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New York Times: Monday, October 23, 2017
Below is the full solution for the Monday, October 23, 2017 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Timothy Polin
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Online source of film trivia
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Online source of film trivia
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When doubled, a Hawaiian fish
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When doubled, a Hawaiian fish
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A lot
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A lot
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Sour expression
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Sour expression
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"Yeah, right!"
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"Yeah, right!"
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Give permission
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Give permission
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Period dominated by the likes of Dan Rather and Peter Jennings?
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Period dominated by the likes of Dan Rather and Peter Jennings?
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Stop competing as an amateur
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Stop competing as an amateur
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Like dry, clumpy mud
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Like dry, clumpy mud
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Cool, in '90s slang
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Cool, in '90s slang
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Blacken, as by fire
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Blacken, as by fire
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Joan who sang at Woodstock
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Joan who sang at Woodstock
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Period when every car was a junker?
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Period when every car was a junker?
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Hairless
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Hairless
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Boise's state: Abbr.
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Boise's state: Abbr.
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Dawn goddess
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Dawn goddess
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Painful boo-boo
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Painful boo-boo
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English-speaking neighbor of Venezuela
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English-speaking neighbor of Venezuela
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Maple syrup source
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Maple syrup source
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Period known for its 007 movies?
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Period known for its 007 movies?
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Period of fuzzy sweaters?
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Period of fuzzy sweaters?
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So last year
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So last year
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Swallowed quickly
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Swallowed quickly
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Classic Diana Ross hairdo
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Classic Diana Ross hairdo
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Strategy-free card game
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Strategy-free card game
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Wedding vow
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Wedding vow
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Gradually remove, as from a mother's milk
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Gradually remove, as from a mother's milk
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Period when tribute bands thrived?
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Period when tribute bands thrived?
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Flees
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Flees
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Go wild in the streets
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Go wild in the streets
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Reason to pull an all-nighter
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Reason to pull an all-nighter
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Backs of necks
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Backs of necks
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"I was with my mistress at the time," maybe
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"I was with my mistress at the time," maybe
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Period when psychiatrists ruled?
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Period when psychiatrists ruled?
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Cross-dressing Disney heroine of 1998
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Cross-dressing Disney heroine of 1998
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Chimney buildup
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Chimney buildup
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Supply-and-demand subj.
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Supply-and-demand subj.
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Fire starter
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Fire starter
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Chooses
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Chooses
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The first "R" of R&R
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The first "R" of R&R
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Apple introduction of 1998
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Apple introduction of 1998
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"___ Lisa"
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"___ Lisa"
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Hunter's hiding spot in a marsh
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Hunter's hiding spot in a marsh
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Guillotined
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Guillotined
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Tarnish or deface
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Tarnish or deface
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"Right away!"
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"Right away!"
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Turnpike, e.g.
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Turnpike, e.g.
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Lead-in to bad news
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Lead-in to bad news
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Droop
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Droop
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Things seen in most public buildings, but almost never in casinos
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Things seen in most public buildings, but almost never in casinos
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A, as in Aristotle
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A, as in Aristotle
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Kerchief worn as headgear
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Kerchief worn as headgear
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Used foul language
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Used foul language
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Keats poem
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Keats poem
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Elvis in the 1950s or Justin Bieber in the 2010s
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Elvis in the 1950s or Justin Bieber in the 2010s
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Stepped tower of ancient Sumer
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Stepped tower of ancient Sumer
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Anthracite, e.g.
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Anthracite, e.g.
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Classic clown with a repetitive name
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Classic clown with a repetitive name
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Missing, as a G.I.
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Missing, as a G.I.
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Climax of "Hamilton"
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Climax of "Hamilton"
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Mimicked
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Mimicked
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Campus sanctuary, in modern parlance
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Campus sanctuary, in modern parlance
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Taj Mahal locale
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Taj Mahal locale
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Lowly worker
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Lowly worker
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Food-thickening agent
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Food-thickening agent
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Legislator
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Legislator
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Specialty bakery
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Specialty bakery
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Home mixology station
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Home mixology station
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Pulls an all-nighter, say
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Pulls an all-nighter, say
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Prepare for a bodybuilding contest
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Prepare for a bodybuilding contest
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"And there it is!"
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"And there it is!"
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Painting surface
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Painting surface
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___ Arbor, Mich.
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___ Arbor, Mich.
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Gait between a walk and a canter
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Gait between a walk and a canter
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Causes of bigheadedness
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Causes of bigheadedness
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Mailed
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Mailed
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What quills are dipped in
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What quills are dipped in
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"___ Always Sunny in Philadelphia"
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"___ Always Sunny in Philadelphia"
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