An All-American Puzzle Hunt
Pasta Strands
First, we solve the clues, using the pasta grid to give enumerations, and put them into the grid. When we look in the grid, we can find names of pasta shapes and sauces hidden vertically. As the flavor text clues, we have a pasta tube, so words can wrap around.
1
T
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O
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O
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K
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N
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O
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T
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E
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O
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F
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2
A
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N
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D
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O
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T
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H
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E
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R
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S
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3
A
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L
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U
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M
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I
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N
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I
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U
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M
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1
B
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O
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R
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N
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I
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N
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T
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H
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E
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U
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S
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A
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2
L
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E
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A
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G
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U
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E
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3
M
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O
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Z
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A
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M
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B
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I
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Q
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U
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E
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1
T
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H
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E
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S
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E
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B
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I
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R
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D
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S
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2
L
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O
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C
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H
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N
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E
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S
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S
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3
P
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H
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A
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R
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A
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O
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H
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T
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O
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P
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1
D
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E
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C
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E
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A
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S
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E
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D
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2
F
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I
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F
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T
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H
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T
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I
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M
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E
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3
I
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N
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C
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H
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A
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R
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L
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O
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T
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T
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E
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1
O
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R
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C
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H
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E
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S
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T
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R
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A
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2
L
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I
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G
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H
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T
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Y
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E
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A
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R
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S
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3
M
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A
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R
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I
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O
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B
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R
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O
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S
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1
J
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O
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H
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N
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C
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A
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S
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O
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R
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2
L
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E
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W
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I
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S
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C
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L
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E
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A
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L
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E
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3
L
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I
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N
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G
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U
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I
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S
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T
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1
S
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T
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I
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R
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R
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U
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P
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2
R
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F
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I
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D
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L
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A
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B
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E
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L
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S
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3
D
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O
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N
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T
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W
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A
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N
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N
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A
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G
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O
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1
V
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I
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E
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N
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N
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A
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A
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W
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A
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R
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D
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2
A
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N
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G
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L
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I
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C
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I
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Z
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E
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D
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3
G
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R
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E
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A
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T
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E
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R
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1
O
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N
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T
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O
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L
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O
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G
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Y
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2
L
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I
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E
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S
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H
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A
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L
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F
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W
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A
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Y
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3
D
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I
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S
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A
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S
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T
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E
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R
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S
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1
M
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I
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T
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Z
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V
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A
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H
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2
A
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L
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L
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I
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A
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N
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C
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E
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S
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3
I
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T
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S
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W
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E
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D
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N
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E
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S
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D
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A
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Y
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1
O
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V
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E
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R
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T
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H
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E
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R
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E
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2
E
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N
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G
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L
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A
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N
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D
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W
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O
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N
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3
H
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E
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D
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G
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E
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H
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O
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G
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S
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There are 9 pasta shapes and 9 pasta noodles in the bottom picture, so we have a correspondence. The same goes for sauces.
We index the pasta shapes and sauces using the numbers indicated in the bottom picture, giving NO TRIAL MI
for the pasta shapes
and INGS
for the sauces. This, combined with the X
in the middle of the bottom picture, gives NO TRIAL MIXINGS
.