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New York Times: Sunday, October 8, 2023
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, October 8, 2023 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Sid Sivakumar
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Some coffee shop orders
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Some coffee shop orders
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Bean plant harvested for its sweet pulp
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Bean plant harvested for its sweet pulp
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Goes all over
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Goes all over
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Magazine "filler"
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Magazine "filler"
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Bit of rainy-day footwear
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Bit of rainy-day footwear
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Like a bunny slope vis-à-vis a black diamond run
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Like a bunny slope vis-à-vis a black diamond run
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State whose last four letters are the first four letters of its capital
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State whose last four letters are the first four letters of its capital
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Auto washing aid
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Auto washing aid
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One of three spaces on a Monopoly board
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One of three spaces on a Monopoly board
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Special moment exemplified by 24-Across
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Special moment exemplified by 24-Across
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Soft mineral
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Soft mineral
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A real head-turner?
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A real head-turner?
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Self-examining question
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Self-examining question
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The Wright stuff?
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The Wright stuff?
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Air travel option exemplified by 34-Across
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Air travel option exemplified by 34-Across
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Gets the picture
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Gets the picture
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Do over, as a bathroom floor
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Do over, as a bathroom floor
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Cried out in pain
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Cried out in pain
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Bundle
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Bundle
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Hunk
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Hunk
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Animals with tusks
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Animals with tusks
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Prefix with -lithic
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Band whose original members were Joey, Johnny, Tommy and Dee Dee
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Band whose original members were Joey, Johnny, Tommy and Dee Dee
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This and that
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This and that
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Baking aisle purchase exemplified by 56-Across
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Baking aisle purchase exemplified by 56-Across
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Windshield setting
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Windshield setting
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Wrap (up)
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Wrap (up)
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Floral adornment
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Floral adornment
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What's the holdup?
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Do a restaurant job
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Do a restaurant job
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Containers
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Containers
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Thanksgiving table sights exemplified by 68-Across
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Thanksgiving table sights exemplified by 68-Across
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Arrival
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Arrival
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Lots of land
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Lots of land
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"In the ___ days …"
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"In the ___ days …"
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Blanches
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Blanches
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Subjects of some political scandals
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Subjects of some political scandals
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Director Sam
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Director Sam
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Muchachas
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Muchachas
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Clumsy
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Clumsy
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Sister-to-be, say
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Sister-to-be, say
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Agreement exemplified by 88-Across
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Agreement exemplified by 88-Across
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Milieu for much Top 40 music
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Milieu for much Top 40 music
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Talk and talk
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Talk and talk
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Spoils of a shopping spree
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Spoils of a shopping spree
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"Breaking Bad" role
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"Breaking Bad" role
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Interesting person ... or what's included, phonetically, five times in this puzzle
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Interesting person ... or what's included, phonetically, five times in this puzzle
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Oil-rich peninsula
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Oil-rich peninsula
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Short-story collection that raised early questions on machine ethics
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Short-story collection that raised early questions on machine ethics
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Pro tennis period since 1968
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Pro tennis period since 1968
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Yahtzee action
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Yahtzee action
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Cubes, e.g.
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Cubes, e.g.
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Film enthusiast's creative reinterpretation
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Film enthusiast's creative reinterpretation
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Football star ___ Beckham Jr.
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Football star ___ Beckham Jr.
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Doofuses
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Doofuses
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"Sup, man!"
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"Sup, man!"
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Big D pro
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Big D pro
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"___ to a Koala Bear" (Paul McCartney song)
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"___ to a Koala Bear" (Paul McCartney song)
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Skill practiced on a manikin, for short
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Skill practiced on a manikin, for short
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Limelight hog
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Limelight hog
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Very eager
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Very eager
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Title with a tilde
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Title with a tilde
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Port city in Normandy
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Port city in Normandy
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The "A" of S.A.T.B.
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The "A" of S.A.T.B.
