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New York Times: Sunday, December 27, 2020
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, December 27, 2020 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Daniel Grinberg
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Venomous snake
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Venomous snake
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"To be honest ..."
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"To be honest ..."
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"My goodness!"
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"My goodness!"
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Extinct flightless bird that once grew up to 12 feet
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Extinct flightless bird that once grew up to 12 feet
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Like the water in a whistling teakettle
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Like the water in a whistling teakettle
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Puzzled remark
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Puzzled remark
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A student may pass it
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A student may pass it
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Kid's refrigerator display
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Kid's refrigerator display
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Law partners
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Law partners
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Booty call?
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Booty call?
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How-to manual component
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How-to manual component
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___ learning
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___ learning
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Richard of "Chicago"
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Richard of "Chicago"
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Mount ___, workplace of the Cyclopes in Greek myth
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Mount ___, workplace of the Cyclopes in Greek myth
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Having a very high body mass index
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Having a very high body mass index
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Singer with the 2020 album "A Holly Dolly Christmas"
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Singer with the 2020 album "A Holly Dolly Christmas"
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Problems with streaming
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Problems with streaming
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Puller of strings?
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Puller of strings?
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Silent partners
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Silent partners
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Noticeably amazed
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Noticeably amazed
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Leigh who played Scarlett
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Leigh who played Scarlett
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Train ticket info, for short
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Writing partners
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Writing partners
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Spaceman Spiff and Stupendous Man, for Calvin in "Calvin and Hobbes"
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Spaceman Spiff and Stupendous Man, for Calvin in "Calvin and Hobbes"
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Red ___
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Red ___
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Who "can get in the way of what I feel for you," in a 2007 #1 Alicia Keys hit
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Who "can get in the way of what I feel for you," in a 2007 #1 Alicia Keys hit
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Business suits?
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Business suits?
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Famous bed-in participant
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Famous bed-in participant
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Nest noise
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Nest noise
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For example
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For example
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Salmon and sturgeon delicacies
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Salmon and sturgeon delicacies
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Partners in crime
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Partners in crime
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Modern meeting method
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Modern meeting method
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Some U.S. space launch rockets
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Some U.S. space launch rockets
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"See ya"
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"See ya"
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Requests at security lines
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Requests at security lines
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Chicago mayor Lightfoot
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Chicago mayor Lightfoot
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Gave up
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Gave up
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First dynasty of imperial China, 221-206 B.C.
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First dynasty of imperial China, 221-206 B.C.
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Flier trier?
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Flier trier?
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Business partners
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Business partners
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Commotion
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Commotion
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Fervent believer
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Fervent believer
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Walker's need
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Walker's need
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Romantic partners
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Romantic partners
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Tight-fitting suits
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Tight-fitting suits
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Apartment, in real estate talk
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Apartment, in real estate talk
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Core principles
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Core principles
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Bake, as an egg
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Bake, as an egg
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Evil Kermit or Grumpy Cat
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Evil Kermit or Grumpy Cat
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How Phileas Fogg traveled
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Money in coins rather than bills
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Money in coins rather than bills
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Earnest request
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Earnest request
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Like some vinaigrette
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Like some vinaigrette
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Domestic partners
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Domestic partners
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Sponge off of
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Sponge off of
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Calendar row
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Calendar row
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Magazine bestowing Best of Beauty awards
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Magazine bestowing Best of Beauty awards
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Not a big studio film
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Not a big studio film
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Take possession of
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Makes a typo, say
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Gave a boost
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S-shaped moldings
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Officers above capts.
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Officers above capts.
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What San Diego and Tijuana do
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Airplane ___
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"Notorious" rap nickname
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"Notorious" rap nickname
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It may be blond, brown or ginger
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It may be blond, brown or ginger
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Of the utmost quality
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Of the utmost quality
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Snapchatter's request
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Snapchatter's request
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1981 Stephen King thriller
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Certain bolt holder
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Certain bolt holder
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Being fixed, as a car at a garage
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Being fixed, as a car at a garage
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Vegan milk source
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Vegan milk source
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Still being debugged
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Still being debugged
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Turn against
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Turn against
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Event organizer's count
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Event organizer's count
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___ to come
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___ to come
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Cocktail with rum, curaçao and fruit juice
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Cocktail with rum, curaçao and fruit juice
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Like monarch butterflies
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Like monarch butterflies
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Debut album for Etta James
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Debut album for Etta James
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Apollo's half brother
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Apollo's half brother
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Fool
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Fool
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Sweet red dessert wine
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Sweet red dessert wine
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Representatives' term lengths
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Representatives' term lengths
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A thing in poker?
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A thing in poker?
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Unfortunate events, old-style
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Unfortunate events, old-style
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C.I.A. whistle-blower Philip
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C.I.A. whistle-blower Philip
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Encountered by chance
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Encountered by chance
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Subject of a Magritte work (or not?)
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Subject of a Magritte work (or not?)
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Simple palindromic reply to "Madam, I'm Adam"
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Simple palindromic reply to "Madam, I'm Adam"
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Fiscal year div.
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Fiscal year div.
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Ryder ride
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Ryder ride
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Dweeb
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Dweeb
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Rihanna or Mariah Carey
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Rihanna or Mariah Carey
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Have a preference
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Have a preference
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Deep-fried tortilla dish
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Deep-fried tortilla dish
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Group of heavies
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Group of heavies
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Universal donor's blood type, in brief
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Universal donor's blood type, in brief
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Brand of pads
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Brand of pads
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Sewing 101 assignment
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Sewing 101 assignment
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Didn't go anywhere
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Didn't go anywhere
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Spanish article
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Spanish article
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Investment options, for short
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Investment options, for short
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Setting for Hitchcock's "Notorious," informally
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Setting for Hitchcock's "Notorious," informally
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Portend
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Portend
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Emperor who ruled for more than 13 years, dying at age 30
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Emperor who ruled for more than 13 years, dying at age 30
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More eye-catching
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More eye-catching
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Anthony ___, 1950s British P.M.
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Anthony ___, 1950s British P.M.
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Villain with the "real" name Edward Nigma
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Teen's woe
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Teen's woe
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Big game changer?
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Big game changer?
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This is what it sounds like when doves cry
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P.D. or F.D. worker
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P.D. or F.D. worker
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Kindergarten comeback
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Kindergarten comeback
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Indefinite degrees
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Indefinite degrees
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Sweetness and sourness
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Sweetness and sourness
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Canoodling in a crowd, for short
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Canoodling in a crowd, for short
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Prominent feature of the Who's "My Generation"
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Prominent feature of the Who's "My Generation"
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Cheer for Real Madrid
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Cheer for Real Madrid
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Drinking game that requires aim
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Drinking game that requires aim
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Winter setting in N.Y.C.
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Winter setting in N.Y.C.
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Deceptive talk
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Deceptive talk
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Perturbation
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Perturbation
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Small hole-drilling tool
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Small hole-drilling tool
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Obstinate sort
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Obstinate sort
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Talents
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Talents
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Really stood out
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Really stood out
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Patchy in color
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Patchy in color
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Close call
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Close call
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Sport with saddles
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Sport with saddles
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Bevy
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Bevy
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Fill with freight
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Fill with freight
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Lake largely fed by the Detroit River
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Lake largely fed by the Detroit River
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Lemon or lime drinks, informally
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Lemon or lime drinks, informally
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Wonder
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Wonder
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Piano tune
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Words accompanying a headshot, in brief
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