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The two production runs of the 14th Series Garbage Pail Kids, aka Original Series 14 or OS14 for short, release are the same except for their wrappers. The first production run wrapper has the '25¢ CHEAP' logo and the second print run wrapper is without the price logo. This is the forth series to inlude the 'FLICK IT!' section on the reverse card backs completed by artist Richard Mcguire. With the GPK brand in its final run from 1987-1988 and the popularity slowing down the product is harder to find raising the price per pack at certain retailers and increasing the demand for these cards by collectors years later. Although the only Warhola artwork would be pulled from the OS16 set, the remaining sets, including OS13, would only include the longest running artists for the card fronts of John Pound, Tom Bunk and James Warhola. The NPD team would once again have artist Richard McGuire work on the 'FLICK IT!' section; for sets OS11 through OS16. ARTISTS : JOHN POUND, TOM BUNK, JAMES WARHOLA, JAY LYNCH & RICHARD MCGUIRE WRITERS : JAY LYNCH & MARK NEWGARDEN ~ |
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 88 CARD SET : 80 CARDS + 8 VARIATIONS VARIATIONS : 541a, 541b, 548a, 548b, 562a, 562b, 573a, 573b ~ |
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ITEM
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CODE
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PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
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B&W Sell Sheet
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490-14
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NA
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Wholesaler Buyer Product Order
Sheet
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Retail Wrapper
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0-490-21-01-8
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NA
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Retail Store Wax Wrapper : 25¢
Price
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Hobby Wrapper
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0-490-21-02-8
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No Price
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Hobby Store Wax Wrapper : No Price
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Retail / Hobby Box
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1-490-40-01-8
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NA
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Cardboard Display
Box
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Case Box
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2-490-39-01-8
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NA
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Corrugated Cardboard Shipping Carton
: Product
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Uncut Sheet
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4-490-05-01-8
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NA
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Uncut Production Sheet : Sticker
Format
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Display Poster
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4-490-08-01-8
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NA
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Retail Box Display Poster
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 DISPLAY BOX — CODE 1-490-40-01-08 — 1 VARIATION MAIN ARTWORK : JOHN POUND — SIDE ARTWORK : TOM BUNK BOX DESIGN : BRAD KAHLHAMER ~ |
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 WRAPPER #1 — CODE 0-490-21-01-8 — 25¢ PRICE — 1 VARIATION RENDERED ARTWORK : TOM BUNK — DESIGN : BRAD KAHLHAMER ~ |
 WRAPPER #2 — CODE 0-490-21-02-8 — NO PRICE — 1 VARIATION RENDERED ARTWORK : TOM BUNK — DESIGN : BRAD KAHLHAMER ~ |
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 RETAIL AD POSTER — CODE 4-490-08-01-8 — SIZE 10 x 14 ARTWORK : JOHN POUND — DESIGN : BRAD KAHLHAMER ~ |
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 WHOLESALER SELL SHEET — CODE # 490-14 — SIZE 8 x 11 PROTOTYPE ARTWORK : TOM BUNK — DESIGN : BRAD KAHLHAMER ~ |
 DEALER ORDER SHEET — PRODUCT # 490 — SIZE 8 x 11 NO CODE — BLUE SHEET — OCTOBER 1988 NOTE : ONLY A PROTOTYPE OS14 SELL SHEET KNOWN OS1 BOX ARTWORK : JOHN POUND ~ |
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UNCUT SHEET — 132 CARD SHEET — 8 x 11 FORMAT CODE 4-490-05-01-8 — NO IMAGE ~ |
 CASE BOX —
24/48 ct. —
PRODUCT #490-14
CODE 2-490-39-01-8 — UPC 0-41116-04490-8 ~ |
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1. The second GPK
set where the Wrapper character is different from the display
box character; the remaining Garbage Pail Kids releases, OS15
through the unpublished OS16 set, will follow this new production design.
The first set where the box and wrapper colors are not the same; purple
and blue.
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2. The only set where the entire reverse card back is not the Puzzle Preview, but also contains the 'FLICK IT!' section with a horizontal presentation. The Completed Puzzles for the OS14 set are alphabetically sequential with the OS13 set which contained puzzles 'Q' and 'R'. The puzzles are 21 pieces and the set has two puzzles much like the OS2, OS3, OS5, and OS9 through OS13 sets for card characters 541a ROCCO Socko and 573a Snotwich SANDRA for puzzle 'T' and 541b Destroyed BOYD and 573b HEDDA Spreader for puzzle 'S'. This is the first set where the 'a' twin card is one puzzle character and the 'b' twin card is the other puzzle character. ~ |
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3. The
fifth and last Garbage Pail Kids set without the light blue
or the light pink traditional Nameplate.