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Nasdaq listing
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Nasdaq listing
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Urgently
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Urgently
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"Abso-freakin'-lutely!"
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"Abso-freakin'-lutely!"
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Fix
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Fix
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Home to the Reef Runway, the first major airport runway built completely offshore
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Home to the Reef Runway, the first major airport runway built completely offshore
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Middle of many similes
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Middle of many similes
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Small
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Small
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Side splitting?
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Side splitting?
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Florida university named after a pope, for short
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Florida university named after a pope, for short
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Journalist Ifill
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Journalist Ifill
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Spanish chess piece
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Spanish chess piece
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Ruckus
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Ruckus
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Spawn in water
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Spawn in water
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Many discussion section leaders, in brief
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Many discussion section leaders, in brief
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Latin greeting
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Latin greeting
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Stays inconspicuous
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Stays inconspicuous
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Protein source in vegan cheese
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Protein source in vegan cheese
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Attach, as ribbons
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Attach, as ribbons
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Certain chemical reaction
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Certain chemical reaction
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Its academic year consists of three terms called "halves"
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Its academic year consists of three terms called "halves"
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Enjoyed a fancy meal
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Enjoyed a fancy meal
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"Für ___"
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"Für ___"
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Parts of many oak leaves
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Parts of many oak leaves
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"You can't make me!"
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"You can't make me!"
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Content
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Content
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What's-___-name
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What's-___-name
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Football stat, in brief
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Football stat, in brief
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"Oppenheimer" actor Malek
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"Oppenheimer" actor Malek
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Most open
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Most open
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"NewsHour" airer
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"NewsHour" airer
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Verb that sounds like a letter
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Verb that sounds like a letter
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Pen pal from Paris, perhaps
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Pen pal from Paris, perhaps
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Not as likely to run away
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Not as likely to run away
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Sluggish
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Sluggish
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Danish shoe designer Jacobsen
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Danish shoe designer Jacobsen
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Tire
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Tire
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"Wouldn't do that if I were you"
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"Wouldn't do that if I were you"
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Great Basin people
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Great Basin people
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Fig. created by F.D.R.'s New Deal
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Fig. created by F.D.R.'s New Deal
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Sweater style
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Sweater style
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Many a homework assignment
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Many a homework assignment
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2022 Super Bowl champ, informally
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2022 Super Bowl champ, informally
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Speculative genre
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Speculative genre
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Honkers
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Honkers
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Hardly careful
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Hardly careful
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Sees red
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Sees red
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Ancient inhabitants of modern-day Tabasco
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Ancient inhabitants of modern-day Tabasco
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"Havana" co-star Lena
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Stat for a cleanup hitter
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Stat for a cleanup hitter
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"Angel dust"
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"Angel dust"
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Tuna variety
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Tuna variety
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Librarian's offering
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Librarian's offering
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iPhone charger?
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iPhone charger?
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Game in which one player tries to glean information from the other players without being caught
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Game in which one player tries to glean information from the other players without being caught
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Serengeti grazer
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Serengeti grazer
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Fish whose blood is poisonous to humans
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Fish whose blood is poisonous to humans
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Author Santha Rama ___
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Author Santha Rama ___
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"Super" group
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"Super" group
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Lacking
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Lacking
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Varieties of roles, metaphorically
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Varieties of roles, metaphorically
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Word with cable or company
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Stackable treat
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Stackable treat
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Shortening in the kitchen
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Shortening in the kitchen
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It has 45 keys
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It has 45 keys
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Small stream
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Small stream
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Boast
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Boast
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Festival whose celebrants throw multihued powders
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Festival whose celebrants throw multihued powders
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Somewhat
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Somewhat
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Connectors in K'Nex
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Connectors in K'Nex
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Home makeover, informally
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Home makeover, informally
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TV patriarch Stark
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TV patriarch Stark
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End of some student accounts
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End of some student accounts
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Purge
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Purge
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Snacked on
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Snacked on
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