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New York Times: Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Below is the full solution for the Tuesday, December 20, 2011 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Julian Lim
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Serenade, as the moon
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Serenade, as the moon
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4.0 is a good one
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4.0 is a good one
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Exam for a future dr.
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Exam for a future dr.
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Colored part of the iris
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Colored part of the iris
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Contents of some wells
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Contents of some wells
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Final measures?
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Final measures?
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Enter via osmosis
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Enter via osmosis
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Dems' foe
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Dems' foe
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Baby buggy, to Brits
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Baby buggy, to Brits
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*Wish desperately
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*Wish desperately
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Guarantee
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Guarantee
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1983 Barbra Streisand musical drama
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1983 Barbra Streisand musical drama
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Evening for Yves
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Evening for Yves
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*Be worry-free
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*Be worry-free
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Sample passage
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Sample passage
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"Riddle-me-___"
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"Riddle-me-___"
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"You got me there"
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"You got me there"
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Org. with the Sprint Cup Series
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Org. with the Sprint Cup Series
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Letters for a prince or princess
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Letters for a prince or princess
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Facebook competitor
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Facebook competitor
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*Muhammad Ali ring tactic
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*Muhammad Ali ring tactic
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Caustic cleansers
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Caustic cleansers
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.454 kg.
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.454 kg.
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Holy, in Latin phrases
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Holy, in Latin phrases
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*John Constable or Camille Pissarro
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*John Constable or Camille Pissarro
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"Clair de ___"
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"Clair de ___"
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Cell messenger
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Cell messenger
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Like an acrobat's limbs
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Like an acrobat's limbs
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Indians who gave their name to a state
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Indians who gave their name to a state
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Whichever
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Whichever
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Had dinner at a restaurant
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Had dinner at a restaurant
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Left at sea
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Left at sea
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Ovine call
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Ovine call
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Wear on a sunny day
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Wear on a sunny day
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Dinner from previous dinners
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Dinner from previous dinners
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Modern ice cream flavor
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Modern ice cream flavor
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Partner of "read 'em"
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Partner of "read 'em"
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*Like some bunnies and puppies
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*Like some bunnies and puppies
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Not the real name
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Not the real name
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Zesty flavors
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Zesty flavors
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"You can do it!"
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"You can do it!"
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Davy Crockett, e.g.
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Davy Crockett, e.g.
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Terrain of northern Italy
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Terrain of northern Italy
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Writer John who won a Pulitzer for "Annals of the Former World"
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Writer John who won a Pulitzer for "Annals of the Former World"
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Popular Mexican beer
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Popular Mexican beer
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Conforms as needed
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Conforms as needed
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Without excitement
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Without excitement
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Down Under land: Abbr.
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Down Under land: Abbr.
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"Go, go, go" sorts
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"Go, go, go" sorts
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D.C. legislator
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D.C. legislator
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Kitchen gadget brand
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Kitchen gadget brand
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Here, to Hugo
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Here, to Hugo
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Start of a playground rhyme
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Start of a playground rhyme
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Fixes up, as an old house
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Fixes up, as an old house
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Fellow cowboy
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Fellow cowboy
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Kind of soup ... or a hint to the answers to the five starred clues
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Kind of soup ... or a hint to the answers to the five starred clues
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Many an island in the Bahamas
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Many an island in the Bahamas
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Good card in blackjack
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Good card in blackjack
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___ ipsa loquitur
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___ ipsa loquitur
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Christian word of exultation
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Christian word of exultation
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Word on a biblical wall
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Word on a biblical wall
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Furl
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Furl
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Acting without thinking
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Acting without thinking
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Writer
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Writer
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First in line to the throne
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First in line to the throne
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Tropical fruit
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Tropical fruit
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Homes, to José
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Homes, to José
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"The ___ is out there" (catchphrase on "The X-Files")
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"The ___ is out there" (catchphrase on "The X-Files")
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Shore dinner staple
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Shore dinner staple
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Destination for many a music download
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Destination for many a music download
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Turn on a pivot
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Turn on a pivot
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Holidays in Hanoi
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