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New York Times: Wednesday, December 29, 1999
Below is the full solution for the Wednesday, December 29, 1999 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Robert O. Dillman
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Fields
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Fields
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Mountaineer's worry
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Mountaineer's worry
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Lowly laborer
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Lowly laborer
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So out, it's in again
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So out, it's in again
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Yorkshire river
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Yorkshire river
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Be worthy of
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Start of a quip
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Whole lot
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Whole lot
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Vintners' offerings
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Vintners' offerings
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Herpetologists' subjects
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Herpetologist's subject
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Herpetologist's subject
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Quip, part 2
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Quip, part 2
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Like black/white issues
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Like black/white issues
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Take the plunge, so to speak
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Take the plunge, so to speak
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Set of Brit. tomes
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Set of Brit. tomes
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Revises
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Revises
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Pres. Wilson held one
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Pres. Wilson held one
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He married Pocahontas
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He married Pocahontas
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Ampersand follower, sometimes
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Ampersand follower, sometimes
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Vote in Vosges
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Soup holder
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Soup holder
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Quip, part 3
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Quip, part 3
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Winter apples
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Winter apples
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Mach I breakers
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Where Akitas originated
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Logical intro?
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End of the quip
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Hero maker
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Hero maker
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Graf ___
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Hooch holder
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Hooch holder
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T.V.A. output
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T.V.A. output
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"Beowulf" beverage
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"Beowulf" beverage
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Sentimental, and then some
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Paul's "Exodus" role
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Paul's "Exodus" role
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Person who whistles
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Person who whistles
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Old verb ending
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Old verb ending
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"___ you happy now?"
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"___ you happy now?"
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Do some postal work
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Do some postal work
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Steamy spots
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Steamy spots
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Al Capp adjective
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Al Capp adjective
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High dudgeon
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High dudgeon
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Get-up-and-go
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Get-up-and-go
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Like some deductions, with "a"
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Rabbit ___
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Rabbit ___
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Siouan speaker
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Siouan speaker
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Takes home
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Takes home
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WordPerfect company
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WordPerfect company
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Utah city
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Utah city
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Lots of lots
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Lots of lots
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Eclipse phenomenon
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Eclipse phenomenon
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Oscar winner for "Scent of a Woman"
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Oscar winner for "Scent of a Woman"
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Agitated state
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Agitated state
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"The Once and Future King" novelist
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"The Once and Future King" novelist
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At deuce
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At deuce
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Kind of trip
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Kind of trip
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Boastful talk
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To boot
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To boot
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Worst
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Worst
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France's patron saint
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France's patron saint
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Groan causers
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Baba ingredient
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Baba ingredient
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Bonanza finds
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Bonanza finds
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Some E.R. cases
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Some E.R. cases
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Puccini soprano
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Puccini soprano
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Language family that includes Finnish
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Language family that includes Finnish
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What "pneumo-" means
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Pie-eyed
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Pie-eyed
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Carved gem
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Carved gem
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Labor leader I. W.
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Labor leader I. W.
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One-named sports legend
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One-named sports legend
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Rubs out
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Rubs out
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Cause: Suffix
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Cause: Suffix
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Go ___ over
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Go ___ over
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PBS helper
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PBS helper
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Waitress at Mel's
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Waitress at Mel's
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Luxurious place?
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Luxurious place?
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Uncommon sense
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Uncommon sense
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Shade of blue
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