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New York Times: Sunday, August 9, 2020
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, August 9, 2020 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Ruth Bloomfield Margolin
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Front
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Front
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Spanish rice
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Spanish rice
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Little sucker?
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Little sucker?
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Smallish batteries
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Smallish batteries
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Like a seacoast after a storm, maybe
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Like a seacoast after a storm, maybe
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Ferris Bueller's girlfriend
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Ferris Bueller's girlfriend
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___ B. Wells, civil rights pioneer
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___ B. Wells, civil rights pioneer
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___-mo
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___-mo
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S as in soup?
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S as in soup?
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Kind of drawing
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Kind of drawing
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Icarus's downfall
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Icarus's downfall
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Skip work for health reasons
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Skip work for health reasons
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Words after "Ooh, ooh!"
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Words after "Ooh, ooh!"
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Beau, to Brigitte
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Beau, to Brigitte
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Verbal stumbles
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Verbal stumbles
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Baseball catcher
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Baseball catcher
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Ire
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Ire
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Boy band with two members who previously starred on "The Mickey Mouse Club"
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Boy band with two members who previously starred on "The Mickey Mouse Club"
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Little suckers
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Little suckers
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Headgear for a tailgater
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Headgear for a tailgater
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One of the Arnazes
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One of the Arnazes
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"... but it's up to you"
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"... but it's up to you"
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Famously green shampoo
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Famously green shampoo
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Rap's Shakur
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Rap's Shakur
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Pope after Benedict IV
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Pope after Benedict IV
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*Winter vacation destination
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*Winter vacation destination
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Parades
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Parades
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Barely beat
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Barely beat
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Goals
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Goals
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Silverback gorilla, e.g.
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Silverback gorilla, e.g.
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Moreno with an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony
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Moreno with an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony
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Drag racing vehicles
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Drag racing vehicles
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"___ trap!"
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"___ trap!"
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Meager
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Meager
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Tired
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Tired
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In perfect order ... or, as two words, what's formed by applying the answers for the five starred clues to the circled letters
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In perfect order ... or, as two words, what's formed by applying the answers for the five starred clues to the circled letters
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Dined at home
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Dined at home
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More skeptical
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More skeptical
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"Hamilton" actor Leslie ___ Jr.
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"Hamilton" actor Leslie ___ Jr.
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Break down, to a Brit
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Break down, to a Brit
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Theory
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Theory
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Sea ___
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Sea ___
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Prefix with -plasm
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Piece paid by Pisans for a piece of pizza, previously
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Piece paid by Pisans for a piece of pizza, previously
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Safe places
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Safe places
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*Multi-episode narrative
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*Multi-episode narrative
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Crucifix inscription
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Crucifix inscription
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Relentlessly question
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Relentlessly question
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En ___ (as a whole)
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En ___ (as a whole)
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Having tattoos
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Having tattoos
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Event that's a bit off?
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The butler, stereotypically
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The butler, stereotypically
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It gives Ford an "F": Abbr.
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Buff
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Buff
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First Alaskan on a major U.S. party ticket
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First Alaskan on a major U.S. party ticket
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E-4, E-5 and E-6, in the U.S. Navy, in brief
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E-4, E-5 and E-6, in the U.S. Navy, in brief
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Successors to LPs
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Successors to LPs
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Part of Canada above Alta. and Sask.
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Part of Canada above Alta. and Sask.
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One of the Gandhis
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One of the Gandhis
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Where to get a mullet trimmed
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Where to get a mullet trimmed
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"___ get it now!"
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"___ get it now!"
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*Civic center
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*Civic center
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Colored ring
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Colored ring
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Washington's Sea-___ Airport
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Washington's Sea-___ Airport
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Non's opposite
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Non's opposite
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Ban ... or bandit
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Ban ... or bandit
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By and large
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By and large
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College entrance exam org.
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College entrance exam org.
