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New York Times: Sunday, May 15, 2022
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, May 15, 2022 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Daniel Mauer
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"Meet the ___" (baseball fight song)
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"Meet the ___" (baseball fight song)
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Pertaining to any of five Italian popes
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Pertaining to any of five Italian popes
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Small rodent
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Small rodent
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To be, in France
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To be, in France
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___ Jay Hawkins, rock pioneer who wrote "I Put a Spell on You"
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___ Jay Hawkins, rock pioneer who wrote "I Put a Spell on You"
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Hardly a team player?
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Hardly a team player?
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21
Nickname for 114-Across coined by John Steinbeck
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Nickname for 114-Across coined by John Steinbeck
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Large rodents
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Large rodents
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Corpse ___ No. 2 (morning-after cocktail)
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Corpse ___ No. 2 (morning-after cocktail)
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German surname part
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German surname part
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One of the Guccis
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One of the Guccis
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At the top
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At the top
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Skip or drop
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Skip or drop
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Down-to-earth
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Down-to-earth
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Cool
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Cool
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35
Opposite of a breeze
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Opposite of a breeze
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37
Instruction for some Thanksgiving cooking
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Instruction for some Thanksgiving cooking
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"Downton Abbey" countess
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"Downton Abbey" countess
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Colorful natural attraction along 114-Across
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Colorful natural attraction along 114-Across
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An awful state to live in
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An awful state to live in
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Twitch user, perhaps
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Twitch user, perhaps
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Spanish
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Spanish
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Attempt to grasp, as a complicated situation
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Attempt to grasp, as a complicated situation
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Car-pooling inits.
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Car-pooling inits.
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Cuisine that includes gochujang paste
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Cuisine that includes gochujang paste
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"Go ahead and ask"
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"Go ahead and ask"
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Pastis flavorer
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Pastis flavorer
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Peridot, for one
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Peridot, for one
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Smart, say
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Smart, say
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Bad stat for a QB: Abbr.
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Bad stat for a QB: Abbr.
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Left
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Left
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Tall, curved attraction along 114-Across
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Tall, curved attraction along 114-Across
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Gear for gondoliers
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Gear for gondoliers
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Trafficker trackers, for short
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Trafficker trackers, for short
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Legend
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Legend
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Animal in the genus Bos
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Animal in the genus Bos
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Following along
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Following along
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Roux ingredient?
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Roux ingredient?
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B3, nutritionally
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B3, nutritionally
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Beverage with a "New England" variety
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Beverage with a "New England" variety
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Gone to press?
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Gone to press?
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Booked it
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Booked it
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Phrase one might yell at the screen during a horror film
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Phrase one might yell at the screen during a horror film
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What roots are, to powers
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What roots are, to powers
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Graffitied artistic attraction along 114-Across
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Graffitied artistic attraction along 114-Across
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Summers in la cité
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Summers in la cité
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___ Austin, Biden's secretary of defense
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___ Austin, Biden's secretary of defense
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Bugs
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Bugs
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Jazz bassist Carter, who has appeared on more than 2,200 recordings
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Jazz bassist Carter, who has appeared on more than 2,200 recordings
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Being treated, in a way
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Being treated, in a way
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A whole can of worms?
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A whole can of worms?
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Mamas' mamas
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Mamas' mamas
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Bug
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Bug
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Bad review
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Bad review
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Component of lacquer thinner
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Component of lacquer thinner
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More far out
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More far out
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Theme of this puzzle, which winds its way nearly 2,500 miles through all the shaded squares herein
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Theme of this puzzle, which winds its way nearly 2,500 miles through all the shaded squares herein
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Wishy-washy response
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Wishy-washy response
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Captivate
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Captivate
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The Panthers of the N.C.A.A., familiarly
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The Panthers of the N.C.A.A., familiarly
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Art in the Television Hall of Fame
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Art in the Television Hall of Fame
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Dislikes and then some
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Dislikes and then some
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Things sometimes named after presidents
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One of 50,460 in the Chunnel
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One of 50,460 in the Chunnel
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Actress Barrymore, great-aunt of Drew
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Actress Barrymore, great-aunt of Drew
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Famed fountain of Rome
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Famed fountain of Rome
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Half step, in music
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Half step, in music
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Character seen on a keyboard
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Character seen on a keyboard
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Bile
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Bile
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Obsequious
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Obsequious
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Sun deck?
