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New York Times: Sunday, October 24, 2021
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, October 24, 2021 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Katie Hale
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One known as "the Alive, the Eternal"
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One known as "the Alive, the Eternal"
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Checkout option
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Checkout option
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Org. featured in 2011's "Contagion"
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Org. featured in 2011's "Contagion"
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Tiff
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Tiff
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___ Rose, Catherine O'Hara's character on "Schitt's Creek"
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___ Rose, Catherine O'Hara's character on "Schitt's Creek"
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Chevron subsidiary
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Chevron subsidiary
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Language in the Tai family
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Language in the Tai family
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Kind of skirt
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Kind of skirt
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Your ex's new date whom you just can't stand?
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Your ex's new date whom you just can't stand?
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Tabloid twosome
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Tabloid twosome
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Lose sleep (over)
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Lose sleep (over)
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Off
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Off
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"Su-u-ure"
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"Su-u-ure"
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Half of a legal warning
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Half of a legal warning
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There are 24 in a cuboctahedron
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There are 24 in a cuboctahedron
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Make a big stink
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Make a big stink
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Kegels, e.g.?
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Kegels, e.g.?
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Getting up there
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Getting up there
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Poet Rainer Maria ___
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Poet Rainer Maria ___
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"___ yourself"
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"___ yourself"
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First winner of the Nebula Award for best science fiction novel (1965)
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First winner of the Nebula Award for best science fiction novel (1965)
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It's just passing
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It's just passing
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Therapists' org.
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Therapists' org.
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Director Craven
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Director Craven
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First square of a crossword?
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First square of a crossword?
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Walking the dog, for instance
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Walking the dog, for instance
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One might bend over backward
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One might bend over backward
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Who actually lives in Lapland, some say
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Who actually lives in Lapland, some say
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Accord maker
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Accord maker
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Author of 29 Federalist Papers
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Author of 29 Federalist Papers
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Laugh and a half
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Laugh and a half
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Playwright who wrote "Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything"
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Playwright who wrote "Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything"
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"I'll be your waiter tonight," e.g.?
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"I'll be your waiter tonight," e.g.?
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Raison d'___
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Raison d'___
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Do a certain developer's job
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Something a mover or a movie might have
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Something a mover or a movie might have
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Threesome
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Threesome
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The "B" in its name stands for "brush"
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The "B" in its name stands for "brush"
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Oldest independent state in the Arab world
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Oldest independent state in the Arab world
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Genre for "Booksmart" and "Clueless"
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Genre for "Booksmart" and "Clueless"
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Conspiracy theory so wild that it can't be aired?
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Conspiracy theory so wild that it can't be aired?
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Trident look-alike
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Trident look-alike
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___ jam
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___ jam
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Small bird
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Small bird
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"I did it!"
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"I did it!"
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Southern cooking staple
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Southern cooking staple
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Things you can crack without damaging them
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Things you can crack without damaging them
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Affix with a click
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Affix with a click
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Plan to leave at a very specific evening time?
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Plan to leave at a very specific evening time?
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Orangish shade
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Orangish shade
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Fill with joy
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Fill with joy
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Stirs up
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Stirs up
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Doctor Zhivago
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Doctor Zhivago
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Where subs are standard
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Where subs are standard
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Semiaquatic creature
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Semiaquatic creature
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Missing
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Missing
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Blackjack dealer?
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Blackjack dealer?
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Niche mag
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Niche mag
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Stick (out)
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Stick (out)
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Product that increases volume
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Product that increases volume
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"Moonlight" actress Janelle
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"Moonlight" actress Janelle
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Joie de vivre
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Joie de vivre
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One doing inside work
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One doing inside work
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Chain whose name derives from its founders, the Raffel brothers
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Chain whose name derives from its founders, the Raffel brothers
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Orchard products
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Book before Obadiah
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Converted apartment, perhaps
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"That's ___"
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"That's ___"
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Question after an argument has died down
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Question after an argument has died down
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Solo traveling in space
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Solo traveling in space
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Crafts
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Crafts
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Frequent subjects of Taylor Swift songs
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Frequent subjects of Taylor Swift songs
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Measures, in music
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Measures, in music
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Word that can precede or follow pack
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Word that can precede or follow pack
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Actor Menzies who won an Emmy for "The Crown"
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Actor Menzies who won an Emmy for "The Crown"
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Fills (in)
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Fills (in)
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One hell of a writer?