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Hosp. V.I.P.s
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Hosp. V.I.P.s
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Author Zora ___ Hurston
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Author Zora ___ Hurston
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Son of Aphrodite
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Son of Aphrodite
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Compete in one leg of a modern pentathlon
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Compete in one leg of a modern pentathlon
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Loud, as the surf
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Loud, as the surf
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Chills
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Chills
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Not incl.
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Set the boundaries of
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Set the boundaries of
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Perfect
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Perfect
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Smart ___
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Smart ___
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Painter of the "Four Freedoms" series, 1943
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Painter of the "Four Freedoms" series, 1943
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Sound from a cheering crowd
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Sound from a cheering crowd
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Even
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Even
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Pinnacle
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Pinnacle
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___ Chemical Company, onetime maker of VapoRub
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___ Chemical Company, onetime maker of VapoRub
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Writer Serwer of The Atlantic
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Writer Serwer of The Atlantic
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Event planner's need
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Event planner's need
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Attempts
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Attempts
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They're listed by degrees
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They're listed by degrees
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___ boom
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___ boom
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Struck, old-style
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Struck, old-style
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Bygone Apple messaging app
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Bygone Apple messaging app
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Members of a blended family
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Members of a blended family
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Move, in Realtor jargon
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Move, in Realtor jargon
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*Airport logjam
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*Airport logjam
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*Rick, Ilsa and Victor had one in "Casablanca"
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*Rick, Ilsa and Victor had one in "Casablanca"
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First lady between Eleanor and Mamie
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First lady between Eleanor and Mamie
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Fanny
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Fanny
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Accented cheer
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Accented cheer
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Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy, for two
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Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy, for two
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Restricted zone
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Restricted zone
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"Ba-dum-tss"
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"Ba-dum-tss"
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Education support grps.
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Education support grps.
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___ Paulo, Brazil
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___ Paulo, Brazil
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Sea route, e.g.
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Sea route, e.g.
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"Frozen" queen
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"Frozen" queen
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Endless YouTube viewing, e.g.
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Endless YouTube viewing, e.g.
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French island off the coast of Newfoundland
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French island off the coast of Newfoundland
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Tropical yellow fruits
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Tropical yellow fruits
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Writer Rand
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Writer Rand
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New York city with a marina
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New York city with a marina
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Suffix with tour or Tory
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Suffix with tour or Tory
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___-El (Superman's birth name)
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___-El (Superman's birth name)
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Conflict during which the Lusitania was sunk: Abbr.
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Conflict during which the Lusitania was sunk: Abbr.
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Fateful date
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Fateful date
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What's left at sea
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What's left at sea
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Dig in
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Dig in
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Flat, round bread cooked on a griddle
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Noted congresswoman from the Bronx, familiarly
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After-bath application
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After-bath application
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Anatomical sac
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Anatomical sac
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Hoped-for response to an SOS
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Lien holder, e.g.
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Lien holder, e.g.
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Ahab's father in the Bible
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Ahab's father in the Bible
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Desert's lack
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Desert's lack
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Hogwarts professor who was secretly a werewolf
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Hogwarts professor who was secretly a werewolf
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"Awkward Black Girl" creator and star
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"Awkward Black Girl" creator and star
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"Who cares?"
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"Who cares?"
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Slapstick silliness
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Slapstick silliness
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Gary who created "The Far Side"
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Gary who created "The Far Side"
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Award to be hung
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Award to be hung
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Start of a playground joke
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Start of a playground joke
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U.S. govt. bond
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U.S. govt. bond
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Compass letters
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Unisex fragrance
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Unisex fragrance
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___ Street, Perry Mason's secretary
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___ Street, Perry Mason's secretary
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Strong ropes used to support masts
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Strong ropes used to support masts
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Verb preceder
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Verb preceder
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Bad things on motorists' records, for short
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Bad things on motorists' records, for short
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"Dies ___" (hymn)
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"Dies ___" (hymn)
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Curb, with "in"
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The Jazz, on scoreboards
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