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New York Times: Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Below is the full solution for the Wednesday, December 29, 2010 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Patrick Merrell
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Jettisoned compartment
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Jettisoned compartment
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Update, in a way
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Update, in a way
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10
Noise in a comic book gunfight
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Noise in a comic book gunfight
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Expert
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Expert
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Key of "The James Bond Theme"
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Key of "The James Bond Theme"
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Bathe
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Bathe
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Big ___
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Big ___
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Margarita alternatives
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Margarita alternatives
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Spanish for "the meadows"
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Spanish for "the meadows"
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Mexican bloom
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Mexican bloom
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Like telemarketing headsets
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Like telemarketing headsets
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Bit of a climb
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Bit of a climb
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They're caught in Chicago
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They're caught in Chicago
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What a cheeky one's cheek might get
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What a cheeky one's cheek might get
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Screen role for Skippy the dog
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Screen role for Skippy the dog
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Pit-___
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Pit-___
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Cook Island carving
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Cook Island carving
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Card game of Spanish origin
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Card game of Spanish origin
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Salsa verde ingredients
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Salsa verde ingredients
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Barrio outsider
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Barrio outsider
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At 30° W 30° N, e.g.
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At 30° W 30° N, e.g.
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Lock part
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Lock part
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Goals against, e.g.
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Goals against, e.g.
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"What ___ be done?"
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"What ___ be done?"
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Certain Protestant: Abbr.
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Certain Protestant: Abbr.
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Golfer Aoki
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Golfer Aoki
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Reason for an evacuation
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Reason for an evacuation
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Baja buddies
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Baja buddies
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Like traditional Mexican music
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Like traditional Mexican music
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Procrastinating words south of the border
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Procrastinating words south of the border
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Castor ___ (old comic strip character)
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Castor ___ (old comic strip character)
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Subj. involving cells
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Subj. involving cells
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Be altruistic
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Be altruistic
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Mustachioed "Simpsons" character
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Mustachioed "Simpsons" character
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Kournikova of tennis
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Kournikova of tennis
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They might be knee-jerk reactions
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They might be knee-jerk reactions
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Carbohydrate suffix
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"Tortilla Flat" character
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"Tortilla Flat" character
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Jersey Shore county, appropriately
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Jersey Shore county, appropriately
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None too swift
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None too swift
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Officially annul
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Officially annul
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Go from home to home?
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Go from home to home?
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One of a 15th-century trio
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One of a 15th-century trio
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"With the jawbone of ___ ..."
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"With the jawbone of ___ ..."
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Comfy footwear, briefly
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Comfy footwear, briefly
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Slowly disappears
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Slowly disappears
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Bor-r-ring
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Bor-r-ring
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Soup kitchen server
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Soup kitchen server
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Use
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Use
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Tijuana tables
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Tijuana tables
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One turned off for takeoff
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One turned off for takeoff
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Virgins of ancient Rome
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Virgins of ancient Rome
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Island capital of 2.6 million
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Island capital of 2.6 million
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It requires one who's blind with a bat
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It requires one who's blind with a bat
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Two-handled vase
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Two-handled vase
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1977 double-platinum album by Steely Dan
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1977 double-platinum album by Steely Dan
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Sweeping shot
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Sweeping shot
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Medit. land
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Medit. land
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Flattens, for short
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Flattens, for short
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Arthur of "The Golden Girls"
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Arthur of "The Golden Girls"
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$200 Monopoly properties: Abbr.
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$200 Monopoly properties: Abbr.
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Gift in "The Gift"
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Gift in "The Gift"
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Crone's concoction
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Crone's concoction
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White House ceremony site
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White House ceremony site
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Syrian presidential family
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Syrian presidential family
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Helping for the very hungry, maybe
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Helping for the very hungry, maybe
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"La ___"
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"La ___"
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At full speed
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At full speed
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Evergreen with edible nuts
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Evergreen with edible nuts
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Psi follower
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Psi follower
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Cheap, in adspeak
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Cheap, in adspeak
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"But of course"
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"But of course"
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58
Mark used four times in this puzzle's solution
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Mark used four times in this puzzle's solution
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Pricey event
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Pricey event
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Yucatán years
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Yucatán years
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Soak (up)
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Soak (up)
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