983 #1 hit "Africa"
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Band with the 1983 #1 hit "Africa"
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Far offshore
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Far offshore
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Kit ___
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Kit ___
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Dedicator of Iceland's Imagine Peace Tower
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Dedicator of Iceland's Imagine Peace Tower
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Ocelli
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Ocelli
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Challenges for movers
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Challenges for movers
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Habitually
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Habitually
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___ Nurmi, 1920s Olympic runner nicknamed the "Flying Finn"
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___ Nurmi, 1920s Olympic runner nicknamed the "Flying Finn"
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Bud of baseball
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Bud of baseball
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Veep's boss
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Veep's boss
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Subject of lessons at an island resort
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Subject of lessons at an island resort
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Roman sun god
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Roman sun god
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Team at an upscale restaurant
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Team at an upscale restaurant
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Brother
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Brother
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Cowboy's home, informally
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Cowboy's home, informally
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Middle of the month
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Middle of the month
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Best Play Tony winner with a geographical name
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Best Play Tony winner with a geographical name
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Jellied delicacies
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Jellied delicacies
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Cry from Juliet
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Cry from Juliet
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___ club (annual show presenter)
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___ club (annual show presenter)
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Diaper, in Britspeak
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Diaper, in Britspeak
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Chef Lagasse
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Chef Lagasse
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Crossword constructing, e.g. (no, really!)
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Crossword constructing, e.g. (no, really!)
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AirPod pairing target
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AirPod pairing target
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"Paradise Lost" tempter
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"Paradise Lost" tempter
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Site of Jesus' crucifixion
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Site of Jesus' crucifixion
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Prefix with directional
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Prefix with directional
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Word with life or flak
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Brand of markers
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Brand of markers
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See the future with a crystal ball
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Track meet divisions
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Track meet divisions
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Worth keeping around
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Worth keeping around
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Peacefully protests, as during the national anthem
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Peacefully protests, as during the national anthem
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Flier on a mission
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Flier on a mission
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Loses traction
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Loses traction
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Pristine places
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Pristine places
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Fairy tale alter ego
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Fairy tale alter ego
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Crushed in competition
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Crushed in competition
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Pronoun in a picture rebus
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Pronoun in a picture rebus
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Increase quickly
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Increase quickly
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Mixing board
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Mixing board
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Wrongly predict, as an election
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Wrongly predict, as an election
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Dit's partner
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Dit's partner
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Places for figureheads
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Places for figureheads
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Not express
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Not express
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Magazine that named Barack Obama its first-ever Person of the Year (2009)
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Magazine that named Barack Obama its first-ever Person of the Year (2009)
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Bit of sweat
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"J. ___" (2011 Clint Eastwood biopic)
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"J. ___" (2011 Clint Eastwood biopic)
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Missile first used in the Yom Kippur War
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Missile first used in the Yom Kippur War
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Non-Macs
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Non-Macs
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Kind of mind
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Kind of mind
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Suit
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Suit
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Number in brackets?
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Number in brackets?
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Without
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Without
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Poet ___ St. Vincent Millay
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Poet ___ St. Vincent Millay
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Diana who was the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without the aid of shark protection (2013)
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Diana who was the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without the aid of shark protection (2013)
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Russian for "peace"
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