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Giant computer of the 1940s (5)

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ENIAC

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2
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Chair designer Charles (5)

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EAMES

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3
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Iberian river (4)

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EBRO

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4
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Trick-taking game that’s French for “discarded” (6)

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ECARTE

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5
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Dazzling display (5)

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ECLAT

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6
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United Christendom movement (9)

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ECUMENISM

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7
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“In Search of Myself and Other Children” author LeShan (3)

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EDA

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Cause of some swelling (5)

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EDEMA

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Biblical spot where the Tigris and Euphrates are said to have originated (4)

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EDEN

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10
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Painter Degas (5)

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EDGAR

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11
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Singer Brickell (4)

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EDIE

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12
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Irish novelist O’Brien (4)

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EDNA

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13
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Son of Eliel Saarinen (4)

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EERO

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14
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Chanel fragrance with a French name (7)

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EGOISTE

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15
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Former Israeli prime minister ___ Barak (4)

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EHUD

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16
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Treacherous peak in the Alps (5)

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EIGER

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17
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Longtime Cadillac model discontinued in the early aughts (8)

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ELDORADO

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18
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Horror director Roth (3)

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ELI

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19
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Marlon’s director in “On the Waterfront” (4)

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ELIA

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20
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Bridal-couture designer Saab (4)

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ELIE

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21
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Root who won the 1912 Nobel Peace Prize (5)

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ELIHU

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22
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Old Testament prophet (6)

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ELISHA

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23
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Otis of elevator fame (6)

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ELISHA

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24
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Lead role in “My Fair Lady” (5)

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ELIZA

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25
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Africa’s first elected female head of state (5)

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ELLEN

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26
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Dock ___, pitcher who claimed to have thrown a no-hitter on LSD in 1970 (5)

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ELLIS

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27
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“The Adding Machine” playwright (9)

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ELMERRICE

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28
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Novelist Leonard (6)

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ELMORE

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29
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Arpad ___, creator of an eponymous chess rating system (3)

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ELO

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30
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Kind of rating system in chess (3)

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ELO

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31
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Judy Jetson’s brother (5)

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ELROY

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32
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Captain von Trapp’s betrothed, in “The Sound of Music” (4)

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ELSA

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33
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Fisher of “Eighth Grade” (5)

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ELSIE

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34
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Hamlet setting (8)

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ELSINORE

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35
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Isle of ___ (historic region of England) (3)

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ELY

36
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Paris’s ___ Palace (6)

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ELYSEE

37
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Bygone record label (3)

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EMI

38
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Flask-famous chemist Erlenmeyer (4)

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EMIL

39
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Fashion designed Pucci (6)

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EMILIO

40
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Los Angeles neighborhood near Reseda (6)

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ENCINO

41
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Prefix with carp (4)

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ENDO

42
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Part of a cello or double-bass (6)

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ENDPIN

43
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Samantha’s mother on “Bewitched” (6)

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ENDORA

44
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Ideal beta tester (7)

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ENDUSER

45
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Organic compound essential to “golden oldies” (4)

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ENOL

46
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___ Holmes, Netflix character played by Millie Bobby Brown (5)

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ENOLA

47
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Single-chapter Book of Mormon book (4)

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ENOS

48
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First, and so far only, chimpanzee to orbit Earth (4)

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ENOS

49
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Biblical son of Seth (4)

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ENOS

50
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Chess move with a French name (9)

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ENPASSANT

51
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Eve who wrote “The Vagina Monologues” (6)

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ENSLER

52
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Belgian Surrealist painter James (5)

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ENSOR

53
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Mike who served as a Wyoming senator from 1997 to 2021 (4)

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ENZI

54
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English Derby town (5)

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EPSON

55
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Epoch when modern mammals arose (6)

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EOCENE

56
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Alternative to Clearblue or First Response (3)

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EPT

57
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Kathryn who was NBC’s Detective Alexandra Eames (4)

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ERBE

58
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Hungarian mathematician known for collborating (5)

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ERDOS

59
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Comedian Andre with a self-named Adult Swim show (4)

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ERIC

60
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___ Jennings (sole German to win the Academy Award for Best Actor) (4)

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ERIL

61
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Dwarf planet with the moon Dysnomia (4)

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ERIS

62
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Schubert’s “The ___ King” (3)

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ERL

63
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___ Stanley Gardner (creator of Perry Mason) (4)

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ERLE

64
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2022 Nobel laureate in literature who was congratulated by President Macron (6)

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ERNAUX

65
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High-flying Flynn (5)

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ERROL

66
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Hebrides language (4)

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ERSE

67
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Popular Art Deco lithographs (5)

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ERTES

68
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Some Art Deco works (5)

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ERTES

69
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First name in quantum physics (5)

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ERWIN

70
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Bill, player of Sid Fields of “Seinfeld” (5)

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ERWIN

71
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Tikkanen with five Stanley Cups (3)

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ESA

72
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In ___ (actually) (4)

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ESSE

73
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Susie of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” and “Broad City” (6)

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ESSMAN

74
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Sister in the pop group Haim (4)

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ESTE

75
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270 degrees from sur (4)

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ESTE

76
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Seasons when Bastille Day celebrations occur (4)

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ETES

77
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___ Hunt (Tom Cruise’s role in the “Mission: Impossible” films) (5)

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ETHAN

78
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Hydrocarbon with the formula C2H4 (6)

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ETHENE

79
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Early number? (5)

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ETHER

80
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Sewing accessory (4)

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ETUI

81
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Discontinued Mitsubishi sports sedan, informally (3)

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EVO

82
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Former Bolivian day Morales (3)

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EVO

83
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It’s got a big mouth (4)

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EWER

84
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English river that (sadly) doesn’t intersect the Wye (3)

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EXE

85
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Punk singer Cervenka whose first husband was named “John Doe” (5)

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EXENE