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New York Times: Thursday, February 16, 2012
Below is the full solution for the Thursday, February 16, 2012 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Jim Page
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Goof
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Goof
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Boo-boo
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Boo-boo
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Player of TV's Caine
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Player of TV's Caine
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Circus performance or concert
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Circus performance or concert
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Lined, as a furnace hearth
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Lined, as a furnace hearth
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Representative's work
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Representative's work
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Nice one
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Nice one
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L.A.P.D. part
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L.A.P.D. part
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Bro's greeting
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Bro's greeting
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With 29-/30-Across, wiggle room ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme
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With 29-/30-Across, wiggle room ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme
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"You ___!"
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"You ___!"
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Stir
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Stir
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Monty Python title character
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Monty Python title character
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Chocolate dessert
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Chocolate dessert
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It may have bullets
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It may have bullets
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See 21-Across
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See 21-Across
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See 21-Across
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Yuma-to-Tombstone dir.
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Yuma-to-Tombstone dir.
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Excuse
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Excuse
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It may come from a well
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It may come from a well
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Stumble, in a way
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Stumble, in a way
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Kind of net
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Kind of net
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Ones stuck in the hospital, for short?
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Ones stuck in the hospital, for short?
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Approval in Rome
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Approval in Rome
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Medicine
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Medicine
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Blue-roofed dining spots
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Blue-roofed dining spots
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"I heard ___!"
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"I heard ___!"
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Shut-___
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Shut-___
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"Hold on"
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"Hold on"
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Flushes
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Flushes
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Quad bike, e.g.
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Quad bike, e.g.
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2011 Rose Bowl winner, for short
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2011 Rose Bowl winner, for short
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One caught by border patrol
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One caught by border patrol
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Market town that's a suburb of London
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Market town that's a suburb of London
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Folded like a fan
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Folded like a fan
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Mint
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Mint
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Gaffe
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Gaffe
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Screwup
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Screwup
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Film planner
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Film planner
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Slugabed
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Slugabed
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First subway line in N.Y.C.
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First subway line in N.Y.C.
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Grab a parking spot
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Grab a parking spot
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Hit with, as a pickup line
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Hit with, as a pickup line
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Jet engine housings
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Jet engine housings
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Imperfect
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Imperfect
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Implements for "writing" on computer screens
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Implements for "writing" on computer screens
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Part of the face whose name is derived from the Latin for "grape"
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Part of the face whose name is derived from the Latin for "grape"
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1960s title sitcom character
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1960s title sitcom character
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Tubby
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Tubby
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Gunk
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Gunk
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Misprint
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Misprint
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Flub
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Flub
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Old gang weapon
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Old gang weapon
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Prickly seedcase
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Prickly seedcase
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Vocabulaire part
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Vocabulaire part
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Get to
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Get to
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Rant
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Rant
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School whose football stadium is nicknamed the Horseshoe
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School whose football stadium is nicknamed the Horseshoe
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Obeyer, as of laws
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Obeyer, as of laws
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"You ___ me"
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"You ___ me"
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Brown, e.g.
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Brown, e.g.
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Muff
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Muff
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Like New York's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
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Like New York's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
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Wallet items, in brief
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Wallet items, in brief
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Lord Byron's "___ Walks in Beauty"
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Lord Byron's "___ Walks in Beauty"
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Tony-winning playwright Eve
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Tony-winning playwright Eve
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Seen
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Seen
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Pratfall
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Pratfall
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The pits
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The pits
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It's not scripted
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It's not scripted
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New Mexico county
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New Mexico county
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Susan of Broadway's "Beauty and the Beast"
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Susan of Broadway's "Beauty and the Beast"
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Eyebrow shape
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Eyebrow shape
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Miss at a hoedown
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Miss at a hoedown
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