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New York Times: Sunday, August 23, 2020
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, August 23, 2020 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Barbara Lin
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Enjoy the sun
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Completely committed
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One to whom you tell *everything*
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One to whom you tell *everything*
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Hit show with the series finale "One for the Road"
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Hit show with the series finale "One for the Road"
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Predator of the Pacific Northwest
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Predator of the Pacific Northwest
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___-Grain (breakfast bar brand)
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___-Grain (breakfast bar brand)
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Singer Carly ___ Jepsen
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Singer Carly ___ Jepsen
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"Give me a minute"
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"Give me a minute"
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Iditarod, for one?
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Iditarod, for one?
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Intertwine
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Intertwine
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Show stoppers?
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Show stoppers?
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German "please"
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German "please"
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Bronze that's not winning any awards?
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Bronze that's not winning any awards?
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Station
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Station
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One driving kids around in a Subaru?
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One driving kids around in a Subaru?
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B-side to the Beatles' "Ticket to Ride"
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B-side to the Beatles' "Ticket to Ride"
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Ginger, e.g.
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Ginger, e.g.
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Turn down
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Turn down
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Longtime home for Terry Gross
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Longtime home for Terry Gross
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Boasts
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Boasts
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In the same family
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In the same family
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Letting out all the stops to drown out the other instruments?
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Letting out all the stops to drown out the other instruments?
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Set on edge
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Set on edge
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Having the least give
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Having the least give
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Large in scope
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Large in scope
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It's sometimes covered in velvet
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It's sometimes covered in velvet
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William who wrote "Shrek!"
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William who wrote "Shrek!"
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Not on point
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Not on point
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Slip of the fingers
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Slip of the fingers
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Angsty genre
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Angsty genre
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Cocaine and guns, in a Pacino movie?
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Cocaine and guns, in a Pacino movie?
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What Consumer Reports lacks, unlike most other magazines
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What Consumer Reports lacks, unlike most other magazines
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Buzz Lightyear and Woody, e.g.
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Buzz Lightyear and Woody, e.g.
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Massive, in poetry
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Massive, in poetry
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Whine connoisseurs?
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Whine connoisseurs?
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Party symbol since 1870
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Party symbol since 1870
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"Is that really necessary?"
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"Is that really necessary?"
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Jackson known as the "Queen of Gospel"
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Jackson known as the "Queen of Gospel"
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Sidestep
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Sidestep
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Troops who are worried about sun protection?
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Troops who are worried about sun protection?
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Like this clue
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Basketball player, in old slang
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Basketball player, in old slang
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Brain wave chart, for short
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Brain wave chart, for short
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Like most prime numbers
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Like most prime numbers
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All right
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All right
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New York's iconic ___ Building
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New York's iconic ___ Building
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Give mom's mom the stink eye?
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Give mom's mom the stink eye?
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Decorative pillowcases
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Decorative pillowcases
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Sorry state
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Sorry state
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Juuls and such
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Juuls and such
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Bug
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Bug
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Quick tennis match
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Quick tennis match
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"Twelve Days of Christmas" musician who invites sympathy?
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"Twelve Days of Christmas" musician who invites sympathy?
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When 13-Across aired for most of its run
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When 13-Across aired for most of its run
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Stick in a boat
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Stick in a boat
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Land in the so-called "Roof of the World"
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Land in the so-called "Roof of the World"
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Take into account?
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Take into account?
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Affectionate refusal
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Affectionate refusal
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Fade away
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Fade away
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Morning ___
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Morning ___
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Where a sloth spends most of its life
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Meals
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Meals
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French Foreign Legion, par exemple
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French Foreign Legion, par exemple
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Scallywag
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Scallywag
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Hummer's instrument
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Hummer's instrument
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Poet Carson
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Poet Carson
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Totes
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Totes
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Inc., in London
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Inc., in London
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Classic Isaac Asimov collection of short stories
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Classic Isaac Asimov collection of short stories
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Ball of vinegared rice topped with raw fish
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Ball of vinegared rice topped with raw fish
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Angels' opposites
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Angels' opposites
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Side of a diamond
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Side of a diamond
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Charge
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Charge
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Penny pinchers
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Penny pinchers
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Express displeasure with on the road
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Express displeasure with on the road
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"Oklahoma!" aunt
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"Oklahoma!" aunt
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Excel function that uses a calendar
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Excel function that uses a calendar
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Puerto ___
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Puerto ___
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Medical tube
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Medical tube
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Teeny
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Teeny
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GPS suggestions: Abbr.
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GPS suggestions: Abbr.
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What a left parenthesis suggests in an emoticon
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What a left parenthesis suggests in an emoticon
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Resolute
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Resolute
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Suffix with switch
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Suffix with switch
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Wraps up
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Wraps up
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Big name in music streaming
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Big name in music streaming
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"Fiddlesticks!"
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"Fiddlesticks!"
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"So much for that"
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"So much for that"
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Suffix with auto-
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Middle: Abbr.
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Middle: Abbr.
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Where Simone Biles won four golds
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Where Simone Biles won four golds
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Creative class
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Creative class
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Crunchy, green side dish
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Crunchy, green side dish
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Part of an agenda
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Part of an agenda
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Infamous emperor
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Infamous emperor
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Tiebreakers, briefly
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Tiebreakers, briefly
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Canceled out
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Canceled out
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Apple variety
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Apple variety
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A collar might hide it
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A collar might hide it
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Winters or Somers
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Winters or Somers
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Italian dumplings
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Italian dumplings
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Busy time at the I.R.S.: Abbr.
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Busy time at the I.R.S.: Abbr.
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"One Mic" rapper
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"One Mic" rapper
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Non-U.S. M.L.B. team, on sports tickers
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Non-U.S. M.L.B. team, on sports tickers
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More scrumptious
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More scrumptious
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Arundhati ___, winner of the 1997 Booker Prize
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Arundhati ___, winner of the 1997 Booker Prize
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Inner: Prefix
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Inner: Prefix
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What orchids may grow without
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What orchids may grow without
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Lyre player of myth
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Lyre player of myth
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Michelangelo's "The Creation of ___"
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Michelangelo's "The Creation of ___"
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Peacenik
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Peacenik
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What might come down to the wire?
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Opinion
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Opinion
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Sorento or Sedona
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Sorento or Sedona
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G.I. fare
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G.I. fare
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Former Mideast grp.
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Former Mideast grp.
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It helps turn a pond green
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Word processing command
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Word processing command
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On tenterhooks, maybe
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On tenterhooks, maybe
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The "M" of MHz
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The "M" of MHz
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Bar freebie
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Bar freebie
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The A.P.'s Female Athlete of the Decade for the 2010s, familiarly
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The A.P.'s Female Athlete of the Decade for the 2010s, familiarly
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Trim
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Trim
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Trim
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Trim
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Dutch brewery
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Dutch brewery
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Car sticker fig.
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Car sticker fig.
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[Not again!]
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[Not again!]
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Slowly, in music
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Slowly, in music
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Correct
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Correct
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Perez of "Do the Right Thing"
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Perez of "Do the Right Thing"
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Nurse back to health
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Nurse back to health
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Mouth-puckering
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Mouth-puckering
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Focus of "Ocean's Eleven"
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Focus of "Ocean's Eleven"
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How some bonds are sold
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Irish novelist ___ Binchy
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Irish novelist ___ Binchy
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Bender
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Bender
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Gradual deterioration
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Gradual deterioration
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Without much thought
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Without much thought
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___ hook (rock climbing technique)
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___ hook (rock climbing technique)
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Big step for a start-up, in brief
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