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New York Times: Sunday, October 31, 2021
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, October 31, 2021 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Alex Eaton-Salners
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Action done while saying "Good dog"
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Action done while saying "Good dog"
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Mischief-makers
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Mischief-makers
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It might click for a writer
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It might click for a writer
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Fall mo.
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Fall mo.
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Kind to Mother Nature
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Kind to Mother Nature
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Harris in the Country Music Hall of Fame
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Harris in the Country Music Hall of Fame
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Living ___
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Living ___
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Member of the superfamily Hominoidea
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Member of the superfamily Hominoidea
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Noted Apple release of 1968, to fans
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Noted Apple release of 1968, to fans
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Haphazard
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Haphazard
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Some crumbly blocks
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Inits. for a theatrical hit
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Inits. for a theatrical hit
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Send away, in a way
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Send away, in a way
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Accomplished the task
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Accomplished the task
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What wiggly lines in comics may represent
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What wiggly lines in comics may represent
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Cause of boom and bust?
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Cause of boom and bust?
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Convene for another session
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Convene for another session
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Up to it
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Up to it
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What's frequently used by poets?
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What's frequently used by poets?
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"To quote yours truly ..."
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"To quote yours truly ..."
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___ dish
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___ dish
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Heath
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Heath
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Desperate
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Desperate
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Traditional British entree
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Traditional British entree
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Tries for a role
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Tries for a role
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S.F. metro
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S.F. metro
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"Hey ... over here!"
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"Hey ... over here!"
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Derby lengths
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Derby lengths
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Equivalent of the Face With Tears of Joy emoji
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Equivalent of the Face With Tears of Joy emoji
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Give a buzz
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Give a buzz
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Inconvenience
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Inconvenience
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Execute, as a royal of old
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Execute, as a royal of old
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Classic concert chambers
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Classic concert chambers
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Noted U.S. rock group?
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Noted U.S. rock group?
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Approximately
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Approximately
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See captain?
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See captain?
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Studio fixtures
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Studio fixtures
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"I'm game!"
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"I'm game!"
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State of equilibrium
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State of equilibrium
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Code-cracking grp.
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Code-cracking grp.
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Match-ending rugby call
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Bygone sovereign
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Bygone sovereign
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Dance-a-___
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Build on
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Build on
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Military dismissal
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Military dismissal
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"You game?"
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"You game?"
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State to be the case
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State to be the case
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___ Kornfeld, music promoter for Woodstock
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___ Kornfeld, music promoter for Woodstock
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Daddy-o
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Daddy-o
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Great Basin native
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Great Basin native
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Stun
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Stun
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Heavy weights in Britain
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Heavy weights in Britain
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"Murder, ___ Wrote"
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"Murder, ___ Wrote"
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Samuel ___, business partner of Marcus Goldman
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Samuel ___, business partner of Marcus Goldman
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Gradually wear away
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Lipton competitor
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Lipton competitor
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Keypad triplet
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Keypad triplet
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Critical remark
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Critical remark
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Regardless of the outcome
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Hectic trip abroad
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Hectic trip abroad
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Card in a royal flush
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Purposes
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Purposes
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One runs from Me. to Fla.
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One runs from Me. to Fla.
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Seminoles' sch.
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Seminoles' sch.
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"You betcha!"
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"You betcha!"
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Northern ___ (curiously named apple variety)
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Northern ___ (curiously named apple variety)
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Have
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Have
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Boggy expanse
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Fare that's eaten hands-free
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Wanted badly
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Mano a mano
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Mano a mano
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Negligent
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Negligent
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Silicon Valley's ___ Research Center
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Silicon Valley's ___ Research Center
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Candy bit that comes in a plastic roll
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"Battlestar Galactica" robots
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"Battlestar Galactica" robots
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Clerical vestment
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Clerical vestment
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F, in music
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F, in music
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Southern region of Mesopotamia
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Southern region of Mesopotamia
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Fabric options
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Fabric options
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Sense of self
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Sense of self
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Fluent speaker of Elvish, say
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Fluent speaker of Elvish, say
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Uttered a sound
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Uttered a sound
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ε
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ε
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Bugs
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Bugs
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Relative of a bug
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Relative of a bug
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Churchill ___ Rooms (London tourist attraction)
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Churchill ___ Rooms (London tourist attraction)
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Long ball
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Long ball
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City with a Little Havana
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City with a Little Havana
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Nickname for José
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Nickname for José
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Farthest down?
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Farthest down?
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Anklebone
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Anklebone
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Least messy
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Least messy
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Sorority member
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Sorority member
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Yang's counterpart
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Yang's counterpart
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"I Wanna Be Sedated" band
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"I Wanna Be Sedated" band
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Horrid
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Horrid
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Maximum degree
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Maximum degree
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The brainy bunch?
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The brainy bunch?
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Profligate sort
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Profligate sort
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Measures of electrical resistance
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Measures of electrical resistance
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One of the fire signs
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One of the fire signs
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Alveolar trill, as it's commonly known
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Alveolar trill, as it's commonly known
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Concept, in Cannes
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Concept, in Cannes
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Just in case
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Just in case
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Glasgow gal
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Glasgow gal
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Mischief-makers
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___ court
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___ court
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Stage between larva and imago
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Stage between larva and imago
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Consecrates
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Consecrates
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Act investigated by an insurance company
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___ ex machina
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QVC alternative
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QVC alternative
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Journalist Fallaci who wrote "Interview With History"
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Journalist Fallaci who wrote "Interview With History"
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Bindis, e.g.
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Bindis, e.g.
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Running behind
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Running behind
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Kinda
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Kinda
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Berate blisteringly
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Berate blisteringly
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They can be wrinkled or thumbed
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They can be wrinkled or thumbed
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Field that deals with fields
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Field that deals with fields
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The newest trend, in slang
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Inits. at Westminster
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Inits. at Westminster
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Trigger
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Trigger
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Head for the hills?
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Head for the hills?
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Moved aside (for)
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Moved aside (for)
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Cupidity
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Cupidity
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Changes from commercial to residential, perhaps
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Changes from commercial to residential, perhaps
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Words to live by
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Words to live by
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Wash out
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Wash out
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Popular tick repellent
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Piercing eye hue
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Piercing eye hue
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Trial
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Trial
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___ of Alexandria (wonder of the ancient world)
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___ of Alexandria (wonder of the ancient world)
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Clinch
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Clinch
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Puerto Rico clock setting: Abbr.
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Puerto Rico clock setting: Abbr.
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Ballpark figures, in brief
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Semiserious "Got it!"
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Semiserious "Got it!"
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Places hangers hang
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Places hangers hang
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Guff
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Guff
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Distributor of CARES Act funds
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Distributor of CARES Act funds
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___ Moines
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___ Moines
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