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New York Times: Friday, December 19, 2014
Below is the full solution for the Friday, December 19, 2014 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Brad Wilber,
Doug Peterson
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There's the rub!
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There's the rub!
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Novel subtitled "The Parish Boy's Progress"
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Novel subtitled "The Parish Boy's Progress"
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Lot
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Lot
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Underground waves?
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Underground waves?
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Animal on the Michigan state flag
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Animal on the Michigan state flag
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Is beyond compare
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Is beyond compare
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Plea opener
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Plea opener
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Heading from Okla. City to Tulsa
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Heading from Okla. City to Tulsa
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22
Gown maker's supply
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Gown maker's supply
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23
Tests that accommodate claustrophobes
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Tests that accommodate claustrophobes
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"Ella giammai m'___" (Verdi aria)
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"Ella giammai m'___" (Verdi aria)
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Pretend to be
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Pretend to be
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Casts a wide net?
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Casts a wide net?
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Rarin' to go
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Rarin' to go
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31
Lot, maybe
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Lot, maybe
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Tiresias in "Oedipus Rex," e.g.
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Tiresias in "Oedipus Rex," e.g.
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Heading: Abbr.
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Heading: Abbr.
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Major media event of '95
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Major media event of '95
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"Star Wars" boy, informally
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"Star Wars" boy, informally
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Vacuum maintainer
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Vacuum maintainer
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"Scimitar-horned" creature
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"Scimitar-horned" creature
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Find a spot for, say
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Find a spot for, say
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Flowering shrub whose name comes from the Greek for "coil"
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Flowering shrub whose name comes from the Greek for "coil"
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Chorus of approval
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Chorus of approval
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Big name in chips
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Big name in chips
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Play house?
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Play house?
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Coin with a picture of un rey
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Coin with a picture of un rey
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About 28% of the U.N.: Abbr.
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About 28% of the U.N.: Abbr.
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Indigestion cause
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Indigestion cause
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Fictional school bully with henchmen named Crabbe and Goyle
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Fictional school bully with henchmen named Crabbe and Goyle
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Volume 1 starter, maybe
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Volume 1 starter, maybe
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Practice swizzles and twizzles, say
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Practice swizzles and twizzles, say
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Dr. Watson portrayer on CBS's "Elementary"
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Dr. Watson portrayer on CBS's "Elementary"
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Track star of 1977
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Track star of 1977
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Craft that must overcome wave drag, in brief
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Craft that must overcome wave drag, in brief
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Quaint office supply
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Quaint office supply
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Ones involved in horseplay?
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Ones involved in horseplay?
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Stiletto attachment, perhaps
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Stiletto attachment, perhaps
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Ending with psy-
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Ending with psy-
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5
Some bottled water purchases
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Some bottled water purchases
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Almost any character in Jon Stewart's "Rosewater"
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Almost any character in Jon Stewart's "Rosewater"
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Turbine blades
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Turbine blades
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Gate approx.
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Gate approx.
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Where you might see someone walk the dog
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Where you might see someone walk the dog
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___ center
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___ center
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Indulges oneself, in a way
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Indulges oneself, in a way
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Fan fixation
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Fan fixation
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0, for 180 degrees
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0, for 180 degrees
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Tips of wingtips
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Tips of wingtips
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Common notes
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Common notes
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Subway option
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Subway option
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Cereal that reverted to spherical shapes in 2007
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Cereal that reverted to spherical shapes in 2007
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Frontman's assignment
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Frontman's assignment
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Certain drop in motivation
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Certain drop in motivation
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Gillette brand
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Gillette brand
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"Extra! Extra!," e.g.
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"Extra! Extra!," e.g.
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No longer sudsy, say
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No longer sudsy, say
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Pack animal?
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Pack animal?
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Never-seen neighbor on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"
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Never-seen neighbor on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"
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Black-and-white engraving
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Black-and-white engraving
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Table filler
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Table filler
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Shoot back
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Shoot back
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Mechanically
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Mechanically
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Part of SALT
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Part of SALT
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Some haggis ingredients
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Some haggis ingredients
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51
Many email attachments
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Many email attachments
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County name in three states
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County name in three states
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Novel format
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Novel format
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Enzyme suffix
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Enzyme suffix
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Tree whose name sounds like a letter of the alphabet
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Tree whose name sounds like a letter of the alphabet
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