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New York Times: Sunday, December 6, 2020
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, December 6, 2020 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Tony Orbach
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Impromptu musical get-together, informally
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Impromptu musical get-together, informally
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Counting tools
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Counting tools
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Most up to the task
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Most up to the task
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Not much
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Not much
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Oddball
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Oddball
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Commotion
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Commotion
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Archaeologist's assertion about a finding?
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Archaeologist's assertion about a finding?
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Jackson not in the Jackson 5
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Jackson not in the Jackson 5
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Benchmark: Abbr.
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Benchmark: Abbr.
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Members of the genus Lepus
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Members of the genus Lepus
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Some overseas seasons
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Some overseas seasons
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Common vinaigrette ingredient
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Common vinaigrette ingredient
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Russian pancakes
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Russian pancakes
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Swim team guru?
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Swim team guru?
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Geri ___, late jazz pianist
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Geri ___, late jazz pianist
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Authority
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Authority
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Used to be
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Used to be
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Hire Phil Collins's longtime band for a gig?
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Hire Phil Collins's longtime band for a gig?
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Brand that comes out a head?
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Brand that comes out a head?
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Explosive sound
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Explosive sound
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Curtain call actions
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Curtain call actions
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One of 32 in the Thai alphabet
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One of 32 in the Thai alphabet
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The Serengeti, e.g.?
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The Serengeti, e.g.?
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TV journalist Curry
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TV journalist Curry
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Long
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Long
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Press
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Press
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Covers with goo
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Covers with goo
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Speck
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Speck
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Quits
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Quits
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Shadow during an eclipse
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Shadow during an eclipse
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Knowing everything that's available to view on Netflix?
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Knowing everything that's available to view on Netflix?
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Look forward to
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Look forward to
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Clay-based
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Clay-based
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Unpleasant
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Unpleasant
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Clishmaclaver or bavardage, to use some fancy language
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Clishmaclaver or bavardage, to use some fancy language
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Trim
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Trim
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A/C measures
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A/C measures
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Hwy. offense
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Hwy. offense
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Amenity offered at an internet cafe?
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Amenity offered at an internet cafe?
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Nickname for baseball great Ernie Banks
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Nickname for baseball great Ernie Banks
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Gets out in dodgeball, say
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Gets out in dodgeball, say
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Sticks in
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Sticks in
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Yes, in Brest
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Yes, in Brest
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Bit of reading at a bar mitzvah?
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Bit of reading at a bar mitzvah?
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Director Lee
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Director Lee
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Entertain
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Entertain
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Deconstruct for analysis
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Deconstruct for analysis
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Stand-up's bombs?
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Stand-up's bombs?
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Keys near G's
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Keys near G's
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Actor Rutger of "Blind Fury"
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Actor Rutger of "Blind Fury"
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Keister
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Keister
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Less friendly
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Less friendly
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Assistance
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Assistance
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Peninsula shared by Italy, Slovenia and Croatia
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Peninsula shared by Italy, Slovenia and Croatia
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Art shop worker's manual?
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Art shop worker's manual?
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Urbanize
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Urbanize
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Spit it out!
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Spit it out!
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Part of a canopy
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Part of a canopy
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The plus side
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The plus side
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Cuisine that specializes in beef barbecue
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Cuisine that specializes in beef barbecue
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No-parking-zone fixture
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No-parking-zone fixture
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Pokes
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Pokes
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Bushels
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Bushels
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"Whoa!"
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"Whoa!"
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Geneviève, for one: Abbr.
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Geneviève, for one: Abbr.
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Imprinting indelibly
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Imprinting indelibly
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M.I.T.'s business school
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M.I.T.'s business school
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Mathematician Poincaré with a famous conjecture
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Mathematician Poincaré with a famous conjecture
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Flabbergasts
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Flabbergasts
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___ E. King, singer and co-composer of "Stand by Me"
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___ E. King, singer and co-composer of "Stand by Me"
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River islet
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River islet
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Ye olde news announcers
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Ye olde news announcers
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"Same here!"
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"Same here!"
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Knee part, for short
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Knee part, for short
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Fan group?
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Fan group?
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Like "alter ego" and "alma mater"
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Like "alter ego" and "alma mater"
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Prayer hands, for one
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Prayer hands, for one
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"... or ___ think!"
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"... or ___ think!"
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Part of L.G.B.T.Q.
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Part of L.G.B.T.Q.
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Short race, for short
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Your: Fr.
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Your: Fr.
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"When the country was fallin' apart, Betsy Ross got it all ___ up" ("Maude" theme lyric)
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"When the country was fallin' apart, Betsy Ross got it all ___ up" ("Maude" theme lyric)
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Albanian coins
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Albanian coins
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Something that's often rigged
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Something that's often rigged
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TV's Burrell and baseball's Cobb
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TV's Burrell and baseball's Cobb
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Looks longingly
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Looks longingly
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Band that won the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest
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Band that won the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest
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Minnesota's state bird
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Minnesota's state bird
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Orlando-to-Miami dir.
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Orlando-to-Miami dir.
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Role for Patti LuPone and Madonna
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Role for Patti LuPone and Madonna
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Brand X
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Brand X
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Flock member
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Flock member
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Spotted bean
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Spotted bean
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"Well, I'll be," to a Brit
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"Well, I'll be," to a Brit
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Offspring of a 43-Down
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Offspring of a 43-Down
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Taiwanese PCs
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Taiwanese PCs
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Big butte
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Big butte
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A dime a dozen, say?
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A dime a dozen, say?
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It can help you get a grip
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It can help you get a grip
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Drops (down) heavily
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Drops (down) heavily
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Beautifully worded
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Beautifully worded
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Joe Jackson's "___ Really Going Out With Him?"
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Joe Jackson's "___ Really Going Out With Him?"
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Van Gogh painting that once fetched a record amount at auction ($53.9 million)
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Van Gogh painting that once fetched a record amount at auction ($53.9 million)
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Hair pattern protector
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Hair pattern protector
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___ nous
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___ nous
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Get in gear?
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Get in gear?
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Dubbing need
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Dubbing need
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Used a stun gun on
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Used a stun gun on
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___ pants
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___ pants
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Take a dive, maybe
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Take a dive, maybe
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Digital imaging company that used to make film
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Apt rhyme for "baloney"
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Apt rhyme for "baloney"
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Dating notation: Abbr.
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Start of a seasonal request
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Start of a seasonal request
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"Fluff Yeah" slipper sandals, e.g.
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"Fluff Yeah" slipper sandals, e.g.
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"Gotcha"
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"Gotcha"
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Helical bit
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Helical bit
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Be off the mark
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GPS calculation: Abbr.
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GPS calculation: Abbr.
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Exam for H.S. jrs.
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Exam for H.S. jrs.
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Original tale of robot rebellion
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Original tale of robot rebellion
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Boxed a bit
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Boxed a bit
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Untethered
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Untethered
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Biblical mount
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Biblical mount
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Team spirit
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Team spirit
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Spanish term of affection between young women
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Spanish term of affection between young women
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Spring in northern Africa
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Spring in northern Africa
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Many rescues
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Many rescues
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Gooseflesh-inducing, maybe
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Gooseflesh-inducing, maybe
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Some coin tossers
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Some coin tossers
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Serve well?
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Serve well?
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Liquor store purchase
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Liquor store purchase
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Suspicious
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Suspicious
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Where Shiraz is located
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Where Shiraz is located
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Pic to click
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Pic to click
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Corp. division
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Corp. division
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Exclamations of regret
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Exclamations of regret
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Combine
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Combine
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Green of "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children"
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Green of "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children"
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Always, in verse
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