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New York Times: Sunday, July 31, 2022
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, July 31, 2022 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Jesse Goldberg
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Condiment at a pho shop
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Condiment at a pho shop
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Got too scared, with "out"
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Got too scared, with "out"
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Shelve
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Shelve
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Big picture
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Big picture
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Author/journalist Welteroth
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Author/journalist Welteroth
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"The ___ Holmes Mysteries" (young adult detective series)
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"The ___ Holmes Mysteries" (young adult detective series)
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Nationwide competitor
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Nationwide competitor
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Places where some belts are tightened?
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Places where some belts are tightened?
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Longtime surname on late-night TV
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Longtime surname on late-night TV
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Rooibos by another name
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Rooibos by another name
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Simpson imp
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Stephen Crane's "The Red Badge of Courage," e.g.?
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Stephen Crane's "The Red Badge of Courage," e.g.?
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Gave the scoop
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Gave the scoop
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Its presence on Mars offers a clue to life
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Its presence on Mars offers a clue to life
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Growler's contents
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Growler's contents
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Actress Lena
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Actress Lena
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Can
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Can
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Medical gloves and N95 masks, for short
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Medical gloves and N95 masks, for short
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Pen
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Pen
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Andy Dufresne in "The Shawshank Redemption," e.g.
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Andy Dufresne in "The Shawshank Redemption," e.g.
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Pear-shaped instrument
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Pear-shaped instrument
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Buy a lot of, with "on"
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Buy a lot of, with "on"
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Lawyer with absurdly exaggerated humor?
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Lawyer with absurdly exaggerated humor?
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Where Camus's "The Plague" is set
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Where Camus's "The Plague" is set
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Circuit board components
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Circuit board components
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Count, e.g.
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Count, e.g.
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Sleep phase?
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Sleep phase?
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Coconut-covered cookie
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Coconut-covered cookie
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It might get the weed out
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It might get the weed out
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Flagship vehicle line for Mercedes-Benz
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Flagship vehicle line for Mercedes-Benz
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Encourage
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Encourage
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Dallas-to-Austin dir.
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Dallas-to-Austin dir.
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Test, as a new mattress
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Test, as a new mattress
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Harvesting machine that needs cleaning?
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Harvesting machine that needs cleaning?
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Didn't just sit there
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Didn't just sit there
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Vouch for, with "to"
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Vouch for, with "to"
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Mythical weaver
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Mythical weaver
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Doctor's description of the birth of triplet sons?
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Doctor's description of the birth of triplet sons?
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"Well, maybe"
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"Well, maybe"
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Connect, as two devices
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Connect, as two devices
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Rhetoric
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Rhetoric
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Relax
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Relax
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No longer active: Abbr.
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No longer active: Abbr.
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Golf ball's path
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Golf ball's path
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City north of Des Moines
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City north of Des Moines
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Slangy turndown
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Slangy turndown
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Cinco + uno
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Cinco + uno
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They might get all over the floor
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They might get all over the floor
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Battle between Tinker Bell and Princess Ozma?
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Battle between Tinker Bell and Princess Ozma?
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Cream
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Cream
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"Ready?"
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"Ready?"
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Some Guinness records
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Some Guinness records
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Census-taking of a Midwest capital?
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Census-taking of a Midwest capital?
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Begin
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Begin
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Bel ___ (Italian cheese)
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Bel ___ (Italian cheese)
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Charm
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Charm
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Become aware of … or a homophonic description of four letter shifts in this puzzle's grid
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Become aware of … or a homophonic description of four letter shifts in this puzzle's grid
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Partners of hinds
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Partners of hinds
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Reaches
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Reaches
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Comes clean
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Comes clean
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Proceeded down a lane, maybe
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Proceeded down a lane, maybe
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Tick off
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Tick off
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Without much thought
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Without much thought
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Excise surgically
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Excise surgically
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Household robot from Amazon
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Household robot from Amazon
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Abyss
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Abyss
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Like some towels and topics
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Like some towels and topics
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Put away
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Put away
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Big name in grills
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Big name in grills
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___ la Cité, home of Notre-Dame
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___ la Cité, home of Notre-Dame
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Smallest country in the E.U., by area
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Smallest country in the E.U., by area
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Stacked
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Stacked
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Musical artist known as the "Queen of New Age"
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Musical artist known as the "Queen of New Age"
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Interior secretary Haaland
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Interior secretary Haaland
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Hold in custody
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Hold in custody
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___ nous
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___ nous
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Server error
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Server error
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The Liberty Tree, e.g.
