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New York Times: Wednesday, December 25, 2019
Below is the full solution for the Wednesday, December 25, 2019 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Bruce Haight
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"Yo - check this out!"
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"Yo - check this out!"
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Laze in the rays
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Laze in the rays
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___ colada
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___ colada
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Kind of palm
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Kind of palm
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Subject taught in a madrasa
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Subject taught in a madrasa
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Endmost compartment in a till
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Endmost compartment in a till
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What Santa said when his sleigh touched down?
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What Santa said when his sleigh touched down?
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Singer Redding
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Singer Redding
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"Jingle Bells" or "White Christmas"
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"Jingle Bells" or "White Christmas"
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Special treatment, for short
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Special treatment, for short
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"Damn Yankees" vamp
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"Damn Yankees" vamp
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What Santa might say on his North Pole hotline?
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What Santa might say on his North Pole hotline?
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It's an affront
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It's an affront
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Slightly
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Slightly
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Latin gods
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Latin gods
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Lasting mark
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Lasting mark
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Kind of fatty acid
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Kind of fatty acid
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What Santa said when the reindeer went on strike on Christmas Eve?
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What Santa said when the reindeer went on strike on Christmas Eve?
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Get a hurry on
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Get a hurry on
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Norse god with a hammer
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Norse god with a hammer
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___ Beta Kappa
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___ Beta Kappa
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Sporty car roof
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Sporty car roof
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___ soup
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___ soup
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What Santa said when going down a chimney that had a lit fireplace?
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What Santa said when going down a chimney that had a lit fireplace?
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State firmly
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State firmly
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Tidbit in vegetable soup
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Tidbit in vegetable soup
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Reason for hoarseness
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Reason for hoarseness
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Zig or zag
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Zig or zag
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What Santa says around dawn on Christmas Day?
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What Santa says around dawn on Christmas Day?
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Red Muppet
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Red Muppet
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Loop with a slipknot
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Loop with a slipknot
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Menu bar heading
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Menu bar heading
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"God ___ Ye Merry, Gentlemen"
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"God ___ Ye Merry, Gentlemen"
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What you may call it
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What you may call it
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Lawman Eliot
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Lawman Eliot
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___ verde (desert tree)
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___ verde (desert tree)
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Where shampoo is applied
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Where shampoo is applied
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Place to get a C.D. or an I.R.A.
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Place to get a C.D. or an I.R.A.
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Spruces (up)
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Spruces (up)
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Part of a dating profile, for short
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Part of a dating profile, for short
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All the dirt on Santa?
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All the dirt on Santa?
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A deadly sin
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A deadly sin
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Mexican artist Frida
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Mexican artist Frida
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Place where one might hear "That's my cue!"
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Place where one might hear "That's my cue!"
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Past the point of no return
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Past the point of no return
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Sam of "Jurassic Park"
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Sam of "Jurassic Park"
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Syria's Bashar al-___
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Syria's Bashar al-___
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Coffee shop order
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Coffee shop order
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Mend
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Mend
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Part of a window thrown up in "A Visit From St. Nicholas"
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Part of a window thrown up in "A Visit From St. Nicholas"
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Florida theme park
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Florida theme park
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Nebraska county named for an indigenous people
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Nebraska county named for an indigenous people
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Talk trash about
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Talk trash about
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"Blah, blah, blah ...": Abbr.
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"Blah, blah, blah ...": Abbr.
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Weather map lines relating to temperature
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Weather map lines relating to temperature
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Something to say to a doctor
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Something to say to a doctor
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Parts of guesses in Clue
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Parts of guesses in Clue
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Kinda sorta
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Kinda sorta
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Onetime CBS forensic drama
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Onetime CBS forensic drama
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Rhyming question of attractiveness
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Rhyming question of attractiveness
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"However ...," in texts
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"However ...," in texts
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Partner of proper
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Partner of proper
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Drop by unexpectedly
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Drop by unexpectedly
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C-worthy
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C-worthy
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"Sure, if that's how you feel ..."
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"Sure, if that's how you feel ..."
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Sharp critic
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Sharp critic
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Undeveloped egg cell
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Undeveloped egg cell
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Air freshener scent
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Air freshener scent
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Country bumpkin
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Country bumpkin
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Get washed away
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Get washed away
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Round of four
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Round of four
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Favorites
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Favorites
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Buckeyes' sch.
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Buckeyes' sch.
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French ___ (bird in "The 12 Days of Christmas")
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French ___ (bird in "The 12 Days of Christmas")
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