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New York Times: Thursday, December 14, 2017
Below is the full solution for the Thursday, December 14, 2017 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Timothy Polin
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Fall apart in competition
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Discards
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Discards
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Calculating sorts, in brief
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Calculating sorts, in brief
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Slews
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Slews
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Many-time film co-star of Shatner and Nimoy
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Many-time film co-star of Shatner and Nimoy
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2,800-mile river to the Laptev Sea
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2,800-mile river to the Laptev Sea
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Hand on a hacienda
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Hand on a hacienda
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Chosen few
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Chosen few
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Given to pretension
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Given to pretension
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Got plenty of healthful food
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Got plenty of healthful food
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Some wind blowers
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Some wind blowers
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Model company?
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Model company?
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Store with magazines
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Store with magazines
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Tiny fey sort
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Tiny fey sort
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Involuntary test subjects
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Involuntary test subjects
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Refusal in Inverness
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Refusal in Inverness
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Ocular affliction
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Ocular affliction
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Hero architect in "The Fountainhead"
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Hero architect in "The Fountainhead"
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Ones easily taken
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Ones easily taken
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Bad candidate for gymnastics
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Bad candidate for gymnastics
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In history
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In history
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It had more than 10 million subscribers in the 1990s
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It had more than 10 million subscribers in the 1990s
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Knotty growth
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Knotty growth
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Anniversary gift between pottery and steel
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Anniversary gift between pottery and steel
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___ Tzu (dog)
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___ Tzu (dog)
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Get comfy on a sofa or bed, say
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Get comfy on a sofa or bed, say
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Like some avant-garde music
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Like some avant-garde music
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It's well-rounded
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It's well-rounded
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Image in the night sky over Gotham
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Image in the night sky over Gotham
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___ Balls (snack items)
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___ Balls (snack items)
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Second City train inits.
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Second City train inits.
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Very basic things
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Very basic things
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Wrapped up in court?
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Wrapped up in court?
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Pretended
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Pretended
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Part of a flight
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Part of a flight
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Grace's last name on "Will & Grace"
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Grace's last name on "Will & Grace"
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Comment section disclaimer
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Comment section disclaimer
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Quite
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Quite
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Coffeehouse selection
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Coffeehouse selection
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Gather
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Gather
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Swamp dweller
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Swamp dweller
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Antiseptic brand since 1889
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Antiseptic brand since 1889
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Diminutive Italian suffix
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"Hot" things
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"Hot" things
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Slanted
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Slanted
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"Butt out!"
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"Butt out!"
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Not anonymous
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Not anonymous
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With 45-Down, effect used by astronomers to measure distance
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With 45-Down, effect used by astronomers to measure distance
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Room in Clue
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Room in Clue
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Barely make (out)
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Barely make (out)
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Contemporary of Modernism
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Contemporary of Modernism
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With 46-Down, chill out
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With 46-Down, chill out
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Insured's filing
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Insured's filing
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Everyone's duty?
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Everyone's duty?
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Defense against infestation
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Defense against infestation
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Agrees
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Agrees
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Potential dragon roll ingredient
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Potential dragon roll ingredient
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Extraction target
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Extraction target
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You may follow in its wake
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You may follow in its wake
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Stable figures?
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Stable figures?
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Unyielding
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Unyielding
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17th ___ of Oxford, author of Shakespeare's plays, by some accounts
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17th ___ of Oxford, author of Shakespeare's plays, by some accounts
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London area next to Mayfair
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London area next to Mayfair
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Goof
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Goof
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Regarding
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Regarding
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With 43-Down, make peace ... or what you must do to complete this puzzle?
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With 43-Down, make peace ... or what you must do to complete this puzzle?
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See 40-Down
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Chuck who was part of the Watergate Seven
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Chuck who was part of the Watergate Seven
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See 5-Down
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See 5-Down
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See 9-Down
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See 9-Down
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Great Plains tribe
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Great Plains tribe
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Order in a rush order
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Order in a rush order
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Take care of
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Take care of
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Tricky situation
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Tricky situation
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Nonkosher deli orders
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Nonkosher deli orders
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Act out
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Act out
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