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New York Times: Sunday, May 21, 2023
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, May 21, 2023 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Robert Ryan
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"It's not that simple"
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"It's not that simple"
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Kind of passage
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When Juliet drinks the potion
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When Juliet drinks the potion
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Race held annually in early March
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Race held annually in early March
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Computer expert, for short
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Computer expert, for short
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Reading can be found on it
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Reading can be found on it
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Bigamy, legally speakin'?
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Bigamy, legally speakin'?
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[I forgot the words ...]
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[I forgot the words ...]
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Eau so big?
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Eau so big?
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Stellar, as a pitching outing
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Stellar, as a pitching outing
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Pirate fodder, once
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Pirate fodder, once
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Right hand
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Right hand
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Joel's smuggling partner on HBO's "The Last of Us"
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Joel's smuggling partner on HBO's "The Last of Us"
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Creative types
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Creative types
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Where copy editors are workin'?
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Where copy editors are workin'?
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Beefeater, e.g.
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Beefeater, e.g.
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Certain legal guardian
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Certain legal guardian
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Shade
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Shade
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Pitch tents, say
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Pitch tents, say
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Auction unit
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Auction unit
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Loads
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Loads
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Heading on a balance sheet
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Heading on a balance sheet
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Classic Hasbro toy that debuted in 1964
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Classic Hasbro toy that debuted in 1964
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Lenovo competitor
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Lenovo competitor
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"Enjoyin' your meal?" or "I'll be servin' you today"?
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"Enjoyin' your meal?" or "I'll be servin' you today"?
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Super Bowl LVI winners
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Super Bowl LVI winners
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One can be empty or veiled
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One can be empty or veiled
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Spirit
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Spirit
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Brussels administrative official, informally
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Brussels administrative official, informally
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Oxford, e.g.
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Oxford, e.g.
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"___ is like a cat: It only comes to you if you ignore it": Gillian Flynn
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"___ is like a cat: It only comes to you if you ignore it": Gillian Flynn
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France before it was France
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France before it was France
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Animal that resembles a raccoon more than a bear, despite its name
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Animal that resembles a raccoon more than a bear, despite its name
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Opposite of da
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Opposite of da
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Spell out in Spanish?
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Spell out in Spanish?
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Crumbly cake topping
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Crumbly cake topping
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Reaction to the climax of a heartbreakin' movie?
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Reaction to the climax of a heartbreakin' movie?
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Equipment used to make "pizza slices" or "French fries"
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Equipment used to make "pizza slices" or "French fries"
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Church chorus
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Church chorus
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Styled like Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock
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Styled like Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock
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Sch. near the Getty Center
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Sch. near the Getty Center
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Cooper's raw material
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Cooper's raw material
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OutKast, e.g.
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OutKast, e.g.
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Gnaw (at)
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Gnaw (at)
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First-time offense, so to speak
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First-time offense, so to speak
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Concave bodily features
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Concave bodily features
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Statute regulatin' surrogacy?
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Statute regulatin' surrogacy?
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Big ___
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Big ___
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2022 horror sci-fi film co-starring Daniel Kaluuya
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2022 horror sci-fi film co-starring Daniel Kaluuya
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Item on a wish list
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Item on a wish list
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Japanese fried pork cutlet
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Japanese fried pork cutlet
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World capital closest to "Null Island" (0°N, 0°E)
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World capital closest to "Null Island" (0°N, 0°E)
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Before, poetically
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Before, poetically
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Cause of warming tropical seas
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Cause of warming tropical seas
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Financin' Broadway shows?
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Financin' Broadway shows?
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Seize an opportunity
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Seize an opportunity
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"Snowy" bird
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"Snowy" bird
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All shook up
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All shook up
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Stood (with)
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Stood (with)
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Hiding spot for a 124-Across
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Hiding spot for a 124-Across
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Fully
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Fully
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Sharp bark
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Product typically wrapped in paraffin wax
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Father
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Father
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Draw
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Draw
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Grams in the U.K.?
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Grams in the U.K.?
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Beats Electronics co-founder, familiarly
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Beats Electronics co-founder, familiarly
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Winter Olympics powerhouse: Abbr.
