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New York Times: Sunday, September 5, 2021
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, September 5, 2021 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Grant Thackray
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Impersonate
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Impersonate
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Bump on a log
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Bump on a log
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Get into one's birthday suit
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Get into one's birthday suit
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Fruit drinks
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Fruit drinks
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Home of the isle of Tortuga
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Home of the isle of Tortuga
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"___ often costs too much": Emerson
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"___ often costs too much": Emerson
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Word before rock or football
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Word before rock or football
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Song word repeated after "Que"
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Song word repeated after "Que"
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Charming sort?
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Charming sort?
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Olympics projectiles
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Olympics projectiles
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People in charge: Abbr.
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People in charge: Abbr.
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___ Lingus
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___ Lingus
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Lucy's last name on "I Love Lucy"
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Lucy's last name on "I Love Lucy"
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Like gasoline nowadays
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Like gasoline nowadays
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30-year host of late-night TV
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30-year host of late-night TV
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Legal field concerned with long-term care
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Legal field concerned with long-term care
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Commotion
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Commotion
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Televangelist Joel
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Televangelist Joel
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Prima ballerina
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Prima ballerina
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Some team competitions
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Some team competitions
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The "e" in Genoa?
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The "e" in Genoa?
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With 97-Across, emerge reborn ... or what the ends of five Across answers in this puzzle do?
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With 97-Across, emerge reborn ... or what the ends of five Across answers in this puzzle do?
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"Gangsta Lovin'" rapper, 2002
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"Gangsta Lovin'" rapper, 2002
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Yoga class instruction
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Yoga class instruction
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Food packaging reassurance
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Food packaging reassurance
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Good "Wheel of Fortune" buy for REVERSE ENGINEER
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Good "Wheel of Fortune" buy for REVERSE ENGINEER
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Sold (for)
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Sold (for)
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Toward the back
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Toward the back
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Where dominoes were invented
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Where dominoes were invented
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Rule
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Rule
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Jazz guitarist Montgomery
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Jazz guitarist Montgomery
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Some U.N. officers, for short
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Some U.N. officers, for short
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Super Bowl LV champ
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Super Bowl LV champ
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Took a swing, say
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Took a swing, say
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Basketball box score column
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Basketball box score column
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Addiction treatment locale
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Addiction treatment locale
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Lead-off selections?
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Lead-off selections?
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Something to file
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Something to file
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French article
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French article
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Sweet pea
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Sweet pea
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Volkswagen model inits.
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Volkswagen model inits.
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Give wrong information
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Give wrong information
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Boring tool
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Boring tool
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Emmy-winning journalist Finch
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Emmy-winning journalist Finch
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Website with a Seller Handbook
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Website with a Seller Handbook
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"How ___ ..."
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"How ___ ..."
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Encrypted URL component
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Encrypted URL component
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Red-handed, say
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Red-handed, say
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Make haste
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Make haste
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See 50-Across
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See 50-Across
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Brand that stylizes its name with a lowercase second letter
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What a button on an armrest may control
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What a button on an armrest may control
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Serenade
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Serenade
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"___ Pal," early episode of "The Jetsons"
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"___ Pal," early episode of "The Jetsons"
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Shrinks
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Shrinks
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1980 event in Washington
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1980 event in Washington
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Be completely candid
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Be completely candid
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Gryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff or Ravenclaw
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Gryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff or Ravenclaw
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It may be taken in by a traveler
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It may be taken in by a traveler
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Half of sei
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Half of sei
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Treat thought to be stamped with symbols of the Knights Templar
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Treat thought to be stamped with symbols of the Knights Templar
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"We ___ please"
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"We ___ please"
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Within arm's reach
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Within arm's reach
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Something commonly left in an operating room
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Something commonly left in an operating room
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Going by
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Going by
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Where the Volta River flows
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Where the Volta River flows
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Tea go-with
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Tea go-with
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Pull down
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Pull down
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Those opposite the center and guards, in N.F.L. lingo
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Those opposite the center and guards, in N.F.L. lingo
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More teed off
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More teed off
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Scattered
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Scattered
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Sounds at a sauna
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Sounds at a sauna
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Limit
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Limit
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20-20, e.g.
