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New York Times: Thursday, November 20, 2008
Below is the full solution for the Thursday, November 20, 2008 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Pete Muller
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Tobias ___, author of "This Boy's Life"
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Tobias ___, author of "This Boy's Life"
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Sound of a sax
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Sound of a sax
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Fish that can detect ultrasound
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Fish that can detect ultrasound
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Director Kurosawa
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Director Kurosawa
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Kind of sax
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Kind of sax
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Spinner for the Spinners
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Spinner for the Spinners
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Start of a quote by economist Allan Meltzer
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Start of a quote by economist Allan Meltzer
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Come ___
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Come ___
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First mate's superior, informally
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First mate's superior, informally
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Sanded, e.g.
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Sanded, e.g.
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Quote, part 2
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Quote, part 2
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Eastern queen
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Eastern queen
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See 59-Across
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Consoling words
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Consoling words
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Some monitors, for short
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Some monitors, for short
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Game pieces
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Game pieces
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Like most Olympic gymnasts
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Like most Olympic gymnasts
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Dressy accessories
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Dressy accessories
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"Either plagiarism or revolution," according to Gauguin
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"Either plagiarism or revolution," according to Gauguin
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Choice that avoids choosing
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Choice that avoids choosing
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"___ bleu!"
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"___ bleu!"
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Occasion to say goodbye
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Occasion to say goodbye
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Ray who founded McDonald's
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Ray who founded McDonald's
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Quote, part 3
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Quote, part 3
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One who believes humans descended from extraterrestrials
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One who believes humans descended from extraterrestrials
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20-Across's crew
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20-Across's crew
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Image in the Notre Dame de Paris
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Image in the Notre Dame de Paris
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End of the quote
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End of the quote
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With 27-Across, it collapsed in 2008
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With 27-Across, it collapsed in 2008
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Tribe speaking Chiwere
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Tribe speaking Chiwere
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Pact since 1993
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Pact since 1993
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Web addresses
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Web addresses
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Constellation between Cygnus and Hercules
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Constellation between Cygnus and Hercules
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I.R.A. option
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Extra in "I Was a Male War Bride"
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Extra in "I Was a Male War Bride"
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Volga feeder
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Volga feeder
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Edge
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Edge
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Heat producer
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Heat producer
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Palestinian group
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Palestinian group
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Waldorf salad ingredient
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Waldorf salad ingredient
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Noted ring leader
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Noted ring leader
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"Honest to goodness!"
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"Honest to goodness!"
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Winning coach of the first two Super Bowls
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Winning coach of the first two Super Bowls
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Bars of a sort
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Bars of a sort
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Mahatma Gandhi, for one
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Mahatma Gandhi, for one
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Pursuing
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Pursuing
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Device also called a rectifier
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Device also called a rectifier
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Blood type, for short
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Blood type, for short
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Pours 23-Down on
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Pours 23-Down on
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See 22-Down
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See 22-Down
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Map box
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Map box
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___ no.
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___ no.
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Singer Coolidge
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Singer Coolidge
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Tokyo theater performance
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Tokyo theater performance
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Prefix with surgery
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Prefix with surgery
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2005 documentary subtitled "The Smartest Guys in the Room"
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2005 documentary subtitled "The Smartest Guys in the Room"
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Fraction of an instant: Abbr.
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Fraction of an instant: Abbr.
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Off-base?
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Off-base?
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Forever and a day
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Forever and a day
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Commonwealth member beginning in 1947
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Commonwealth member beginning in 1947
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Charlemagne ruled it: Abbr.
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Charlemagne ruled it: Abbr.
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Manicurists
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Manicurists
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1950s tennis champion Gibson
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1950s tennis champion Gibson
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Chinese dynasty a thousand years ago
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Chinese dynasty a thousand years ago
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Pitcher Hideki ___
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Pitcher Hideki ___
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More there?
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More there?
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Corporate department
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Corporate department
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Menial worker
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Menial worker
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Prominence
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Prominence
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West Coast airport inits.
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West Coast airport inits.
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Cousin ___ of "The Addams Family"
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Cousin ___ of "The Addams Family"
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Not, to a Scot
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