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New York Times: Friday, December 19, 1997
Below is the full solution for the Friday, December 19, 1997 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
John Wolting
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Bribed
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Bribed
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Duties
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Duties
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Library transactions
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Library transactions
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Barbecuer's supply
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Barbecuer's supply
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Feelers
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Feelers
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Admittance
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Admittance
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Alters course
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Alters course
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Sugar ___
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Sugar ___
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Perceive
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Perceive
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Break bread
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Break bread
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Philip Morris brand
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Philip Morris brand
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Carpenter's groove
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Carpenter's groove
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Explain further
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Explain further
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Carter Secretary of State
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Carter Secretary of State
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Japanese-American
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Japanese-American
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Dry out
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Dry out
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Unpolished leather
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Unpolished leather
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Interrogation technique
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Interrogation technique
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Slips
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Slips
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Hot-tempered, energetic type
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Hot-tempered, energetic type
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Doing things
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Doing things
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Beams
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Beams
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Demon ___
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Demon ___
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Tiny isthmus
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Tiny isthmus
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Tiler's need
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Tiler's need
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Not-so-powerful currency
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Close (in)
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Close (in)
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___ point
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___ point
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Entire spectrum
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Entire spectrum
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Electronics groundbreaker
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Electronics groundbreaker
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"Gentlemen, you are welcome to ___": Hamlet
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"Gentlemen, you are welcome to ___": Hamlet
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Bush whackers?
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Bush whackers?
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0, in some measures
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0, in some measures
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Wasn't vigilant
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Wasn't vigilant
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Salon supplies
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Newspaper founded in 1912
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Newspaper founded in 1912
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Epic of a wanderer
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Epic of a wanderer
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Have in view
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Have in view
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Moline, Ill., manufacturer
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Moline, Ill., manufacturer
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Acknowledges
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Acknowledges
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Car engine component
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Car engine component
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Guitar genre
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Guitar genre
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Ignore, with "out"
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Ignore, with "out"
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Envelope abbr.
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Envelope abbr.
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Sea in a Jean Rhys title
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Sea in a Jean Rhys title
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Like awful mud
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Like awful mud
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End of a boss's order
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End of a boss's order
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Police groups
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Police groups
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Big shot at a bar?
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Big shot at a bar?
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It has a shell
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It has a shell
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1991 Grammy-winner Cohn et al.
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1991 Grammy-winner Cohn et al.
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Tiddlywinks, e.g.
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Tiddlywinks, e.g.
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Skywalker foe
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Skywalker foe
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"David" and others
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"David" and others
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Propose
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Propose
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Inclement
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Inclement
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Step on it
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Step on it
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Make the best of
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Make the best of
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Less flexible
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Less flexible
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They raise crops
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They raise crops
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Instinctive
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Instinctive
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Doff
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Doff
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One making a big return
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One making a big return
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Parts of chains
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Parts of chains
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Composes
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Composes
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Discussion group
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Discussion group
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What's left
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What's left
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Quarter pint
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Quarter pint
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Be all wet
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Be all wet
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___ Miguel (largest of the Azores)
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___ Miguel (largest of the Azores)
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