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New York Times: Sunday, February 27, 2022
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, February 27, 2022 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Sheldon Polonsky
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Items used with PINs
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There's one for the U.S. Census
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There's one for the U.S. Census
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In a tussle
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In a tussle
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Dismiss
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Dismiss
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Takes it one step at a time
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Takes it one step at a time
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Pad Thai garnish
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Pad Thai garnish
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Sea captain: robber, thief (2003)
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Sea captain: robber, thief (2003)
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Photographer's tool, for short
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Photographer's tool, for short
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Unlike this puzzle, we hope
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Unlike this puzzle, we hope
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Source of suffering
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Source of suffering
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They're hoppy at happy hour
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Quaint lead-in to while
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Quaint lead-in to while
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All the kings' men?
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All the kings' men?
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True fellow is a find (1946)
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True fellow is a find (1946)
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With room for interpretation
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With room for interpretation
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Top
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Top
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Game pieces in Mastermind
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Game pieces in Mastermind
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Word after contact or before cover
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Word after contact or before cover
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Chill (out)
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Chill (out)
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Bit of deception
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Bit of deception
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Unfinished attic space
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Unfinished attic space
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Re: town fire one night (1974)
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Re: town fire one night (1974)
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"Whoopee!"
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"Whoopee!"
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Origin of the words "club" and "gun"
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Origin of the words "club" and "gun"
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It's a lot in London
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It's a lot in London
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Tip of the tongue?
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Tip of the tongue?
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Best-selling crime novelist Gregg
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Best-selling crime novelist Gregg
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Breed featured in 2009's "Hachi: A Dog's Tale"
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Breed featured in 2009's "Hachi: A Dog's Tale"
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Miff, with "off"
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Miff, with "off"
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One seeking a new agreement, perhaps
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One seeking a new agreement, perhaps
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Ground-breaking tool
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Ground-breaking tool
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"Not interested"
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"Not interested"
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Evil Streep had award (2006)
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Evil Streep had award (2006)
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Be a paragon of
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Be a paragon of
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Guys that rhyme with "girls"
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Guys that rhyme with "girls"
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Folder attachment
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Folder attachment
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The "Y" of Y.S.L.
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The "Y" of Y.S.L.
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Beams
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Beams
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Wallop
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Wallop
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One of the Roys on "Succession"
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One of the Roys on "Succession"
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M. Ryan, what's her yell? (1989)
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M. Ryan, what's her yell? (1989)
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They have massive calves
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They have massive calves
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"OK!" in Okayama
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"OK!" in Okayama
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Puts forth
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Puts forth
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Account
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Account
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Protected creature in the Congo Basin
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Protected creature in the Congo Basin
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Alternatives to tablets
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R.E.M.: alarming to the teens (1984)
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R.E.M.: alarming to the teens (1984)
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___ colada
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___ colada
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"Louisiana ___," music show that helped launch Elvis's career
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"Louisiana ___," music show that helped launch Elvis's career
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Fried, filled Filipino fare
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Fried, filled Filipino fare
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Part of STEM: Abbr.
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Part of STEM: Abbr.
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Angry dog sounds
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Elf at the North Pole, e.g.
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First courses, informally
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Drudgery
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Drudgery
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First Black woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature
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First Black woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature
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When doubled, a dance
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When doubled, a dance
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Quick to learn
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Quick to learn
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Spawn in the sea
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Spawn in the sea
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"___ thou love life?": Benjamin Franklin
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"___ thou love life?": Benjamin Franklin
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Drove (away)
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Drove (away)
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___ Men ("Who Let the Dogs Out" group)
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___ Men ("Who Let the Dogs Out" group)
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One with a password, maybe
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One with a password, maybe
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Document stamp abbr.
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That: Sp.
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That: Sp.
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Blimp, e.g.
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Blimp, e.g.
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Humanitarian org. with Halloween fund drives
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Humanitarian org. with Halloween fund drives
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First name in Harry Potter
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First name in Harry Potter
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Ranks
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Ranks
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Would you look at that!
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Would you look at that!
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Believe in it
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Believe in it
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Onetime dentist's supply
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Onetime dentist's supply
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Front
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Front
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Company with sound financials?
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Company with sound financials?
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Target with a throw
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Target with a throw
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"!!!!!" feeling
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"!!!!!" feeling
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Crack
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Crack
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Held tightly
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Held tightly
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"'Tis an ___ cook that cannot lick his own fingers": "Romeo and Juliet"
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"'Tis an ___ cook that cannot lick his own fingers": "Romeo and Juliet"
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The third of three X's
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Opposite of da
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Opposite of da
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All ___ (English card game)
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All ___ (English card game)
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Release, in a way
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Release, in a way
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Soul singer Bridges
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Soul singer Bridges
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School for the college-bound
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School for the college-bound
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Paper slips?
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Paper slips?
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Signs in a bookstore, perhaps
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Signs in a bookstore, perhaps
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Encourages
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Encourages
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Out of the park
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Out of the park
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Each
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Each
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Airborne irritant
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Airborne irritant
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Chicken ... or cowed
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Chicken ... or cowed
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Addicted
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Addicted
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Broke the finish line ribbon
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Broke the finish line ribbon
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"___ on parle français"
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"___ on parle français"
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Lead-in to day or year
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Lead-in to day or year
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Pulmicort targets it
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Pulmicort targets it
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Adverb in many legal documents
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Adverb in many legal documents
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Impose, as a fine
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Impose, as a fine
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___ Lanka
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___ Lanka
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Certain banner fodder
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Certain banner fodder
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Didn't ditch
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Didn't ditch
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Certain partners' exchanges
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Certain partners' exchanges
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Brand with an iComfort line
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Brand with an iComfort line
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Less vibrant
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Less vibrant
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Harvard dropouts, maybe?
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Recurrent space in The Game of Life
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Recurrent space in The Game of Life
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Depends (on)
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Depends (on)
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Break-even situation
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Break-even situation
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Aid in putting together a fall collection
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Aid in putting together a fall collection
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Drives the getaway car for, say
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Drives the getaway car for, say
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Slangy SoCal dialect
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Slangy SoCal dialect
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Sharp turn
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Sharp turn
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Designing
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Designing
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Rhea with four Emmys
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Rhea with four Emmys
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Phone-tracking org.
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Phone-tracking org.
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Accompanying
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Accompanying
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Shrubby areas
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Shrubby areas
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Europe's Three Countries Bridge crosses it
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Europe's Three Countries Bridge crosses it
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Big name in locks
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Grain variety
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Grain variety
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___-Nuts
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___-Nuts
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World leader who appeared on a Time magazine cover 40 years after his death
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World leader who appeared on a Time magazine cover 40 years after his death
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Sailing through
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Sailing through
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The world's most expensive one, the Gurkha Royal Courtesan, costs over $1.3 million
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The world's most expensive one, the Gurkha Royal Courtesan, costs over $1.3 million
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Angry dog's sound
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Trompe l'___
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Trompe l'___
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Sticks
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Sticks
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Some finds in Fortnite
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Some finds in Fortnite
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Hand over
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Hand over
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Have the lead (in)
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Have the lead (in)
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Actress Cash of FX's "You're the Worst"
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Actress Cash of FX's "You're the Worst"
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Who might bug you?
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Who might bug you?
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Headwear with a pompom
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Vaccine molecule
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Vaccine molecule
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