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The Liberty Tree, e.g.
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Some free housing recipients, for short
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Some free housing recipients, for short
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Longtime surname on late-night TV
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Longtime surname on late-night TV
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Fwy. or expy.
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Fwy. or expy.
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Clutch, e.g.
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Clutch, e.g.
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Name hidden in "global economy"
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Name hidden in "global economy"
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Couleur de l'océan
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Couleur de l'océan
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Rhapsodize over
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Rhapsodize over
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Caterpillar alternative
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Caterpillar alternative
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Disruption for a poolside sunbather
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Disruption for a poolside sunbather
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God associated with the moon
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God associated with the moon
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American ___
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American ___
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Marsupial that goes into shock when frightened
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Marsupial that goes into shock when frightened
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Kind of parking
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Kind of parking
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Each
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Each
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Arab leaders
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Arab leaders
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"I spilled ___ remover on my dog. Now he's gone": Steven Wright
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"I spilled ___ remover on my dog. Now he's gone": Steven Wright
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Dancer Charisse of "Singin' in the Rain"
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Dancer Charisse of "Singin' in the Rain"
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Wizard
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Wizard
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Sci-fi daughter of Padmé
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Sci-fi daughter of Padmé
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D as in D.C.?: Abbr.
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D as in D.C.?: Abbr.
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Some prosecutors, for short
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Some prosecutors, for short
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Primeval
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Primeval
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First name in folk
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First name in folk
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Some wide-brimmed hats
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Some wide-brimmed hats
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Killer of the Night King on "Game of Thrones"
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Killer of the Night King on "Game of Thrones"
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___ Day, early collaborator with Prince
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___ Day, early collaborator with Prince
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"r u 4 real?"
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"r u 4 real?"
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Serving with a meze platter
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Serving with a meze platter
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It's a ball
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It's a ball
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Japanese honorific
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Japanese honorific
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Pries (from)
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Pries (from)
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Icky look
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Icky look
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Boots, helmets, rope, etc.
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Boots, helmets, rope, etc.
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Prefix with puncture
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Prefix with puncture
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For face value
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For face value
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One-named entertainer from Spain
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One-named entertainer from Spain
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Hand-held device used by Mr. Spock
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Hand-held device used by Mr. Spock
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Lunar New Year
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Lunar New Year
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General name for a dish?
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General name for a dish?
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Shade of red
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Shade of red
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Ticks off
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Ticks off
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Like Juliette Gordon Low, founder of the Girl Scouts
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Like Juliette Gordon Low, founder of the Girl Scouts
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Fish in a poke bowl
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Fish in a poke bowl
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Unfairly takes advantage of, as a policy
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Unfairly takes advantage of, as a policy
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WaPo alternative
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WaPo alternative
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Square figure?
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Square figure?
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Like a tasty cake
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Like a tasty cake
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Ice cream treat
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Ice cream treat
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They might hold on to their caps, for short
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They might hold on to their caps, for short
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"Failure ___ an option"
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"Failure ___ an option"
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Back in style
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Back in style
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You can see right through it
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You can see right through it
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Beginning of a toast
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Beginning of a toast
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What concealer might conceal
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What concealer might conceal
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Soaks (up)
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Soaks (up)
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Co-author of 2016's "The Book of Joy," along with the Dalai Lama
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Co-author of 2016's "The Book of Joy," along with the Dalai Lama
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Break … or brake
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Break … or brake
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Inits. on the road
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Inits. on the road
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Inits. on the road
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Inits. on the road
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Darkroom item, in brief
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Darkroom item, in brief
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Personal ad abbr.
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Personal ad abbr.
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No-win situation
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No-win situation
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