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New York Times: Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Below is the full solution for the Wednesday, November 21, 2012 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
David J. Kahn
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Atypical
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Atypical
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Bit
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Bit
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Ballet dips
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Ballet dips
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Once called
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Once called
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Skater Sonja
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Skater Sonja
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Station wagon rear door feature
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Station wagon rear door feature
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Fraternity letter
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Fraternity letter
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Open courts
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Open courts
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Light on one's feet
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Light on one's feet
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Kind of party
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Kind of party
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German "never"
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German "never"
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TV drama featuring Ted Danson as D. B. Russell
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TV drama featuring Ted Danson as D. B. Russell
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MS. enclosure
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MS. enclosure
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Maddens
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Maddens
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Submits
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Submits
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"Three Men in ___" ("Our Gang" short)
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"Three Men in ___" ("Our Gang" short)
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Popular perfume
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Popular perfume
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Golfer McIlroy who won the 2011 U.S. Open
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Golfer McIlroy who won the 2011 U.S. Open
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Starts over, in a way
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Starts over, in a way
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Good-looker
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Good-looker
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Short rebuke
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Short rebuke
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Items in a personnel director's in-box
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Items in a personnel director's in-box
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___ Jordan, real name of the Green Lantern
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___ Jordan, real name of the Green Lantern
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Grand ___
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Grand ___
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Israeli, e.g.
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Israeli, e.g.
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Snow ___
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Snow ___
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Paucity
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Paucity
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___ Candy, "Wonder Woman" character
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___ Candy, "Wonder Woman" character
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Strange things
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Strange things
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What circles in a Venn diagram do
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What circles in a Venn diagram do
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Network with more than 900 stations
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Network with more than 900 stations
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Party person?: Abbr.
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Party person?: Abbr.
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Straightaway
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Straightaway
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Distant
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Distant
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Out-and-out
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Out-and-out
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Sore, and more
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Sore, and more
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___-goat
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___-goat
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"Hey Jude" vis-Ã -vis "Revolution," e.g.
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"Hey Jude" vis-Ã -vis "Revolution," e.g.
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Man-___
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Man-___
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Leoni of "Tower Heist"
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Leoni of "Tower Heist"
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Set designer's interest
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Set designer's interest
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Orchestra grouping
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Orchestra grouping
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Byelorussia, e.g.: Abbr.
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2003 Celine Dion album
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2003 Celine Dion album
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Periods of de-escalation, perhaps
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Periods of de-escalation, perhaps
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U.S. secretary of state tied for the second-longest time in office
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U.S. secretary of state tied for the second-longest time in office
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Former tennis star Michael
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Former tennis star Michael
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Fix, as laces
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Fix, as laces
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Rioting
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Rioting
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Early 11th-century year
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Early 11th-century year
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Person likely to have a good tan
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Person likely to have a good tan
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Bagel choice
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Bagel choice
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Audio problem
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Audio problem
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"Yes"
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"Yes"
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Patisserie treat
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Patisserie treat
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Lustrous
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Lustrous
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Pan-fries
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Pan-fries
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Five-spot
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Five-spot
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Like some wit
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Like some wit
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___ accent, mark used symmetrically six times in this puzzle's solution
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___ accent, mark used symmetrically six times in this puzzle's solution
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Sample
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Sample
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Hand-holding event
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Hand-holding event
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Indianapolis-to-Cincinnati dir.
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Indianapolis-to-Cincinnati dir.
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More deserving of an R rating, say
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More deserving of an R rating, say
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Targets appear on them
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Targets appear on them
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Some cases
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Some cases
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2012, for one
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2012, for one
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33rd prez
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33rd prez
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Outlet for une rivière
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Outlet for une rivière
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Basketball squad, e.g.
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Basketball squad, e.g.
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Piece of hard-hitting journalism
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Piece of hard-hitting journalism
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___ valve
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___ valve
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Fund-raiser's request
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Fund-raiser's request
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Thumb twiddler
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Thumb twiddler
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Made an X, maybe
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Made an X, maybe
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Servers at some restaurants
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Servers at some restaurants
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Stir
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Stir
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"Norma ___"
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"Norma ___"
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