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New York Times: Friday, December 25, 2009
Below is the full solution for the Friday, December 25, 2009 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Paula Gamache
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Sony computer brand
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River of Germany
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River of Germany
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One who worked in a "dismal little cell"
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One who worked in a "dismal little cell"
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A-list wannabe
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A-list wannabe
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Georgia border river
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Georgia border river
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Order in the court
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Order in the court
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Blanch
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Blanch
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"Piece" org.
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"Piece" org.
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Italy's first capital
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Italy's first capital
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Canine warnings
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Canine warnings
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Taking too much, briefly
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Taking too much, briefly
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With 35-Down, brother of Master Peter
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With 35-Down, brother of Master Peter
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Stocking stuffer
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Stocking stuffer
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With 32-Across, one subjected to "incessant torture of remorse"
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With 32-Across, one subjected to "incessant torture of remorse"
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Org. with inspectors
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Org. with inspectors
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Cause for weaving, for short
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Cause for weaving, for short
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Prepare to drive
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Prepare to drive
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See 26-Across
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See 26-Across
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Something to do twice?
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Something to do twice?
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It may be rolled
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It may be rolled
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"Ho, ho, ho," e.g.
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"Ho, ho, ho," e.g.
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Burial place of Macbeth
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Burial place of Macbeth
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Apportioned, as medicine
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Apportioned, as medicine
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Noted Bauhaus teacher
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Noted Bauhaus teacher
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"Little Women" woman
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"Little Women" woman
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Quick-change artists?
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Quick-change artists?
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25-Across maker
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25-Across maker
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Repeated part of "Deck the Halls"
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Repeated part of "Deck the Halls"
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Agrarian concern
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Agrarian concern
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One who saw his name upon the stone of a neglected grave
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One who saw his name upon the stone of a neglected grave
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Michael who wrote "Charmed Lives"
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Michael who wrote "Charmed Lives"
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It's gross
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It's gross
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Tannenbaum topper
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Tannenbaum topper
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Gradual
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Gradual
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On the ___
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On the ___
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Tupolev Tu-144s, e.g.
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Sung parts, as of carols
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Sung parts, as of carols
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Trapped, after "in"
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Trapped, after "in"
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Optimistic assertion
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Optimistic assertion
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"As You Like It" hero
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"As You Like It" hero
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Mo. town
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Mo. town
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Kind of rock
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Kind of rock
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Ertegun who co-founded Atlantic Records
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Ertegun who co-founded Atlantic Records
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Club steak, e.g.
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Club steak, e.g.
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Emma of fiction
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Emma of fiction
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1843 work in five "staves"
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1843 work in five "staves"
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"Super!"
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"Super!"
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Pelvic prefix
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Pelvic prefix
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Spanish royal
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Spanish royal
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U.S.A.F. E-5
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U.S.A.F. E-5
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"And Winter Came ..." artist
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"And Winter Came ..." artist
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Termite tormentor
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Termite tormentor
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1970 hit by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
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1970 hit by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
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Suffix with party
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Suffix with party
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It's gross
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It's gross
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Like Santa's bag on Christmas Eve
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Like Santa's bag on Christmas Eve
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___ Perino, George W. Bush's last White House press secretary
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___ Perino, George W. Bush's last White House press secretary
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Prime
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Prime
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Sleigh bells and such
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Sleigh bells and such
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Pirates
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Pirates
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Iconic flamers
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Iconic flamers
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See 24-Across
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See 24-Across
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Groundbreaking invention?
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Groundbreaking invention?
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Foam alternative
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Foam alternative
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Hutch's head, briefly
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Hutch's head, briefly
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Junot ___, 2008 Pulitzer winner for "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao"
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Junot ___, 2008 Pulitzer winner for "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao"
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One with an ancestor: Abbr.
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One with an ancestor: Abbr.
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S O S, e.g.
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S O S, e.g.
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Sported
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Sported
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"The ___ Williams Christmas Album"
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"The ___ Williams Christmas Album"
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Na+ and Cl-
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Na+ and Cl-
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Manage, with "out"
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Manage, with "out"
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Fancy wrap
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Fancy wrap
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Protein source
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Protein source
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Secure
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Secure
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Chicago runners
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Chicago runners
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