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New York Times: Friday, December 12, 2008
Below is the full solution for the Friday, December 12, 2008 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Mike Nothnagel
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Mandrake the Magician's sidekick
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Mandrake the Magician's sidekick
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Sheepskin leather for bookbinding
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Sheepskin leather for bookbinding
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Unwavering
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Unwavering
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Get quite hot
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Get quite hot
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Billy Graham's "___ the Hills"
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Billy Graham's "___ the Hills"
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Org. with an annual televised awards ceremony
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Org. with an annual televised awards ceremony
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Thing on a string
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Thing on a string
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Call after which someone fills a box
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Call after which someone fills a box
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Unit in a physics textbook
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Unit in a physics textbook
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Be way off
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Be way off
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Sch. staff
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Sch. staff
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Its employees get a lot of perks
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Its employees get a lot of perks
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Unchanged
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Unchanged
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Flawlessly
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Flawlessly
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Where le nez is
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Where le nez is
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Where rushing strategies are often discussed
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Where rushing strategies are often discussed
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Like three-legged race contestants
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Like three-legged race contestants
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Capital of Shaanxi province
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Capital of Shaanxi province
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Course that has its limits, briefly
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Course that has its limits, briefly
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One may be in a stew
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One may be in a stew
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26-Down's schedule
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26-Down's schedule
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About three-fourths of la Tierra
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About three-fourths of la Tierra
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Release
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Release
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Well-executed
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Well-executed
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Fictional manager of a "psychiatric help" booth
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Fictional manager of a "psychiatric help" booth
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Stink
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Stink
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Setting of Main Duck Island
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Setting of Main Duck Island
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It may come in vin
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It may come in vin
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Noble thing
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Noble thing
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God commonly depicted with four arms
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God commonly depicted with four arms
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Pitching asset?
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Pitching asset?
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Home of the ancient Olympics
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Home of the ancient Olympics
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Half-sister of King Arthur
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Half-sister of King Arthur
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Org. in which one's number may be up
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Org. in which one's number may be up
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Drop
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Drop
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Held to be
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Held to be
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Release
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Release
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Fair share, maybe
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Fair share, maybe
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Rock roller?
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Rock roller?
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Bell Centre team member, familiarly
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Bell Centre team member, familiarly
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NPR's "Only ___"
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NPR's "Only ___"
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Record collector?
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Record collector?
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Chafes
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Chafes
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How money is often lost
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How money is often lost
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Some advisers: Abbr.
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Some advisers: Abbr.
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Less
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Less
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Carpenter's scoring tool
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Carpenter's scoring tool
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Use as a model
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Use as a model
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Getting to the point?
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Getting to the point?
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Face sideways?
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Face sideways?
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Piece of silver
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Piece of silver
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38-Across completer
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38-Across completer
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Yoke
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Yoke
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Pre-reincarnation periods
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Pre-reincarnation periods
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1980s sitcom title role
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Quaint news source
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Quaint news source
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Lollygags
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Lollygags
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Desert denizens
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Desert denizens
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Irregular folds
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Irregular folds
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You can't escape from it
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You can't escape from it
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Try to get something from a grab bag, say
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Try to get something from a grab bag, say
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One who's often with child?
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One who's often with child?
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Call for
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Call for
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Kitchen headgear
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Kitchen headgear
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Picked a ticket
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Picked a ticket
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Point of view
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Point of view
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Cotton variety
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Cotton variety
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Reply facilitator: Abbr.
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