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New York Times: Tuesday, December 20, 2016
Below is the full solution for the Tuesday, December 20, 2016 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Timothy Polin
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MacBook ___
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MacBook ___
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Sounded kittenish
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Sounded kittenish
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Something controlled by rigging
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Something controlled by rigging
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Assistance
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Assistance
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Allergy sufferer's lifesaver
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Allergy sufferer's lifesaver
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Title heroine who says "I would much rather have been merry than wise"
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Title heroine who says "I would much rather have been merry than wise"
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Clear adhesive
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Clear adhesive
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Each
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Each
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Trebly
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Trebly
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Software fix
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Software fix
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Pack (down)
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Pack (down)
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Backpackers' routes
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Backpackers' routes
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French royal line
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French royal line
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Mad ___
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Mad ___
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Omani money
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Omani money
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Cardamom or turmeric
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Cardamom or turmeric
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Ernie in the World Golf Hall of Fame
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Ernie in the World Golf Hall of Fame
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Synagogue singers
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Synagogue singers
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Something that fits in a lock
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Something that fits in a lock
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Add details to, with "out"
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Add details to, with "out"
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Marie Antoinette lost hers in la Révolution française
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Marie Antoinette lost hers in la Révolution française
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Get the ball rolling?
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Get the ball rolling?
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Cocktail usually served with an orange slice and a cherry
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Cocktail usually served with an orange slice and a cherry
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Sloping water trough
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Sloping water trough
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Drudge
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Drudge
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Start of Caesar's boast
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Start of Caesar's boast
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French cake
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French cake
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Surface-dwelling race in "The Time Machine"
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Surface-dwelling race in "The Time Machine"
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How this puzzle's three drinks have been served?
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How this puzzle's three drinks have been served?
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Booming
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Booming
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Like some fancy basketball passes
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Like some fancy basketball passes
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Purge (of)
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Purge (of)
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Item in a box in the basement
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Item in a box in the basement
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Public squabble
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Public squabble
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A, in Andalusia
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Word repeated in "What's ___ is ___"
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Word repeated in "What's ___ is ___"
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Decadent, as cake
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Decadent, as cake
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"Eww!" inducer
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"Eww!" inducer
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Pilgrimage destinations
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Pilgrimage destinations
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Pamphlets, postcards and such
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Pamphlets, postcards and such
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Mark Twain, notably
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Mark Twain, notably
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Org. concerned with climate change
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Org. concerned with climate change
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Johnny of "Sleepy Hollow"
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Johnny of "Sleepy Hollow"
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Bottom-feeding fish known formally as the morwong
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Bottom-feeding fish known formally as the morwong
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Like the D-Day assault on Normandy
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Like the D-Day assault on Normandy
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Texter's "As I see it ..."
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Texter's "As I see it ..."
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Trip around the track
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Trip around the track
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Cool, quaintly
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Cool, quaintly
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"___ Andronicus"
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"___ Andronicus"
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Bridge support
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Bridge support
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Starting place, on a map
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Starting place, on a map
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Find
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Find
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Hägar the Horrible's dog
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Hägar the Horrible's dog
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Jewish organization on campus
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Jewish organization on campus
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Sycophantic
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Sycophantic
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Fortunes
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Fortunes
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Remove, as spilled ink
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Remove, as spilled ink
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Certain jabs
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Certain jabs
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Muchacho's sweetie
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Muchacho's sweetie
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Back out of
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Back out of
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"___ Squad" (2016 hit movie)
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"___ Squad" (2016 hit movie)
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Two-toned horse
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Two-toned horse
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Bad car to road-trip in
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Bad car to road-trip in
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Mr. ___, host of "Fantasy Island"
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Mr. ___, host of "Fantasy Island"
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1961 space chimp
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1961 space chimp
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Color of unbleached silk
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Color of unbleached silk
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Similar (to)
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Similar (to)
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Enforcer of the Fed. Meat Inspection Act
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Enforcer of the Fed. Meat Inspection Act
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North Pole worker
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North Pole worker
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Reed of the Velvet Underground
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Reed of the Velvet Underground
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Spa specialty, briefly
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Spa specialty, briefly
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Weed out?
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Weed out?
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