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One hell of a writer?
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One way for packages to arrive, in brief
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One way for packages to arrive, in brief
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Protect
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Protect
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"Quiet!," rudely
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"Quiet!," rudely
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Lager alternatives
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Lager alternatives
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Subdued
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Subdued
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"It takes a licking and keeps on ticking" brand
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"It takes a licking and keeps on ticking" brand
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Herb used in smudging rites
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Herb used in smudging rites
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Theater award
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Theater award
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Stars
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Stars
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Approached
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Approached
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Actress Moreno
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Actress Moreno
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___ Kong
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___ Kong
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Melee
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Melee
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Abdominal procedure, for short
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Abdominal procedure, for short
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Skin-care brand
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Skin-care brand
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Dry biscuit used as baby food
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Dry biscuit used as baby food
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Op. ___ (footnote abbr.)
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Op. ___ (footnote abbr.)
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Any slice of pizza, geometrically
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Any slice of pizza, geometrically
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Greek goddess associated with witchcraft
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Greek goddess associated with witchcraft
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Archaeologist's workplace
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Archaeologist's workplace
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Workers' advocate, informally
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Workers' advocate, informally
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Young partner?
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Young partner?
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Back way, often
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Back way, often
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Winona of "Stranger Things"
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Winona of "Stranger Things"
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Work, work, work
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Work, work, work
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Texas border city
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Texas border city
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"C'est la vie"
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"C'est la vie"
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"Ay" follower
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"Ay" follower
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"Now We Are Six" author
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"Now We Are Six" author
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Crush, as a test
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Crush, as a test
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German denials
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German denials
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Members of a certain den
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Members of a certain den
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Enter without permission
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Enter without permission
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A wood frog's ability to freeze itself in winter and an octopus's ability to change color, for two
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A wood frog's ability to freeze itself in winter and an octopus's ability to change color, for two
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Vaccine holder
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Vaccine holder
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In with
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In with
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Props for majorettes
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Props for majorettes
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Bird with an annual 18,000-mile round-trip migration
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Instrument that's a homophone of 69-Down
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Crucifix inscription inits.
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Crucifix inscription inits.
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___ New York (Brooklyn neighborhood)
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___ New York (Brooklyn neighborhood)
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2020 Democratic also-ran
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2020 Democratic also-ran
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It's nada to Nadal
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It's nada to Nadal
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Actor/comedian Barinholtz
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Actor/comedian Barinholtz
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Dieted
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Dieted
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Summer shoe style
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Summer shoe style
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Bed of straw
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Bed of straw
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Who's talking on the phone?
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Who's talking on the phone?
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Personality that's hard to read
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Personality that's hard to read
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Pass over, in a way
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Pass over, in a way
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Mathematician John Forbes ___ Jr.
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Mathematician John Forbes ___ Jr.
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Visually evaluate
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Visually evaluate
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Out of practice
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Out of practice
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Boo-oo-oo, say
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Boo-oo-oo, say
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Boo-boo
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Boo-boo
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Smear
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Smear
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Site for some creative entrepreneurs
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Site for some creative entrepreneurs
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What Vulcan's forge lay underneath, in myth
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What Vulcan's forge lay underneath, in myth
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Sport
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Sport
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"___ chic!"
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"___ chic!"
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Party people, for short?
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Party people, for short?
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Repeated word in the U.S. postal creed
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Repeated word in the U.S. postal creed
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Rapscallion
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Rapscallion
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