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New York Times: Sunday, December 4, 2022
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, December 4, 2022 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Gustie Owens
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Concerning sights at beaches
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Badly
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Badly
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Catherine O'Hara's role on "Schitt's Creek"
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Catherine O'Hara's role on "Schitt's Creek"
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Get in the loop?
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Get in the loop?
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Smart ___
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Smart ___
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Regard
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Regard
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Regarding
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Regarding
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"Gotcha," more informally
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"Gotcha," more informally
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A lover of gossip, the Netflix user …
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A lover of gossip, the Netflix user …
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Savage
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Savage
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Actor Channing
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Actor Channing
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Defense of a history paper?
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Defense of a history paper?
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Andy who voiced Gollum in "The Lord of the Rings"
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Andy who voiced Gollum in "The Lord of the Rings"
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Goal of some criminal justice advocacy groups
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Goal of some criminal justice advocacy groups
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Honey
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Honey
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Flower cultivated by the Aztecs
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Flower cultivated by the Aztecs
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Like a dream scenario
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Like a dream scenario
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"Bodak Yellow" rapper ___ B
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"Bodak Yellow" rapper ___ B
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Farm share inits.
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Farm share inits.
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The smoothie bar worker …
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The smoothie bar worker …
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Food thickener
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Food thickener
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Ending with book or boor
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Ending with book or boor
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Home of the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi
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Home of the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi
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Hang loose
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Hang loose
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Proportion
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Proportion
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Cretan-born painter who was a leader of the Spanish Renaissance
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Cretan-born painter who was a leader of the Spanish Renaissance
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Antianxiety drug with a palindromic name
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Antianxiety drug with a palindromic name
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The Boston Harbor worker …
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The Boston Harbor worker …
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Denim jacket adornment
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Denim jacket adornment
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Farm female
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Farm female
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Assembly kit piece
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Assembly kit piece
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"Woot woot!"
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"Woot woot!"
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Print maker
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Print maker
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Clock-changing time, for daylight saving time
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Clock-changing time, for daylight saving time
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The cooking show contestant …
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The cooking show contestant …
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"___ bleu!"
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"___ bleu!"
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Draws out
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Draws out
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Currency exchange option
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Currency exchange option
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___ Questionnaire, character assessment that might ask "What is your idea of perfect happiness?"
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___ Questionnaire, character assessment that might ask "What is your idea of perfect happiness?"
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Plane prefix
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Plane prefix
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Big name in wings
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Big name in wings
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Words after break or shake
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The athlete in the locker room …
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"___ is never finished, only abandoned": Leonardo da Vinci
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"___ is never finished, only abandoned": Leonardo da Vinci
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Puts in order
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Puts in order
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New York City's mayor after de Blasio
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New York City's mayor after de Blasio
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Auction actions
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Auction actions
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Bag
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Bag
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Useless
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Useless
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Small lump
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Small lump
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Wash with a spray
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Wash with a spray
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Sneeze guard?
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Sneeze guard?
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___ acid
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And the up-and-coming trial judge …
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Red animal in the 2022 Pixar film "Turning Red"
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Red animal in the 2022 Pixar film "Turning Red"
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Home of the rides Frozen Ever After and Remy's Ratatouille Adventure
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Home of the rides Frozen Ever After and Remy's Ratatouille Adventure
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Big name in party cups
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"Peter Pan" pirate
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"Peter Pan" pirate
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Teenage torment
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Teenage torment
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Toots
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Toots
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"That's a big ___"
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"That's a big ___"
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Baking soda unit: Abbr.
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What many do during Ramadan and Yom Kippur
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Representative Omar
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Representative Omar
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"Suh-weet!"
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"Suh-weet!"
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Second- or third-stringer
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Second- or third-stringer
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Things that may be checked at the door, for short
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Handouts at some protests
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Handouts at some protests
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Former "Tonight Show" host
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Former "Tonight Show" host
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Econ subfield
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Econ subfield
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It's used to tune an orchestra
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It's used to tune an orchestra
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Money promises
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Money promises
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Gets fully depleted
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Gets fully depleted
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Football box score abbr.
