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New York Times: Sunday, December 17, 2023
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, December 17, 2023 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Jeremy Newton
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Delights
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Delights
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Seesaw-powered vehicle on railroad tracks
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Seesaw-powered vehicle on railroad tracks
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They may be wireless
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They may be wireless
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Mass approvals
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Mass approvals
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Bay Area start-up mecca
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Bay Area start-up mecca
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Powered (by)
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Powered (by)
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Where Lords Byron and Tennyson studied
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Where Lords Byron and Tennyson studied
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Site of a claw machine
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Site of a claw machine
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Private meeting
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Private meeting
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Add, as cilantro to guacamole
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Add, as cilantro to guacamole
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"___ of course!"
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"___ of course!"
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Alternative to Google
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Alternative to Google
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Failed web venture, in slang
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Failed web venture, in slang
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Previously, in poetry
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Previously, in poetry
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Biggest club in Vegas?
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Biggest club in Vegas?
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Flabbergast
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Flabbergast
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Real dump
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Real dump
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Features of Russian Orthodox churches
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Features of Russian Orthodox churches
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Trekker to Mecca
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Trekker to Mecca
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Org. that employed W.W. II-era Donald Duck as a spokesperson
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Org. that employed W.W. II-era Donald Duck as a spokesperson
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Murals or graffiti, e.g.
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Murals or graffiti, e.g.
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How one might sing an R&B ballad
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How one might sing an R&B ballad
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It might make your hair stand on end
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It might make your hair stand on end
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Whales swim in them
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Whales swim in them
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Declaration upon arrival
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Declaration upon arrival
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Mormon Church inits.
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Mormon Church inits.
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Sensational reading material
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Sensational reading material
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___-repeated
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___-repeated
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Longstanding rivalries
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Longstanding rivalries
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Stir up
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Stir up
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Expansive
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Expansive
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Recreational ___
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Recreational ___
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1937 Steinbeck novella
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1937 Steinbeck novella
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Pedicure target
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Pedicure target
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Count on one hand?
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Count on one hand?
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Airer of the morning show "Get Up"
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Airer of the morning show "Get Up"
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Do the bare minimum
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Do the bare minimum
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Olive in old comics
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Olive in old comics
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"You!?," whimsically
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"You!?," whimsically
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Former M.L.B. left-handed pitchers Jackson and Leiter
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Former M.L.B. left-handed pitchers Jackson and Leiter
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Like the moon in a solar eclipse
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Like the moon in a solar eclipse
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Malicious Mr. of fiction
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Malicious Mr. of fiction
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A regular in Italian clubs?
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2002 hit song for No Doubt
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2002 hit song for No Doubt
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Cry for a spell?
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Cry for a spell?
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Angsty and brooding
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Angsty and brooding
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Significant piece
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Significant piece
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In the heart of, poetically
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In the heart of, poetically
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Due ÷ due
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Due ÷ due
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Fast-food chain with a sunrise in its logo
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Fast-food chain with a sunrise in its logo
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Call in a ring, for short
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Call in a ring, for short
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Dweller in a tree hollow
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Dweller in a tree hollow
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Obnoxiously fratty sort
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Obnoxiously fratty sort
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"Allow me to demonstrate?"
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"Allow me to demonstrate?"
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Be an ambassador for, in brief
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Be an ambassador for, in brief
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"It all makes sense now"
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"It all makes sense now"
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Like some economies and moisturizers
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Like some economies and moisturizers
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Left-wing protest group
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Left-wing protest group
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Past disagreements that are no longer of concern ... or each block of shaded squares in this puzzle?
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Past disagreements that are no longer of concern ... or each block of shaded squares in this puzzle?
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Don't give up on
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Don't give up on
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How ancient mariners relied on the stars
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How ancient mariners relied on the stars
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Actress Witherspoon
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Actress Witherspoon
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Sport
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Sport
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Apt word spelled from this puzzle's "covered" letters, top to bottom
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Apt word spelled from this puzzle's "covered" letters, top to bottom
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Office monitor, in brief
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Son of Isaac
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Son of Isaac
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Citizen neighboring 3-Down
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Citizen neighboring 3-Down
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Nation across the Bab el-Mandeb Strait from Djibouti
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Nation across the Bab el-Mandeb Strait from Djibouti
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Make out, in London
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Make out, in London
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Must
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Must
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Drink from the tap?
