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New York Times: Friday, December 3, 1999
Below is the full solution for the Friday, December 3, 1999 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Martin Ashwood-Smith
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Scared half to death
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Scared half to death
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Noted portrait subject of Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun
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Noted portrait subject of Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun
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Setting for many clocks
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Setting for many clocks
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Fall from grace
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Fall from grace
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Ask for more service
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Ask for more service
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Former Ontario Premier Bob
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Former Ontario Premier Bob
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Alphabet trio
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Alphabet trio
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Clappers
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Clappers
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Grass part
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Grass part
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___ miss
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___ miss
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East African, old-style
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East African, old-style
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Stays
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Stays
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French 101 verb
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French 101 verb
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Small game?
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Small game?
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Enlivens, with "up"
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Enlivens, with "up"
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Ravel
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Ravel
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Record listings
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Record listings
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Science fiction writer ___ M. Kornbluth
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Science fiction writer ___ M. Kornbluth
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With 47-Across, winter vehicles
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With 47-Across, winter vehicles
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See 46-Across
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See 46-Across
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Where many vets served
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Where many vets served
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"Yes"
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"Yes"
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Riding
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Riding
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Fiddle stick
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Fiddle stick
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Crazy
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Crazy
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It pops in the morning
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It pops in the morning
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Proves to be a stiff challenge
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Proves to be a stiff challenge
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Gremlins, Pacers, etc.
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Term of address in Kipling
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Term of address in Kipling
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Twister?
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Twister?
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"___ Girl Friday" (1940 Cary Grant movie)
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"___ Girl Friday" (1940 Cary Grant movie)
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Pant attachment?
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Pant attachment?
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Part of an exchange
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Part of an exchange
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Rock's Brian
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Rock's Brian
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Take ___ for the worse
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Take ___ for the worse
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Rough riders' woes
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Rough riders' woes
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Hokkaido native
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Hokkaido native
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Be short with
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Be short with
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Hesitate
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Hesitate
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It "waits at the crossway of the stars," wrote Borges
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It "waits at the crossway of the stars," wrote Borges
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Europe's highest volcano
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Europe's highest volcano
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French bean?
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French bean?
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Earle ___, inventor of the Band-Aid
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Earle ___, inventor of the Band-Aid
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Magazine with an annual "400" list
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Magazine with an annual "400" list
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Light work?
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Light work?
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Bring by cart, maybe
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Bring by cart, maybe
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___ fault
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___ fault
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Literary pieces
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Literary pieces
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Start of Montana's motto
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Start of Montana's motto
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Little: Fr.
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Little: Fr.
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Dawn deity
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Dawn deity
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Hue
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Hue
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Very, very softly, in music
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Very, very softly, in music
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Alway
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Alway
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Chapters
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Chapters
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Fall from grace
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Fall from grace
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Ridicules mercilessly
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Ridicules mercilessly
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Canadian brewer John
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Canadian brewer John
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"___ Thro' the Rye"
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"___ Thro' the Rye"
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With celerity
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With celerity
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Sautéed delicacy
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Sautéed delicacy
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"___ a man..."
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"___ a man..."
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Lowland
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Lowland
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Plant with an edible root
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Plant with an edible root
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"___ No Angels"
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"___ No Angels"
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Make a move
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Make a move
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Turn signal dirs.
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Turn signal dirs.
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Dot follower?
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Dot follower?
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Possess, to Burns
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Possess, to Burns
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Former D.C. inits.
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Former D.C. inits.
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