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New York Times: Sunday, December 11, 2022
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, December 11, 2022 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Laura Taylor Kinnel
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Letting up
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Letting up
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35mm options
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Rotter
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Rotter
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What a cafeteria tray can be used as
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What a cafeteria tray can be used as
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Creative, as thinking
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Creative, as thinking
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Tug of war or capture the flag
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Le Pew of Looney Tunes
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Hypotenuse-finding formula
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Hypotenuse-finding formula
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Opposed to, in dialect
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Frost
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Frost
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Prefix with pronoun
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"No ifs, ___ or buts"
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"No ifs, ___ or buts"
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Asia's vanishing ___ Sea
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Ethereal glows
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Ethereal glows
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Young Henry V, to Falstaff
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Young Henry V, to Falstaff
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Eins + zwei
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A-lister
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A-lister
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Evening, informally
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Evening, informally
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Pharmaceutical pioneer Lilly
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Having an impeccable reputation, say
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Having an impeccable reputation, say
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One drinking soft drinks at a party, perhaps
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One drinking soft drinks at a party, perhaps
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"Le Bonheur de Vivre" painter
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"Le Bonheur de Vivre" painter
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"Dust Tracks __ Road" (Zora Neale Hurston memoir)
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"Dust Tracks __ Road" (Zora Neale Hurston memoir)
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Egg on
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Implement at a regatta
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Doesn't comply with
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A Kool-Aid flavor
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A Kool-Aid flavor
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Serve
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Serve
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Ham it up
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Ham it up
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Member of the fam
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Member of the fam
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Eliot's "___ Marner"
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Eliot's "___ Marner"
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Cause of class struggle?
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Cause of class struggle?
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Boor
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Boor
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Symbol of Irish heritage
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Symbol of Irish heritage
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Garnish on a Moscow mule
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Some young ladies abroad: Abbr.
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Some young ladies abroad: Abbr.
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Things frequently stolen
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Things frequently stolen
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Pierre ou Marie
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Pierre ou Marie
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Auditioners' goals
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Auditioners' goals
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Like some lips
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Common frequency for college classes
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Common frequency for college classes
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Bum
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Bum
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Non reversal?
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Non reversal?
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Langston Hughes classic
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Langston Hughes classic
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Insta blurb
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Invertebrate with a floral eponym
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"The Pink Panther" character
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"The Pink Panther" character
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Having successfully made it, slangily
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Having successfully made it, slangily
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Top-level foreign policy grp.
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Top-level foreign policy grp.
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Avant-garde
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Avant-garde
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___ de leche
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___ de leche
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Internet star Majimbo known for her comedy videos
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Prince, but not a princess
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Prince, but not a princess
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"Go jump in a lake!"
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"Go jump in a lake!"
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Oil alternative, in baking
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Oil alternative, in baking
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Durable furniture material
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Durable furniture material
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Texter's transition
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Texter's transition
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___ Antipova ("Doctor Zhivago" character)
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___ Antipova ("Doctor Zhivago" character)
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Gallic greeting
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Composer who studied under Joseph Haydn
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Composer who studied under Joseph Haydn
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Bit by a bit
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Tournament favorites
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Tournament favorites
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Group of tonal languages
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Group of tonal languages
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Day originally marked by a full moon in the early Roman calendar
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Day originally marked by a full moon in the early Roman calendar
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Hunk
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Hunk
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Like some forecasts and complexions
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Like some forecasts and complexions
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Wish otherwise
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Wish otherwise
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Leader of the pack
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Gulf Coast habitat
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Gulf Coast habitat
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Fragrant oil
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Fragrant oil
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Resident of the most populous city in western Asia
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Resident of the most populous city in western Asia
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Income source for some older folks, in brief
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Income source for some older folks, in brief
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Do more than nudge
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Day-___
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Day-___
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"Mean" Joe Greene, e.g.
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"Mean" Joe Greene, e.g.
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Simple shelter
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Simple shelter
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When doubled, overly enthusiastic
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Windshield annoyance
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Windshield annoyance
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Rapper with the 2018 #1 album "Invasion of Privacy"
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Rapper with the 2018 #1 album "Invasion of Privacy"
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Midwest college town
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Biden or Harris, for short
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Biden or Harris, for short
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One on a rack
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One on a rack
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"In witness whereof," "as hereinbefore mentioned," etc.
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"In witness whereof," "as hereinbefore mentioned," etc.
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Disorder from which Dostoyevsky and many characters in his novels suffered
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Disorder from which Dostoyevsky and many characters in his novels suffered
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Cozy spot
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Cozy spot
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Approach
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Approach
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Protein-mimicking molecule
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Protein-mimicking molecule
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Compound at a nail salon
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Compound at a nail salon
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Ink on a contract
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Ink on a contract
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Beats around the bush … or bushes
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Beats around the bush … or bushes
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Sublime soprano
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Sublime soprano
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Brings up, as a subject
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Brings up, as a subject
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39+ weeks, for a pregnancy
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39+ weeks, for a pregnancy
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Mane character in "The Wizard of Oz"?
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Mane character in "The Wizard of Oz"?
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Leaves out
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Leaves out
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Prefix with constriction
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Wedding cake supports
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Wedding cake supports
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Charm
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Charm
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Didn't participate
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Didn't participate
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Big cheese's place?
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Big cheese's place?
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Physicist Schrödinger
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Physicist Schrödinger
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Like carbon monoxide
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Like carbon monoxide
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James who sang "A Sunday Kind of Love"
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Like sumo wrestlers, medically speaking
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Like sumo wrestlers, medically speaking
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Single-handedly
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Single-handedly
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Adheres
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Adheres
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Blackthorn fruit
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Blackthorn fruit
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Shiny top
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Shiny top
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Voting rights matriarch ___ Boynton Robinson
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Voting rights matriarch ___ Boynton Robinson
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"Who, me?" response
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"Who, me?" response
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Deceived, in a way
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Deceived, in a way
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Like one who's seen a ghost
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Like one who's seen a ghost
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In a few words
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In a few words
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Hand warmer
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Hand warmer
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Post-merger overhauls, informally
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Digital digest with the motto "Cure ignorance"
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Digital digest with the motto "Cure ignorance"
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Tastes
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Tastes
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Something to knock on
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Something to knock on
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Remunerated
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Remunerated
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Made invalid
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Made invalid
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Prevaricate
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Prevaricate
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Preceders of pis
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Preceders of pis
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Pres. Carter's alma mater
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Pres. Carter's alma mater
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Post-merger acquisitions?
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Cloud nine feeling
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Cloud nine feeling
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Swirling storm
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Swirling storm
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Essential
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Essential
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Many a Winter Olympian
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Many a Winter Olympian
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___ goal (soccer blunder)
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Cousin of a crow
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Childish retort
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Painter Édouard often confused with painter Claude
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Painter Édouard often confused with painter Claude
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Fancy Feast flavor
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Fancy Feast flavor
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Some boxers
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Some boxers
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Name found in "Variety"
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Name found in "Variety"
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Setting for simmering
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Setting for simmering
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Onetime auto make with the Metro and Prizm models
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Onetime auto make with the Metro and Prizm models
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Stately shade tree
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Stately shade tree
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Howe'er
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Howe'er
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Ball-and-socket joint
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