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New York Times: Thursday, December 17, 2020
Below is the full solution for the Thursday, December 17, 2020 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Kathryn Ladner
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Needing some kneading, say
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Needing some kneading, say
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Language in which a nutty person might be told "Yer bum's oot the windae"
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Language in which a nutty person might be told "Yer bum's oot the windae"
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Hunting store purchase
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Hunting store purchase
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Hook's henchman
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Hook's henchman
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Stamp holder
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Stamp holder
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Birthday ___
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Birthday ___
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Basic idea
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Basic idea
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Items that are hard to throw away?
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Items that are hard to throw away?
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Remedy
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Remedy
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Troublemaker of 1-Down
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Troublemaker of 1-Down
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Important piece in échecs
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Important piece in échecs
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Money-collecting org.
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Money-collecting org.
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Word included to prevent libel, say
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Word included to prevent libel, say
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Rough write-up
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Rough write-up
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Ballet basic
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Ballet basic
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Losing tic-tac-toe row
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Losing tic-tac-toe row
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Cry of dismay in 5-Across
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Cry of dismay in 5-Across
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Singer/songwriter Corinne Bailey ___
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Singer/songwriter Corinne Bailey ___
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Landed
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Landed
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Work suggested by this puzzle's circled and shaded squares
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Work suggested by this puzzle's circled and shaded squares
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Strongly advocate
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Strongly advocate
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-: Abbr.
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-: Abbr.
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One of the Kennedys
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One of the Kennedys
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Pudding flavor
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Pudding flavor
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Big name in in-flight internet
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Big name in in-flight internet
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___ Nadu (Indian state)
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___ Nadu (Indian state)
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America ___, star of TV's "Ugly Betty"
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America ___, star of TV's "Ugly Betty"
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Extinct flightless bird
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Extinct flightless bird
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Lead-in to puncture
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Lead-in to puncture
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Actress Chaplin
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Actress Chaplin
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Like an unused air mattress
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Like an unused air mattress
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That's gnus to me!
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That's gnus to me!
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Shortcoming
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Shortcoming
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Word before rich or talk
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Word before rich or talk
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Rent
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Rent
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Swiss Alp next to Lake Lucerne
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Swiss Alp next to Lake Lucerne
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Just OK
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Just OK
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Small and pointy-eared, perhaps
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Small and pointy-eared, perhaps
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What "exaggerated" is sometimes misspelled with
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What "exaggerated" is sometimes misspelled with
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Mythical realm accessible only by the rainbow bridge Bifrost
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Mythical realm accessible only by the rainbow bridge Bifrost
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Key to this puzzle's theme?
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Key to this puzzle's theme?
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Greek goddess of the hearth
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Greek goddess of the hearth
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Sight on Disney World's Expedition Everest ride
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Sight on Disney World's Expedition Everest ride
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Flavor: Sp.
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Flavor: Sp.
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Sticks together
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Sticks together
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Instrument featured in 36-Across
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Instrument featured in 36-Across
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Rum ___ Tugger ("Cats" cat)
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Rum ___ Tugger ("Cats" cat)
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Most foul
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Most foul
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Up
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Up
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Puttering around?
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Puttering around?
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Flavor enhancer
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Flavor enhancer
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Exclamations of surprise
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Exclamations of surprise
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Credit line?
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Credit line?
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Leave behind
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Leave behind
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___ Freed, early radio personality who coined the term "rock 'n' roll"
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___ Freed, early radio personality who coined the term "rock 'n' roll"
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It takes people out
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It takes people out
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Biblical verb
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Biblical verb
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What the opening motif of 36-Across is said to represent
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What the opening motif of 36-Across is said to represent
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Response to "Grazie!"
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Response to "Grazie!"
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Epithet for a judge
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Epithet for a judge
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Lover of Radames, in opera
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Lover of Radames, in opera
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Muscly
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Muscly
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Tribe that fought the Iroquois
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Tribe that fought the Iroquois
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Servings with sweet-and-sour sauce
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Servings with sweet-and-sour sauce
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Summer Triangle star
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Summer Triangle star
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___ position
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Something editable using CRISPR technology
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Something editable using CRISPR technology
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Oscar winner Marlee
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Oscar winner Marlee
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Cooling-off period?
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Cooling-off period?
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First name of this puzzle's dedicatee, born December 1770
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First name of this puzzle's dedicatee, born December 1770
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Copland ballet with a hoedown
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Copland ballet with a hoedown
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Longtime star of F.C. Barcelona
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Longtime star of F.C. Barcelona
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A lot
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A lot
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What 49-Down became in later life
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What 49-Down became in later life
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Prefix with Cuban
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Prefix with Cuban
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Ill. neighbor
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Ill. neighbor
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Formal "yes"
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Formal "yes"
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Reef predator
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Reef predator
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