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New York Times: Sunday, May 8, 2022
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, May 8, 2022 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Matthew Stock,
Chandi Deitmer
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Some old PCs
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Some old PCs
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Experience financial ruin
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Experience financial ruin
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Many files in a Downloads folder
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Many files in a Downloads folder
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Talk ___
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Talk ___
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1990s sitcom starring Tia and Tamera Mowry
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1990s sitcom starring Tia and Tamera Mowry
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Beethoven's "Ah! perfido," for one
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Beethoven's "Ah! perfido," for one
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Southwest people known for their dry farming
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Southwest people known for their dry farming
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Grand Prix city
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Grand Prix city
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Fulminate
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Fulminate
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Portent
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Portent
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Start a web session
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Start a web session
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Tribute
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Tribute
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Many zoomers
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Many zoomers
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Gush (over)
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Red lightsaber wielder
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Red lightsaber wielder
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Singular praise
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Singular praise
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___ Xtra (soft drink)
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___ Xtra (soft drink)
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Soul: Sp.
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Soul: Sp.
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Make it so there's snow way out?
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Make it so there's snow way out?
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1963 hit for the Kingsmen
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1963 hit for the Kingsmen
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It gets the show on the road
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It gets the show on the road
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Nothing but a number, it's said
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Nothing but a number, it's said
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Call from an old-time paperboy
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Call from an old-time paperboy
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Essayist Susan
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Essayist Susan
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Attraction, so to speak, with "the"
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Org. often impersonated by phone scammers
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Org. often impersonated by phone scammers
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Time for a visit from Ong Tao, the "Kitchen God"
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Time for a visit from Ong Tao, the "Kitchen God"
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Slip up
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Slip up
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Yellowstone sight
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Yellowstone sight
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[Gulp!]
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[Gulp!]
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House of Commons reps
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House of Commons reps
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___ gratia (in all kindness: Lat.)
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___ gratia (in all kindness: Lat.)
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Rush order
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Rush order
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Like some questions
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Like some questions
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Romanov V.I.P., once
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Romanov V.I.P., once
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Charlotte N.B.A. player
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Charlotte N.B.A. player
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"... you get the point"
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"... you get the point"
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"Well, lookie here!"
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"Well, lookie here!"
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Quaint exclamation of dismay
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Quaint exclamation of dismay
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Fee payer, often
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Fee payer, often
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Thin pancakes in Indian cuisine
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Thin pancakes in Indian cuisine
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Laborer of old
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Laborer of old
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Dan of "Schitt's Creek"
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Dan of "Schitt's Creek"
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To the ___ power
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To the ___ power
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Time for March madness?
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Time for March madness?
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Ultimate fighting inits.
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Ultimate fighting inits.
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Certain summer baby
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Certain summer baby
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"There you ___!"
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"There you ___!"
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Big tower, for short?
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Big tower, for short?
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Years and years
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Years and years
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Shock
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Shock
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Sings, in a way
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Sings, in a way
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When you should leave, for short
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When you should leave, for short
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Piece of roller derby equipment
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Piece of roller derby equipment
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Classic joke start
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Classic joke start
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High five at the Olympics?
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High five at the Olympics?
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Unchanged
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Unchanged
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Yea or nay
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Yea or nay
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Power source
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Power source
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Barfly's flier
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Barfly's flier
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Added to a thread, say
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El ___ of the Spanish Renaissance
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El ___ of the Spanish Renaissance
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"Amscray!"
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"Amscray!"
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Egomaniac's thought
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Egomaniac's thought
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Noted character with object-subject-verb syntax
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Dangerous part of a road on which to pass
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Dangerous part of a road on which to pass
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Extroverts
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Extroverts
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Tie down
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Tie down
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Best Picture winner of 2012
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Best Picture winner of 2012
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Basketball feat suggested by this puzzle's pairs of theme answers, informally
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1040 figs.
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1040 figs.
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Love of languages?
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Love of languages?
