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New York Times: Thursday, December 21, 2000
Below is the full solution for the Thursday, December 21, 2000 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Manny Nosowsky
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French registry listings
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French registry listings
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Rule opposed by Gandhi
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Rule opposed by Gandhi
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"Gesundheit!" evoker
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"Gesundheit!" evoker
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Before long
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Before long
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Dover neighbor
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Dover neighbor
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Drop in
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Drop in
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Govt. investments
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Govt. investments
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Big-shouldered game bird?
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Big-shouldered game bird?
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Inspiration for Yeats
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Inspiration for Yeats
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Money in China
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Money in China
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It's tied at the back
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It's tied at the back
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Woebegone
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Woebegone
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Inn serving
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Inn serving
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Pocketful of dough
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Pocketful of dough
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Challenge authority
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Challenge authority
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Greenish-yellow pear
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Greenish-yellow pear
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Artful Dodger?
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Artful Dodger?
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Select speedy news-gatherers?
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Select speedy news-gatherers?
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Pianist Claudio
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Pianist Claudio
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Shoelaces
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Shoelaces
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Gray area: Abbr.
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Gray area: Abbr.
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21-Across, for one
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21-Across, for one
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Period in the earth's history
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Period in the earth's history
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Artful Dodger, e.g.
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Artful Dodger, e.g.
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Subj. for skeptics
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"... maids all in ___"
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"... maids all in ___"
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Smidgens
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Smidgens
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Is not apt to write right?
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Is not apt to write right?
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Picturesque
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Picturesque
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Mistreatment
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Mistreatment
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"___ be the day!"
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"___ be the day!"
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Good source for Vitamin C
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Good source for Vitamin C
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Yam user?
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Yam user?
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Telecommunications acronym
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Cutty ___
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Cutty ___
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Cubbyhole
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Cubbyhole
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"We're ___ way!"
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"We're ___ way!"
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Bambino watcher
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Bambino watcher
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Thoroughly searched
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Thoroughly searched
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Horse-racing Hall-of-Famer ___ Ridge
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Horse-racing Hall-of-Famer ___ Ridge
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1960's P.M. ___ Douglas-Home
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1960's P.M. ___ Douglas-Home
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Uneven
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Uneven
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De facto
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De facto
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Slow Cuban dance
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Slow Cuban dance
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Mid-2nd-century date
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Mid-2nd-century date
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Frightening time
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Frightening time
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Standard stuff
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Standard stuff
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1940's spy org.
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1940's spy org.
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Wanderers
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Wanderers
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Relative of "honked"
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Relative of "honked"
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Port on the Shatt-al-Arab
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Port on the Shatt-al-Arab
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Explanation preceder
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Explanation preceder
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Egypt's ___ Simbel
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Egypt's ___ Simbel
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"Stop procrastinating!"
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"Stop procrastinating!"
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Digger
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Digger
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Buenos ___
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Buenos ___
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Dump
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Dump
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Relative of reggae
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Relative of reggae
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Poli ___
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Poli ___
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Smog-regulating grp.
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Smog-regulating grp.
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How a stomach might react to strange food
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How a stomach might react to strange food
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Kind of particle
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Kind of particle
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Answer giver
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Answer giver
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Ballet step on tiptoe without bending the knee
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Ballet step on tiptoe without bending the knee
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"One Touch of Venus" composer
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"One Touch of Venus" composer
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Bumps
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Bumps
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Pageant wear
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Pageant wear
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Popular early serials writer
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Popular early serials writer
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Well-groomed
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Well-groomed
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Money to play with
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Money to play with
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Others, to Octavian
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Others, to Octavian
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J train?
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J train?
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Fuel additive brand
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Fuel additive brand
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Comedienne Margaret
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