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New York Times: Thursday, December 31, 2009
Below is the full solution for the Thursday, December 31, 2009 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Frank Longo
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Small drafts
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Small drafts
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Vice president after Breckinridge
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Vice president after Breckinridge
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Govt. media monitor
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Govt. media monitor
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Return from a mountain?
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Return from a mountain?
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Dreadful, old-style
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Dreadful, old-style
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Mauna ___
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Mauna ___
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Person making firm decisions
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Person making firm decisions
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Wasn't up
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Wasn't up
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Bobby-___
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Bobby-___
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"Different strokes for different folks"
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"Different strokes for different folks"
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Radius, e.g.
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Radius, e.g.
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Intensely interested
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Intensely interested
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Vujacic of the Los Angeles Lakers, who's nicknamed "The Machine"
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Vujacic of the Los Angeles Lakers, who's nicknamed "The Machine"
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Cup holders?
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Cup holders?
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Alternatives to cups, in dessert orders
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Alternatives to cups, in dessert orders
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Something to throw on the BBQ
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Something to throw on the BBQ
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Salute in stanzas
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Salute in stanzas
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Mental figures
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Mental figures
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Click of condescension
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Click of condescension
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On the authority of
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On the authority of
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It's nothing new, with "the"
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It's nothing new, with "the"
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Not worthless
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Not worthless
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Pirate Lafitte
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Pirate Lafitte
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Country statistics
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Country statistics
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Maestro Klemperer
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Maestro Klemperer
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Parris Isl. outfit
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Parris Isl. outfit
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1960s sitcom set at a camp
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1960s sitcom set at a camp
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Chew out
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Chew out
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Place to escape to
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Place to escape to
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Storybook group residing in this puzzle?
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Storybook group residing in this puzzle?
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It has a very large bed
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It has a very large bed
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"Niagara" star, 1953
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"Niagara" star, 1953
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Plot piece
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Plot piece
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Athena's symbol
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Athena's symbol
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Pachacuti's people
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Pachacuti's people
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Be in a certain mood?
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Be in a certain mood?
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See 58-Down
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Potsdam pronoun
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Potsdam pronoun
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Multistep process starter
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Multistep process starter
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Green crops cultivated for fodder
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Green crops cultivated for fodder
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Snorts of disdain
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Snorts of disdain
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She created Hercule
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She created Hercule
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Alternative to AOL or Juno
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Bath bathroom
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Bath bathroom
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Global lending org.
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Global lending org.
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Cross-court items?
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Cross-court items?
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Limb bender
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Limb bender
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Detroit venue for sporting events and concerts
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Detroit venue for sporting events and concerts
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Training groups
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Training groups
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It's done for fun, for short
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It's done for fun, for short
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It's done for fun
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It's done for fun
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___ Bell
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___ Bell
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Psalm start
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Psalm start
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AOL or Juno
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AOL or Juno
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"Big deal"
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"Big deal"
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D.C. diamond squad
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D.C. diamond squad
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Granny, to a great-aunt
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Granny, to a great-aunt
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Ref's call
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Ref's call
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Thick-shelled seafood selection
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Thick-shelled seafood selection
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Tony-winning "Spamalot" actress Ramirez
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Tony-winning "Spamalot" actress Ramirez
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Shelve for a while
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Shelve for a while
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City in Padua province
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City in Padua province
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Antique autos
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Antique autos
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Cry when you've had enough
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Cry when you've had enough
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"Live Free or Die Hard" director Wiseman
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"Live Free or Die Hard" director Wiseman
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What Fido "shakes hands" with
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What Fido "shakes hands" with
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To a T
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To a T
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Abstain from
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Abstain from
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Unconcerned with scruples
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Unconcerned with scruples
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"Punk'd" host Kutcher
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"Punk'd" host Kutcher
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Some are bituminous
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Some are bituminous
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Brink
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Brink
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With 1-Down, moderately sweet, to a vintner
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With 1-Down, moderately sweet, to a vintner
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Hoops coach Kruger
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Hoops coach Kruger
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Magazine with an annual "500"
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Magazine with an annual "500"
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La-la lead-in
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La-la lead-in
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[Mumble, mumble]
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[Mumble, mumble]
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"Comprende?"
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"Comprende?"
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