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New York Times: Sunday, December 8, 2019
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, December 8, 2019 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Emily Carroll
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Unpleasantly surprise
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Music-licensing org.
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Music-licensing org.
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Big brother?
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Big brother?
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Some Pac-12 athletes
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Some Pac-12 athletes
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Three or four, say
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Three or four, say
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Ashton Kutcher's role on "That '70s Show"
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Ashton Kutcher's role on "That '70s Show"
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"Cross my heart"
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"Cross my heart"
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Ingredient in spanakopita
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Ingredient in spanakopita
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Carefree quality
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Carefree quality
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Synopsis
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Synopsis
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Saudi king before Abdullah
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Saudi king before Abdullah
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Popular Asian honeymoon destination
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Popular Asian honeymoon destination
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Ready for publication
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Ready for publication
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Comes into view
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Comes into view
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Was given no other option
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Was given no other option
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Online publication
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Online publication
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Funny Foxx
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Funny Foxx
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Rant
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Rant
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Top musical group of the 1990s, per Billboard
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Top musical group of the 1990s, per Billboard
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51 past
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51 past
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Patronize, in a way
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Patronize, in a way
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Slow start?
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Slow start?
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Momentarily
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Momentarily
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Supporting, with "up"
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Supporting, with "up"
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"I messed up," in slang
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"I messed up," in slang
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Comaneci of gymnastics
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Comaneci of gymnastics
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One shouting "Get off my lawn!"
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One shouting "Get off my lawn!"
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PC port
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PC port
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Clothing designer Marc
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Clothing designer Marc
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"S.N.L." alum who co-starred in 2016's "Ghostbusters"
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"S.N.L." alum who co-starred in 2016's "Ghostbusters"
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Classic soft drink
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Classic soft drink
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Response to a funny meme
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Response to a funny meme
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Stopping point
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Stopping point
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Lead-in to meter
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Lead-in to meter
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Manage
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Manage
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Follower of Sam or will.
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Follower of Sam or will.
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Pince-___ glasses
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Pince-___ glasses
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Iranian currency with a 75-Across on its bills
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Iranian currency with a 75-Across on its bills
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See 73-Across
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See 73-Across
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Game console introduced in 2006
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Game console introduced in 2006
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It's often included with an R.S.V.P. card
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It's often included with an R.S.V.P. card
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Like most Italian singular nouns finishing in -a: Abbr.
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Like most Italian singular nouns finishing in -a: Abbr.
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Scatters about
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Scatters about
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United way?
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United way?
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The most recent Pope Benedict
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The most recent Pope Benedict
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Like some "#@&!" language
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Like some "#@&!" language
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"Actually, I do"
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"Actually, I do"
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Photo ___
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Photo ___
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"Buddy Holly" band, 1994
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"Buddy Holly" band, 1994
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Braced (oneself)
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Braced (oneself)
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New York social reformer whose name is on a Manhattan housing project
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New York social reformer whose name is on a Manhattan housing project
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Amenable sort
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Amenable sort
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Pet lovers' org.
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Pet lovers' org.
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Phrase on a candy heart
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Phrase on a candy heart
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Impertinent sorts
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Impertinent sorts
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Birds or wasps
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Birds or wasps
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Caviar source
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Caviar source
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Good-looking ... or a phonetic hint to a feature found five times in this puzzle
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Good-looking ... or a phonetic hint to a feature found five times in this puzzle
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What may follow fire or stone
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What may follow fire or stone
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Pulmonologist's expertise
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Pulmonologist's expertise
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Give too much light
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Give too much light
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One way to turn a ship
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One way to turn a ship
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Members of une sororité
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Members of une sororité
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National currency which, if you drop its second letter and read the result backward, spells another national currency
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National currency which, if you drop its second letter and read the result backward, spells another national currency
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Memo header
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Memo header
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Knights' titles in "A Game of Thrones"
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Knights' titles in "A Game of Thrones"
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Heart topper, in bridge
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Heart topper, in bridge
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"Someone Like You" hitmaker, 2011
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"Someone Like You" hitmaker, 2011
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Jokey suffix with most
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Jokey suffix with most
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Prattle
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Prattle
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Triangular construction
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Triangular construction
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Was taken aback
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Was taken aback
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Unable to move well
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Unable to move well
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Submits
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Submits
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Former TV psychic Miss ___
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Former TV psychic Miss ___
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The "A" of W.N.B.A.: Abbr.
