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New York Times: Sunday, May 12, 2024
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, May 12, 2024 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Author:
Avery Gee Katz
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Depicts unfairly
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Monitor
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Monitor
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Fruits exchanged on Chinese New Year
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Fruits exchanged on Chinese New Year
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"Moo, Baa, ___!" (classic children's book)
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"Moo, Baa, ___!" (classic children's book)
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Egg, in Spanish
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Egg, in Spanish
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Where to find signs with circles, squares and diamonds
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Where to find signs with circles, squares and diamonds
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"My only request ..."
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"My only request ..."
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Young's partner in accounting
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Young's partner in accounting
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Original host of MTV's "Total Request Live"
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Original host of MTV's "Total Request Live"
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Stay cool
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Stay cool
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Bit of body art
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They come in twice a day
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They come in twice a day
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Metal ring that holds a pencil's eraser
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Metal ring that holds a pencil's eraser
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Title Disney character of 1998
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Title Disney character of 1998
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Overhaul
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Overhaul
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Tourist destination in Baja California Sur
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Tourist destination in Baja California Sur
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Band shirts?
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Band shirts?
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Letter-shaped construction piece
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Zoomed, perhaps
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Zoomed, perhaps
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Beam at a bar
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Beam at a bar
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Dr. ___, talk show host with the catchphrase "Get some"
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Dr. ___, talk show host with the catchphrase "Get some"
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Test for an M.A. seeker
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Test for an M.A. seeker
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Hit the gas
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Hit the gas
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Lady Gaga vis-Ã -vis Billie Eilish, e.g.
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Lady Gaga vis-Ã -vis Billie Eilish, e.g.
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Multipurpose tool for a mountaineer
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Multipurpose tool for a mountaineer
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Fixed
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Fixed
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Dal ingredients
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Dal ingredients
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Note in the B major scale
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Note in the B major scale
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Programming language used in government and banking
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Programming language used in government and banking
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Triple ___
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Triple ___
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Cloud nine, so to speak
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Cloud nine, so to speak
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No more than
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No more than
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Formula 1 tour stop since 2023, informally
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Formula 1 tour stop since 2023, informally
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O.C.'s region
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O.C.'s region
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Negative contraction
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Negative contraction
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"Sounds right to me"
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"Sounds right to me"
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Boy band that went on hiatus in 2023 for army service
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Boy band that went on hiatus in 2023 for army service
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No fan
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No fan
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"___ in the Rain"
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"___ in the Rain"
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Camper's vessel
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Camper's vessel
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Struck
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Struck
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Fried chicken, cornbread, collard greens, etc.
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Fried chicken, cornbread, collard greens, etc.
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Property at an intersection
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Property at an intersection
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Actor Pascal of "The Last of Us"
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Actor Pascal of "The Last of Us"
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Author Rand
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Author Rand
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Pulitzer-winning author Jennifer
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Pulitzer-winning author Jennifer
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Fair-hiring inits.
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Fair-hiring inits.
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Like some kisses
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Like some kisses
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Wart-covered critter
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Wart-covered critter
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Digital "container" associated with Bitcoin
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Digital "container" associated with Bitcoin
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Dystopian classic whose title comes from "The Tempest"
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Dystopian classic whose title comes from "The Tempest"
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Metonym for the U.S. Congress, with "the"
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Metonym for the U.S. Congress, with "the"
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Stuck
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Stuck
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Tarot card featuring a howling wolf
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Tarot card featuring a howling wolf
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Mountain nymph
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Mountain nymph
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Waterproofing material
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Waterproofing material
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Picture book with characters like Odlaw, Wizard Whitebeard and Woof
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Picture book with characters like Odlaw, Wizard Whitebeard and Woof
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Batter-fried bento dish
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Batter-fried bento dish
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Part of a princess costume
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Part of a princess costume
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Nike and others
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Nike and others
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Palm tree product used in skin care
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Palm tree product used in skin care
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Statistical calculation
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Statistical calculation
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Safe investment options, informally
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Safe investment options, informally
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Secret option?
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Secret option?