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20-20, e.g.
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Hit TV show created by Donald Glover
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Hit TV show created by Donald Glover
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Something close to a colonel's heart?
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Something close to a colonel's heart?
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"Today" competitor, for short
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"Today" competitor, for short
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Those against
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Those against
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Come back again (again ... again ...)
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Come back again (again ... again ...)
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Harp-shaped constellation
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Harp-shaped constellation
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Got ready to ride, with "up"
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Got ready to ride, with "up"
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Vacuum tube type
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Vacuum tube type
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"Hi" follower
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"Hi" follower
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Rack up, as charges
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Rack up, as charges
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No-hassle
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No-hassle
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Countless
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Countless
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Slips
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Slips
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Holder of merit badges on a scout uniform
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Holder of merit badges on a scout uniform
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Jon of "Two and a Half Men"
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Jon of "Two and a Half Men"
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Gone-but-not-forgotten
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Gone-but-not-forgotten
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L.L. Bean competitor
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L.L. Bean competitor
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Plant family that jasmine and lilac are part of
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Plant family that jasmine and lilac are part of
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Safe space
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Safe space
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Announcement maker of yore
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Announcement maker of yore
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In early 2001, one of its executives notoriously said "From an accounting standpoint, this will be our easiest year ever"
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In early 2001, one of its executives notoriously said "From an accounting standpoint, this will be our easiest year ever"
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___ Minella (Muppet)
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___ Minella (Muppet)
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Pot grower's remark?
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Pot grower's remark?
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What snakes grow as they age
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What snakes grow as they age
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Corrects, as text
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Corrects, as text
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They used to be a "thing"
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They used to be a "thing"
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Floor coverings that feel good on the feet
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Floor coverings that feel good on the feet
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Politician's concern
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Politician's concern
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Detective Lupin
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Detective Lupin
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Present-day saint?
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Present-day saint?
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Surprise ending
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Surprise ending
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Sparkling wine variety
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Sparkling wine variety
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Scolded, as in a library
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Scolded, as in a library
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Big name in nail polish
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Big name in nail polish
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Drive
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Drive
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Sets aside
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Sets aside
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Popped in for just a moment, perhaps
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Popped in for just a moment, perhaps
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The Ikea logo shares the colors of its flag
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Lead-in to "of mind" or "of war"
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Lead-in to "of mind" or "of war"
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Advocate for the better treatment of elves, in Harry Potter
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Advocate for the better treatment of elves, in Harry Potter
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Determination from Santa
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Determination from Santa
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Big tournament news
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Big tournament news
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Bare
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Bare
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Spots for window boxes
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Spots for window boxes
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Verbal cringe
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Verbal cringe
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The St. Lawrence River's misnamed ___ Islands
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The St. Lawrence River's misnamed ___ Islands
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Far from friendly
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Far from friendly
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Fatigued over time
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Fatigued over time
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Set of rules popularized by "How I Met Your Mother"
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Set of rules popularized by "How I Met Your Mother"
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Doctor's orders, maybe
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Doctor's orders, maybe
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Best ___
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Best ___
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Shaving brand
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Shaving brand
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"Let me get this out ..."
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"Let me get this out ..."
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Lead-in to -scope
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Lead-in to -scope
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Small lab bottle
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Small lab bottle
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Loud, as a stadium
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Loud, as a stadium
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Former second lady Cheney
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Former second lady Cheney
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It often has its kinks
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It often has its kinks
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Sight from a Seattle ferry
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Sight from a Seattle ferry
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Bike ride setting
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Bike ride setting
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Rides
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Rides
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Millennium start
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Millennium start
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See 126-Down
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See 126-Down
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Take a ___
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Take a ___
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With 124-Down, feature of van Gogh
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With 124-Down, feature of van Gogh
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Get hitched to
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