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New York Times: Thursday, December 16, 1999
Below is the full solution for the Thursday, December 16, 1999 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Harvey Estes,
Nancy Salomon
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Graphic ___
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No-frills
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No-frills
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Deer sir
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Deer sir
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Something eaten with the palms?
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Something eaten with the palms?
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Exxon alternative
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Exxon alternative
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Quaint sigh
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Quaint sigh
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About
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About
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Red Sea borderer
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Red Sea borderer
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Charger's acquisition
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Charger's acquisition
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Dickens's pen name
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Dickens's pen name
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Fine-tune
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Fine-tune
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C&W singer Tritt
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C&W singer Tritt
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Home of the legendary Morgan le Fay
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Home of the legendary Morgan le Fay
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They're involved in pageantry
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They're involved in pageantry
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Admonition to a child
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Admonition to a child
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Fortune 500 chemicals company
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Fortune 500 chemicals company
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Like Beethoven's Sonata No. 30
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Like Beethoven's Sonata No. 30
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Commedia dell'___
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Commedia dell'___
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Helping for a while, with "over"
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Helping for a while, with "over"
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Sheraton hotels owner
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Sheraton hotels owner
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Be busy
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Be busy
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One of the Chaplins
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One of the Chaplins
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Phys., e.g.
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Phys., e.g.
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Honest ___
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Honest ___
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They're cast
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They're cast
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"How the Other Half Lives" author Jacob
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"How the Other Half Lives" author Jacob
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Singing syllable
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Singing syllable
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Honeybun
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Honeybun
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"Seinfeld" regular
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"Seinfeld" regular
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Source of some clicking
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Source of some clicking
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More crafty
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More crafty
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Extremely
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Extremely
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Off-course
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Off-course
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Journalist Kupcinet
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Journalist Kupcinet
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Note
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Note
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Big name in daytime TV
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Big name in daytime TV
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Cash in Capua
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Cash in Capua
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___ B
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___ B
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Heads-up
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Heads-up
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Quotation notation
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Quotation notation
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Actress Daly
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Actress Daly
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Hot spot
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Hot spot
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Ernie's "Sesame Street" pal
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"Open sesame!" sayer
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"Open sesame!" sayer
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Exceed
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Exceed
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Jungle swinger
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Jungle swinger
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"So ___ me!"
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"So ___ me!"
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Rifle attachment
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Rifle attachment
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End of grace
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End of grace
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With 11-Down, 3-Down's last words?
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With 11-Down, 3-Down's last words?
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Rocks
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Rocks
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Hold in check
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Hold in check
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Begin's co-Nobelist
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Begin's co-Nobelist
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See 7-Down
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Completely surrounding
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Completely surrounding
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Prepares
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Prepares
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Ad ___
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Ad ___
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Steps up?
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Steps up?
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Stead
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Stead
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Say "Li'l Abner," say
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Say "Li'l Abner," say
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Violinist Stern
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Violinist Stern
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Goldfinger?
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Goldfinger?
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Rugged rock
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Rugged rock
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Crack
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Crack
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With pluck
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With pluck
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Holiday window item
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Holiday window item
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What tellers lack?
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What tellers lack?
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Mistaken
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Mistaken
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Leporello, e.g., in "Don Giovanni"
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Leporello, e.g., in "Don Giovanni"
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Put
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Put
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Stingless bee
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Stingless bee
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Certain money transfer
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Certain money transfer
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Schnozz tip?
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Schnozz tip?
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Family dog, for short
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Family dog, for short
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