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4. The nineth set to contain cards with the GPK Acronym found within the artwork. The GPK acronym found on the cheerleader's shirt of cards 551a Rah Rah RONI and 551b Sis Boom BONNIE, located on the root beer can of cards 557a STU Brew and 557b Empty KEN and the 'GPK's RULE!' quote found on the school desk near the character's hand of cards 575a Brain Drain BRIAN and 575b Pick A WINNIE. ~ |
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5. The second Garbage Pail Kids set to have exactly the same Nomenclature as another series for the character of OS14 card 558a HANS Off and for the character of OS13 character card 514b HANS Off. ~ |
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6. The set contains a product parody poking fun at Topps' own Bazooka gum property. Besides previous GPK characters like JOE Blow and Bazooka JOANNE parodying the Bazooka Joe character mascot for the BAZOOKA gum comics, cards 563a Potato CHIP and 563b DICK Tater have a character watching a television news program with a can of cola called Bazooka next to the TV set. ~ |
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7. The GPK set has two cards with the same Forename for the character of cards 551b Sis Boom BONNIE and 565a Easter BONNIE. |
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Artist Tom Bunk often creates different renditions for his Color
Roughs; below are a few samples of these original versions with
very subtle color and clothing variations for cards 551a Rah
Rah RONI and 551b Sis Boom BONNIE
in a kneeling position with different colored clothing and 552a Half
WHIT and 552b Lead-Head NED
with two different color-pencil sharpeners and yellow shavings.
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2. Per John Pound's Notations and references, cards 555a Alien ED and 555b Phone HOMER was an original 1st Series piece of artwork where the eyes were later reworked to match the new eye shape of the later releases. The piece definitely matches the aesthetic feel of the OS1 set and the pencil sketch, color rough and final artwork most likely contain notes of when it was completed. I speculate that the E.T. (film by Stephen Spielberg) character may have been denied by upper management and Topps attorneys similar to the Raggedy Ann concept. It's interesting to note that Mars, Inc., that produces the M&M's candies, said no to Universal so the candies Elliot ends up using to lead E.T. out of his room are Reese's Pieces produced by The Hershey Company; also, Topps was later pressured to change the OS4 name REESE Pieces. It is peculiar to noate that an E.T.-type character does show up on the reverse card artwork for the OS1 set.  ~ |
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3. The character for cards 556a Mothy MARTHA and 556b Nailed NATALIE, minus the new shape of the ears, looks to be as close to the old Cabbage Patch Kids-style of GPK as possible, including the five fingers and yarn-like hair. This particular piece of artwork was also an earlier concept held off for a later release and 'snuck' into the set.  ~ |
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4. A few Color Rough pieces by artist Tom Bunk showing different renditions with very subtle color and clothing variations for cards 542a Jugglin' JULIAN and 542b Up In The AARON without the green juggling balls and with a different colored hat and gloves, for cards 544a Zipped KIP and 544b JACK Tracks with different colored hair, a fully zipped head (no brain matter) and no chest zipper and for cards 553a Cold Sore LENORE and 553b Kissy MISSY with different colored hair and clothes and without a hair bow or the single tooth. 
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5. This OS14 Wrapper mock-up artwork was rendered for the release by artist Tom Bunk who created the wrapper artwork for all sixteen Original series sets. This marks the second release where the wrapper character deviates from the display box character.  ~ |
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6. These Tom Bunk Concept Pieces for cards 546a Modern MARLISE and 546b Abstract ABBY were completed in 1988 and reworked through art direction feedback; the character was changed from a male to a female gender with drastically changed backgrounds and reduced abstract body parts. The piece was tamed down quite a bit for the final artwork with a teddy bear added and less abstraction to the character itself and the background cleaned up. 