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In on
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In on
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Add (on)
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Philosophy
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Philosophy
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H.S. class in the same department as chem
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Yahoo alternative
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Yahoo alternative
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Trusty to the end
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Trusty to the end
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Pirate's booze
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Pirate's booze
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One way to learn
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One way to learn
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Like the Six Million Dollar Man
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Like the Six Million Dollar Man
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"Anchors Aweigh" grp.
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"Anchors Aweigh" grp.
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Amtrak stop: Abbr.
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Amtrak stop: Abbr.
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Lab worker
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Lab worker
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Logical conundrum
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Logical conundrum
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Prolong
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Prolong
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Numismatic grade
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Numismatic grade
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Plopped (down)
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Plopped (down)
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Setting for many a diorama
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Setting for many a diorama
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Shortcut missing from newer smartphones
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Shortcut missing from newer smartphones
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Lead
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Lead
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Affixes
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Affixes
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Subject of interest, in brief
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Chess piece whose name is derived from the Persian for "chariot"
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Cocktails made with ginger beer, informally
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Pieces in the game Bananagrams
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Pieces in the game Bananagrams
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Flights connect them
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Flights connect them
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All-encompassing Egyptian deity
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All-encompassing Egyptian deity
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Aromatic beverage
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Aromatic beverage
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Perch for the self-important
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Perch for the self-important
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Gemstone cut named for a fruit
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Gemstone cut named for a fruit
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Baffled
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Baffled
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Very bright
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Very bright
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Eye piece
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Eye piece
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Nobelist Joliot-Curie
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Nobelist Joliot-Curie
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Really get to
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Really get to
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Sweetie
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Sweetie
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Weep in an unflattering way, in modern lingo
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Weep in an unflattering way, in modern lingo
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Lugs
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Lugs
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Hold on to
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Hold on to
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Lunchtime estimate
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Lunchtime estimate
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Computer shortcuts
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Computer shortcuts
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Slices and dices, say
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Slices and dices, say
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Scottish hillsides
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Scottish hillsides
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Annoying
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Annoying
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Walk with swagger
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Walk with swagger
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It might get swiped in a college dining hall
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It might get swiped in a college dining hall
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Football trophy name
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Football trophy name
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Where some replacements take place, in brief
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Where some replacements take place, in brief
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Third column on a calendar: Abbr.
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Third column on a calendar: Abbr.
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Eaglet's hatching spot
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Eaglet's hatching spot
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Certain public transport
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Certain public transport
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Sound from a jalopy
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Sound from a jalopy
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Played again
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Played again
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Words from an ex-lover
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Words from an ex-lover
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Go by
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Go by
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Put down again
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Put down again
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Origami steps
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Origami steps
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Bread in Indian cuisine
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Bread in Indian cuisine
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One taking action
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One taking action
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Certain close relative
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Certain close relative
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Invite out for
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Invite out for
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1990s tennis star Huber
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1990s tennis star Huber
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Off-kilter
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Off-kilter
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"Later!"
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"Later!"
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Green vehicles
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Green vehicles
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Fried plantain dish of Puerto Rico
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Fried plantain dish of Puerto Rico
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Country named for its geographic location
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Country named for its geographic location
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It makes you you
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It makes you you
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Lobbyists' area in D.C.
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Lobbyists' area in D.C.
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Radiator cover
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Radiator cover
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"Die Hard" squad, in brief
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"Die Hard" squad, in brief
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Miss ___, famed dial-a-psychic
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Miss ___, famed dial-a-psychic
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Businesses that see an uptick after New Year's
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Aussie hoppers
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Aussie hoppers
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Kernel of an idea
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Kernel of an idea
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"Ouch, ouch, ouch!"
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"Ouch, ouch, ouch!"
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High style
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High style
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Barnyard bleat
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Barnyard bleat
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"Mais ___!" ("But of course!")
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"Mais ___!" ("But of course!")
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"Cyberchase" channel
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"Cyberchase" channel
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Org. whose members stay in their lanes
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Org. whose members stay in their lanes
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Business name ender
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Business name ender
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"Yipe!"
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"Yipe!"
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