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New York Times: Monday, August 20, 2012
Below is the full solution for the Monday, August 20, 2012 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Robert Cirillo
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City square
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City square
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Thing on a cowboy's boot
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Arrow-shooting Greek god
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Arrow-shooting Greek god
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Overhauled
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Overhauled
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Man, in Roma
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Man, in Roma
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"See for yourself!"
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"See for yourself!"
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Almost round
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Almost round
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___ platter (order at a Polynesian restaurant)
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___ platter (order at a Polynesian restaurant)
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Word before Susan or Sunday
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Help for newbies
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Help for newbies
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Prior to, in verse
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Prior to, in verse
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Swiss river to the Rhine
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Swiss river to the Rhine
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Med. care options
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Med. care options
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There's no such thing as this, according to a saying
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There's no such thing as this, according to a saying
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Evening event
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Evening event
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Kiev's land: Abbr.
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Kiev's land: Abbr.
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1964 Pontiac debut
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1964 Pontiac debut
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___ tube
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___ tube
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Sandra of "Gidget"
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Sandra of "Gidget"
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Craft with a paddle
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Craft with a paddle
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Columbo and others: Abbr.
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Columbo and others: Abbr.
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"Ta-ta"
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"Ta-ta"
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Graduation cap attachment
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Graduation cap attachment
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Really strong
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Really strong
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Sound heard before an MGM film
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Sound heard before an MGM film
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Weekend NBC staple, for short
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Weekend NBC staple, for short
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Be a thespian
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Be a thespian
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First woman to sit in the British House of Commons
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First woman to sit in the British House of Commons
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Six-sided solid
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Six-sided solid
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Home of Lima and Toledo
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Home of Lima and Toledo
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Not straight, as a street
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Not straight, as a street
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The Bruins of the N.C.A.A.
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The Bruins of the N.C.A.A.
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The Who's "___ Get Fooled Again"
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The Who's "___ Get Fooled Again"
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Parisian girlfriends
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Parisian girlfriends
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Barely made, with "out"
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Barely made, with "out"
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Caustic alkalis
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Caustic alkalis
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"I came, I saw, I conquered," e.g.
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"I came, I saw, I conquered," e.g.
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Government investigation
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Government investigation
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Prying bar, e.g.
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Prying bar, e.g.
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"Honesty is the best policy," e.g.
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"Honesty is the best policy," e.g.
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Large-tubed pasta
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Former German chancellor Konrad
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Former German chancellor Konrad
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A-one
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A-one
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Rain cats and dogs
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Rain cats and dogs
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Officials on a diamond
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Officials on a diamond
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Not as gentle
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Not as gentle
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Broadway's "Billy ___"
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Broadway's "Billy ___"
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Stop, Yield or No U Turn
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Stop, Yield or No U Turn
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Move like molasses
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Move like molasses
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Wild blue yonder
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Wild blue yonder
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Identify
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Identify
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Verbal hesitations
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Verbal hesitations
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Rap's Dr. ___
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Rap's Dr. ___
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Elizabeth I or II
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Elizabeth I or II
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Hawaiian instrument, for short
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Hawaiian instrument, for short
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Oklahoma tribe
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Christmas song
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Christmas song
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River deposit
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River deposit
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Latch ___
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Latch ___
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Like a car or home, to State Farm
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Like a car or home, to State Farm
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Prefix with functional
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Prefix with functional
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Arrange for transport to the airport, perhaps
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Arrange for transport to the airport, perhaps
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Donkey
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Donkey
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Nocturnal rodent hunter on a farm
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Nocturnal rodent hunter on a farm
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Wee
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Wee
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Stop working, as a car battery
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Farm bale
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Farm bale
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Broad ties
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Broad ties
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Heart chambers
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Heart chambers
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Quiet places along a shore
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Quiet places along a shore
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Meeting for Romeo and Juliet
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Meeting for Romeo and Juliet
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Word that can follow the starts of 20-, 26-, 43- and 52-Across
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Word that can follow the starts of 20-, 26-, 43- and 52-Across
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Chips ___!
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Chips ___!
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Number of "lives" a cat has
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Number of "lives" a cat has
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Kind of wrestling
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Kind of wrestling
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Pool ball striker
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Pool ball striker
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