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New York Times: Wednesday, December 12, 2001
Below is the full solution for the Wednesday, December 12, 2001 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Peter Gordon
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Like a melon
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Like a melon
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Be itinerant
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Be itinerant
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One who's driving on air?
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One who's driving on air?
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Top mark
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Top mark
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Book before Nehemiah
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Book before Nehemiah
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Take on
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Take on
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Telephone the catalog merchant Bean at midnight?
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Telephone the catalog merchant Bean at midnight?
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Census data
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Census data
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Record label known for compilations
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Record label known for compilations
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Pencil holder, at times
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President-___
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President-___
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Physics unit
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Select a 1918 Billy Murray song?
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Select a 1918 Billy Murray song?
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Chinese restaurant flower
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Chinese restaurant flower
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Fix
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Fix
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Costa del ___
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Baseball's Bud
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Baseball's Bud
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Succor
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Succor
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Brontë heroine
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Brontë heroine
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Fast jets for a top banana?
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Fast jets for a top banana?
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Velvety growth
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Velvety growth
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Sch. group
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Sch. group
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Cummerbund's place
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Cummerbund's place
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Wrath
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Wrath
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All-Star third baseman Ron
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All-Star third baseman Ron
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Gripes
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Gripes
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Half a dozen erotic pictures of chests?
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"The Bells" poet
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"The Bells" poet
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Wreck
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Wreck
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Hall-of-Famer nicknamed "Bobby Hockey"
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Hall-of-Famer nicknamed "Bobby Hockey"
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Mark on a graph
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Mark on a graph
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"The Black Stallion" boy
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"The Black Stallion" boy
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Commercials for a Des Moines driving org.?
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Commercials for a Des Moines driving org.?
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"Etta ___"
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"Etta ___"
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Raised
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Raised
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Neither early nor late
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Neither early nor late
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Little Oil Drop was its mascot
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Little Oil Drop was its mascot
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Statistics figure
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Statistics figure
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Stays fresh
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Stays fresh
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Hardcover covers
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Hardcover covers
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Trapped
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Trapped
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Criminal
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Criminal
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Select
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Select
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Fashion inits.
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Fashion inits.
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Tie the knot a second time?
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Tie the knot a second time?
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Arkansas's ___ Mountains
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Arkansas's ___ Mountains
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College major
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College major
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Madonna's role in "A League of Their Own"
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Madonna's role in "A League of Their Own"
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Pool hall need
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Pool hall need
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New Orleans, with "the"
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New Orleans, with "the"
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Builder
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Builder
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Change the look of
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Change the look of
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Luau souvenirs
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Luau souvenirs
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Heart chart: Abbr.
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Heart chart: Abbr.
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Comics possum
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Rap's ___ Kross
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Rap's ___ Kross
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Grade-schoolers
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Grade-schoolers
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Barbecue fare
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Simile center
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Simile center
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Actor Morales
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Actor Morales
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Glasses, commercially
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Glasses, commercially
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Charon's river
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Charon's river
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"___ the night ..."
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"___ the night ..."
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Boner
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Boner
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Ripken's team for 3,001 games
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Ripken's team for 3,001 games
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Ice hockey teams, e.g.
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Ice hockey teams, e.g.
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One way to jog
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One way to jog
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Arose
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Arose
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Flies over the equator?
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Flies over the equator?
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First year in St. Pius I's papacy
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First year in St. Pius I's papacy
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Thanksgiving Day event
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Thanksgiving Day event
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Vega's constellation
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Brand of knife
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Brand of knife
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Participated in crew
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Participated in crew
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Glazier's item
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Glazier's item
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PC maker
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PC maker
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Guadalajara gold
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Guadalajara gold
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Fine, informally
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