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New York Times: Sunday, December 20, 2020
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, December 20, 2020 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Randolph Ross
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Currency of Thailand
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Currency of Thailand
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Kiss
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Kiss
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U.S. city just south of Timpanogos Cave National Monument
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U.S. city just south of Timpanogos Cave National Monument
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Minus
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Minus
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Something to shoot for
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Something to shoot for
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One who hasn't turned pro?
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One who hasn't turned pro?
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Strong adhesive
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Strong adhesive
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Indiana governor Holcomb
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Indiana governor Holcomb
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She debuted on March 9, 1959, in a black-and-white striped swimsuit
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She debuted on March 9, 1959, in a black-and-white striped swimsuit
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Virtual pet simulation game that won an Ig Nobel prize for its Japanese creators
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Virtual pet simulation game that won an Ig Nobel prize for its Japanese creators
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[Grrr!]
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[Grrr!]
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Glenn Miller classic
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Glenn Miller classic
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Purchases on 14 de febrero
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Purchases on 14 de febrero
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Major talent grp. representing athletes and entertainers
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Major talent grp. representing athletes and entertainers
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Outpourings
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Outpourings
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Overplays, with "up"
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Overplays, with "up"
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Toy that was originally called "L'Écran Magique" ("The Magic Screen")
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Toy that was originally called "L'Écran Magique" ("The Magic Screen")
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"Lost ___ is never found again": Benjamin Franklin
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"Lost ___ is never found again": Benjamin Franklin
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Natl. Humor Month
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Natl. Humor Month
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Mild, light-colored cigar
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Mild, light-colored cigar
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Things found in wandering souls?
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Things found in wandering souls?
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Rhodes of the Rhodes scholarship
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Rhodes of the Rhodes scholarship
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Photo finishes
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Photo finishes
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U.S./U.K. divider: Abbr.
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U.S./U.K. divider: Abbr.
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Loyally following
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Loyally following
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Flag carrier with an alphabetically ordered name
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Flag carrier with an alphabetically ordered name
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Trim
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Trim
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Game that got a big boost when Johnny Carson demonstrated it with Eva Gabor on "The Tonight Show"
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Game that got a big boost when Johnny Carson demonstrated it with Eva Gabor on "The Tonight Show"
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Showy shrub
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Showy shrub
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Schlepped
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Schlepped
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City in north-central Florida
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City in north-central Florida
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Writer Arthur Conan ___
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Writer Arthur Conan ___
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Umpteen
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Umpteen
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Day to play with new toys
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Day to play with new toys
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Food ___ (Thanksgiving feeling)
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Food ___ (Thanksgiving feeling)
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Like subway walls, often
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Like subway walls, often
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Final authority
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Final authority
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William ___, founder of Investor's Business Daily
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William ___, founder of Investor's Business Daily
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___ area, part of the brain linked to speech production
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___ area, part of the brain linked to speech production
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Toy that was derived from a wallpaper cleaner
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Toy that was derived from a wallpaper cleaner
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"I'm here to help"
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"I'm here to help"
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Contented sigh
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Contented sigh
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Phillies div.
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Phillies div.
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___ treatment
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___ treatment
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Harlem attraction, with "the"
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Harlem attraction, with "the"
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Golf great Sam
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Golf great Sam
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Place for torn-off wrapping paper
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Place for torn-off wrapping paper
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Combined
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Combined
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Most common day to call in sick: Abbr.
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Most common day to call in sick: Abbr.
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Right away
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Right away
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Toy with 18 spoken phrases, including "I love you" and "May I have a cookie?"
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Toy with 18 spoken phrases, including "I love you" and "May I have a cookie?"
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Investment firm T. ___ Price
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Investment firm T. ___ Price
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A halogen-containing salt
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A halogen-containing salt
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___-Locka, Fla.
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___-Locka, Fla.
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"My luck has to change at some point"
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"My luck has to change at some point"
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Politician parodied by Dana Carvey on 1990s "S.N.L."
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Politician parodied by Dana Carvey on 1990s "S.N.L."
