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New York Times: Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Below is the full solution for the Tuesday, December 25, 2012 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Ellen Leuschner,
Victor Fleming
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Kinnear of "Little Miss Sunshine"
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Kinnear of "Little Miss Sunshine"
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Turned red, say
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Turned red, say
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Turned white
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Turned white
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Streetside shout
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Streetside shout
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15
Verne captain
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Verne captain
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"___ the other reindeer" (common mishearing of a Yuletide lyric)
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"___ the other reindeer" (common mishearing of a Yuletide lyric)
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Cookie baker
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Cookie baker
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Eye carefully
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Eye carefully
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Turn into mush
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Turn into mush
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1966 Johnny Rivers hit
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1966 Johnny Rivers hit
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___ Bator
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___ Bator
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Anthropologist Fossey
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Anthropologist Fossey
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Create skid marks, perhaps
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Create skid marks, perhaps
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___ crab
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___ crab
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Malt-drying 17-Across
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Malt-drying 17-Across
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World workers' assn.
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World workers' assn.
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Judith of "The Devil's Advocate," 1977
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Judith of "The Devil's Advocate," 1977
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Early gig for Chase and Belushi, for short
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Early gig for Chase and Belushi, for short
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Prison, informally
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Prison, informally
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Prison, informally
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Prison, informally
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Mentally together
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Mentally together
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"Stop right there!"
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"Stop right there!"
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One with lots of experience
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One with lots of experience
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El Prado works
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El Prado works
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Lofty verses
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Lofty verses
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Certain holiday mail ... or what 20-, 25- and 43-Across have in common
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Certain holiday mail ... or what 20-, 25- and 43-Across have in common
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"Me, too!"
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"Me, too!"
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Visionary sort
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Visionary sort
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Untrusting
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Untrusting
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Dispute, as a point
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Dispute, as a point
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Diva's delivery
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Diva's delivery
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Falco of "Nurse Jackie"
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Falco of "Nurse Jackie"
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Is introduced to
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Is introduced to
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Shades at the beach
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Shades at the beach
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Beavers build them
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Beavers build them
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Old muscle cars
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Old muscle cars
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Four-star piece, say
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Four-star piece, say
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Corp. higher-up
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Corp. higher-up
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Game with sets and runs
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Game with sets and runs
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Like some coffee and potatoes
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Like some coffee and potatoes
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Take back, as testimony
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Take back, as testimony
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'Zine on the Net
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'Zine on the Net
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Agreement that's now sure to go forward
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Agreement that's now sure to go forward
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Kellogg's snack since 1964
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Kellogg's snack since 1964
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Bryn Mawr grad, e.g.
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Bryn Mawr grad, e.g.
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Old currency abbreviated "L."
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Old currency abbreviated "L."
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Squared up
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Squared up
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Actor Billy ___ Williams
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Actor Billy ___ Williams
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Race in an H. G. Wells novel
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Race in an H. G. Wells novel
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Ballpoint tips
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Ballpoint tips
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Armada units
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Armada units
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Corps of Engineers project
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Corps of Engineers project
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Where competitions take place
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Where competitions take place
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Made sharper
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Made sharper
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Parkgoer on a windy day, maybe
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Parkgoer on a windy day, maybe
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Doolittle played by Audrey Hepburn
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Doolittle played by Audrey Hepburn
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Philosopher Kierkegaard
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Philosopher Kierkegaard
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Shows disdain for
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Shows disdain for
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Changed one's mind again and again
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Changed one's mind again and again
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Combat pilots' missions
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Combat pilots' missions
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Stud fee?
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Stud fee?
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Felt toppers
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Felt toppers
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GPS suggestions: Abbr.
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GPS suggestions: Abbr.
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Did not play
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Did not play
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Elect
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Elect
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The stuff of legends
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The stuff of legends
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Living on the ___
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Living on the ___
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Inoculation fluids
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Inoculation fluids
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Nothin'
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Nothin'
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Decorate, as a Christmas tree
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Decorate, as a Christmas tree
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Roll-call calls
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Roll-call calls
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Texas patriot Houston
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Texas patriot Houston
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