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New York Times: Sunday, September 21, 1997
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, September 21, 1997 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Mike Shenk
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In a fog
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Fattening sites
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Fattening sites
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School founded by a brewer
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School founded by a brewer
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Comic Judy
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Comic Judy
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Fusilli's shape
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Fusilli's shape
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Delta, for one
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Delta, for one
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John Knowles book about the tortoise's winning strategy?
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John Knowles book about the tortoise's winning strategy?
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Paper launched in 1944
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Paper launched in 1944
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Its setting is a setting
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Its setting is a setting
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Color close to aqua
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Color close to aqua
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Makes sound
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Makes sound
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Slumber party guest
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Public outcry
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Public outcry
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Frasier's brother
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Frasier's brother
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Debate position
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Diamond corners
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Diamond corners
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John Kennedy Toole book about a desert union?
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John Kennedy Toole book about a desert union?
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Luke's sister
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Luke's sister
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"Whip It" singers
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"Whip It" singers
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Wrong
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Wrong
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Parkers plug them
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Parkers plug them
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Peruvian coin
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Peruvian coin
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Musical based on "La Bohème"
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Musical based on "La Bohème"
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"___ So Fine"
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"___ So Fine"
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Discussion groups
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Discussion groups
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Sine, cosine and tangent
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Sine, cosine and tangent
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Recess
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Recess
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Duke is part of it, for short
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Henry James story about a mutiny?
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Henry James story about a mutiny?
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Minimal swimwear
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Minimal swimwear
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Tour-planning org.
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Tour-planning org.
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Island ring
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Island ring
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Islam's largest branch
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Islam's largest branch
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Jane Austen book about Rosa Parks?
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Jane Austen book about Rosa Parks?
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Moral misdeed
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Ring combo
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Ring combo
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Patch sort
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Patch sort
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Strasberg subject
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Strasberg subject
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Was a pioneer
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Was a pioneer
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Door feature
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Door feature
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Horror director Craven
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Horror director Craven
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Kite-flying need
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Kite-flying need
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Be cyclical
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Be cyclical
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Writer Tarbell and others
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Superwide shoe specification
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Superwide shoe specification
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Thomas Hardy book about a taxpayer's deductions for groceries?
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Prophets
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Prophets
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City on Guanabara Bay
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City on Guanabara Bay
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Pianist Peter and family
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Pianist Peter and family
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Doughy snack
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Doughy snack
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Robust
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Robust
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Start of many Latin American place names
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Start of many Latin American place names
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Dubai native
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Dubai native
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Filing asst.
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Filing asst.
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It's not wall-to-wall
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It's not wall-to-wall
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John Grisham book about fashion show critics?
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John Grisham book about fashion show critics?
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Ordinary
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Ordinary
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Sheathe
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Sheathe
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Frosh topper
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Frosh topper
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Sudden contractions
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Sudden contractions
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TV event of January 1977
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TV event of January 1977
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Baseball card number
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Baseball card number
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Harts
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Harts
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Coin of Córdoba
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Coin of Córdoba
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Lacking in substance
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Trophy
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Trophy
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Pilot's projection: Abbr.
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Pilot's projection: Abbr.
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Blowgun ammo
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Blowgun ammo
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Relieved
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Relieved
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Service award
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Service award
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401(k)'s kin
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401(k)'s kin
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Singly
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Singly
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Happy colleague
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Happy colleague
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Competes
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Competes
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Radius setting
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Radius setting
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Campaign poster inscriptions
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Campaign poster inscriptions
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Gary of "Forrest Gump"
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Gary of "Forrest Gump"
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Guitarist Segovia
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Guitarist Segovia
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Cassette parts
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Cassette parts
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Sobersided
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Sobersided
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1984 Steve Martin/Lily Tomlin film
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1984 Steve Martin/Lily Tomlin film
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Dido's love
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Dido's love
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Like appreciative fans
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Like appreciative fans
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"Jefferson in Paris" star
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"Jefferson in Paris" star
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Use a prie-dieu
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Use a prie-dieu
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1974 foreign-language hit
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1974 foreign-language hit
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Knowledge, in France
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Knowledge, in France
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Stirs
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Stirs
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Historic event
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Historic event
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Upended umlaut
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Upended umlaut
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Alice's cat
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Alice's cat
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Kind of shop or language
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Kind of shop or language
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Prepared for transmission
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Prepared for transmission
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Meddles
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Meddles
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Vespers time
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Vespers time
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Ross's forte
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Ross's forte
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Recon unit
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Recon unit
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Win
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Win
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"Computers for people" company
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"Computers for people" company
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Old five-centesimi coin
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Old five-centesimi coin
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Heart ward, for short
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Heart ward, for short
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Swindled
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Swindled
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Sinn ___
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Sinn ___
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Behavioral quirk
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Behavioral quirk
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Clear
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Clear
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Rubbernecks
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Rubbernecks
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Time being
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Time being
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Field marshal Rommel
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Field marshal Rommel
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Actor Baker
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Actor Baker
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Precarious
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Precarious
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Corroded
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Corroded
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Floorboard sound
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Floorboard sound
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Soundtrack album, e.g.
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Soundtrack album, e.g.
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Scandal reaction
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Scandal reaction
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Bobby Orr, from 1966 to 1976
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Bobby Orr, from 1966 to 1976
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It has its ups and downs
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It has its ups and downs
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Enjoys a favorite book
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Enjoys a favorite book
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"Die Fledermaus" composer
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"Die Fledermaus" composer
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Shred
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Shred
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"All's Well That Ends Well" heroine
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"All's Well That Ends Well" heroine
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Cad
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Cad
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"Deed I Do" singer
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"Deed I Do" singer
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Andean beast
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Andean beast
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Morale
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Morale
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Pillow covers
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Pillow covers
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He introduced the Easter egg roll on the White House lawn
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He introduced the Easter egg roll on the White House lawn
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Stars
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Stars
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Cry of despair
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Rum cake
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Rum cake
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Fishes-Bull go-between
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Fishes-Bull go-between
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"The Island of the Day Before" author
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"The Island of the Day Before" author
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Snitch
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Snitch
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In addition
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In addition
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Quick punch
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