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New York Times: Sunday, January 16, 2022
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, January 16, 2022 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Derrick Niederman
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Symbol of authority, informally
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Symbol of authority, informally
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CompaƱero
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CompaƱero
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Delhi issue
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Delhi issue
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Reaction to puppy pics
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Reaction to puppy pics
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Water buffalo, for one
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Water buffalo, for one
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French ___ (trick-taking game)
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French ___ (trick-taking game)
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Land of blarney
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Land of blarney
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Pass during the N.F.L. playoffs
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Pass during the N.F.L. playoffs
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THE LADY VANI_ _ _ _ (#2, 1964)
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THE LADY VANI_ _ _ _ (#2, 1964)
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Who infamously boasted "They can't collect legal taxes from illegal money"
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Who infamously boasted "They can't collect legal taxes from illegal money"
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Luxurious
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Luxurious
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Suffix in some pasta names
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Suffix in some pasta names
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BILLE (#3, 1972)
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BILLE (#3, 1972)
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He gave Starbuck's orders
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He gave Starbuck's orders
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NATO members, e.g.
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NATO members, e.g.
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Adorable sort
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Adorable sort
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x0 (#1, 1985)
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x0 (#1, 1985)
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Barnyard baby
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Barnyard baby
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Keep one's mouth shut?
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Keep one's mouth shut?
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Porky Pig's girlfriend
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Porky Pig's girlfriend
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It cost 5Ā¢ in 1965
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It cost 5Ā¢ in 1965
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Home of Iowa State
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Home of Iowa State
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Help with a crime
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Help with a crime
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Google web browser
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Google web browser
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Laser pointer chaser
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Laser pointer chaser
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Like the Balkans in the 1990s
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Like the Balkans in the 1990s
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Certain peaceful protest
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Certain peaceful protest
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Country singer McEntire
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Country singer McEntire
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Captivate
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Captivate
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VAUDEVILLIAN (#2, 1988)
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VAUDEVILLIAN (#2, 1988)
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Become more complicated, say
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Become more complicated, say
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Getting together
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Getting together
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Sheen
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Sheen
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LOST, E.G. (#1, 1984)
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LOST, E.G. (#1, 1984)
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Glacier-scaling tool
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Glacier-scaling tool
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Yard tool
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Yard tool
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Private student
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Private student
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Figure it out
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Figure it out
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___ Lilly (pharmaceutical giant)
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___ Lilly (pharmaceutical giant)
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"Jeez!"
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"Jeez!"
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Actress Garr
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Actress Garr
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Beach shaper
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Beach shaper
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Only player to win the U.S. Chess Championship with no losses or draws
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Only player to win the U.S. Chess Championship with no losses or draws
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Darling
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Darling
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Harbor helper
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Harbor helper
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___ story (tale of a car company's bankruptcy?)
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___ story (tale of a car company's bankruptcy?)
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CHAN_E _PPEA_ANCE TO CONCEA_ _ _D MISLEA_ (#1, 1968)
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CHAN_E _PPEA_ANCE TO CONCEA_ _ _D MISLEA_ (#1, 1968)
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Islamic spirit
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Islamic spirit
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Brand of insecticide strips
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Brand of insecticide strips
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Madhouses
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Madhouses
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TITTLE-TATTLE (#16, 2011)
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TITTLE-TATTLE (#16, 2011)
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Opposite of post-
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Opposite of post-
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Airline posting
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Airline posting
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Furnace for calcium oxide production
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Furnace for calcium oxide production
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ENTICEMENT (#1, 1983)
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ENTICEMENT (#1, 1983)
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Big club in Las Vegas?
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Big club in Las Vegas?
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The final word
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The final word
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Give a lift
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Give a lift
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Know-it-all
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Know-it-all
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"___ Como Va" (Santana hit)
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"___ Como Va" (Santana hit)
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Female Olympian of note
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Female Olympian of note
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Palindromic battlers
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Palindromic battlers
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Place of worship whose third, fourth and fifth letters are appropriate
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Place of worship whose third, fourth and fifth letters are appropriate
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One of eight in a stick of butter: Abbr.
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One of eight in a stick of butter: Abbr.
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Jolly laugh
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Jolly laugh
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Dec. 24 and 31, e.g.
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Dec. 24 and 31, e.g.