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Sun deck?
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"That's my cue!"
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"That's my cue!"
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Actress Long
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Actress Long
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Component of a bridge truss
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Component of a bridge truss
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Positive results of some strikes
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Positive results of some strikes
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TV 6-year-old who attends Little Dipper School
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TV 6-year-old who attends Little Dipper School
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Lead-in to "com"
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Lead-in to "com"
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Bit of writing on Twitter or Tinder
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Bit of writing on Twitter or Tinder
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Natural conclusion?
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Natural conclusion?
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Some mil. officers
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Some mil. officers
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Abbr. on many streets in Quebec
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Abbr. on many streets in Quebec
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"Holy ___!"
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"Holy ___!"
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Pass
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Pass
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Not mainstream, for short
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Not mainstream, for short
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Sierra ___
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Sierra ___
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1990s film with a famous wood chipper scene
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1990s film with a famous wood chipper scene
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Word with a wave in Oaxaca
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Word with a wave in Oaxaca
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Classic Camaro
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Classic Camaro
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Grant ___, northeast terminus of 114-Across
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Grant ___, northeast terminus of 114-Across
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Kind of tape
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Kind of tape
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$100 bill, slangily
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$100 bill, slangily
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Underwriting?
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Underwriting?
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"What malarkey!"
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"What malarkey!"
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Paid penance
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Paid penance
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Site of a U.C. in the O.C.
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Site of a U.C. in the O.C.
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Muscle-bone connector
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Muscle-bone connector
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Verb in Poe's "The Raven"
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Verb in Poe's "The Raven"
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Trece menos doce
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Trece menos doce
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Many a Hollywood worker
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Many a Hollywood worker
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Brownish-yellow hue
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Brownish-yellow hue
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Big ___
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Big ___
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Monogram in the 2016 presidential election
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Monogram in the 2016 presidential election
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Puts away
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Puts away
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Suffragist and abolitionist Abby ___ Alcott
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Suffragist and abolitionist Abby ___ Alcott
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Georgia, e.g.
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Georgia, e.g.
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One of two circling the earth
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One of two circling the earth
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Decorates deceptively
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Decorates deceptively
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High part of a deck
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High part of a deck
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Bon ___ (fashionable world)
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Bon ___ (fashionable world)
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One-named New Age musician
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One-named New Age musician
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Mower's trail
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Mower's trail
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Means of electronic communication with restricted access
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Means of electronic communication with restricted access
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Ending with cash or front
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Ending with cash or front
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Self images?
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Self images?
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Stevenson of 1950s politics
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Stevenson of 1950s politics
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They may be ridden to victory
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They may be ridden to victory
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Some co. name endings
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Some co. name endings
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Santa Monica ___, southwest terminus of 114-Across
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Golden rule preposition
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Golden rule preposition
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Speed skater Kramer with nine Olympic medals
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Speed skater Kramer with nine Olympic medals
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Stir in
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Stir in
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String or integer, in programming
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String or integer, in programming
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Brand with a bull in its logo
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Brand with a bull in its logo
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Critical warning
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Critical warning
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Some scores in horseshoes
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Some scores in horseshoes
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"My Name Is Asher ___"
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"My Name Is Asher ___"
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Offer one's two cents
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Offer one's two cents
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Deprived
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Deprived
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You usually do this lying down by yourself
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You usually do this lying down by yourself
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Naval "Negative"
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Naval "Negative"
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Singer O'Day
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Singer O'Day
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Bad messages to send to the wrong person
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Bad messages to send to the wrong person
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Tap-in, e.g.
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Tap-in, e.g.
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140, in old Rome
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140, in old Rome
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Covid Data Tracker org.
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Covid Data Tracker org.
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New Deal power agcy.
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New Deal power agcy.
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Fools are often seen at its start: Abbr.
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Fools are often seen at its start: Abbr.
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Peaceful, informally
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Peaceful, informally
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Partner of only
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Partner of only
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Posed for a portrait
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Posed for a portrait
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