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Performed a Latin ballroom dance
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Performed a Latin ballroom dance
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Puzzle toy solved in a record 3.47 seconds in 2018
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Puzzle toy solved in a record 3.47 seconds in 2018
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Toy that astronauts brought to space to secure tools in zero gravity
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Toy that astronauts brought to space to secure tools in zero gravity
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Goes off
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Goes off
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Grannies
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Grannies
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Not on solid ground, say
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Not on solid ground, say
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Piece in the game go
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Piece in the game go
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Strong criticism
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Strong criticism
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Chichi
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Chichi
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Spring event
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Spring event
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Rigging pole
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Rigging pole
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Longest-serving Israeli prime minister, familiarly
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Driver around Hollywood
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Driver around Hollywood
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"And, touching ___, make blessed my rude hand": Romeo
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"And, touching ___, make blessed my rude hand": Romeo
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Small snare drums
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Small snare drums
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Inaccurate information
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Inaccurate information
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Game with red and yellow cards
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Game with red and yellow cards
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1904 World's Fair city: Abbr.
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1904 World's Fair city: Abbr.
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Flint is a form of it
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Flint is a form of it
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Moonfish
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Moonfish
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Sacking site in A.D. 410
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Sacking site in A.D. 410
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Physical, e.g.
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Physical, e.g.
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"Holy cow!"
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"Holy cow!"
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Appointment that may be hard to change
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Appointment that may be hard to change
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Curve
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Curve
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Dr. Fauci's agcy.
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Dr. Fauci's agcy.
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Poli ___
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Poli ___
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Premiere arrival
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Premiere arrival
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Classic comics teen with good manners
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Classic comics teen with good manners
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They can elevate art
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They can elevate art
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Alley ___
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Alley ___
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Org. with boosters
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Org. with boosters
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The beginning, in an idiom
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The beginning, in an idiom
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By the end of 1996, one million of this toy was sold in a shopping frenzy
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By the end of 1996, one million of this toy was sold in a shopping frenzy
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"South Pacific" hero
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"South Pacific" hero
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2014 film directed by Ava DuVernay
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2014 film directed by Ava DuVernay
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Goes after
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Goes after
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Simian world
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Simian world
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First toy to be advertised on TV
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First toy to be advertised on TV
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Open hostilities
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Open hostilities
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St. Patrick's home
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St. Patrick's home
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See the sights
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See the sights
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Feed lines to
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Feed lines to
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Its box once read "A sweet little game for sweet little folks"
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Its box once read "A sweet little game for sweet little folks"
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Toy that sold more cars in America in 1991 than the Honda Accord or Ford Taurus
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Toy that sold more cars in America in 1991 than the Honda Accord or Ford Taurus
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Promoting peace
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Promoting peace
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Actress Taylor of "Mystic Pizza"
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Actress Taylor of "Mystic Pizza"
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"That was Zen, this is ___" (philosophy pun)
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"That was Zen, this is ___" (philosophy pun)
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Smart
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Smart
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"The Tempest" king
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"The Tempest" king
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Cleanliness fixation, e.g., in brief
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Cleanliness fixation, e.g., in brief
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Brit. military award
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Brit. military award
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Little bits
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Little bits
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Reason for glasses
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Reason for glasses
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Singer with a self-titled #1 album in 2002
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Singer with a self-titled #1 album in 2002
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Be less than ambitious
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Be less than ambitious
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Subj. for some aspiring bilinguals
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Subj. for some aspiring bilinguals
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Sierra ___
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Sierra ___
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Operatic villains, often
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Operatic villains, often
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Totaled
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Totaled
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Legal assistant, briefly
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Legal assistant, briefly
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Future J.D.'s hurdle
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Future J.D.'s hurdle
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Not just available online
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Not just available online
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Biblical ending
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Biblical ending
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Soon
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Soon
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With some downside
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With some downside
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Shot from a doc
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Shot from a doc
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Statement of resistance
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Statement of resistance
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Big name in small planes
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Big name in small planes
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Took care of a tabby, say
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Took care of a tabby, say
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Counters
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Counters
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Tik___ (app)
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Tik___ (app)
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Ballpark figures
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Ballpark figures
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Lasting impression
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Lasting impression
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Give up (on)
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Give up (on)
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Shopping site with a "Toys" section
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Shopping site with a "Toys" section
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Straddling
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Straddling
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Sight from the Sicilian town of Taormina
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Sight from the Sicilian town of Taormina
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Textile worker
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Textile worker
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One whistling while working in the Garden?
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One whistling while working in the Garden?
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Address with dots
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Address with dots
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Swimsuit part
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Swimsuit part
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Suffix suggested by the wiggling of one's hand
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Calf-eteria?
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Calf-eteria?
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