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New York Times: Thursday, December 29, 2011
Below is the full solution for the Thursday, December 29, 2011 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
David Steinberg
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Wagner heroine
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Wagner heroine
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Eagerly expectant
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Eagerly expectant
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Street ___
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Street ___
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Opportunity maker?
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Opportunity maker?
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Hello and farewell
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Hello and farewell
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With 37-Down, complete
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With 37-Down, complete
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Facile
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Facile
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Start of a brainteaser whose answer appears in order, from top to bottom, in this puzzle's circled squares
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Start of a brainteaser whose answer appears in order, from top to bottom, in this puzzle's circled squares
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City in the San Gabriel Valley
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City in the San Gabriel Valley
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Complete
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Complete
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John XI's successor
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John XI's successor
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War of 1812 battle site
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War of 1812 battle site
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Schedule abbr.
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Schedule abbr.
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Part two of the brainteaser
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Part two of the brainteaser
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One of the Chaplins
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One of the Chaplins
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Home state of the 1964 and 2008 Rep. presidential candidates
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Home state of the 1964 and 2008 Rep. presidential candidates
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Part three of the brainteaser
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Part three of the brainteaser
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Debate (with)
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Debate (with)
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10th- to 12th-century Chinese dynasty
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10th- to 12th-century Chinese dynasty
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Part four of the brainteaser
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Part four of the brainteaser
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Muckraker Tarbell
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Muckraker Tarbell
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Harsh
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Harsh
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1944 Sartre play
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1944 Sartre play
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Lays the groundwork for?
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Lays the groundwork for?
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Inventory
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Inventory
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End of the brainteaser
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End of the brainteaser
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Harem rooms
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Harem rooms
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Nifty
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Nifty
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Trifled (with)
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Trifled (with)
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Spanish muralist
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Spanish muralist
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Russia/Ukraine's Sea of ___
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Russia/Ukraine's Sea of ___
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They can be batted and rolled
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They can be batted and rolled
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'60s radical grp.
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'60s radical grp.
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Communist Friedrich
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Communist Friedrich
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Rudy with a megaphone
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Rudy with a megaphone
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"The End of Eternity" author
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"The End of Eternity" author
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Zoological wings
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Zoological wings
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Certain cat
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Certain cat
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Start of many a bumper sticker
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Start of many a bumper sticker
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Peppermint ___
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Peppermint ___
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At the home of
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At the home of
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Old bus maker
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Old bus maker
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Suffix with Euclid
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Suffix with Euclid
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W.W. II gen.
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W.W. II gen.
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Greater than
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Greater than
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10,000, for 4, in base 10, e.g.
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10,000, for 4, in base 10, e.g.
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Person who's groundbreaking?
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Person who's groundbreaking?
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Curtain fabric
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Curtain fabric
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Online merchant
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Online merchant
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When tripled, a 1970 war movie
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When tripled, a 1970 war movie
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One who may say "I say" a lot
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One who may say "I say" a lot
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Woodworker's tool
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Woodworker's tool
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Blowup: Abbr.
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Blowup: Abbr.
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Cry from a crib
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Cry from a crib
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Popular tablet
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Popular tablet
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Zola best seller
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Zola best seller
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Coastal flier
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Coastal flier
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Half a strawful, say
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Half a strawful, say
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Like a house that's of interest to ghost hunters
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Like a house that's of interest to ghost hunters
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See 15-Across
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See 15-Across
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Subj. of three of the six Nobel Prizes
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Subj. of three of the six Nobel Prizes
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Aerosol target
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Aerosol target
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As yet
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As yet
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Restaurant gofer
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Restaurant gofer
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"How to" explanations
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"How to" explanations
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Rust and quartz
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Rust and quartz
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Person with a conical hat, maybe
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Person with a conical hat, maybe
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Bikini explosions
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Bikini explosions
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Onetime show for John Candy
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Onetime show for John Candy
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Composition of Polynésie
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Composition of Polynésie
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___ sense
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___ sense
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Part of a French face
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Part of a French face
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___ Tomé
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___ Tomé
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"g2g" follower
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"g2g" follower
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