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New York Times: Monday, December 31, 2018
Below is the full solution for the Monday, December 31, 2018 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Brian Thomas
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Exchange after a lecture, informally
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Exchange after a lecture, informally
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Room just under the roof
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Room just under the roof
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Sweetheart
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Sweetheart
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Base just before home base
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14
Base just before home base
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15
Postponed for later consideration
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15
Postponed for later consideration
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17
"You young people go ahead!"
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"You young people go ahead!"
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19
Country between Ecuador and Bolivia
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Country between Ecuador and Bolivia
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20
Part of a tree or a book
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Part of a tree or a book
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21
Lowest workers
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Lowest workers
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22
G.I.'s ID
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G.I.'s ID
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24
"That's so funny," in a text
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"That's so funny," in a text
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25
Lack in energy
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Lack in energy
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Dull, as a finish
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Dull, as a finish
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33
Begged earnestly
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Begged earnestly
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35
Make a goof
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Make a goof
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36
Free-___ (like some chickens)
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Free-___ (like some chickens)
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38
Punk offshoot
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Punk offshoot
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39
"Don't leave this spot"
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"Don't leave this spot"
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42
Cairo's land
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Cairo's land
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44
Force to exit, as a performer
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Force to exit, as a performer
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Hosp. trauma centers
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Hosp. trauma centers
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Broadway's ___ O'Neill Theater
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Broadway's ___ O'Neill Theater
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51
Puppeteer Lewis
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Puppeteer Lewis
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___ Fein (Irish political party)
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___ Fein (Irish political party)
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Either side of an airplane
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Either side of an airplane
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58
Traffic reporter's comment
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Traffic reporter's comment
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Plant-eating dino with spikes on its back
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Plant-eating dino with spikes on its back
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62
Discover almost by chance, as a solution
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Discover almost by chance, as a solution
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63
Hoppy brew, for short
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Hoppy brew, for short
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Helper in an operating room
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Helper in an operating room
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Another name for O3 (as appropriate to 17-, 25-, 44- and 58-Across?)
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Another name for O3 (as appropriate to 17-, 25-, 44- and 58-Across?)
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Brand of swabs
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Brand of swabs
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Man's name related to the name of Islam's founder
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Man's name related to the name of Islam's founder
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Lead-in to glycerin
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Lead-in to glycerin
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Prolonged dry spell
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Prolonged dry spell
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"Much ___ About Nothing"
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"Much ___ About Nothing"
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Assert without proof
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Assert without proof
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Cry of triumph
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Cry of triumph
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Spat
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Spat
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Last words before being pronounced husband and wife
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Last words before being pronounced husband and wife
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Not drive by oneself to work
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Not drive by oneself to work
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Cheery greeting
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Cheery greeting
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Ares
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Ares
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Loch ___ monster
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Loch ___ monster
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Patron of sailors
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Patron of sailors
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Kingly name in Norway
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Kingly name in Norway
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___ Bo (exercise system)
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___ Bo (exercise system)
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24
Make great strides?
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Make great strides?
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26
Highest digits in sudoku
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Highest digits in sudoku
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"Holy cow!," in a text
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"Holy cow!," in a text
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Quarry
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Quarry
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Plant supplying burlap fiber
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Plant supplying burlap fiber
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Kitten's sound
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Kitten's sound
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Spirited horse
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Spirited horse
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Sextet halved
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Sextet halved
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"i" or "j" topper
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"i" or "j" topper
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Dictionaries, almanacs, etc., in brief
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Dictionaries, almanacs, etc., in brief
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Poodle's sound
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Poodle's sound
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Scoundrel, in British slang
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Scoundrel, in British slang
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What a setting sun dips below
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What a setting sun dips below
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Urge (on)
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Urge (on)
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"Who'da thunk it?!"
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"Who'da thunk it?!"
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Professor's goal, one day
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Professor's goal, one day
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___ Jemima
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___ Jemima
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Mexican president Enrique Peña ___
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Mexican president Enrique Peña ___
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Company in a 2001-02 business scandal
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Company in a 2001-02 business scandal
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Enthusiastic assent in Mexico
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Enthusiastic assent in Mexico
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Web address starter
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Web address starter
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On the waves
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On the waves
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Fly high
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Fly high
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Notes from players who can't pay
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Notes from players who can't pay
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Bit of inheritance?
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Bit of inheritance?
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The Buckeyes of the Big Ten, for short
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The Buckeyes of the Big Ten, for short
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However, briefly
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