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Sunday Puzzle: Drop And Give Me 6

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and puzzle master Will Shortz play the puzzle this week with Joe Lewis of Portland, Maine.
Sunday Puzzle

I'm going to give you clues for some 8-letter words. Each one has a doubled letter somewhere in it. Drop the doubled letter, and the remaining letters in order will spell a 6-letter word Example: Most strait-laced / Catholic official --> PRIMMEST, PRIEST1. George Gallup, for one / Large sign that might be pinned on a wall2. Mussing, as feathers / Court decision3. ___ column (part of a car) / Thin cord4. Buying and selling of goods / Force to do something5. In a gloomy fashion / Sudden disappointment6. Eliding or passing over / Activity at Vail, Colo.7. Having no errors / Certain salt in chemistry8. RisquĂŠ quality / City in Wisconsin [.]9. One sharing living quarters, as in a college dorm / Give four stars, for example10. Is victorious / Soapy water

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