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New York Times: Sunday, February 8, 2015
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, February 8, 2015 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Jeremy Newton
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You may find it on your hands or side
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You may find it on your hands or side
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Use a scalpel on
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"O.G. Original Gangster" rapper
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"O.G. Original Gangster" rapper
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One connected with the force?
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One connected with the force?
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Not as brazen
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Not as brazen
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It's worth $200 in Monopoly
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It's worth $200 in Monopoly
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Princess of Power from 1980s cartoons
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Princess of Power from 1980s cartoons
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Get noticed
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Get noticed
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Wiped
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Wiped
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DuVernay who directed "Selma"
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DuVernay who directed "Selma"
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100%
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100%
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Ring call, for short
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Ring call, for short
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More hot
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More hot
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"Sounds about right"
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"Sounds about right"
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In stitches
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In stitches
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Knocking
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Knocking
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Load of money
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Load of money
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Like some windows
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Like some windows
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Easily defeats, in sports
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Easily defeats, in sports
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___ Vogue
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___ Vogue
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JFK probers
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JFK probers
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You may put stock in it
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You may put stock in it
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Director Coen
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Director Coen
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Enterprise for which a 14-year-old Buffalo Bill worked
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Enterprise for which a 14-year-old Buffalo Bill worked
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One of 15 until 1991: Abbr.
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One of 15 until 1991: Abbr.
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"Baywatch" stars often jogged in it
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Brownie unit
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Brownie unit
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Japanese "yes"
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Japanese "yes"
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___ Nova (musical style)
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___ Nova (musical style)
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Will, given the chance
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Will, given the chance
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Ninny
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Ninny
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Dickens heroine
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Dickens heroine
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Cold-climate cryptid
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Cold-climate cryptid
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End for an organisation's name
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End for an organisation's name
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Exploit a loophole, say
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Exploit a loophole, say
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Radio knob abbr.
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Radio knob abbr.
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Switch off
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Switch off
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Unjammed
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Unjammed
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Cable airer of vintage films
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Cable airer of vintage films
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Feeling low
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Feeling low
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Word between two last names
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Word between two last names
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Trouble
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Trouble
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Conductor announcements
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Conductor announcements
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Baloney
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Baloney
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Newswoman Curry
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Newswoman Curry
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Lean back and enjoy the ride?
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Lean back and enjoy the ride?
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Jumbo-sized
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Jumbo-sized
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___ fide
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___ fide
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A Giants giant
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A Giants giant
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Pick out
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Pick out
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Washington landmark that lent its name to a Senate committee
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Washington landmark that lent its name to a Senate committee
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Equally
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Equally
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Get the show on the road
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Get the show on the road
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Pursued, as perfection
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Pursued, as perfection
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Big bra feature
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Big bra feature
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Sticks in a purse?
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Sticks in a purse?
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Rotten
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Rotten
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Little ___
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Little ___
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Company with two lameds in its name
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Company with two lameds in its name
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Lifesaver's inits.
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Lifesaver's inits.
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Facetious string?
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Facetious string?
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Big fall from the sky?
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Big fall from the sky?
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Large shrimp
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Large shrimp
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Wavering wail
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Wavering wail
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Like crayons
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Like crayons
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One of the Ivies, informally
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One of the Ivies, informally
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Organization with an Exalted Ruler
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Organization with an Exalted Ruler
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Aid in identifying a bird
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Insignificant
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Insignificant
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Hero in a John Irving best seller
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Hero in a John Irving best seller
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"Eureka!"
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"Eureka!"
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Sainthood prerequisite
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Sainthood prerequisite
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It was a dark period for Poe
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It was a dark period for Poe
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Short supply
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Short supply
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*Like puberty at age 16
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*Like puberty at age 16
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Fatal ending?
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Fatal ending?
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*Biter in Niger
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*Biter in Niger
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Following behind
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Following behind
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Specialty of Industrial Light & Magic, for short
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Specialty of Industrial Light & Magic, for short
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Alphas might clash over them
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Alphas might clash over them
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Buff
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Buff
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*One making the rounds at a party, perhaps
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*One making the rounds at a party, perhaps
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Having an unfavorable outlook
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Having an unfavorable outlook
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Blunder
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Blunder
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Bit of hope
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Bit of hope
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Bad recollection?
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Bad recollection?
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Tattooed
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Tattooed
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Alternatives to cheddars
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Alternatives to cheddars
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Peanut
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Peanut
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Topmost part of a face
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Topmost part of a face
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Persevere
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Persevere
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Drill sgts., e.g.
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Drill sgts., e.g.
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What buckets are made in, for short
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What buckets are made in, for short
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Ob-___
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Ob-___
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It may be a high percent for the 1%
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It may be a high percent for the 1%
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Football stat
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Football stat
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Chinese restaurant assurance
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Chinese restaurant assurance
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Natl. Courtesy Month
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Natl. Courtesy Month
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Disapproving (of)
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Disapproving (of)
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Swank
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Swank
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*First spacecraft to orbit a comet (2014)
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*First spacecraft to orbit a comet (2014)
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What always comes in halves?
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What always comes in halves?
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With 59-Down, permanent ... or, literally, a feature of the answers to the seven starred clues
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With 59-Down, permanent ... or, literally, a feature of the answers to the seven starred clues
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Cider server
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Cider server
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Certain operatic voices
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Certain operatic voices
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Energize
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Energize
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See 52-Down
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See 52-Down
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Symbol of equality, briefly
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Symbol of equality, briefly
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Ahab's father
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Ahab's father
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Randy types
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Randy types
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Variety
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Variety
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Underwater trap
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Underwater trap
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Flat-bottomed boat
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Flat-bottomed boat
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Hank's wife on "Breaking Bad"
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Hank's wife on "Breaking Bad"
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*Car dealership option
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*Car dealership option
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Event with a cantina, maybe
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Event with a cantina, maybe
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___ treatment
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___ treatment
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*Chooses in the end
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*Chooses in the end
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Zombie Strike SlingFire Blaster, for one
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Zombie Strike SlingFire Blaster, for one
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Linear, informally
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Linear, informally
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Amazon activity
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Amazon activity
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Hurtful comments?
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Hurtful comments?
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"Ridiculous!"
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"Ridiculous!"
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Agent 007, e.g.
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Agent 007, e.g.
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Really involved
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Really involved
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Long-reaching weapon of yore
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Long-reaching weapon of yore
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More delish
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More delish
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Bit of baby talk
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Bit of baby talk
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What a general may lead
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What a general may lead
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*Goals for underdogs
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*Goals for underdogs
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"I'm such a ___" (klutz's comment)
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"I'm such a ___" (klutz's comment)
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Givens on "Wheel of Fortune"
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Givens on "Wheel of Fortune"
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Weightlifter's exercise
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Weightlifter's exercise
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Went off
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Went off
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Yawn-inducing
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Yawn-inducing
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Android runner, often
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Android runner, often
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Poet's "prior to"
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Poet's "prior to"
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Arctic flier
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Arctic flier
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Olympics host after London
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Olympics host after London
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Spotlight hog
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Spotlight hog
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