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The "A" of W.N.B.A.: Abbr.
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Ask
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Ask
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Parts of hearts
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Parts of hearts
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Wonderful receptacle?
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Wonderful receptacle?
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Tampa Bay N.F.L.er
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Tampa Bay N.F.L.er
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Rock-___ (jukebox brand)
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Rock-___ (jukebox brand)
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Romantic preference
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Romantic preference
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Where to see Botticelli's "The Birth of Venus"
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Where to see Botticelli's "The Birth of Venus"
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Three or four, say
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Three or four, say
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Colorless gases
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Colorless gases
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Turns blue?
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Turns blue?
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"Well, that's quite a coincidence ..."
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"Well, that's quite a coincidence ..."
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Sudden turn
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Sudden turn
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Ewe or sow
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Ewe or sow
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One with superhuman powers
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One with superhuman powers
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Spanish or Portuguese
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Spanish or Portuguese
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"___ Como Va" (Santana hit)
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"___ Como Va" (Santana hit)
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Make alterations to
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Make alterations to
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State of disbelief
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State of disbelief
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Humdinger
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Humdinger
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Lusaka native
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Lusaka native
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"Swell!"
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"Swell!"
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NNE or SSW
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NNE or SSW
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Tattoo artists
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Tattoo artists
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Fictional land of books and film
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Fictional land of books and film
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"Impossible Is Nothing" sloganeer
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"Impossible Is Nothing" sloganeer
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Family nickname
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Family nickname
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University officials
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University officials
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___ canto
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___ canto
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Part of a short race
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Part of a short race
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Draws back
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Draws back
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Washington's Kellyanne or George
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Washington's Kellyanne or George
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Little: Ger.
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Little: Ger.
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Smith and Nelson
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Smith and Nelson
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Teacher
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Teacher
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Emphatic denial
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Emphatic denial
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Arduous
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Arduous
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Degree for a research scientist
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Degree for a research scientist
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Latin law
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Latin law
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New York Mets epithet
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New York Mets epithet
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Quaint contraction
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Quaint contraction
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West Coast brew, for short
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West Coast brew, for short
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France's Boulogne-___-Mer
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France's Boulogne-___-Mer
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Disney's Herbie, for one
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Disney's Herbie, for one
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Under attack
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Under attack
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Visitors' announcement
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Visitors' announcement
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"The Song of Hiawatha" tribe
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"The Song of Hiawatha" tribe
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Sierra Nevada, e.g.
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Sierra Nevada, e.g.
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Oar
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Oar
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Frozen Wasser
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Frozen Wasser
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Counterpart of dorsal
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Counterpart of dorsal
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Immature eggs
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Immature eggs
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Doofus
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Doofus
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First part in an instruction manual
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First part in an instruction manual
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Hallucinogen sometimes called a "divine messenger"
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Hallucinogen sometimes called a "divine messenger"
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Parts of waves
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Parts of waves
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Give the green light
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Give the green light
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No longer in style
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No longer in style
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Reason for a TV-MA rating, perhaps
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Reason for a TV-MA rating, perhaps
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"Say it ain't so!"
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"Say it ain't so!"
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Jedi guru
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Jedi guru
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Poet who wrote "Jupiter from on high laughs at lovers' perjuries"
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Poet who wrote "Jupiter from on high laughs at lovers' perjuries"
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World's rarest goose
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World's rarest goose
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A count manager
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A count manager
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Vardalos of "My Big Fat Greek Wedding"
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Vardalos of "My Big Fat Greek Wedding"
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