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New York Times: Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Below is the full solution for the Wednesday, December 23, 2009 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Jonathan Porat
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"I dare you"
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"I dare you"
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The Hawks of the Atlantic 10 conference, informally
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The Hawks of the Atlantic 10 conference, informally
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This very moment
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This very moment
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Conscious
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Conscious
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1970 Santana hit
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1970 Santana hit
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Orch. section
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Orch. section
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It might pass une loi
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It might pass une loi
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Reuters competitor
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Reuters competitor
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Tiny recipe amount
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Tiny recipe amount
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Idol worshiper?
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Idol worshiper?
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Kind of pit, briefly
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Kind of pit, briefly
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Burgundy or Chablis
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Burgundy or Chablis
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Evidence in the Watergate scandal
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Evidence in the Watergate scandal
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"Without ___, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable": Shaw
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"Without ___, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable": Shaw
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Instantly fry
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Instantly fry
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In vitro cells
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In vitro cells
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Macho types
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Macho types
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Lone Star State cowboy
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Lone Star State cowboy
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Trekkies' genre
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Trekkies' genre
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Impulsively
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Impulsively
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Medical insurance portion of Medicare
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Medical insurance portion of Medicare
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Extinct cousin of the kiwi
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Extinct cousin of the kiwi
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Break point score, perhaps
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Break point score, perhaps
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Artist Lichtenstein
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Artist Lichtenstein
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Varying wildly
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Varying wildly
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Misanthrope
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Misanthrope
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Part of a postal address for Disneyland
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Part of a postal address for Disneyland
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+ end
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+ end
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Answer to an old riddle alluded to by the starts of 17-, 32-, 42- and 64-Across
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Answer to an old riddle alluded to by the starts of 17-, 32-, 42- and 64-Across
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Pointed criticisms
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Pointed criticisms
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Org. that used to bring people to court?
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Org. that used to bring people to court?
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Stretch of grass
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Stretch of grass
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Sam Spade type
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Sam Spade type
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"Uh-uh, bad!"
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"Uh-uh, bad!"
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Tach reading
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Tach reading
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Votes for
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Votes for
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Gandalf, for one
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Gandalf, for one
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Barely making (out)
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Barely making (out)
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Took care of business
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Took care of business
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See 32-Down
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See 32-Down
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Become blocked
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Become blocked
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Animal with striped legs
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Animal with striped legs
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Start of a counting rhyme
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Start of a counting rhyme
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Have turkey-serving duty, say
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Have turkey-serving duty, say
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U.S. dance grp.
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U.S. dance grp.
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It facilitates replying to a MS.
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It facilitates replying to a MS.
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Buckingham Palace letters
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Buckingham Palace letters
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Article in El Mundo
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Article in El Mundo
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Schmo
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Schmo
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Campus areas
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Campus areas
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Card game for 11-Down
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Card game for 11-Down
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Onetime realm of central Eur.
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Onetime realm of central Eur.
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"___ be an honor"
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"___ be an honor"
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A writer may work on it
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A writer may work on it
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Washington pro
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Washington pro
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Christmas ___
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Christmas ___
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Carrier to Copenhagen
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Carrier to Copenhagen
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"Oh yeah ...," in a text message
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"Oh yeah ...," in a text message
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France's second-busiest port
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France's second-busiest port
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Nitrous ___
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Nitrous ___
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Brief swim
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Brief swim
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Design deg.
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Design deg.
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Lungful
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Lungful
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1935 Triple Crown horse
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1935 Triple Crown horse
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Christopher who directed "The Dark Knight"
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Christopher who directed "The Dark Knight"
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Finnish architect Alvar ___
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Finnish architect Alvar ___
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Erin of "Happy Days"
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Erin of "Happy Days"
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Charlie Chaplin persona
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Charlie Chaplin persona
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Ball-rolling game
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Ball-rolling game
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___ Reader
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___ Reader
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Midwinter phenomenon, sometimes
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Midwinter phenomenon, sometimes
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Strangely, it's shorter than a day on Venus
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Strangely, it's shorter than a day on Venus
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Orthographer's ref.
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Orthographer's ref.
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Frequent Canadian interjections
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Frequent Canadian interjections
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Vim
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Vim
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___ Fáil, Irish coronation stone
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___ Fáil, Irish coronation stone
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