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7. The OS14 FLICK IT! section artwork on the reverse card backs emulates a flipbook was completed by Richard McGuire. The OS14 Would We Lie To You? comie artwork, a parody of Ripley's Believe It, Or Not, was completed by artist Tom Bunk while Jay Lynch and Mark Newgarden wrote the gags for the reverse card backs. The creative force behind GPK listed on the eight tombstones within the artwork, from top to bottom, left to right, are Topps employees and freelance artists: 'Arthur' Shorin, 'Jay' Lynch, 'Stan' Hart, 'John' Pound, 'Tom' Bunk, 'Art' Spiegelman, 'Len' Brown and 'Mark' Newgarden; the creators went on to develop two more sets — the OS15 and unpublished OS16 sets.  ~ |
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8. Pictured below is one of artist John Pound's Color Rough samples for cards 580a Burnt-Out BRETT and 480b BURNE Toast. Since very little thumbnail artwork by Pound have been available to the public there are very few changes, if any, that can be found between the tight pencil, color rough and final artwork since they are photocopied and colored and painted over. Notice the three GPK ears in the piece and the crossed-eyes.  ~ |
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9. An Unpublished OS14 reverse card back section sold on eBay through the Topps Vault,around 22 years after the image was drawn, was purchased by GPK collector Nate Lucius for cards 565a Easter BONNIE and 565b Hard-Boiled MEG; this particular bottom right hand section was not smooth like the other areas and had paper pasted over it — an overlay sheet with changed text cut out from construction paper and pasted over the original; a last minute change before publication. Tom Bunk's rough sketch concept image for removing warts with gasoline; a bib has been added to Berserk KIRK:  ~ |
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Tom Bunk's final artwork
measuring 10.5 x 7 inches with the original unpublished image for 'removing
warts with gasoline' covered over by the 'removing pimples with a guillotine'
piece; 'The G.P.K. Acne Removal System' text is missing from the image:
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10. In June of 2015, Topps released their 30th Anniversary set that contained a 'Lost Alternate Art' subset that included this John Pound artwork piece with the same naming as the Original Series printed card. The vertical pieced was switched to a horizontal format and shows the character in more of a defecated posture and the cracked arm changed to a cracked leg. ~ |
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11. A second Unpublished OS14 reverse card back section was also purchased by GPK collector Nate Lucius through eBay via the Topps Vault for cards 560a Lappin' LARRY and 560b Guzzlin' GUY; this piece was also not smooth to the touch on a smaller scale and had artwork pasted over it. The published final artwork for 'Mathematical Symbol For - Vomit!!' and the unpublished piece 'Mathematical Symbol For - Egg-Salad On Rye!': ~ |
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12. The following Unpublished Piece by James Warhola is rumored to have been intended for the OS14 set, but was most likely rejected prior to this release. Artwork in which the higher-ups at Topps found questionable in taste were held back and often resubmitted in future sets to see if the paintings could be 'snuck' in for a later release. The last, largest contribution from Warhola for the for the OS12 set and three pieces for the OS13 set. Only one final artwork image made it into the OS14 and OS16 sets each and were most likely images held back and re-submitted by the NPD (new product development) Department. Warhola had this to say about the piece: "Yes it's one of my rare 'not in the mood' pieces, I think I was moving out of the city and was rushed, thus the slightly different style. [The painting] is oils and of course no one else used oils except me" [April 2016]. The piece does feel 'off' and not one of Warhola's strongest offerings, but as mentioned, he was moving out of NYC physically, and possibly, mentally checking out of GPK. Mark Newgarden, one of the art directors for the set, mentioned no dates were located of when this piece was planned or completed but "the sketch notes call for a few of the coils and food splashes, but James really went overboard here. I'm guessing that 'Yes', it probably sat around for quite awhile."  ~ |
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13. For the OS14 GPK Lay-Out of the set, Tom Bunk completed the artwork for the first half of the set, cards 541-553, James Warhola completed the middle artwork piece for card 554 and John Pound completed the remaining last half of the set, cards 555-580. |
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NAME
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ARTIST
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ARTIST
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WRITER
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ROCCO Socko : V
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TOM Bunk
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JOHN Pound : McGuire
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NA : PUZZLE / FLICK IT!
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| 541a |
ROCCO Socko : V
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TOM Bunk
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TOM Bunk : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 541b |
Destroyed BOYD : V
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TOM Bunk
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JOHN Pound : McGuire
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NA : PUZZLE / FLICK IT!
