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New York Times: Friday, December 31, 2021
Below is the full solution for the Friday, December 31, 2021 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Meghan Morris
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Colorful custardy confection
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Colorful custardy confection
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Sudden inspirations
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Sudden inspirations
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Waltz onomatopoeia
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Waltz onomatopoeia
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Love
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Love
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Classic diner orders
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Classic diner orders
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Apply, as ointment
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Apply, as ointment
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Kitchen brand whose name is an ambigram
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Kitchen brand whose name is an ambigram
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Pit-___
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Pit-___
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More might come before it
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More might come before it
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Its employees might get under your skin
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Its employees might get under your skin
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Thing with rings
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Thing with rings
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Legal action
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Legal action
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Some Disney-inspired Halloween costumes
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Some Disney-inspired Halloween costumes
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"___ me!" (request to a fridge-goer)
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"___ me!" (request to a fridge-goer)
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Like blue and green ski trails, vis-à-vis black diamonds
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Like blue and green ski trails, vis-à-vis black diamonds
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Pep
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Pep
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Looks the other way
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Looks the other way
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Modern ___
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Modern ___
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"A ___ place is in the House, and in the Senate" (bumper sticker)
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"A ___ place is in the House, and in the Senate" (bumper sticker)
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Actress Kendrick
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Actress Kendrick
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Sharon's predecessor as Israeli P.M.
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Sharon's predecessor as Israeli P.M.
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One of the Blues Brothers
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One of the Blues Brothers
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One of the Coen brothers
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One of the Coen brothers
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Relative by marriage
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Relative by marriage
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Where to do as others do, it's said
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Where to do as others do, it's said
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Stain
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Stain
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Sprinkling
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Sprinkling
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Canon competitor
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Canon competitor
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Street featured in Fellini's "La Dolce Vita" (that's also 50-Across)
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Street featured in Fellini's "La Dolce Vita" (that's also 50-Across)
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Still sticky
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Still sticky
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Make thin
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Make thin
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Crushes it
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Crushes it
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Couple in the back of a car
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Couple in the back of a car
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Snap
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Component of three of the five French "mother sauces"
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Component of three of the five French "mother sauces"
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"That's ... never gonna happen"
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"That's ... never gonna happen"
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"Double" or "triple" drink
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"Double" or "triple" drink
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Actress Taylor of TV's "Bones"
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Actress Taylor of TV's "Bones"
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Agatha Christie novel named after Death's mount in Revelation
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Agatha Christie novel named after Death's mount in Revelation
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Make ___ for
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Make ___ for
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Danger for desert hikers
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Danger for desert hikers
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Ending with four or six, but not five
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Ending with four or six, but not five
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Teri of "Mr. Mom"
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Teri of "Mr. Mom"
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Does laundry or pays bills, in modern lingo
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Does laundry or pays bills, in modern lingo
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Clearheaded
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Clearheaded
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Novel content
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Novel content
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Tell
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Tell
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Couldn't let go of
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Couldn't let go of
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Group portrayed in "Slacker" and "Reality Bites," familiarly
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Group portrayed in "Slacker" and "Reality Bites," familiarly
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Straighten
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Straighten
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Proficient
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Proficient
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___ review
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___ review
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One quadrillion: Prefix
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One quadrillion: Prefix
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Trio of horrors?
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Trio of horrors?
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Target
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Target
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Rosso o bianco
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Rosso o bianco
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Driver's license fig.
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Driver's license fig.
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Ren Faire concession
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Ren Faire concession
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United competitor, once
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United competitor, once
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"Heavens!"
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"Heavens!"
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Squarish
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Squarish
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Not yet manifest
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Not yet manifest
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Spurns
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Spurns
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Longtime "Inside the N.B.A." commentator
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Longtime "Inside the N.B.A." commentator
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Writer Jong
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Writer Jong
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South America's Río de la ___
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South America's Río de la ___
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Eponym of the World Series M.V.P. award
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Eponym of the World Series M.V.P. award
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"Have no ___ of perfection - you'll never reach it": Dalí
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"Have no ___ of perfection - you'll never reach it": Dalí
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Suffix with towel
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Suffix with towel
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Melancholiac's list
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Dictionary abbr.
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Rapa ___ (Easter Island)
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Rapa ___ (Easter Island)
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