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New York Times: Sunday, April 9, 2023
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, April 9, 2023 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
John Ewbank
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Precision woodworking tool
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Precision woodworking tool
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When repeated, a 1999 #1 Santana hit
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When repeated, a 1999 #1 Santana hit
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Passionate
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Passionate
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Ingredient in a Caesar salad
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Ingredient in a Caesar salad
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A tick or a tock
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A tick or a tock
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Highly luminous galactic object
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Highly luminous galactic object
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*"Let's stick with what we've got …"
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*"Let's stick with what we've got …"
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Dissimilar to
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Dissimilar to
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Trivia lover, maybe
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Trivia lover, maybe
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Blockhead
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Blockhead
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SkyMiles offerer
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SkyMiles offerer
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Pulitzer winner James
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Pulitzer winner James
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Modern dance pioneer Duncan
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Modern dance pioneer Duncan
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*"How clever we both are ..."
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*"How clever we both are ..."
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Spice grinder
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Spice grinder
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Locale of Hephaestus' forge, in mythology
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Locale of Hephaestus' forge, in mythology
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Jessica of "The Illusionist"
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Jessica of "The Illusionist"
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Writer/humorist Frazier
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Writer/humorist Frazier
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"What a pity!"
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"What a pity!"
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A butterfly flying into your home is a good one, some say
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A butterfly flying into your home is a good one, some say
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They may be yawning
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They may be yawning
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*"Look who it is ..."
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*"Look who it is ..."
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Ground grain
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Ground grain
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Road hog?
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Road hog?
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Kind of cable, for short
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Kind of cable, for short
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Twitter boss Musk
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Twitter boss Musk
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Target of tetracycline
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Target of tetracycline
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"Little" car of song that's "really lookin' fine"
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"Little" car of song that's "really lookin' fine"
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Orion's belt points to it
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Orion's belt points to it
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Groovy
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Groovy
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Chew out
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Chew out
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*"Timid types shouldn't be here ..."
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*"Timid types shouldn't be here ..."
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Spot for a tat
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Spot for a tat
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Male turkey
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Male turkey
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Obsolescent circus workers
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Obsolescent circus workers
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Fate
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Fate
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Carpenter's tool
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Carpenter's tool
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Goes up and down
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Goes up and down
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Honey
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Honey
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Hardly tiptoes
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Hardly tiptoes
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Classic Memphis-based record label
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Classic Memphis-based record label
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*"Looks can be deceiving ..."
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*"Looks can be deceiving ..."
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From A to Z, maybe
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From A to Z, maybe
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Pants, slangily
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Pants, slangily
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Except
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Except
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Palindromic prefix
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Palindromic prefix
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Director Kazan
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Director Kazan
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100
Something a beanie lacks
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Something a beanie lacks
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103
Parody
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Parody
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*"Well, if the locals are doing it ..."
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*"Well, if the locals are doing it ..."
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Tammy who sang "Stand by Your Man"
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Tammy who sang "Stand by Your Man"
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Occupied
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Occupied
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113
Greek word meaning "character"
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Greek word meaning "character"
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See 111-Down
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Where there's smoke
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Where there's smoke
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119
Gather, as volunteers
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Gather, as volunteers
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121
"Etc., etc." … or a statement about answers to this puzzle's starred clues?
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"Etc., etc." … or a statement about answers to this puzzle's starred clues?
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125
Commonly contracted two-word phrase
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125
Commonly contracted two-word phrase
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126
Why you might run out
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Why you might run out
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127
Makes gassy
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Makes gassy
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128
Get goose bumps, say
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Get goose bumps, say
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129
"Ciao!"
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"Ciao!"
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130
Popular papal name
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Popular papal name
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Nickname that drops -ces
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Nickname that drops -ces
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Very formal, or very informal, garment
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Very formal, or very informal, garment
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Royal title
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Royal title
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The time machine on "Doctor Who"
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The time machine on "Doctor Who"
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"Toy Story" antagonist
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"Toy Story" antagonist
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What makes creamer creamier?
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What makes creamer creamier?