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| 541b |
Destroyed BOYD : V
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TOM Bunk
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TOM Bunk : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 542a |
Jugglin' JULIAN
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TOM Bunk
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TOM Bunk : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 542b |
Up In The AARON
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TOM Bunk
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TOM Bunk : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 543a |
Undersea LEE
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TOM Bunk
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TOM Bunk : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 543b |
Sailin' WAYLON
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TOM Bunk
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TOM Bunk : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 544a |
Zipped KIP
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TOM Bunk
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TOM Bunk : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 544b |
JACK Tracks
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TOM Bunk
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TOM Bunk : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 545a |
ARTIE Party
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TOM Bunk
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TOM Bunk : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 545b |
Driftin' CLIFTON
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TOM Bunk
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TOM Bunk : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 546a |
Modern MARLISE
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TOM Bunk
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 546b |
Abstract ABBY
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TOM Bunk
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 547a |
Cuckoo CLARK
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TOM Bunk
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TOM Bunk : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 547b |
Bile LYLE
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TOM Bunk
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TOM Bunk : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 548a |
WALT To Wall :
V
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TOM Bunk
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NA : CHECKLIST
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NA : CHECKLIST
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| 548a |
WALT To Wall : V
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TOM Bunk
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TOM Bunk : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 548b |
Nailed NOEL :
V
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TOM Bunk
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NA : CHECKLIST
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NA : CHECKLIST
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| 548b |
Nailed NOEL :
V
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TOM Bunk
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TOM Bunk : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 549a |
SHANNON Cannon
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TOM Bunk
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TOM Bunk : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 549b |
Bomb SHELLY
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TOM Bunk
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TOM Bunk : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 550a |
Violent VIOLA
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TOM Bunk
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TOM Bunk : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 550b |
Sawin' SUSAN
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TOM Bunk
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TOM Bunk : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 551a |
Rah Rah RONI
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TOM Bunk
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TOM Bunk : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 551b |
Sis Boom BONNIE
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TOM Bunk
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TOM Bunk : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 552a |
Half WHIT
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TOM Bunk
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TOM Bunk : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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Lead-Head NED
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TOM Bunk
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TOM Bunk : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 553a |
Cold Sore LENORE
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TOM Bunk
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TOM Bunk : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 553b |
Kissy MISSY
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TOM Bunk
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TOM Bunk : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 554a |
RUFUS Refuse
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JAMES Warhola
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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Cleaned Up PARKER
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JAMES Warhola
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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Alien ED
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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Phone HOMER
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 556a |
Mothy MARTHA
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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Nailed NATALIE
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 557a |
STU Brew
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 557b |
Empty KEN
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 558a |
HANS Off
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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Numb NATE
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 559a |
DWAYNE Stain
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 559b |
Spilled GIL
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 560a |
Lappin' LARRY
: DOG DROOL IN BEER
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JOHN Pound : 14-13
REV.
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TOM Bunk : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 560b |
Guzzlin' GUY
: DOG DROOL
IN BEER
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JOHN Pound : 14-13
REV.
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TOM Bunk : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 561a |
MARSH Room
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 561b |
TODD Stool
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 562a |
Post No BILL : V
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JOHN Pound
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TOM Bunk : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 562a |
Post No BILL : V
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JOHN Pound
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TOM Bunk : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 562b |
Bulletin BORIS : V
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JOHN Pound
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TOM Bunk : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 562b |
Bulletin BORIS : V
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JOHN Pound
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TOM Bunk : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 563a |
Potato CHIP
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 563b |
DICK Tater
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 564a |
MILLIE Meter
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 564b |
ASA Rule
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 565a |
Easter BONNIE
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JOHN Pound
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TOM Bunk : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 565b |
Hard-Boiled MEG
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JOHN Pound
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TOM Bunk : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 566a |
Swarmin' ARMIN
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 566b |
Infested LESTER
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 567a |
Doomsday DOM : AMOK
COMPUTER
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JOHN Pound : 14-8
REV.
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 567b |
A-Bomb TOM : AMOK
COMPUTER
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JOHN Pound : 14-8
REV.
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 568a |
Glut TONY
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JOHN Pound
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TOM Bunk : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 568b |
PHIL Swill
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JOHN Pound
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TOM Bunk : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 569a |
Cut CURT
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 569b |
Electric FANNY
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 570a |
AVA Shaver
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 570b |
HOLLY Hormone
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 571a |
Rubber ROBERT
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 571b |
Inside OTTO
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 572a |
Fake JAKE
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 572b |
Sham SAM
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 573a |
Snotwich SANDRA :
V
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound : McGuire
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NA : PUZZLE / FLICK IT!
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| 573a |
Snotwich SANDRA :
V
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JOHN Pound
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TOM Bunk : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 573b |
HEDDA Spreader : V
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound : McGuire
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NA : PUZZLE / FLICK IT!
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| 573b |
HEDDA Spreader : V
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JOHN Pound
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TOM Bunk : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 574a |
Shattered SHELL
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 574b |
Fractured FRANK
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 575a |
Brain Drain BRIAN
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 575b |
Pick A WINNIE
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 576a |
Croaked KAYE
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JOHN Pound
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TOM Bunk : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 576b |
Sporty MORTY
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JOHN Pound
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TOM Bunk : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 577a |
Sown SONYA
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JOHN Pound
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TOM Bunk : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 577b |
Stitchin' TYNE
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JOHN Pound
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TOM Bunk : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 578a |
Dial-A-TWYLA
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 578b |
Phone BELLA
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 579a |
JUDD Cud
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JOHN Pound
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TOM Bunk : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 579b |
Spearmint MINDY
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JOHN Pound
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TOM Bunk : McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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| 580a |
Burnt-Out BRETT
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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| 580b |
BURNE Toast
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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