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New York Times: Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Below is the full solution for the Wednesday, December 31, 2008 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Tim Wescott
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Gillette razor
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Gillette razor
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Meal-in-a-can brand
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Meal-in-a-can brand
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Alarming
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Alarming
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In view
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In view
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Noggin
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Noggin
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Divided Asian land
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Divided Asian land
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Feel like quarreling about something
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Feel like quarreling about something
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Gangster's code of silence
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Gangster's code of silence
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On ___ with (even with)
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On ___ with (even with)
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___'wester
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___'wester
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No halfway effort
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No halfway effort
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Rand who wrote "Atlas Shrugged"
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Rand who wrote "Atlas Shrugged"
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Sch. where Shaquille O'Neal played basketball
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Sch. where Shaquille O'Neal played basketball
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Writer's guidelines
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Writer's guidelines
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Spanish uncles
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Spanish uncles
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Mexican restaurant offering
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Mexican restaurant offering
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"Heads up!," e.g.
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"Heads up!," e.g.
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Letters after two slashes
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Letters after two slashes
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Grounds for a good night's sleep?
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Grounds for a good night's sleep?
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Dick Van ___
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Dick Van ___
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Addlebrain
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Addlebrain
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Skilled
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Skilled
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"___ see it ..."
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"___ see it ..."
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Enterprise inits.
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Enterprise inits.
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Basis of a false arrest, perhaps
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Basis of a false arrest, perhaps
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Suffix with hotel
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Suffix with hotel
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Richard and Jane in court
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Richard and Jane in court
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Gain back
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Gain back
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Going past the fourth quarter, say
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Going past the fourth quarter, say
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Altimeter user
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Altimeter user
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Again
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Again
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Hamburg's river
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Hamburg's river
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Informal reply to "Who's there?"
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Informal reply to "Who's there?"
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Like the Beatles' Sadie
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Like the Beatles' Sadie
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U.K. military medals
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U.K. military medals
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Give ___ in the arm
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Give ___ in the arm
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"I love you," in Spanish
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"I love you," in Spanish
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Support with stone, as an embankment
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Support with stone, as an embankment
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"It's the end of ___"
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"It's the end of ___"
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Monastic jurisdiction
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Monastic jurisdiction
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"Bus 9 to Paradise" author Buscaglia
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"Bus 9 to Paradise" author Buscaglia
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___ Games
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___ Games
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Common lunch hr.
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Common lunch hr.
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Women's hybrid clothing
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Women's hybrid clothing
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Steal, slangily
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Steal, slangily
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Greet the day
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Greet the day
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A little advance work
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A little advance work
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Native of NE Siberia
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Native of NE Siberia
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"Finally!"
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"Finally!"
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Call after a toss
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Call after a toss
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When a football may be hiked
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When a football may be hiked
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No longer bright, as colors
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No longer bright, as colors
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"___ but true"
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"___ but true"
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Use diligently
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Use diligently
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"A cockroach!"
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"A cockroach!"
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Alfredo sauce ingredient
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Alfredo sauce ingredient
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"Sands of ___ Jima"
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"Sands of ___ Jima"
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Confess
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Confess
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Dead man's hand card
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Dead man's hand card
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Gown's partner
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Gown's partner
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"How ___ Has the Banshee Cried" (Thomas Moore poem)
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"How ___ Has the Banshee Cried" (Thomas Moore poem)
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One of a seasonal octet
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One of a seasonal octet
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Use as a bed
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Use as a bed
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"Obey your thirst" sloganeer, once
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"Obey your thirst" sloganeer, once
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Off the wall
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Off the wall
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Hedren of Hitchcock's "The Birds"
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Hedren of Hitchcock's "The Birds"
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Activated again, as a burner
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Activated again, as a burner
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Range extending south from the Kara Sea
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Range extending south from the Kara Sea
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"At the Milliner's" painter
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"At the Milliner's" painter
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Auto route from Me. to Fla.
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Auto route from Me. to Fla.
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Did one's part?
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Did one's part?
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Agitates
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Agitates
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Okra stew
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Okra stew
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They're guarded at the Olympics
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They're guarded at the Olympics
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___ Kippur
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___ Kippur
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Annoy
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Annoy
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