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New York Times: Sunday, August 29, 2021
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, August 29, 2021 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Dory Mintz
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Across
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Sliver
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Sliver
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Politician with the campaign slogan 30-Across
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Politician with the campaign slogan 30-Across
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Word with poetry or proportions
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Word with poetry or proportions
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Something you might click to open
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Something you might click to open
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Elicits a "Whoa" from, say
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Elicits a "Whoa" from, say
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Trimmed (down)
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Wrestling star John
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Wrestling star John
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Tailor
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Tailor
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Beams of one's dreams?
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Beams of one's dreams?
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Food served in an omakase meal
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Food served in an omakase meal
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Having very little mental energy left
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Having very little mental energy left
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Moonfish
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Moonfish
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Swimmers in kelp forests
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Swimmers in kelp forests
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See 4-Across
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See 4-Across
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Visit a museum to see a Rembrandt exhibit?
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Visit a museum to see a Rembrandt exhibit?
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One prone to looking down
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One prone to looking down
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His tomb is in Red Square
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His tomb is in Red Square
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Diamondbacks, on scoreboards
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Diamondbacks, on scoreboards
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Face cards?
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Face cards?
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Destination for oenophiles
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Destination for oenophiles
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Sicily's Parco dell'___
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Sicily's Parco dell'___
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Bug spray ingredient
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Bug spray ingredient
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Bird of prey that's gently petted?
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Bird of prey that's gently petted?
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Popular pops
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Popular pops
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Kind of attack
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Kind of attack
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Longtime hockey star Kovalchuk
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Longtime hockey star Kovalchuk
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To read: Sp.
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To read: Sp.
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Gross
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Gross
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Error, in totspeak
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Error, in totspeak
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Buys in
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Buys in
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Look down on
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Look down on
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Actor Justin sitting poolside?
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Actor Justin sitting poolside?
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Adds insult to injury
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Adds insult to injury
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Santa-tracking org.
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Santa-tracking org.
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River across the New York/New Jersey border
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River across the New York/New Jersey border
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Some rideshare info
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Some rideshare info
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Exploit
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Exploit
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Award-winning film set in Tehran
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Bishop's headgear
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Bishop's headgear
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Hang up the cleats, so to speak
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Hang up the cleats, so to speak
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Make fun of small orange fruits?
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Make fun of small orange fruits?
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Something rectangular that might have more than four sides
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Something rectangular that might have more than four sides
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Two-player card game
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Two-player card game
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TV character who said "Time to hit the hay ... oh, I forgot, I ate it!"
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TV character who said "Time to hit the hay ... oh, I forgot, I ate it!"
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Old auto with its founder's monogram
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Old auto with its founder's monogram
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Storage spot
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Storage spot
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Opposite of "avant"
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Opposite of "avant"
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Reason to reschedule
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Mashed potatoes, on a Thanksgiving plate?
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Mashed potatoes, on a Thanksgiving plate?
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Instrument heard in Spanish folk music
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Vinyl collection
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Vinyl collection
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Food brand whose sales boomed after the premiere of "Stranger Things"
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Food brand whose sales boomed after the premiere of "Stranger Things"
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"When We Were Young" singer
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"When We Were Young" singer
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Sharp
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Sharp
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Fourth-quarter meltdown at an N.B.A. game in Oklahoma City?
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Fourth-quarter meltdown at an N.B.A. game in Oklahoma City?
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Made out
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Made out
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Take home
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Take home
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Lather gatherer
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Lather gatherer
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Remained in bed, e.g.
