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New York Times: Thursday, December 23, 2010
Below is the full solution for the Thursday, December 23, 2010 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Oliver Hill,
Eliza Bagg
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"___ time"
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"___ time"
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Originator of the phrase "rosy-fingered dawn"
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Originator of the phrase "rosy-fingered dawn"
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Last picture in an alphabet book
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Last picture in an alphabet book
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Lay
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Lay
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Adult
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Adult
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Ducks, in "Peter and the Wolf" productions
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Ducks, in "Peter and the Wolf" productions
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What to use to spell 30-Down, according to George Bernard Shaw, reputedly, Part 1
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What to use to spell 30-Down, according to George Bernard Shaw, reputedly, Part 1
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Shout into a canyon
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Shout into a canyon
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Still
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Still
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Notorious 1999 computer virus
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Notorious 1999 computer virus
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Conservative philosophy in Britain
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Conservative philosophy in Britain
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Actress Lupino and others
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Actress Lupino and others
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They're usually white or brown
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They're usually white or brown
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Letters from a mathematician
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Letters from a mathematician
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Books often read on Saturday
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Books often read on Saturday
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One of the five counties of Hawaii
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One of the five counties of Hawaii
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Part 2
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Part 2
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Beginning of a saying about evil
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Beginning of a saying about evil
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Object of Andy's affection in "The 40-Year-Old Virgin"
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Object of Andy's affection in "The 40-Year-Old Virgin"
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Flight board abbr.
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Flight board abbr.
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Workplace for a 23-Down
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Workplace for a 23-Down
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Goals
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Goals
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Intro
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Intro
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Lion's home
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Lion's home
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Like some eyes and soup
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Like some eyes and soup
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Prefix with -pathy
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Part 3
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Part 3
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Zero, in slang
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Zero, in slang
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Lips
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Lips
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Nod, perhaps
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Nod, perhaps
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Noisome noise
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Noisome noise
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The Tower, e.g.
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The Tower, e.g.
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Flight board abbr.
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Panama and Suez
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Panama and Suez
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Snickered
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Snickered
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Designer McCartney
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Designer McCartney
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Alternative to Ring Dings
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Alternative to Ring Dings
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A little peculiar
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A little peculiar
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Spoil
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Spoil
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They may be deal breakers
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They may be deal breakers
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Opposite of invoices
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Opposite of invoices
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One fighting urban sprawl, say
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One fighting urban sprawl, say
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Black
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Black
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Shop
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Shop
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Like some gas: Abbr.
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Like some gas: Abbr.
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Memento from an old flame?
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Memento from an old flame?
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Shine
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Shine
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Grp. with the platinum album "Out of the Blue"
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Grp. with the platinum album "Out of the Blue"
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Worker on a 43-Across
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Worker on a 43-Across
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Lab gel
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Lab gel
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Reggae/dancehall artist ___ Paul
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Reggae/dancehall artist ___ Paul
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Century-starting year
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"Fish"
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"Fish"
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Tic-tac-toe win
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Ring results, for short
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Ring results, for short
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One of the Five Colleges
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One of the Five Colleges
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Abbr. on an old map of the West
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Abbr. on an old map of the West
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Shout at the top of a roller coaster
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Shout at the top of a roller coaster
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Who'll "talk 'til his voice is hoarse," in a 1960s sitcom
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Who'll "talk 'til his voice is hoarse," in a 1960s sitcom
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Good radio station for a bride?
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Good radio station for a bride?
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Simpleton
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Simpleton
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Find (out)
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Find (out)
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Spot
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Spot
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Fade
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Fade
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High
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High
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"Peace out"
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"Peace out"
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Of service
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Of service
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High-___
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High-___
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A goner
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A goner
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Jedi with a big forehead
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Jedi with a big forehead
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Big inits. on cable
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Big inits. on cable
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Old Chinese dynasty
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Old Chinese dynasty
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Boss: Abbr.
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Boss: Abbr.
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Prefix with conservative
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