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New York Times: Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Below is the full solution for the Wednesday, December 31, 2014 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
David Woolf
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Manual
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Manual
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What "you had me at," in a classic movie line
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What "you had me at," in a classic movie line
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See 30-Down
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Sauce commonly served with seafood
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Sauce commonly served with seafood
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Had a home-cooked meal
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Had a home-cooked meal
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Treasure lost on the Spanish Main
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Treasure lost on the Spanish Main
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Material that may be acid-washed
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Material that may be acid-washed
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*Legoland, for one
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*Legoland, for one
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Cut
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Cut
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Busy time at Speedway or Churchill Downs
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Busy time at Speedway or Churchill Downs
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1992 or 2006 Winter Olympics locale
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1992 or 2006 Winter Olympics locale
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Next-to-last word in a fairy tale
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Next-to-last word in a fairy tale
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Actor with the movie line "Me, I always tell the truth. Even when I lie"
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Actor with the movie line "Me, I always tell the truth. Even when I lie"
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*Tricky football play
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*Tricky football play
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First word in a fairy tale
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First word in a fairy tale
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Actress Sorvino
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Actress Sorvino
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*Like you or me?
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*Like you or me?
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South American wildcat
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South American wildcat
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Does something with
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*Essential feature of a PC
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*Essential feature of a PC
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Art house showings
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Art house showings
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Level
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Level
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Rig
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Rig
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Aid for store security
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Aid for store security
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Sign on again
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Sign on again
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*Equal rival
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*Equal rival
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Some help they are!
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Some help they are!
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Place for a stud
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Place for a stud
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TV actor Jason
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TV actor Jason
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One of eight popes
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One of eight popes
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Home of Team Coco
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Home of Team Coco
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Hear again, as a case
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Hear again, as a case
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Quintet representing the ends of the answers to the five starred clues
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Pathetic
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Very rare baseball result
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Lithium-___ battery
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Lithium-___ battery
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Award coveted on "Mad Men"
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Late-night host on ABC
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Late-night host on ABC
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Mad ___
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Mad ___
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Old verb ending
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Old verb ending
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Be creepy, in a way
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Home of the oldest continuously functioning university in the Americas
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Home of the oldest continuously functioning university in the Americas
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Common diamond measure
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Common diamond measure
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One who lines up speakers?
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One who lines up speakers?
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Firth of Clyde island
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Firth of Clyde island
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Locale of a Godzilla rampage
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Locale of a Godzilla rampage
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Weightlifter's pride
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Weightlifter's pride
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"___ been thinking ..."
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"___ been thinking ..."
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Hubbub
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Hubbub
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Tennis court determination
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Tennis court determination
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Brownish purple
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Brownish purple
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Leftover
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Leftover
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#1 Michael Jackson song about an 11-Across
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#1 Michael Jackson song about an 11-Across
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Strive
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Strive
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Smoke ___
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Smoke ___
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"Look this way"
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"Look this way"
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School basics, in a manner of speaking
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School basics, in a manner of speaking
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Pioneering sci-fi play
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"In your dreams!"
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"In your dreams!"
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Big name in jeans
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Big name in jeans
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Prurient interest
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Prurient interest
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Do-nothings
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Do-nothings
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West ___ virus
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West ___ virus
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What the Heimlich maneuver clears
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What the Heimlich maneuver clears
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Big name in jeans
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Big name in jeans
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Generate, as support
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Generate, as support
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"No more for me, please"
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"No more for me, please"
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Muslim princely title
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Muslim princely title
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Map showing property divisions
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Map showing property divisions
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Catherine who married Henry VIII
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Catherine who married Henry VIII
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Bobby who won two Stanley Cups
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Bobby who won two Stanley Cups
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Son of, in foreign names
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Son of, in foreign names
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Jay on "Modern Family," e.g.
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Jay on "Modern Family," e.g.
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Show for which Conan O'Brien once wrote, in brief
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