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New York Times: Thursday, December 18, 2003
Below is the full solution for the Thursday, December 18, 2003 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
John Underwood
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PC bailout
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PC bailout
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Utah's ___ Canyon
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Utah's ___ Canyon
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Padrone
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Padrone
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Gold star, e.g.
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Gold star, e.g.
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Ain't right?
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Ain't right?
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Even, to Yvette
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Even, to Yvette
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Procter & Gamble brand
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Procter & Gamble brand
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Musical embellishment
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Musical embellishment
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Went pffft
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Went pffft
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Singer with the 1999 #1 hit "Believe"
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Singer with the 1999 #1 hit "Believe"
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Fasten over
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Fasten over
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Italian dancer ___ Cecchetti
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Italian dancer ___ Cecchetti
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Dracula prototype
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Dracula prototype
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Big mouth
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Big mouth
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Major annoyance
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Major annoyance
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Bill passer
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Bill passer
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The Buckeyes, briefly
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The Buckeyes, briefly
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Fireworks time, with "the"
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Fireworks time, with "the"
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Still-life vessel
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Still-life vessel
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With 39-Across, a common greeting
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With 39-Across, a common greeting
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Dayton-to-Toledo dir.
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Dayton-to-Toledo dir.
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Summer mo.
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Summer mo.
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See 35-Across
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Avoids
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Avoids
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Common cricket score
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Common cricket score
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Ethically indifferent
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Ethically indifferent
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Awful
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Awful
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Gaslight
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Gaslight
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Pitcher with 5,714 lifetime strikeouts
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Pitcher with 5,714 lifetime strikeouts
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They're often settled
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They're often settled
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"Wait Until Dark" co-star, 1967
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"Wait Until Dark" co-star, 1967
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Total requirement?
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Total requirement?
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Punchers
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Punchers
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Like some modern signals
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Like some modern signals
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Church recital
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Church recital
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Thickening agent in food
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Thickening agent in food
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Sea of ___, arm of the Black Sea
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Sea of ___, arm of the Black Sea
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"Borstal Boy" author
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"Borstal Boy" author
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Wails
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Wails
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___ Martin (cognac)
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___ Martin (cognac)
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What the Cubs play games in: Abbr.
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What the Cubs play games in: Abbr.
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Like ones starting over
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Like ones starting over
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Vile
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Vile
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Tally-ho, e.g.
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Tally-ho, e.g.
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Pine (for)
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Pine (for)
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Opposite of making progress
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Opposite of making progress
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Twist
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Twist
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School for future Lts.
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School for future Lts.
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"Good!" in Genoa
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"Good!" in Genoa
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Traveling up a down staircase, e.g.
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Traveling up a down staircase, e.g.
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Fill up
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Fill up
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Person in 39-Down
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Person in 39-Down
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Cab Calloway, King of ___
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Cab Calloway, King of ___
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Sheep
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Sheep
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"Das Lied von der ___"
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"Das Lied von der ___"
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Designer Chanel
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Designer Chanel
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___ noir
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___ noir
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Bat wood
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Bat wood
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Beefcake poser
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Beefcake poser
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Modern: Ger.
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Modern: Ger.
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Hawaii, once: Abbr.
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Hawaii, once: Abbr.
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Old Mideast inits.
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Old Mideast inits.
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"Hold on ___!"
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"Hold on ___!"
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See 11-Down
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See 11-Down
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Explorer Vespucci
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Explorer Vespucci
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Sneaky
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Sneaky
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Narwhal feature
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Narwhal feature
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Marcos of the Philippines
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Marcos of the Philippines
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It may be written on a chalkboard
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It may be written on a chalkboard
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Classic New Yorker cartoonist
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Classic New Yorker cartoonist
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Zoomed
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Zoomed
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Throw
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Throw
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Some bargain bin items, for short
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Some bargain bin items, for short
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Impose
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Impose
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"The blood-red blossom of ___ ...": Tennyson
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"The blood-red blossom of ___ ...": Tennyson
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Toronto media inits.
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Toronto media inits.
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