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What Beethoven did in his 30s and 40s
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What Beethoven did in his 30s and 40s
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Use as a rendezvous point
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Use as a rendezvous point
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Essen exclamation
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Essen exclamation
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What an "@" might signify
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What an "@" might signify
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Word with ear or peace
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Word with ear or peace
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Confuse
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Confuse
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Like swimming and surfing
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Like swimming and surfing
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It's worth one point in cricket
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It's worth one point in cricket
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With Desmond Tutu, co-author of the 2016 best seller "The Book of Joy"
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With Desmond Tutu, co-author of the 2016 best seller "The Book of Joy"
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Complete, as a .pdf contract
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Complete, as a .pdf contract
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Au naturel
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Au naturel
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Canopy makeup
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Canopy makeup
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British draft horse
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British draft horse
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English dos
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English dos
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Four to five spaces, typically
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Four to five spaces, typically
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Police operation requiring patience
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Police operation requiring patience
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Rose gold, e.g.
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Rose gold, e.g.
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"It's ... OK"
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"It's ... OK"
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Family member that's also a letter in the NATO alphabet
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Family member that's also a letter in the NATO alphabet
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One charged with climate policy
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One charged with climate policy
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Go-ahead
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Go-ahead
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Sorta
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Sorta
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Deck treatment
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Deck treatment
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"Who's That Girl?" rapper
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"Who's That Girl?" rapper
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It's nothing
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It's nothing
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Where a grilled cheese can be found at McDonald's
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Where a grilled cheese can be found at McDonald's
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Suffix for a fad
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Suffix for a fad
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Was out
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Was out
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Choir voice
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Choir voice
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Smart
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Smart
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Have a life
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Have a life
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Sends high into the sky
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Sends high into the sky
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"I don't think so"
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"I don't think so"
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Its largest islands are Savai'i and Upolu
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Its largest islands are Savai'i and Upolu
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The Jazz, on scoreboards
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The Jazz, on scoreboards
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Carnival dance
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Carnival dance
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Glamping option named for its shape
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Glamping option named for its shape
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"No bid"
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"No bid"
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Gave, as nourishment
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Gave, as nourishment
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Male swan
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Male swan
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Shipshape
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Shipshape
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Bottom of the barrel
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Bottom of the barrel
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Knee-slapper
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Knee-slapper
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Like many suitcase handles
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Like many suitcase handles
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Club relative
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Club relative
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Canon offering, in brief
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Canon offering, in brief
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Spotted nocturnal mammal
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Spotted nocturnal mammal
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Play thing?
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Play thing?
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Bit of redacted info, for short
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Bit of redacted info, for short
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Indubitably
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Indubitably
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"Ben-___"
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"Ben-___"
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A little light combat?
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A little light combat?
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93
___ Lilly & Co.
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___ Lilly & Co.
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Breakfast nook
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Breakfast nook
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"Have you heard about batik? It's a dyeing ___" (groaner)
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"Have you heard about batik? It's a dyeing ___" (groaner)
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Childish plea
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Childish plea
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"Holy smokes!"
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"Holy smokes!"
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104
Do some maintenance on, as a PC's disk
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Do some maintenance on, as a PC's disk
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105
Resource in the game Catan
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Resource in the game Catan
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106
French name that is an anagram of a German river
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106
French name that is an anagram of a German river
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107
Pompeo of "Grey's Anatomy"
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Pompeo of "Grey's Anatomy"
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108
"Now I remember!"
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"Now I remember!"
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109
Poet Marianne
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Poet Marianne
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111
With 114-Across, crystal collector, perhaps
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With 114-Across, crystal collector, perhaps
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Mother of Apollo and Artemis
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Mother of Apollo and Artemis
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Account holder, e.g.
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Account holder, e.g.
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Popular online marketplace
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Popular online marketplace
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Day on Mars
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Day on Mars
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122
Either of two lead characters in "Kiss Me, Kate"
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Either of two lead characters in "Kiss Me, Kate"
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123
Homophone of 90-Down
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Homophone of 90-Down
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Poetic palindrome
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Poetic palindrome
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