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New York Times: Thursday, December 22, 2011
Below is the full solution for the Thursday, December 22, 2011 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Kristian House
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___-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, 2010
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___-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, 2010
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Playlet
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Playlet
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Small spade, maybe
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Small spade, maybe
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Mideast bigwig: Var.
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Mideast bigwig: Var.
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1951 historical role for Peter Ustinov
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1951 historical role for Peter Ustinov
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"Nope!"
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"Nope!"
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Beaut of a butte?
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Beaut of a butte?
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Minnesota's St. ___ College
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Minnesota's St. ___ College
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Autumn shade
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Autumn shade
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Uncool Eskimo?
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Uncool Eskimo?
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Original Beatles bassist Sutcliffe
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Original Beatles bassist Sutcliffe
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Sound on Old MacDonald's farm
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Sound on Old MacDonald's farm
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Title cartoon boy
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Title cartoon boy
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"The Big Chill" director
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"The Big Chill" director
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Part of a baseball
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Part of a baseball
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Khan married to Rita Hayworth
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Khan married to Rita Hayworth
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Percussion instrument owned by a New York newspaper?
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Percussion instrument owned by a New York newspaper?
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7/5/75 winner over Connors
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7/5/75 winner over Connors
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Who wrote "It was many and many a year ago, / In a kingdom by the sea ..."
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Who wrote "It was many and many a year ago, / In a kingdom by the sea ..."
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Depose
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Depose
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Close-knit group at a popular island destination?
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Close-knit group at a popular island destination?
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Topic of Objectivism
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Topic of Objectivism
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Company car, maybe
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Company car, maybe
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Aphrodite's love
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Aphrodite's love
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Lite
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Lite
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Champagne chum
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Champagne chum
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Mo. of the hunter's moon
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Mo. of the hunter's moon
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Werewolf, e.g. ... or the one responsible for 20-, 34- and 41-Across?
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Werewolf, e.g. ... or the one responsible for 20-, 34- and 41-Across?
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"Shine On, Harvest Moon," e.g.
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"Shine On, Harvest Moon," e.g.
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Fair
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Fair
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Opera that premiered on Christmas Eve of 1871
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Opera that premiered on Christmas Eve of 1871
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Red-haired ogress of film
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Red-haired ogress of film
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Brim
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Brim
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Nothingness
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Nothingness
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Pink ___
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Pink ___
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It can make the face red
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It can make the face red
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Early Beatles tune subtitled "Go to Him"
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Early Beatles tune subtitled "Go to Him"
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Reversible fabric
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Reversible fabric
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Code of silence
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Code of silence
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Olympic event dating back to ancient Greece
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Olympic event dating back to ancient Greece
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"Phooey!"
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"Phooey!"
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Carnival treat
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Carnival treat
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Chief of medicine on "Scrubs"
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Chief of medicine on "Scrubs"
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"The Hurt Locker" locale
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"The Hurt Locker" locale
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Food that wiggles
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Food that wiggles
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Kid's art project
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Kid's art project
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Shine
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Shine
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The Wildcats of the America East Conf.
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The Wildcats of the America East Conf.
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Roller coaster part
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Roller coaster part
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Cyclone part
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Cyclone part
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Worship leader
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Worship leader
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Popular source of antioxidants
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Popular source of antioxidants
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Inkling
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Inkling
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Drugs and crime, e.g.
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Drugs and crime, e.g.
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Security Council vote
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Security Council vote
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Per ___
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Per ___
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Soup base
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Soup base
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"... ___ saw Elba"
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"... ___ saw Elba"
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Go at it
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Go at it
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Court plea, for short
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Court plea, for short
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Biblical brother
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Biblical brother
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State symbol of Utah
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State symbol of Utah
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In the near future
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In the near future
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Writer François ___ Rochefoucauld
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Writer François ___ Rochefoucauld
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Make forcefully, as a point
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Make forcefully, as a point
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Year of the Battle of Pollentia
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Year of the Battle of Pollentia
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Immobilized by a storm, maybe
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Immobilized by a storm, maybe
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Italian road
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Italian road
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Hit TV series starring Gary Sinise
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Hit TV series starring Gary Sinise
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Part of a mountain forest
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Part of a mountain forest
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Sponsor of ads famous for nudity
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Sponsor of ads famous for nudity
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Not jud. or leg.
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Not jud. or leg.
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Kind of bean
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Kind of bean
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Slightly askew
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Slightly askew
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Wee
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Wee
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Scooby-___
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Scooby-___
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