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112:, Running Press, 2002.
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212:Patience or Solitaire
176:Glossary of solitaire
404:British Constitution
1155:Kings in the Corner
1145:Australian Patience
1039:Grandfather's Clock
569:Closed non-builders
136:, 1 September 2021.
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1044:House in the Woods
1004:Beleaguered Castle
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769:Imaginary Thirteen
171:List of solitaires
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987:Open packers
921:Simple Simon
845:Intelligence
835:Four Corners
692:Royal Parade
616:Herz zu Herz
560:Seven Devils
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1014:Capricieuse
978:Stalactites
744:Calculation
687:Interregnum
641:Royal Flush
621:Hit or Miss
606:Frustration
596:Eight Cards
535:Crazy Quilt
333:Monte Carlo
272:Leoni's Own
214:by type - (
20:Contradance
1252:Categories
958:Black Hole
939:Open games
875:St. Helena
697:Tournament
348:Patriarchs
308:Eagle Wing
282:Precedence
166:Patriarchs
96:References
86:Patriarchs
68:Variations
1205:card game
1089:Shamrocks
1019:Eight Off
973:Salic Law
880:Stonewall
794:Sir Tommy
728:Labyrinth
711:Blockades
576:Accordion
489:Westcliff
459:Gargantua
444:Following
424:Deauville
373:Tri Peaks
328:Matrimony
257:The Clock
150:Quadrille
39:cotillion
31:card game
28:solitaire
24:Cotillion
1064:Päckchen
1059:Mrs. Mop
1034:FreeCell
1029:Fortress
968:Intrigue
963:Crescent
916:Scorpion
865:Pyramide
825:Box Kite
820:Blockade
815:Algerian
749:Colorado
737:Planners
680:Builders
550:The Plot
525:Canfield
520:Backbone
510:Alhambra
469:Klondike
434:Diplomat
414:Congress
394:Batsford
378:Windmill
252:Birthday
220:glossary
144:See also
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1069:Penguin
953:Archway
899:Spiders
830:Bristol
803:Packers
774:Jubilee
754:Colours
718:Babette
601:Elevens
581:Aces Up
540:Duchess
439:Emperor
399:Big Ben
353:Pyramid
242:Amazons
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1009:Bisley
926:Spider
890:Zodiac
850:Martha
591:Decade
530:Casket
429:Deuces
419:Corona
338:Moojub
303:Carpet
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1170:Speed
885:Yukon
810:Agnes
262:Clock
52:Rules
1209:stub
1180:Spit
1120:Maze
764:Frog
545:Gate
505:Acme
313:Golf
216:list
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