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New York Times: Monday, December 8, 2014
Below is the full solution for the Monday, December 8, 2014 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Kevin Christian,
Andrea Carla Michaels
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Paintings and statues
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Paintings and statues
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Carriage driver's tool
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Carriage driver's tool
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Archie Bunker type
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Archie Bunker type
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Rocky peak
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Rocky peak
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Vietnam's capital
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Vietnam's capital
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"... and ___ grow on"
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"... and ___ grow on"
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Nickname for Willie Mays
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Nickname for Willie Mays
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Square dance group, e.g.
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Square dance group, e.g.
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Glue brand
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Glue brand
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Chunk of cement, say
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Chunk of cement, say
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"... good witch ___ bad witch?"
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"... good witch ___ bad witch?"
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Grammy winner for 2011's "Someone Like You"
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Grammy winner for 2011's "Someone Like You"
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Catchphrase for a monkey with its eyes covered
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Catchphrase for a monkey with its eyes covered
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Labyrinth
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Labyrinth
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Certain vacuum tube
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Certain vacuum tube
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Cousin of a chickadee
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Cousin of a chickadee
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O. Henry's "The Gift of the ___"
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O. Henry's "The Gift of the ___"
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Peeves
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Peeves
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Where Darth Vader might meet Captain Kirk
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Where Darth Vader might meet Captain Kirk
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Reebok rival
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Reebok rival
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"Fiddling" Roman emperor
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"Fiddling" Roman emperor
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Up to, briefly
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Up to, briefly
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Tinker to ___ to Chance (classic double play)
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Tinker to ___ to Chance (classic double play)
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Ayn who wrote "Atlas Shrugged"
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Ayn who wrote "Atlas Shrugged"
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Carole King hit from "Tapestry"
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Carole King hit from "Tapestry"
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Small crown
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Small crown
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Nothing
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Nothing
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Armstrong who said "The Eagle has landed"
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Armstrong who said "The Eagle has landed"
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Groups chasing outlaws
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Groups chasing outlaws
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Wonderland girl
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Wonderland girl
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Iowa port on the Missouri River
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Iowa port on the Missouri River
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Coal and natural gas
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Coal and natural gas
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Artist Matisse
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Artist Matisse
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"Diamonds ___ a Girl's Best Friend"
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"Diamonds ___ a Girl's Best Friend"
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Unexpected win
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Unexpected win
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Antidrug cop
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Antidrug cop
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"Fat chance!"
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"Fat chance!"
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Befuddled
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Befuddled
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Dahl who wrote "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"
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Dahl who wrote "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"
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"Go ahead, I'm listening"
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"Go ahead, I'm listening"
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Dazed inquiry
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Dazed inquiry
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"Airplane!" star Robert
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"Airplane!" star Robert
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Pen filler
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Pen filler
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Coolness under pressure
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Coolness under pressure
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Little mistake
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Little mistake
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Abbr. at the end of a co. name
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Abbr. at the end of a co. name
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"You have to move on!"
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"You have to move on!"
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Cheri formerly of 37-Down
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Cheri formerly of 37-Down
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Utterly wreck
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Utterly wreck
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Twiddled one's thumbs
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Twiddled one's thumbs
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Captain's place
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Captain's place
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Vowel that's missing from "dangerously"
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Vowel that's missing from "dangerously"
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Lily with bell-shaped flowers
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Lily with bell-shaped flowers
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Blue-pencil
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Blue-pencil
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Efron of "High School Musical"
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Efron of "High School Musical"
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Cookbook meas.
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Cookbook meas.
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Hospital area with many IVs
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Hospital area with many IVs
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What happens when you're having fun?
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What happens when you're having fun?
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Quaint hotel
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Quaint hotel
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Japanese pond fish
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Japanese pond fish
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See 11-Down
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See 11-Down
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___ bean
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___ bean
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Extremely
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Extremely
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Period in history
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Period in history
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Harmless, as paint
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Harmless, as paint
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Hemingway or Borgnine
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Hemingway or Borgnine
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Charlotte of "The Facts of Life"
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Charlotte of "The Facts of Life"
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Sound of a perfect basketball shot
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Sound of a perfect basketball shot
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Tiddlywink or Frisbee
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Tiddlywink or Frisbee
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Big mistake
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Big mistake
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Prepare for a bodybuilding contest, maybe
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Prepare for a bodybuilding contest, maybe
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Otherworldly
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Otherworldly
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Japanese or Javanese
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Japanese or Javanese
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Old-fashioned, yet hip
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Old-fashioned, yet hip
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Up to now
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Up to now
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What cats and some engines do
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What cats and some engines do
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The Indians, on scoreboards
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The Indians, on scoreboards
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Go ___ diet
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