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New York Times: Sunday, April 16, 2023
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, April 16, 2023 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Mike Hobin
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Inundates with messages
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Starting from
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Starting from
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Farm male
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Farm male
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Slip
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Slip
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Word spelled starting with an alif in Arabic
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Word spelled starting with an alif in Arabic
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Style of Chicago's NBC Tower, informally
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Style of Chicago's NBC Tower, informally
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Traditional wisdom
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Traditional wisdom
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Fine woodworking detail
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Fine woodworking detail
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Blender button
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Blender button
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Lottery prize?
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Lottery prize?
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Deception, metaphorically
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Deception, metaphorically
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Cambridgeshire's historic ___ Hall
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Cambridgeshire's historic ___ Hall
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They were once advertised with the slogan "Polly wants a cracker?"
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They were once advertised with the slogan "Polly wants a cracker?"
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Painted 25% of the house?
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Painted 25% of the house?
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"Eww, yuck!"
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"Eww, yuck!"
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It's a snap
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It's a snap
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768 parts of a gal.
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768 parts of a gal.
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Lacking in vitality
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Lacking in vitality
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Heavy cookware item
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Heavy cookware item
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Dancer's boss
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Dancer's boss
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Cruet contents
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Cruet contents
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Hogwash
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Hogwash
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Obama's first chief of staff
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Obama's first chief of staff
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Make one's long story overly short?
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Make one's long story overly short?
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Canner's purchase
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Canner's purchase
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Dog owner's hope … or a cat owner's pipe dream?
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Dog owner's hope … or a cat owner's pipe dream?
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Regulator of e-cigarettes, for short
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Regulator of e-cigarettes, for short
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Butter maker
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Butter maker
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Trees whose wood is used for model airplanes
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Trees whose wood is used for model airplanes
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One of Randall's daughters on "This Is Us"
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One of Randall's daughters on "This Is Us"
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Just the refreshments, not the viewing?
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Just the refreshments, not the viewing?
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Ode to reparation for sin?
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Ode to reparation for sin?
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Hunt out
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Hunt out
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Really into
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Really into
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Tic-tac-toe sides
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Tic-tac-toe sides
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Went unused
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Went unused
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Make easier to tear, in a way
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Make easier to tear, in a way
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One of twenty-five in this clue
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One of twenty-five in this clue
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One darling percussion instrument?
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One darling percussion instrument?
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Sage
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Sage
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Work with a pick and an ax?
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Work with a pick and an ax?
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Apt name for a worrywart
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Apt name for a worrywart
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Off-white shade
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Off-white shade
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"Gangnam Style" rapper
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"Gangnam Style" rapper
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Track star?
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Track star?
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Giant things in the 1954 sci-fi film "Them!"
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Giant things in the 1954 sci-fi film "Them!"
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Taunts
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Taunts
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Kind of exam
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Kind of exam
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Where stealth is found in the dictionary?
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Where stealth is found in the dictionary?
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Looking blue
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Looking blue
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Shoelace tip
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Shoelace tip
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Goes to town on
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Goes to town on
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Successfully used Rogaine?
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Successfully used Rogaine?
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Legendary figures
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Legendary figures
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2020 movie lead-in to "land"
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2020 movie lead-in to "land"
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The "a" of a.m.
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The "a" of a.m.
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The "E" of HOMES
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The "E" of HOMES
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Drum also known as a tumbadora
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Drum also known as a tumbadora
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Lawsuit filers
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Lawsuit filers
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Get into a computer's memory
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Get into a computer's memory
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"___ Blue"
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"___ Blue"
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Word with word or jar
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Word with word or jar
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Drains
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Drains
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Vertically level
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Vertically level
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"It's ___ nothing"
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"It's ___ nothing"
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Protect oneself against Covid, say
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Protect oneself against Covid, say
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Expression of exasperation
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Expression of exasperation
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___ Limón, first Latina poet laureate of the U.S.
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___ Limón, first Latina poet laureate of the U.S.
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Like clothing patches
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Like clothing patches
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City west of Daytona Beach
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City west of Daytona Beach
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Kids' creations from sofa cushions
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Kids' creations from sofa cushions
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Lightheaded sorts?
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Lightheaded sorts?
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[Man, that hurts!]
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[Man, that hurts!]
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Creative writing and industrial design, for two
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Creative writing and industrial design, for two
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Restorative process
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Restorative process
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Hear
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Hear
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Flawed but relatable protagonist
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Flawed but relatable protagonist
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"___ ahead" (redundant advice)
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"___ ahead" (redundant advice)
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Fill
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Fill
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Most spiders have eight of them
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Most spiders have eight of them
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Egging-on phrase
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Egging-on phrase
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"First Lady of Song," familiarly
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"First Lady of Song," familiarly
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Pulls a fast one on
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Pulls a fast one on
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And others: Abbr.
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And others: Abbr.
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Classical form of poetry
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Classical form of poetry
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Symptom
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Symptom
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Tee off
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Tee off
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Product used with a stylus
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Product used with a stylus
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Actor Michael
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Actor Michael
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Raquel of "Fantastic Voyage"
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Raquel of "Fantastic Voyage"
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Hold 'em variation
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Hold 'em variation
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World capital located more than a mile above sea level
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World capital located more than a mile above sea level
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Reserve for later … or something to reserve
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Reserve for later … or something to reserve
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Fivers
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Fivers
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Class speaker
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Class speaker
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Weakens, in video game lingo
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Weakens, in video game lingo
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Arm bones
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Arm bones
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Nutrition fig.
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Nutrition fig.
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"___ for Innocent" (Sue Grafton novel)
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"___ for Innocent" (Sue Grafton novel)
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Many an Olympic gold medalist in gymnastics
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Many an Olympic gold medalist in gymnastics
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Sturdy flooring material
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Sturdy flooring material
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The Keebler elves, e.g.
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The Keebler elves, e.g.
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Makes more attractive, with "up"
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Makes more attractive, with "up"
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Flood
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Flood
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Shed some tears
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Shed some tears
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Fairy tale ending?
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Fairy tale ending?
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Hoof, in part
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Hoof, in part
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Ranked #1
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Ranked #1
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Utopias
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Utopias
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Amsterdam of "The Dick Van Dyke Show"
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Amsterdam of "The Dick Van Dyke Show"
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Affectionate sobriquet
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Affectionate sobriquet
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Many a URL ending
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Many a URL ending
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Common deodorant ingredient
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Common deodorant ingredient
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Freshness
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Freshness
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When the curtains open
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When the curtains open
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Time to go
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Time to go
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The Beatles' "Lovely ___"
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The Beatles' "Lovely ___"
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Animal life
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Animal life
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An arm and a leg
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An arm and a leg
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Back-and-forth struggle
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Back-and-forth struggle
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Rare finds in Minecraft
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Rare finds in Minecraft
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Ragamuffin
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Ragamuffin
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Narcissist's indulgence
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Narcissist's indulgence
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Salacious
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Salacious
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Unfrozen
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Unfrozen
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Genesis creator
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Genesis creator
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Branch of philosophy
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Branch of philosophy
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Manatee
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Manatee
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Rightful
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Rightful
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Muesli brand
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Muesli brand
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Affectionate sobriquet
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Affectionate sobriquet
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In sync
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In sync
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Japanese graphic novel style
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Japanese graphic novel style
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Nine-digit IDs
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Nine-digit IDs
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M.L.B. family name
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M.L.B. family name
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Cupola relative
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Cupola relative
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Early Bond villain
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Early Bond villain
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Old imperial title
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Old imperial title
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Itinerary initials
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Itinerary initials
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Excellent adventurer of film
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