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Winter Olympics powerhouse: Abbr.
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Wednesday eponym
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Wednesday eponym
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Specialty segments
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Specialty segments
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Liable to be lost
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Liable to be lost
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Emits sparks, as a campfire
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Emits sparks, as a campfire
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Stick for a snowman, say
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Auto racing champion Sébastien
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Auto racing champion Sébastien
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Yet to be apprehended
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Yet to be apprehended
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Some protest activity
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Some protest activity
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Bubbles featurin' comic book dialogue?
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Bubbles featurin' comic book dialogue?
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Products with screens … or a homophone of a type of big screen
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Products with screens … or a homophone of a type of big screen
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South African grassland
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South African grassland
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Mouthing off
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Mouthing off
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"Gotcha"
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"Gotcha"
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Not of the cloth
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Not of the cloth
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Big-box store with a labyrinthine layout
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Blackmail ammunition
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Blackmail ammunition
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Furnish with an income
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Furnish with an income
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B equivalent
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B equivalent
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Booze
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Booze
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Acid-alcohol compound
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Acid-alcohol compound
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Entertainers Carvey and Delany
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Entertainers Carvey and Delany
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Fencing face-off
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Fencing face-off
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Fix, as a bow
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Fix, as a bow
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Sister channel of QVC
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Sister channel of QVC
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Cracked open
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Cracked open
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N.Y.C. gallery
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N.Y.C. gallery
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Irritating sort
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Irritating sort
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___ Gawande, best-selling author of "Being Mortal"
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___ Gawande, best-selling author of "Being Mortal"
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What's found at the end of "Citizen Kane"?
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What's found at the end of "Citizen Kane"?
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Comfy
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Comfy
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One tendin' to reply quickly?
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One tendin' to reply quickly?
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Android competitor
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Android competitor
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Georgian and Edwardian, for two
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Georgian and Edwardian, for two
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Comprehensive report?
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Comprehensive report?
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Shade
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Shade
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French agreement
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French agreement
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"The Simpsons" teacher Krabappel
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"The Simpsons" teacher Krabappel
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Regarded suspiciously
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Regarded suspiciously
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Cause of insomnia in a fairy tale
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Cause of insomnia in a fairy tale
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Surf sound
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Surf sound
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Grammy-nominated sister of Aretha
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Grammy-nominated sister of Aretha
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Yawning
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Yawning
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Something a P.S.A. lacks
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Something a P.S.A. lacks
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"Preach!"
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"Preach!"
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Vans Old ___ (classic sneaker)
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Vans Old ___ (classic sneaker)
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Heroine of Disney's "The Princess and the Frog"
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Heroine of Disney's "The Princess and the Frog"
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Hastily hung, maybe
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Hastily hung, maybe
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401(k) alternatives
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401(k) alternatives
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Word with "at home" or "at all"
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Word with "at home" or "at all"
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Mess (up)
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Mess (up)
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Annual indie festival
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Annual indie festival
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Bread an Italian grandmother might have made?
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Bread an Italian grandmother might have made?
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Similar (to)
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Similar (to)
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Like all animals in the genus Equus, uniquely
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Like all animals in the genus Equus, uniquely
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Sailor's rear
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Sailor's rear
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Diplomatic agreement
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Diplomatic agreement
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Form-al org.?
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Form-al org.?
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Ribbed
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Ribbed
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Some cross-references in a research paper, informally
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Some cross-references in a research paper, informally
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"___ it up!"
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"___ it up!"
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Preppy tops
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Preppy tops
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Listless feeling
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Listless feeling
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Pearl button coating
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Pearl button coating
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Very, informally
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Very, informally
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Marginally
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Marginally
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Set of sheets?
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Set of sheets?
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"Dónde ___ …?"
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"Dónde ___ …?"
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Carbon dating determination
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Carbon dating determination
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Game with "+2" and "+4" cards
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Game with "+2" and "+4" cards
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Held session, as a council
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Held session, as a council
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"More or less"
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"More or less"
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"Relations"
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"Relations"
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