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Something to shoot for
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Something to shoot for
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"... sting like ___"
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"... sting like ___"
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Clubs
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Clubs
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___ Bleus, nickname for France's soccer team
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___ Bleus, nickname for France's soccer team
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Boardwalk treat
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Boardwalk treat
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Plugged in, so to speak
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Plugged in, so to speak
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Actor Leary
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Actor Leary
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Missions, for short
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Missions, for short
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___ State, nickname for Massachusetts
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___ State, nickname for Massachusetts
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Basis for an insurance investigation
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Basis for an insurance investigation
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"Build ___ Buttercup" (1968 hit by the Foundations)
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"Build ___ Buttercup" (1968 hit by the Foundations)
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Spot for a perfume sample in a magazine, maybe
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Spot for a perfume sample in a magazine, maybe
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Green prefix
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Green prefix
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Staff
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Staff
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Lead-in to com or net, but not org
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Lead-in to com or net, but not org
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Wrinkly-skinned fruit
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Wrinkly-skinned fruit
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Largest object in the Kuiper belt
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Largest object in the Kuiper belt
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And the following, in footnotes
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And the following, in footnotes
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His birthday is celebrated as "Children's Day" in India
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His birthday is celebrated as "Children's Day" in India
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Worries anxiously
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Worries anxiously
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Mounted on
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Mounted on
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Angry reaction
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Angry reaction
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Main port of Yemen
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Main port of Yemen
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They're banned in many classrooms nowadays
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They're banned in many classrooms nowadays
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Thing seen in the foreground of "Washington Crossing the Delaware"
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Thing seen in the foreground of "Washington Crossing the Delaware"
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N.Y. neighbor
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N.Y. neighbor
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Calculators of old
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Calculators of old
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Partner of starts
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Partner of starts
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Speaking part?
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Speaking part?
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"In that case ..."
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"In that case ..."
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Paul of "Little Miss Sunshine"
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Paul of "Little Miss Sunshine"
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Didn't hear the alarm, say
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Didn't hear the alarm, say
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Where fruit bat soup is eaten as a delicacy
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Where fruit bat soup is eaten as a delicacy
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Orange follower
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Orange follower
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Widespread
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Widespread
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Nonstop flight?
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Nonstop flight?
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Maori for "image"
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Maori for "image"
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Redeems at a casino
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Redeems at a casino
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Sooners, by another name
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Sooners, by another name
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Have a home-cooked meal
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Have a home-cooked meal
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Like some obligations
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Like some obligations
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Dict. listing
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Dict. listing
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Setting for Mets games: Abbr.
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Setting for Mets games: Abbr.
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Gradually diminish
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Gradually diminish
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Residential suffix with Angel
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Residential suffix with Angel
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High-priced violin, informally
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High-priced violin, informally
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All-knowing sort
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All-knowing sort
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It's represented by a dot in the top-left corner, in Braille
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It's represented by a dot in the top-left corner, in Braille
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Mideast palace parts
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Mideast palace parts
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Son of Gloucester in "King Lear"
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Son of Gloucester in "King Lear"
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With 72-Down, a pop
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With 72-Down, a pop
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See 71-Down
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___ Alonso, Mets slugger with the most home runs by a rookie in M.L.B. history (53)
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___ Alonso, Mets slugger with the most home runs by a rookie in M.L.B. history (53)
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"... ish"
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"... ish"
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People people, for short
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People people, for short
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Exit
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Exit
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"What's ___, Doc?" (old Bugs Bunny short)
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"What's ___, Doc?" (old Bugs Bunny short)
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Grapefruit descriptor
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Grapefruit descriptor
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Kelly of "Live"
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Kelly of "Live"
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Remark after losing
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Remark after losing
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Nutritional figs.
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Nutritional figs.
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"___ be an honor!"
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"___ be an honor!"
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Snapple competitor
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Snapple competitor
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"Socialism: Utopian and Scientific" writer, 1880
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"Socialism: Utopian and Scientific" writer, 1880
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Leaning right: Abbr.
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Four-time U.S. Open champ
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Four-time U.S. Open champ
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Four-time Australian Open champ
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Four-time Australian Open champ
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It has its highlights
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It has its highlights
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Maker of the MDX, NSX and TLX
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Maker of the MDX, NSX and TLX
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Bloc party?
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Bloc party?
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Fix up again
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Fix up again
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Brown hue
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Brown hue
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Home of many Sherpas
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Home of many Sherpas
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___ Hughes, name of main roles in "Westworld" and "Downton Abbey"
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___ Hughes, name of main roles in "Westworld" and "Downton Abbey"
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Decade after the aughts
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Decade after the aughts
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Blossom
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Blossom
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Taipei-to-Seoul dir.
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Frequently
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Frequently
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___ Palmas
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