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New York Times: Sunday, August 2, 2020
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, August 2, 2020 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
David Levinson Wilk
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What can fall off a shelf
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What can fall off a shelf
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Host of MSNBC's "PoliticsNation" beginning in 2011
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Host of MSNBC's "PoliticsNation" beginning in 2011
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Be profane
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Be profane
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Something never seen at night
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Something never seen at night
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Beckoning words
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Beckoning words
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For ___ amount of time
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For ___ amount of time
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Nobody but the guy gettin' married on his feet?
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Nobody but the guy gettin' married on his feet?
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Put up with
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Captures
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Captures
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House vote
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House vote
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Gettysburg general George
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Gettysburg general George
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Like screwball comedies
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Like screwball comedies
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Pig food
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Pig food
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Gish ___, novelist of "The Resisters" and "Typical American"
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Gish ___, novelist of "The Resisters" and "Typical American"
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Sickly-looking
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Sickly-looking
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Olympic equipment weighing less than 770 grams each
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Olympic equipment weighing less than 770 grams each
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Winter item you'll be wearin' for years?
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Winter item you'll be wearin' for years?
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Statistic tracked at census.gov/popclock
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Statistic tracked at census.gov/popclock
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"Mixed Marriage" playwright St. John Greer ___
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"Mixed Marriage" playwright St. John Greer ___
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Reduced in rank
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Reduced in rank
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Receiver of an all-points bulletin
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Receiver of an all-points bulletin
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Longtime Yankees first baseman Mark
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Longtime Yankees first baseman Mark
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Simile's center
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Simile's center
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Row
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Row
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God who becomes a goddess when an "r" is removed
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God who becomes a goddess when an "r" is removed
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Spam sender
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Spam sender
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James of "The Godfather"
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James of "The Godfather"
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Danger when walkin' in a silo?
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Danger when walkin' in a silo?
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One who delivers
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One who delivers
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Mansfield of old Hollywood
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Mansfield of old Hollywood
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"Er, uh, that is ..."
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"Er, uh, that is ..."
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Dada pioneer
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Dada pioneer
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___ Paulo
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___ Paulo
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Rock singers?
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Rock singers?
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Hedge fund titan nicknamed "The Palindrome"
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Hedge fund titan nicknamed "The Palindrome"
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"Sorry, am ___ your way?"
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"Sorry, am ___ your way?"
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Drivin' around the lot with pop-pop?
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Drivin' around the lot with pop-pop?
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Overhead expenses?
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Overhead expenses?
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Private Twitter transmissions, for short
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Private Twitter transmissions, for short
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"Absofruitalicious" cereal, in ads
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"Absofruitalicious" cereal, in ads
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Sponge alternative
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Sponge alternative
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Slangy possessive
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Slangy possessive
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What a pro bono lawyer provides
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What a pro bono lawyer provides
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Very observant person
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Very observant person
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Shoulder blade
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Shoulder blade
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Pickup truck capacity, maybe
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Pickup truck capacity, maybe
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Detects
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Detects
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Sayin' "Look, here's the thing about dry land ..."?
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Sayin' "Look, here's the thing about dry land ..."?
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To-dos
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To-dos
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Batting ninth
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Batting ninth
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The Children's Defense Fund, e.g., in brief
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The Children's Defense Fund, e.g., in brief
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Medical breakthrough
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Medical breakthrough
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"Ish"
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"Ish"
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Boiling mad
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Boiling mad
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West Bank grp.
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West Bank grp.
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Realize
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Realize
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Kind
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Kind
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What was causin' the doctor to check for joint pain?
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What was causin' the doctor to check for joint pain?
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Very consequential
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Very consequential
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The North Pole vis-Ã -vis the South Pole, e.g.
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The North Pole vis-Ã -vis the South Pole, e.g.
