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New York Times: Tuesday, December 24, 2019
Below is the full solution for the Tuesday, December 24, 2019 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Alex Eaton-Salners
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Offset, as costs
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Offset, as costs
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Old cornball variety show with Buck Owens
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Old cornball variety show with Buck Owens
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"The Misanthrope" playwright
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"The Misanthrope" playwright
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Beer buy
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Beer buy
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*Bologna, e.g.
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*Bologna, e.g.
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Of a ring-shaped part of the iris
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Of a ring-shaped part of the iris
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Commencement celebrant, in brief
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Commencement celebrant, in brief
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*Device for holding papers together
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*Device for holding papers together
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Renter's contract
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Renter's contract
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Alternative to café
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Alternative to café
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Larsson who wrote the "Millennium" trilogy
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Larsson who wrote the "Millennium" trilogy
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Capp and Capone
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Capp and Capone
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First things you learn
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First things you learn
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*Carpenter's decorative molding
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*Carpenter's decorative molding
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Low in fat
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Low in fat
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Co. in the Dow Jones index since 1979
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Co. in the Dow Jones index since 1979
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Museum-funding org.
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Museum-funding org.
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N.Y.C. museum, with "the"
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N.Y.C. museum, with "the"
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Genetic "messenger"
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Genetic "messenger"
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Personal manner
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Personal manner
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*Abundant harvest
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*Abundant harvest
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Common bar order, with "the"
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Common bar order, with "the"
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"One more thing ...," in a text
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"One more thing ...," in a text
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Hesitant assent
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Hesitant assent
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Yelps of pain
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Yelps of pain
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On the briny
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On the briny
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With 63-Across, singing group ... or a hint to the ends of the answers to the four starred clues
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With 63-Across, singing group ... or a hint to the ends of the answers to the four starred clues
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Española, por ejemplo
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Española, por ejemplo
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Ballplayers with birds on their caps
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Ballplayers with birds on their caps
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See 54-Across
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See 54-Across
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David Bowie song whose title subject is "waiting in the sky"
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David Bowie song whose title subject is "waiting in the sky"
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Take apart, as a tapestry
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Take apart, as a tapestry
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Book that might include "Silent Night"
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Book that might include "Silent Night"
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Managed, somehow
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Managed, somehow
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Way in or out
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Way in or out
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Lady ___ (nickname in jazz)
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Lady ___ (nickname in jazz)
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Played at a hoedown, perhaps
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Played at a hoedown, perhaps
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___ hall (place to play)
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___ hall (place to play)
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Dutch-speaking Caribbean vacation spot
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Dutch-speaking Caribbean vacation spot
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Hairy Himalayans
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Hairy Himalayans
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Bring on board
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Bring on board
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Bring to bear, as pressure
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Bring to bear, as pressure
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Of a historic period
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Of a historic period
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"Monster's Ball" Oscar winner
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"Monster's Ball" Oscar winner
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Black-purple fruit from a palm tree
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Black-purple fruit from a palm tree
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Cincinnati radio station of bygone TV
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Cincinnati radio station of bygone TV
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Director of 2000's "Charlie's Angels," to film fans
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Director of 2000's "Charlie's Angels," to film fans
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In need of cheering up
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In need of cheering up
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At hand
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At hand
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"Ghostbusters" character ___ Spengler
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"Ghostbusters" character ___ Spengler
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Does the crawl, say
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Does the crawl, say
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Bone paralleling the fibula
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Bone paralleling the fibula
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Epitaph words
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Epitaph words
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Compensate for a sprained ankle, say
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Compensate for a sprained ankle, say
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Hook's sidekick
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Hook's sidekick
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Lakeside rental
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Lakeside rental
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Loses one's cool
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Loses one's cool
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Spud ___, 5'7" N.B.A. star who famously won a Slam Dunk Contest
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Spud ___, 5'7" N.B.A. star who famously won a Slam Dunk Contest
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Lacking slack
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Lacking slack
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Factual
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Factual
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"Glory to the ___ king" (carol line)
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"Glory to the ___ king" (carol line)
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Air kiss sound
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Air kiss sound
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Oversaw, as a committee
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Oversaw, as a committee
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2014 movie about Dr. King
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2014 movie about Dr. King
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Brimless chef's hat
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Brimless chef's hat
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Liveliness
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Liveliness
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Brit's "Baloney!"
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Brit's "Baloney!"
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Pseudocultured
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Pseudocultured
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Not staged
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Not staged
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Target of an ID thief
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Target of an ID thief
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Wild guess
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Wild guess
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Impose, as a tax
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Impose, as a tax
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Cleaned the dishes?
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Cleaned the dishes?
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Feeling of wonder
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