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Drink from the tap?
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Negative connector
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Negative connector
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They often need new suits for work, for short
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They often need new suits for work, for short
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Move up
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Move up
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"___ girl!"
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"___ girl!"
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"Succession" TV family
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"Succession" TV family
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Left jobs on bad terms, say
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Left jobs on bad terms, say
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Remote button
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Remote button
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Home of the Rosa Parks Museum
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Home of the Rosa Parks Museum
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Siren, for one
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Siren, for one
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Space heater?
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Space heater?
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Alternative to a cab
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Alternative to a cab
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"Sounds reasonable"
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"Sounds reasonable"
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Abominate
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Abominate
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Go-aheads
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Go-aheads
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"Hi there, friend"
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"Hi there, friend"
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Practices diplomacy
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Practices diplomacy
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How Reubens are made
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How Reubens are made
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O.R. V.I.P.s
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O.R. V.I.P.s
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Suffer
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Suffer
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Put together
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Put together
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Fad figurine with colorful unkempt hair
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Fad figurine with colorful unkempt hair
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What takes a toll?
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What takes a toll?
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Chooses sidewalk over subway, say
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Chooses sidewalk over subway, say
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Long story short?
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Long story short?
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Au ___ (menu phrase)
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Au ___ (menu phrase)
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Dum-dum
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Dum-dum
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Life partner
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Life partner
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It's a lot for a lord to manage
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It's a lot for a lord to manage
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"I mean ... uh ... it's just ..."
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"I mean ... uh ... it's just ..."
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Don Juan
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Don Juan
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Adler who outwitted Sherlock Holmes
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Adler who outwitted Sherlock Holmes
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Worn ___ frazzle
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Worn ___ frazzle
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"Go ahead and decide"
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"Go ahead and decide"
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Co-star of "Airplane!" and "Hot Shots!"
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Co-star of "Airplane!" and "Hot Shots!"
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Left quickly, with "out"
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Left quickly, with "out"
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"The Crown" actress Claire
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"The Crown" actress Claire
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How some Cajuns converse
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How some Cajuns converse
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Crumb lugger
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Crumb lugger
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Required E.M.T. skill
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Required E.M.T. skill
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Much of it is junk
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Much of it is junk
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"Cómo ___ usted?"
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"Cómo ___ usted?"
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Mastodons' defenses
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Mastodons' defenses
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Taking after
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Taking after
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Lapis ___, blue gem pulverized for paint during the Renaissance
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"Arabian Nights" prince
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"Arabian Nights" prince
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1950s school dance
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1950s school dance
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Over the line, so to speak
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Over the line, so to speak
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Texter's "To me ..."
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Texter's "To me ..."
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Sludge
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Sludge
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Operator of the Texas Eagle and Southwest Chief
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Operator of the Texas Eagle and Southwest Chief
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Perfectly refurbished
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Perfectly refurbished
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Rescue dog, e.g.
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Rescue dog, e.g.
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School email ender
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School email ender
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Some low-risk government issues, informally
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Some low-risk government issues, informally
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Take for ___ (bamboozle)
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Take for ___ (bamboozle)
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Natalie with 12 Top 40 hits
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Natalie with 12 Top 40 hits
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"Are you serious?!"
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"Are you serious?!"
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Unlink from a social media post, say
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Unlink from a social media post, say
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California's San ___ County
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California's San ___ County
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Barbecue leftovers
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Barbecue leftovers
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"Hoo-boy!"
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"Hoo-boy!"
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Brainstorm
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Brainstorm
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Lowly deckhand
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Lowly deckhand
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What one star may mean
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[shiver]
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[shiver]
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Bitter brew, in brief
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Bitter brew, in brief
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Cause of a swollen head
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Cause of a swollen head
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Air ... or chair
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Air ... or chair
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Illegal car maneuver, often
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