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Football box score abbr.
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Print issue?
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Print issue?
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Best-selling Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie novel whose protagonist leaves Nigeria for a U.S. university
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Best-selling Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie novel whose protagonist leaves Nigeria for a U.S. university
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"Hang loose" hand gesture
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"Hang loose" hand gesture
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Avid assent in Acapulco
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Avid assent in Acapulco
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Goes (for)
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Goes (for)
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High-end countertop choice
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High-end countertop choice
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Communicate with, in a way
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Communicate with, in a way
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Silicon Valley exec
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Silicon Valley exec
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Drew away
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Drew away
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Savory rice cake of southern India
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Savory rice cake of southern India
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Chime in
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Chime in
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"That feels good!"
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"That feels good!"
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One-named collaborator with Missy Elliott on "1, 2 Step" and "Lose Control"
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One-named collaborator with Missy Elliott on "1, 2 Step" and "Lose Control"
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Teenage torment
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Teenage torment
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Penne ___ vodka
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Penne ___ vodka
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Tough
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Tough
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Clearly stunned
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Clearly stunned
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Audited a class, perhaps
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Audited a class, perhaps
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Edible piece from a pomegranate
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Edible piece from a pomegranate
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Suddenly say "I don't" to, say
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Suddenly say "I don't" to, say
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Push
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Push
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Auditing guideline
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Auditing guideline
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Dr. Ruth's field
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Dr. Ruth's field
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Where Wells Fargo got its start
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Where Wells Fargo got its start
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Delicacy with kabayaki sauce
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Delicacy with kabayaki sauce
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47-Down experts, for short
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47-Down experts, for short
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Home of Wheeler Army Airfield
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Home of Wheeler Army Airfield
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Phillipa of Broadway's "Hamilton"
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Phillipa of Broadway's "Hamilton"
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What comes before the night before Christmas?
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What comes before the night before Christmas?
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Half: Prefix
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Half: Prefix
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Dreidel, e.g.
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Dreidel, e.g.
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Times of one's life: Abbr.
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Times of one's life: Abbr.
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Medicare section that covers prescription drugs
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Medicare section that covers prescription drugs
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Francophile's love
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Francophile's love
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Like some old-money Americans
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Like some old-money Americans
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Some sources of old money
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Some sources of old money
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Loses layers
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Loses layers
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Grammy-nominated Amos
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"___ out?" (question to a pet)
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"___ out?" (question to a pet)
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Bankrupt, say
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Bankrupt, say
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Destination for a "Treat yourself" day
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Opera highlight
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Opera highlight
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Wearing down
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Wearing down
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Part of PRNDL
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Part of PRNDL
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How March may be written
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How March may be written
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Syd tha ___, onetime hip-hop moniker
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Some fall weather attire
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Some fall weather attire
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___ pants
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___ pants
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Musical skill
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Musical skill
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Fit
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Fit
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They must be avoided at all times
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They must be avoided at all times
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Welcome, with "in"
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Welcome, with "in"
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Ice cream treat
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Ice cream treat
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Fits, as matryoshka dolls
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Fits, as matryoshka dolls
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Big inits. in home security
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Big inits. in home security
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Nightmarish address, for short
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Nightmarish address, for short
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Slangy thing that may be "dropped" in a serious relationship
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Slangy thing that may be "dropped" in a serious relationship
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Sweat spots
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Sweat spots
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Spot for Golden State estates
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Spot for Golden State estates
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U.N. member classified as a sultanate
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U.N. member classified as a sultanate
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In times past
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In times past
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Subway map dot
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Subway map dot
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"No way!"
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"No way!"
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Mourn, maybe
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Mourn, maybe
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It's designed to catch bugs
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It's designed to catch bugs
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Doin' just fine
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