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New York Times: Monday, October 22, 2012
Below is the full solution for the Monday, October 22, 2012 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Joel Fagliano
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Acad. or univ.
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Starring role
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Starring role
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Bieber with the 2010 hit "Baby"
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Bieber with the 2010 hit "Baby"
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Lyricist Gershwin
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Lyricist Gershwin
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Olympic event with electrified equipment
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Olympic event with electrified equipment
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Presume
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Presume
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Lean-___ (temporary shelters)
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Lean-___ (temporary shelters)
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Squeezing tool
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Squeezing tool
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Not checked for speed
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Not checked for speed
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It's measured by polls
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It's measured by polls
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Height: Prefix
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Height: Prefix
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Home of the San Diego Padres
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Home of the San Diego Padres
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Tank engine of children's fiction
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Tank engine of children's fiction
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"Never mind"
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"Never mind"
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Some jeans
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Some jeans
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Hurt
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Hurt
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Be fond of
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Be fond of
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Dog's bark
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Dog's bark
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Conqueror of the Incas
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Conqueror of the Incas
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Pro's opposite
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Mexican snack
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Mexican snack
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Some cameras, for short
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Some cameras, for short
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Frankie Valli's "___ Take My Eyes Off You"
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Frankie Valli's "___ Take My Eyes Off You"
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Alphabetically first state: Abbr.
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Alphabetically first state: Abbr.
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Seaport SE of Roma
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Seaport SE of Roma
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Traveler to Cathay
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Traveler to Cathay
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Supply-and-demand subj.
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Supply-and-demand subj.
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Sting operative ... or a hint to 20-, 24-, 39- and 55-Across
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Sting operative ... or a hint to 20-, 24-, 39- and 55-Across
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Make obsolete
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Make obsolete
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Portent
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Portent
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Actress Thurman
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Actress Thurman
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Flies
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Flies
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Festooned with bathroom tissue, informally
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Festooned with bathroom tissue, informally
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Campus in Troy, N.Y.
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Campus in Troy, N.Y.
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Leather worker
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Leather worker
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Sailors
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Sailors
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___ Andreas fault
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___ Andreas fault
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Decide against making any changes
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Catcher's stance
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Company that makes Scrabble
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Company that makes Scrabble
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Jeans maker Strauss
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Jeans maker Strauss
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Awesome, in slang
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Awesome, in slang
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Fable writer
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Fable writer
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Get worse, as losses
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Get worse, as losses
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Month after mayo
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Month after mayo
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Slangy request for a high-five
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Slangy request for a high-five
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Kind of cord or column
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Kind of cord or column
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Male turkey
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Male turkey
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Suffix with expert
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Suffix with expert
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Beatty of "Charlie Wilson's War"
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Beatty of "Charlie Wilson's War"
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Frito-Lay product once sold in a 100% compostable bag
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Frito-Lay product once sold in a 100% compostable bag
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The salesman in "Death of a Salesman"
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The salesman in "Death of a Salesman"
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Author Calvino
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Author Calvino
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Rump
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Rump
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Deborah of "The King and I"
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Deborah of "The King and I"
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Bank holding: Abbr.
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Sunni rival
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California's second-busiest airport, after LAX
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California's second-busiest airport, after LAX
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Fugitives
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Fugitives
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Pottery oven
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Pottery oven
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Poet Pound
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Poet Pound
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Media monitoring grp.
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Media monitoring grp.
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Move aimlessly
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Move aimlessly
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26-Down's role in "The King and I"
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26-Down's role in "The King and I"
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1950s TV innovation
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1950s TV innovation
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"___ our agreement ..."
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"___ our agreement ..."
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Whom "Dewey Defeats" in a classic Chicago Tribune headline
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Whom "Dewey Defeats" in a classic Chicago Tribune headline
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"Little Women" author
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"Little Women" author
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Takes place
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Takes place
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See 58-Down
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See 58-Down
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Hurting
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Hurting
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Bill worth 100 smackers
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Bill worth 100 smackers
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More peculiar
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More peculiar
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With 53-Down, Willy Wonka employee
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With 53-Down, Willy Wonka employee
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Swerve
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Swerve
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Finales
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Finales
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Kellogg's Cracklin' ___ Bran
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Kellogg's Cracklin' ___ Bran
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The Cavaliers of the A.C.C.
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The Cavaliers of the A.C.C.
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Its atomic symbol is Sn
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Its atomic symbol is Sn
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