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New York Times: Monday, October 20, 2008
Below is the full solution for the Monday, October 20, 2008 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Daniel Raymon
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Tempest
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Tempest
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Those, in México
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Those, in México
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Mimicked
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Mimicked
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Energetic almost to a fault
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Energetic almost to a fault
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Save for later viewing
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Save for later viewing
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As a result
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As a result
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"___ my case"
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"___ my case"
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Nile queen, informally
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Nile queen, informally
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"Seeing red" feeling
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"Seeing red" feeling
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Prickle in Alaska?
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Prickle in Alaska?
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2008 film about a hunchbacked lab assistant
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2008 film about a hunchbacked lab assistant
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Leader overthrown in 1917
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Leader overthrown in 1917
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Mrs. Truman
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Mrs. Truman
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Ruby, for one
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Ruby, for one
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Opened a bit
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Opened a bit
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W.W. II arena
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W.W. II arena
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Lawyers' grp.
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Lawyers' grp.
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Computer character set, for short
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Computer character set, for short
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Simmered dish in California?
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Simmered dish in California?
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Take a new path ... or a hint to 20-, 36-, 41- and 57-Across
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Take a new path ... or a hint to 20-, 36-, 41- and 57-Across
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Chair in Maine?
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Chair in Maine?
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Pawns
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Pawns
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Easter egg coloring
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Easter egg coloring
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Gov. Landon, who lost to F.D.R.
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Gov. Landon, who lost to F.D.R.
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Film figure with fangs, for short
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Aphorism
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Aphorism
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Leaping insect
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Leaping insect
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Kit ___ (candy bars)
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Kit ___ (candy bars)
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Butter servings
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Butter servings
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Scream in Alabama?
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Scream in Alabama?
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Prefix with lateral
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Prefix with lateral
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Pop singer Brickell
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Pop singer Brickell
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Multitude
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Multitude
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Paul of "Knocked Up"
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Paul of "Knocked Up"
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Bald people may wear them
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Bald people may wear them
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Singer John
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Singer John
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"The Danny ___ Show" of the 1960s
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"The Danny ___ Show" of the 1960s
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Narrow opening
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Narrow opening
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Sting
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Sting
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Time in the army, say
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Time in the army, say
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Neophytes
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Neophytes
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Puccini production
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Puccini production
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Curb
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Curb
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"You do the ___!"
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"You do the ___!"
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Artist working on glass
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Artist working on glass
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Missile holders
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Missile holders
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Manager
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Manager
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In the near future
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In the near future
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Eagle's home
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Eagle's home
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Hardheaded
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Hardheaded
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Frozen waffle brand
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Frozen waffle brand
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Active person
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Active person
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Not yet decided, on a sched.
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Not yet decided, on a sched.
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"You fell for it!"
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"You fell for it!"
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Interlocking puzzle
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Interlocking puzzle
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Mao ___-tung
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Mao ___-tung
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"Everything will ___" ("Don't worry")
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"Everything will ___" ("Don't worry")
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Plant bristles
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Plant bristles
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Scored 100% on
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Scored 100% on
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One-horse carriage
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One-horse carriage
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Examined example
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Examined example
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Punning and such
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Punning and such
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Capital on the Baltic Sea
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Capital on the Baltic Sea
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Lamprey ___
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Lamprey ___
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Flower in Wordsworth's "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"
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Flower in Wordsworth's "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"
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Abhor
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Abhor
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Cheerleader's cheer
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Cheerleader's cheer
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Parenthetical remark
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Parenthetical remark
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Mario's brother in Nintendo's Mario Bros.
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Mario's brother in Nintendo's Mario Bros.
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Line from the heart
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Line from the heart
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English royal house after York
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English royal house after York
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Medical tube
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Medical tube
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Fringe benefit
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Fringe benefit
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Blue hue
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Blue hue
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Stitches
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Stitches
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The Beatles' "___ a Woman"
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The Beatles' "___ a Woman"
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