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New York Times: Thursday, March 15, 2012
Below is the full solution for the Thursday, March 15, 2012 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Kristian House
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Language in which "hello" is "kaixo"
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Language in which "hello" is "kaixo"
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Chop-chop
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Chop-chop
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Consumer protection org.
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Consumer protection org.
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"Phooey!"
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"Phooey!"
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Hit song with the line "When she squeezed me tight she nearly broke my spine"
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Hit song with the line "When she squeezed me tight she nearly broke my spine"
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French word that sounds like a letter of the alphabet
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French word that sounds like a letter of the alphabet
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Rows
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Rows
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Grin-and-bear-it types
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Grin-and-bear-it types
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Impatient leprechaun's concern on an airplane?
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Impatient leprechaun's concern on an airplane?
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Gossip
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Gossip
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Type
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Type
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Modernists
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Modernists
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Musical genre of Jimmy Eat World
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Musical genre of Jimmy Eat World
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Southern Iraqi city
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Southern Iraqi city
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Ooze
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Ooze
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Degree for a leprechaun who's an expert at finding imperfections?
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Degree for a leprechaun who's an expert at finding imperfections?
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Period when Long Island was formed
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Period when Long Island was formed
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Some electronic parts
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Some electronic parts
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Leprechaun's book detailing the truth about flounders?
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Leprechaun's book detailing the truth about flounders?
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Basic point
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Basic point
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Show biz elite
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Show biz elite
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Chess pieces
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Chess pieces
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"The Long, Hot Summer" woman ___ Varner
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"The Long, Hot Summer" woman ___ Varner
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Mussorgsky's "Pictures ___ Exhibition"
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Mussorgsky's "Pictures ___ Exhibition"
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New York's ___ River
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New York's ___ River
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Scary legislation introduced by a leprechaun?
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Scary legislation introduced by a leprechaun?
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Rare astronomical event
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Rare astronomical event
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Maharishi, e.g.
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Maharishi, e.g.
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Score keeper, for short?
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Score keeper, for short?
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Obama education secretary Duncan
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Obama education secretary Duncan
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Part of the Iroquois Confederacy
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Part of the Iroquois Confederacy
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Nice 'n Easy product
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Nice 'n Easy product
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1987 Costner role
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1987 Costner role
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Vamp
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Vamp
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Punch accompanier
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Punch accompanier
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Knock over
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Knock over
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Kind of short
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Fantasy novel element
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Fantasy novel element
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Miners' sch.
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Miners' sch.
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Latin 101 verb
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Latin 101 verb
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Swiss city where William Tell shot an apple
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Swiss city where William Tell shot an apple
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Sisterly
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Sisterly
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Up
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Up
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Beatle who was born with the first name James
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Beatle who was born with the first name James
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Any of the singers of "Jive Talkin'"
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Any of the singers of "Jive Talkin'"
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Paint the town red, maybe
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Paint the town red, maybe
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Goes over 21 at the casino
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Goes over 21 at the casino
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Clorox cleaner
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Clorox cleaner
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Brand name in a blue oval
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Brand name in a blue oval
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Brat Packer Moore
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Brat Packer Moore
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Apple choice
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Apple choice
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Symbol of the Virgin Mary
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Symbol of the Virgin Mary
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Fathered
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Fathered
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Aphrodite's lover
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Aphrodite's lover
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Fleet
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Fleet
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Home-shopping event?
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Home-shopping event?
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Troubles
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Troubles
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Russian diet
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Russian diet
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Squeezes (out)
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Squeezes (out)
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Text message status
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Text message status
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Sugar daddies, e.g.
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Sugar daddies, e.g.
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Bygone Manhattan eatery
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Bygone Manhattan eatery
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TV journalist Lisa
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TV journalist Lisa
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Word from a foreman
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Word from a foreman
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Unjust treatment
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Unjust treatment
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Died down
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Died down
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Previously, to poets
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Previously, to poets
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County on the Thames
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County on the Thames
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Arab nation that's not in OPEC
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Arab nation that's not in OPEC
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Insurance grps.
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Insurance grps.
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Newcastle's river
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Newcastle's river
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Good thing that comes to those who wait?
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Good thing that comes to those who wait?
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Formal "yes"
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Formal "yes"
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Hipster
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Hipster
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