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New York Times: Thursday, December 24, 2020
Below is the full solution for the Thursday, December 24, 2020 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Billy Ouska
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Wild party
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Wild party
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With 5-Down, some emergency bulletins
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With 5-Down, some emergency bulletins
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Certain break-dancing move
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Certain break-dancing move
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Piece by Puccini
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Piece by Puccini
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Lover of Giorgetta in Puccini's "Il Tabarro"
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Lover of Giorgetta in Puccini's "Il Tabarro"
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Native language of 50 million citizens of India
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Native language of 50 million citizens of India
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Spill a shipment of bowling balls?
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Spill a shipment of bowling balls?
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Gets down cold
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Gets down cold
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Kind of engine
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Kind of engine
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Person not to be trusted
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Person not to be trusted
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"I knew I was going ___ when it was taking longer and longer to wash my face": Harry Hill
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"I knew I was going ___ when it was taking longer and longer to wash my face": Harry Hill
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Works during a slow day at the restaurant?
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Works during a slow day at the restaurant?
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Hidden drawback
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Hidden drawback
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"Paradise Lost" and others
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"Paradise Lost" and others
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Certain deposit
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Certain deposit
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"The Game of Strategic Conquest"
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"The Game of Strategic Conquest"
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Word with rule or tackle
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Word with rule or tackle
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Advantage
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Advantage
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Do drugs
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Do drugs
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Piece of curling equipment
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Piece of curling equipment
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Poker slang for three of a kind
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Poker slang for three of a kind
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Go on a date with a honeybun?
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Go on a date with a honeybun?
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Body part that's also a woman's name
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Body part that's also a woman's name
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SOS response
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SOS response
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A bit of resistance
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A bit of resistance
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Gets away
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Gets away
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Is unable to get away, say ... or a hint to 17-, 24- and 40-Across?
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Is unable to get away, say ... or a hint to 17-, 24- and 40-Across?
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One target of doxycycline
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One target of doxycycline
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French setting for Puccini's "Il Tabarro"
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French setting for Puccini's "Il Tabarro"
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"This round's ___"
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"This round's ___"
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Sad sound
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Sad sound
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Half of a 1960s folk/pop group
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Half of a 1960s folk/pop group
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Run over
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Run over
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Lip ___
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Lip ___
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Concentration
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Concentration
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Plops down
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Plops down
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Series of goals
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Series of goals
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See 5-Across
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See 5-Across
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Makes a duck face, say
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Makes a duck face, say
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Part of an Instagram profile
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Part of an Instagram profile
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Part of one's mental life
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Part of one's mental life
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"Good ___!"
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"Good ___!"
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"You got that right about me!"
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"You got that right about me!"
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Advantages
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Advantages
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Not going anywhere
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Not going anywhere
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Zero
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Zero
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Tract of low-growing vegetation
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Tract of low-growing vegetation
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Separates, in a sense
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Separates, in a sense
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There are more of these in the U.S. in October than any other month, surprisingly
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There are more of these in the U.S. in October than any other month, surprisingly
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Pants measure
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Pants measure
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Adrift
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Adrift
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Cons
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Cons
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Speak out
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Speak out
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"Honest!"
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"Honest!"
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Not hold back fury
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Not hold back fury
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High-quality French vineyard
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High-quality French vineyard
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Start of this clue
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Start of this clue
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Endurance of hardship without complaint
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Endurance of hardship without complaint
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Polar bear, to seals
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Polar bear, to seals
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Font flourish
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Font flourish
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How often Bette Davis won Best Actress
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How often Bette Davis won Best Actress
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Baby rabbit
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Baby rabbit
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Pageant identifiers
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Pageant identifiers
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Kind of artist
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Kind of artist
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Dish that might be seasoned with adobo sauce
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Dish that might be seasoned with adobo sauce
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Actress Kendrick of "Pitch Perfect"
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Actress Kendrick of "Pitch Perfect"
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It destroyed the town of Mascali in 1928
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It destroyed the town of Mascali in 1928
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What benchwarmers ride, with "the"
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What benchwarmers ride, with "the"
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1815 novel made into films in 1996 and 2020
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1815 novel made into films in 1996 and 2020
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Provide initial funding for
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Provide initial funding for
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Org. whose vision is "a great public school for every student"
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Org. whose vision is "a great public school for every student"
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Barely perceptible, say
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Barely perceptible, say
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