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Factory ___
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Factory ___
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"Barbie" director Gerwig
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"Barbie" director Gerwig
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Hunk of meat
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Vegetable with a "dinosaur" variety
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Civil rights activist Baker
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Civil rights activist Baker
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Suspense-building words
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Suspense-building words
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Schedules
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Schedules
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Ride
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Ride
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Mysterious glows
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Mysterious glows
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Focus for a pitching scout?
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Focus for a pitching scout?
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Rx chain
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Rx chain
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Jet setting
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Jet setting
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Prominent figure at the Academy Awards
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Prominent figure at the Academy Awards
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Studio behind "Bringing Up Baby"
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Studio behind "Bringing Up Baby"
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More informal version of 70-Across
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More informal version of 70-Across
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Low points
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Low points
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School group
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School group
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Fished with traps, perhaps
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Fished with traps, perhaps
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Parental authority
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Parental authority
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Spiritual hermitage
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Spiritual hermitage
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Core
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Core
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Certain streaming library
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Certain streaming library
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Push notifications, e.g.
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Push notifications, e.g.
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They're kept under wraps
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They're kept under wraps
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"Kidding!"
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"Kidding!"
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Things to stub out, for short
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Things to stub out, for short
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Have a side in common
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Have a side in common
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Actor Eric
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Actor Eric
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Starts to fall
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Starts to fall
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Trawl for personal information
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Trawl for personal information
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___ O'Malley Dillon of the Biden White House
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___ O'Malley Dillon of the Biden White House
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Clock innards
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Clock innards
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___ to go
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___ to go
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Many an attendee of Gertrude Stein's Paris salons
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Many an attendee of Gertrude Stein's Paris salons
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Start of a winning row
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Start of a winning row
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Go on and on about
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Go on and on about
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"The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems," per Homer Simpson
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"The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems," per Homer Simpson
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Celebrity chef Roy
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Celebrity chef Roy
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Group of witches
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Group of witches
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Two-family dwelling
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Two-family dwelling
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Frequent antagonist of Winnie-the-Pooh
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Frequent antagonist of Winnie-the-Pooh
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Have something
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Have something
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Home to the University of Montana
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Home to the University of Montana
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Enlighten
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Enlighten
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Kept going and going
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Kept going and going
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Breakfast brand with a rhyming slogan
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Breakfast brand with a rhyming slogan
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Refused to answer questions
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Refused to answer questions
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One buying a stuffed mouse, perhaps
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One buying a stuffed mouse, perhaps
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Van Halen's contract once had one that specified no brown M&M's
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Van Halen's contract once had one that specified no brown M&M's
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Olympic event since 1968
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Olympic event since 1968
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Good or bad name, for short
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Good or bad name, for short
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Against
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Against
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Not against
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Not against
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It might come with a plunger
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It might come with a plunger
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What squiggly lines can represent
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Russia's ___ Mountains
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Maiden name of an 1860s first lady
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What can symbolize 50
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What can symbolize 50
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Was thick (with)
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Was thick (with)
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Spot for recess on a rainy day
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Spot for recess on a rainy day
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Like some short tennis matches
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Like some short tennis matches
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Keep rhythm with, in a way
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Keep rhythm with, in a way
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Al ___, discus thrower in the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame
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1995 blockbuster with numerous historical inaccuracies
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1995 blockbuster with numerous historical inaccuracies
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Blowing away
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Blowing away
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Drink often served with marshmallows
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Drink often served with marshmallows
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___ Joliot-Curie, chemist daughter of Marie
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___ Joliot-Curie, chemist daughter of Marie
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Primate that exists only on the world's fifth-largest island
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Primate that exists only on the world's fifth-largest island
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Pang
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Pang
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Daft Punk and Outkast, for two
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Daft Punk and Outkast, for two
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Polemology is the study of them
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Polemology is the study of them
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Word on some yogurt labels
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Word on some yogurt labels
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Bug bite preventer
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Bug bite preventer
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Greek peak
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Greek peak
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Where Simone Biles won four golds
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Where Simone Biles won four golds
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Source of much U.S. immigration in the 1840s
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