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Minor accident
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Minor accident
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Mary ___ Evans a.k.a. George Eliot
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Mary ___ Evans a.k.a. George Eliot
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Opposite of paleo-
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Opposite of paleo-
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Memo abbr.
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Memo abbr.
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When doubled, Hawaiian food fish
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When doubled, Hawaiian food fish
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Pique
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Pique
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Terk in Disney's "Tarzan," e.g.
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Terk in Disney's "Tarzan," e.g.
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Opera with the aria "Ave Maria"
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Opera with the aria "Ave Maria"
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Naval engineer
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Naval engineer
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Air traveler's accumulation
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Air traveler's accumulation
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Quint's boat in "Jaws"
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Quint's boat in "Jaws"
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Enclosure for a bike chain and sprockets
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Enclosure for a bike chain and sprockets
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180
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180
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Arthur who invented the crossword puzzle (1913)
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Arthur who invented the crossword puzzle (1913)
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Overgrown, say
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Overgrown, say
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Kind of terrier
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Kind of terrier
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Young chicken, e.g.
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Young chicken, e.g.
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Actress Tyler
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Actress Tyler
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Move barefoot across a scorchingly hot beach, maybe
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Move barefoot across a scorchingly hot beach, maybe
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Shock's partner
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Shock's partner
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Throw ___ (rant and rave)
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Throw ___ (rant and rave)
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No longer frozen
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No longer frozen
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Kind
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Kind
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Crop up
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Crop up
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Chafe
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Chafe
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Out of gas, informally
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Out of gas, informally
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Internet ending that's also an ending for inter-
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Internet ending that's also an ending for inter-
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Part of the brainstem
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Part of the brainstem
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Chatter
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Chatter
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Greek letter that might follow "z"
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Greek letter that might follow "z"
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Affix, in a way
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Affix, in a way
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Eyelashes
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Eyelashes
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Ketchup brand
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Ketchup brand
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"One ___-dingy" (Ernestine the operator's catchphrase on "Laugh-In")
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"One ___-dingy" (Ernestine the operator's catchphrase on "Laugh-In")
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Arch type
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Arch type
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Landlord's due
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Landlord's due
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Petrol unit
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Petrol unit
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Surgically remove
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Surgically remove
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Unearthed
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Unearthed
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Mi, in a C major scale
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Mi, in a C major scale
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Number twos
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Number twos
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Pelvic bones
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Pelvic bones
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Air carrier
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Air carrier
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Island where Paul Gauguin painted
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Island where Paul Gauguin painted
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Book that's the source of the phrase "a land flowing with milk and honey"
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Book that's the source of the phrase "a land flowing with milk and honey"
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Go back (on)
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Go back (on)
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Instruction in an oatmeal recipe
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Instruction in an oatmeal recipe
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"Zebra"
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"Zebra"
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Slugger from Louisville
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Slugger from Louisville
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Florida city whose name has three pairs of doubled letters
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Florida city whose name has three pairs of doubled letters
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Upscale watch brand
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Upscale watch brand
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Annual eight-day celebration
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Annual eight-day celebration
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Basketball stat: Abbr.
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Basketball stat: Abbr.
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Numbskull
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Numbskull
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Poetic dusk
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Poetic dusk
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Color of traffic on a GPS
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Color of traffic on a GPS
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Craft carried over a portage
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Craft carried over a portage
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Rhythmic part of a heartbeat
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Rhythmic part of a heartbeat
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Same: Prefix
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Same: Prefix
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Sense of self
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Sense of self
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Protagonist in "The Stepford Wives"
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Protagonist in "The Stepford Wives"
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FedEx competitor
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FedEx competitor
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Clears for takeoff?
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Clears for takeoff?
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Old Glory
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Old Glory
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1964 Tony Randall title role
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1964 Tony Randall title role
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Like oranges and some gossip
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Like oranges and some gossip
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Duck or Penguin
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Duck or Penguin
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Frost
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Frost
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Davidson of "S.N.L."
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Davidson of "S.N.L."
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Richard and Jane in court
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Richard and Jane in court
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Commercial prefix with postale
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Commercial prefix with postale
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Out of office?: Abbr.
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Out of office?: Abbr.
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One-named Irish hitmaker
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One-named Irish hitmaker
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Tops
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Tops
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Madrid's country, in the Olympics
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Madrid's country, in the Olympics
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Song lead-in to "Believer," "Loser" or "Survivor"
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Song lead-in to "Believer," "Loser" or "Survivor"
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