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New York Times: Thursday, December 16, 2004
Below is the full solution for the Thursday, December 16, 2004 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Mike Torch
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Makes cry, in a way
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Makes cry, in a way
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Way off
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Way off
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Swelling rush
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Swelling rush
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Chute opener?
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Chute opener?
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City next to Newark
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City next to Newark
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Lead-up to a coup
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Lead-up to a coup
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Failed at a shootout
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Failed at a shootout
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Additionally
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Additionally
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Informal conversation opener
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Informal conversation opener
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Confronts
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Confronts
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Water colors
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Water colors
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Shot that's completely off the mark
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Shot that's completely off the mark
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Water pit
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Water pit
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Comparatively close
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Comparatively close
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Some radio listings: Abbr.
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Some radio listings: Abbr.
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1969 #3 hit and a hint to this puzzle's theme
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1969 #3 hit and a hint to this puzzle's theme
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Sault ___ Marie
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Sault ___ Marie
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Old TV part
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Old TV part
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This, in Toledo
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This, in Toledo
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Comebacks
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Comebacks
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Progress little by little
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Progress little by little
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100-eyed giant of myth
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100-eyed giant of myth
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Uncredited authors
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Uncredited authors
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Big pig
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Big pig
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The Cat in the Hat had one
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The Cat in the Hat had one
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It's loaded
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It's loaded
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Bogey
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Bogey
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Percolate
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Percolate
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Home of Rollins College
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Home of Rollins College
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Gardener's need
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Gardener's need
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Starts, as an agreement
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Starts, as an agreement
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Literary inits.
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Literary inits.
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Org. that conducts many studies
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Org. that conducts many studies
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MGM motto starter
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MGM motto starter
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Becoming gradually slower, in music
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Garden decorations
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Garden decorations
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Smiling
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Smiling
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Points on a line: Abbr.
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Points on a line: Abbr.
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Faults
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Faults
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Upper hand
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Upper hand
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Tournament favorite
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Tournament favorite
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Fund-raising letter
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Fund-raising letter
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First semester offerings
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First semester offerings
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Stopped lying
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Stopped lying
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Taxi posting
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Taxi posting
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Holds up
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Holds up
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Cry of surrender
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Cry of surrender
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Quadrennial event
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Quadrennial event
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Cash register part
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Cash register part
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It's figured according to the 14-Down
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It's figured according to the 14-Down
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Moving
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Moving
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___ water
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___ water
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Orchestra section
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Orchestra section
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Kind of coat
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Kind of coat
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Retro hairdo
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Retro hairdo
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Sacred song
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Sacred song
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Goes postal
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Goes postal
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Baseball's Mel and others
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Baseball's Mel and others
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Planelike
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Planelike
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Where the holm oak is native
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Where the holm oak is native
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It's said when lifting the arm
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It's said when lifting the arm
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Disconcert
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Disconcert
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Mercutio's friend
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Mercutio's friend
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One who tithes
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One who tithes
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Boxer Riddick
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Boxer Riddick
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"Come ___!"
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"Come ___!"
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Hit the road
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Hit the road
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Lug
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Lug
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Coll. in Troy, N.Y.
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Coll. in Troy, N.Y.
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Give a thumbs down
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Give a thumbs down
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Obsolete form of "to be"
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Obsolete form of "to be"
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MGM rival, once
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