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New York Times: Thursday, December 23, 2021
Below is the full solution for the Thursday, December 23, 2021 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Stephen McCarthy
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When said three times, how an overlong comment might be summarized
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When said three times, how an overlong comment might be summarized
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Morgan Stanley acquisition of 2020
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Morgan Stanley acquisition of 2020
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Shock, in a way
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Shock, in a way
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Let up
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Let up
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Get something just right
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Get something just right
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Word aptly hidden in "I've got this!"
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Word aptly hidden in "I've got this!"
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Reef deposit hung on the holiday tree?
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Reef deposit hung on the holiday tree?
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Is unobliged to
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Is unobliged to
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Popular web browser
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Popular web browser
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Something an Australian might throw on the barbie
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Something an Australian might throw on the barbie
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Beats (out)
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Beats (out)
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Heath genus that's also a woman's name
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Heath genus that's also a woman's name
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Certain international soccer championship, familiarly
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Certain international soccer championship, familiarly
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Noble gas you can't live without?
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Noble gas you can't live without?
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It's 1 for 90°
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It's 1 for 90°
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Occasion on which to sing the hymn "Up From the Grave He Arose"
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Occasion on which to sing the hymn "Up From the Grave He Arose"
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Word with candy or ball
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Word with candy or ball
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Things caught at a beach
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Things caught at a beach
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Starbucks order for a man's man?
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Starbucks order for a man's man?
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True
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True
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Essential character
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Essential character
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Cause of the moon hitting your eye like a big pizza pie, in song
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Cause of the moon hitting your eye like a big pizza pie, in song
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Sugar or flour
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Sugar or flour
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Car model with a musical name
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Car model with a musical name
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Miami five
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Miami five
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Buys tickets for a couple of friends for a Polynesian getaway?
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Buys tickets for a couple of friends for a Polynesian getaway?
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Something it's good to get a hole in?
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Something it's good to get a hole in?
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Archers
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Archers
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Trash day reminder
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Trash day reminder
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Passage blocker, maybe
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Passage blocker, maybe
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New citizen, perhaps
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New citizen, perhaps
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What cynophobia is the fear of
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What cynophobia is the fear of
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Black-eyed pea, technically
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Black-eyed pea, technically
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Get ready to skate, with "up"
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Get ready to skate, with "up"
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Lead-in to a Southern "-ville"
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Lead-in to a Southern "-ville"
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Tries to wrangle the unwrangleable
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Tries to wrangle the unwrangleable
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"Christ's Entry Into Brussels in 1889" artist
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"Christ's Entry Into Brussels in 1889" artist
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More ragged
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More ragged
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___ shot
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___ shot
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In the way of
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In the way of
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45, e.g.
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45, e.g.
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Does some cave art
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Does some cave art
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Free-fall phenomenon, informally
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Free-fall phenomenon, informally
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Good thing to bring to the field
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Good thing to bring to the field
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North and South, but not East or West
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North and South, but not East or West
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Gobble down
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Gobble down
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Chicago airport code
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Chicago airport code
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___ shot
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___ shot
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For
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For
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At all
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At all
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Org. that gives out "gold" but fights pirates
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Org. that gives out "gold" but fights pirates
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Teeny-tiny
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Teeny-tiny
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"Kiss her ___ for me" ("A Holly Jolly Christmas" lyric)
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"Kiss her ___ for me" ("A Holly Jolly Christmas" lyric)
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Western gas brand
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Western gas brand
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District of Columbia advocacy subject
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District of Columbia advocacy subject
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Hankering
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Hankering
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N.Y.C. neighborhood next to the Bowery
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N.Y.C. neighborhood next to the Bowery
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Great-great-great-great-great grandfather of Noah
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Great-great-great-great-great grandfather of Noah
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Dish that may be served folded
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Dish that may be served folded
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Old-timey agreements
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Old-timey agreements
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Like Santa, in traditional depictions
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Like Santa, in traditional depictions
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Butter up, say
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Butter up, say
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Doesn't disturb
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Doesn't disturb
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Start of an English auto name
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Start of an English auto name
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2016 animated film with songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda
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2016 animated film with songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda
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Pitch-perfect
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Pitch-perfect
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Explorer John
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Explorer John
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Give a buzz
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Give a buzz
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Small thing
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Small thing
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Opposite of exo-
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Opposite of exo-
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Full of anticipation
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Full of anticipation
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Besmirches
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Besmirches
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Historical event given its current name in 1939: Abbr.
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Historical event given its current name in 1939: Abbr.
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"!!!"
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"!!!"
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