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Go as low as
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Go as low as
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French/Belgian river
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French/Belgian river
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Apollo and others
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Apollo and others
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"Understood"
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"Understood"
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Online exchange, in brief
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Animal feared by an ailurophobe
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"What's your ___?" (question to a guest en route)
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"What's your ___?" (question to a guest en route)
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Recycling container
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Recycling container
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Michael who wrote "The Neverending Story"
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Michael who wrote "The Neverending Story"
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Restricts, with "in"
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Restricts, with "in"
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Washing machine setting
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Washing machine setting
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Windshield clearer
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Windshield clearer
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Certain earring
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Certain earring
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Singer Tori
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Singer Tori
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"What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" band
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"What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" band
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Call of the wild?
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Call of the wild?
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One trading dollars for quarters
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One trading dollars for quarters
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Paris suburb
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Paris suburb
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French marshal in the Napoleonic Wars
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French marshal in the Napoleonic Wars
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Camila with the 2018 #1 hit "Havana"
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Camila with the 2018 #1 hit "Havana"
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Employ with regularity
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Employ with regularity
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Bird also known as a little auk
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Bird also known as a little auk
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Scattered (about)
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Scattered (about)
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Blue Muppet with a pink nose
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Blue Muppet with a pink nose
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Obsidian, once
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Obsidian, once
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Aquarium creature with black-and-white stripes
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Aquarium creature with black-and-white stripes
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Capital in the South Pacific
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Capital in the South Pacific
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Teasing words when someone starts listing the digits of pi, say
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Teasing words when someone starts listing the digits of pi, say
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Mythical creature seen on old Bhutanese stamps
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Mythical creature seen on old Bhutanese stamps
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Rock's Joplin
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Rock's Joplin
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Hägar the Horrible's dog
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Hägar the Horrible's dog
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Sure winners
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Sure winners
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Cross-country camping expedition, maybe
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Cross-country camping expedition, maybe
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Treat as a bed
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Treat as a bed
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Hit the nail on the head, e.g.
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Hit the nail on the head, e.g.
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Meager
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Meager
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Pope Francis' homeland: Abbr.
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Pope Francis' homeland: Abbr.
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Modern library borrowing
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Modern library borrowing
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Bring in
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Bring in
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Longtime media columnist David
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Longtime media columnist David
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Mate's reply
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Mate's reply
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Basketball Hall-of-Famer who was the first woman to sign an N.B.A. contract
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Basketball Hall-of-Famer who was the first woman to sign an N.B.A. contract
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Single-serving coffee brand
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Single-serving coffee brand
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Landlocked Asian country
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Landlocked Asian country
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___ Gorbachev, former first lady of the Soviet Union
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___ Gorbachev, former first lady of the Soviet Union
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His tombstone reads "Workers of all lands unite"
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His tombstone reads "Workers of all lands unite"
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Moves like Jell-O
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Moves like Jell-O
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Told
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Told
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Hiccups
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Hiccups
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Coming-out announcement
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Coming-out announcement
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Buttinsky
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Buttinsky
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Certain nest egg, for short
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Blue-and-white earthenware pottery
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Blue-and-white earthenware pottery
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Dramatic ballroom dance
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Dramatic ballroom dance
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Two-time Best Actress winner Rainer
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Two-time Best Actress winner Rainer
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Eva of "Desperate Housewives"
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Eva of "Desperate Housewives"
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Ho-hum feelings
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Ho-hum feelings
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Opposite of exo-
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Opposite of exo-
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Soft and wet
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Soft and wet
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___ oxide (red compound)
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___ oxide (red compound)
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Egg carton spec
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Egg carton spec
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Special dinner order
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Special dinner order
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Boo-boos
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Boo-boos
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Home past curfew
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Home past curfew
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Like the Met Gala
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Like the Met Gala
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Online notice for a party
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Online notice for a party
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Phnom ___, Cambodia
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Phnom ___, Cambodia
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"___ to tyrants, and my country's friend" (words of Cato in "Julius Caesar")
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"___ to tyrants, and my country's friend" (words of Cato in "Julius Caesar")
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Naval officer: Abbr.
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Naval officer: Abbr.
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Grandson of Eve
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Grandson of Eve
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Budgetary excess
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Budgetary excess
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Make a decision
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Make a decision
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"There but for the grace of God ___"
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"There but for the grace of God ___"
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Intel missions
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Intel missions
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Western native
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Western native
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About one inch of a foot
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