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New York Times: Friday, December 23, 2022
Below is the full solution for the Friday, December 23, 2022 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Brandon Koppy
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Really, really
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Really, really
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Palio di ___, annual Italian horse race held since the 13th century
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Palio di ___, annual Italian horse race held since the 13th century
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Happen periodically
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Happen periodically
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Is comforted by not being ignored
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Is comforted by not being ignored
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Research university adjacent to the C.D.C.
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Research university adjacent to the C.D.C.
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Sensory deprivation device
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Sensory deprivation device
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QuinceaƱera feature
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QuinceaƱera feature
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Places with large nest eggs?
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Places with large nest eggs?
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Brahman believers
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Brahman believers
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Broadband inits.
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Broadband inits.
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Debauched sort
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Debauched sort
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Bucks
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Bucks
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Culture subject
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Culture subject
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"Bro!"
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"Bro!"
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Part usually thrown away
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Part usually thrown away
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Ramadan-ending holiday, informally
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Ramadan-ending holiday, informally
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Co-writer of Tone Loc's "Wild Thing" and "Funky Cold Medina"
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Co-writer of Tone Loc's "Wild Thing" and "Funky Cold Medina"
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Final stretch
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Final stretch
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Cries of frustration
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Cries of frustration
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Hennery
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Hennery
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What cows and icebergs do
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What cows and icebergs do
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End of one's money
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End of one's money
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Tahoe neighbor
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Tahoe neighbor
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Administrator with a list
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Administrator with a list
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Toy sound
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Toy sound
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QuinceaƱera, e.g.
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QuinceaƱera, e.g.
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One of a dangerous group in "Robinson Crusoe"
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One of a dangerous group in "Robinson Crusoe"
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Wipe
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Wipe
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Jig, e.g.
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Jig, e.g.
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Some skirt options
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Some skirt options
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Things not good to have next to one's records
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Things not good to have next to one's records
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It's a plus
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It's a plus
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Classic muscle cars
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Classic muscle cars
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Informal meeting
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Informal meeting
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Took out
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Took out
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Directs, in Hollywood lingo
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Directs, in Hollywood lingo
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Birthplace of K-pop
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Birthplace of K-pop
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Character in "Frozen" who says "Some people are worth melting for"
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Character in "Frozen" who says "Some people are worth melting for"
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M.L.B. team originally called the Colt .45s
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M.L.B. team originally called the Colt .45s
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___ McFly, great-great-grandfather of Marty
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___ McFly, great-great-grandfather of Marty
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Become stiff or tight
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Become stiff or tight
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Toner alternative
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Toner alternative
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High-tech security device
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High-tech security device
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"The ___ Show" (2002 12x platinum album)
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"The ___ Show" (2002 12x platinum album)
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Follower of an arctic blast
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Follower of an arctic blast
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Language that gave us "cummerbund"
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Language that gave us "cummerbund"
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Old-fashioned options
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Old-fashioned options
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Game that often ends in tears
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Game that often ends in tears
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First of the Minor Prophets
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First of the Minor Prophets
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Button on a scientific calculator
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Button on a scientific calculator
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Dragon roll ingredient
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Dragon roll ingredient
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Schreiber of "Ray Donovan"
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Schreiber of "Ray Donovan"
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Nose (out)
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Nose (out)
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"Stay out of it!"
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"Stay out of it!"
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You might perform the Creeper, the Sleeper or Rock the Baby with this
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You might perform the Creeper, the Sleeper or Rock the Baby with this
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Novel purchases that everyone's talking about?
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Novel purchases that everyone's talking about?
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"Aquaman" actor Jason
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"Aquaman" actor Jason
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Fish with a valuable liver
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Fish with a valuable liver
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Pine ___ (baseball player's grip enhancer)
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Pine ___ (baseball player's grip enhancer)
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"The Daily," to pick a popular example
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"The Daily," to pick a popular example
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"Technicolor ___," nickname for Lucille Ball
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"Technicolor ___," nickname for Lucille Ball
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Simple structure
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Simple structure
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Single-use spears
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Single-use spears
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Take advantage of, and then some
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Take advantage of, and then some
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Captain and lieutenant
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Captain and lieutenant
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"I, to you, am lost in the gorgeous errors of ___": Sylvia Plath
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"I, to you, am lost in the gorgeous errors of ___": Sylvia Plath
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Relief org.
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Relief org.
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Good name for a florist or optometrist
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Good name for a florist or optometrist
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"Verily"
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"Verily"
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Nobelist Hammarskjƶld
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Nobelist Hammarskjƶld
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