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New York Times: Monday, December 23, 2002
Below is the full solution for the Monday, December 23, 2002 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Lisa Bunker
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Polio vaccine developer
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Polio vaccine developer
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"Step aside, I'll do it"
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"Step aside, I'll do it"
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Unexciting
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Unexciting
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Have ___ to one's head
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Bird-related
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Bird-related
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Where Pearl Harbor is
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Where Pearl Harbor is
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Popular cookbook author
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Popular cookbook author
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"Thin" coin
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"Thin" coin
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Come into view
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Come into view
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Emergency situation
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Emergency situation
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Lock opener
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Lock opener
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Lock location
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Lock location
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Scott Joplin's "Maple Leaf ___"
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Scott Joplin's "Maple Leaf ___"
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Lad
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Lad
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Muckety-muck
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Muckety-muck
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"Bolero" composer
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"Bolero" composer
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Advance in years
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Isn't solvent
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Isn't solvent
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Dove houses
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Dove houses
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What's harvested
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What's harvested
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Remote control abbr.
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Remote control abbr.
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Filmmaker Woody
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Filmmaker Woody
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"If you ___" (words of deference)
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"If you ___" (words of deference)
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Worked up
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Worked up
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Fuel additive
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Fuel additive
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Manipulative one
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Manipulative one
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File folder feature
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File folder feature
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Excellence
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Excellence
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Formally renounce
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Formally renounce
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___ Minor (constellation)
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___ Minor (constellation)
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Somerset Maugham novel, with "The"
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Somerset Maugham novel, with "The"
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Mideast's Gulf of ___
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Mideast's Gulf of ___
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Native Alaskan
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Native Alaskan
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Like a lime
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Like a lime
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Pair
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Pair
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Duke, earl, etc.
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Duke, earl, etc.
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Three, in cards
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Game show host Pat
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Game show host Pat
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With mouth wide open
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With mouth wide open
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Like some gravy and mattresses
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Like some gravy and mattresses
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Midleg
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Midleg
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Maze runner
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Maze runner
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Preceding day
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Preceding day
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___ Maria liqueur
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___ Maria liqueur
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___ Antony
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___ Antony
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Signs, as a check
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Signs, as a check
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Spanish grocery
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Spanish grocery
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Den
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Den
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"Life is hard ..."
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"Life is hard ..."
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Colored
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Colored
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Englishman in colonial India
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Englishman in colonial India
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Author Roald
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Author Roald
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Take a walk
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Take a walk
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Flat part of a chart line
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Flat part of a chart line
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___ Alamos, N.M.
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___ Alamos, N.M.
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Occasions
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Occasions
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Differentiate
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Differentiate
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Modest people have small ones
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Modest people have small ones
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Possible result of 40-Down nonpayment
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Exploding star
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Exploding star
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Delinquent G.I.
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Delinquent G.I.
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Carillon part
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Carillon part
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Nonsense
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Nonsense
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Auto
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Auto
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Opposing
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Opposing
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Most Yugoslavs
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Most Yugoslavs
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Cuba, e.g.
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Cuba, e.g.
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Red suit
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Red suit
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Elizabeth I was the last one
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Elizabeth I was the last one
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Present a case in court
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Present a case in court
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Drunken
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Drunken
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Triplet plus one
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Triplet plus one
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Language of Pakistan
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Language of Pakistan
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Out of sight of shore
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Out of sight of shore
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Bush's alma mater
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Bush's alma mater
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Joke
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Joke
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Zuider ___
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Your and my
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Your and my
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