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New York Times: Tuesday, December 5, 2023
Below is the full solution for the Tuesday, December 5, 2023 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Nate Cardin
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"Stat!"
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"Stat!"
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Like most Italian nouns ending in -o
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Like most Italian nouns ending in -o
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Volcanic residue
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Volcanic residue
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1/26.2 of a marathon
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1/26.2 of a marathon
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SiriusXM medium
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SiriusXM medium
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Cheek swab material
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Cheek swab material
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*Number of copies requested by a publisher
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*Number of copies requested by a publisher
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Howard who narrates "Arrested Development"
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Howard who narrates "Arrested Development"
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*Barriers that slide in and out of a wall
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*Barriers that slide in and out of a wall
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Shriveled
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Shriveled
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Temporary relief
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Temporary relief
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Ship's backbone
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Ship's backbone
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Roast beef au ___
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Roast beef au ___
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Texter's sign-off
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Texter's sign-off
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Actor McKellen who played Gandalf
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Actor McKellen who played Gandalf
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"Mayday!"
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"Mayday!"
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Org. with a Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list
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Org. with a Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list
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*Stereotypical literary persona
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*Stereotypical literary persona
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Hardwood tree
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Hardwood tree
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One side in checkers
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One side in checkers
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Longoria of "Desperate Housewives"
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Longoria of "Desperate Housewives"
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"Dancing Queen" group
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"Dancing Queen" group
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"Golly!"
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"Golly!"
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"Right away, boss!"
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"Right away, boss!"
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Skin spot
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Skin spot
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Tight undergarment
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Tight undergarment
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*Designer's collection
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*Designer's collection
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Picnic pest
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Picnic pest
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Irritable ... or how you might describe all the words in the answers to the starred clues?
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Irritable ... or how you might describe all the words in the answers to the starred clues?
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Wedding words
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Wedding words
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Pie-in-the-face sound
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Pie-in-the-face sound
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Diamond Head's island
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Diamond Head's island
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Heed the coxswain
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Heed the coxswain
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Sharp and shrewd
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Sharp and shrewd
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Staircase part
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Staircase part
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Bit of concert equipment
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Bit of concert equipment
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What the Portuguese "senhor" means
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What the Portuguese "senhor" means
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Actor Mahershala of "Moonlight"
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Actor Mahershala of "Moonlight"
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Snail-mail correspondent
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Snail-mail correspondent
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Swindler's victim
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Swindler's victim
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Some venomous snakes
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Some venomous snakes
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Dos + cinco
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Dos + cinco
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Bungee cables, for example
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Bungee cables, for example
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Skillful
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Skillful
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Like high-strung horses
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Like high-strung horses
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Fairy tale brother
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Fairy tale brother
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Mountaineering enthusiast, in slang
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Mountaineering enthusiast, in slang
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Boatload
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Boatload
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Fiber-___ cable
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Fiber-___ cable
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Hits the slopes
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Hits the slopes
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Track meet event
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Track meet event
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City mentioned at the start of the Grateful Dead's "Friend of the Devil"
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City mentioned at the start of the Grateful Dead's "Friend of the Devil"
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Show people to their seats, informally
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Show people to their seats, informally
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Genre for the 1990s band Sublime
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Genre for the 1990s band Sublime
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Something you don't have to pay for, redundantly
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Something you don't have to pay for, redundantly
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Rotten
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Rotten
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Ted Lasso, for one
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Ted Lasso, for one
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"___ we there yet?"
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"___ we there yet?"
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Maintain, as a bar
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Maintain, as a bar
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Rotten
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Rotten
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Give stars, say
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Give stars, say
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Common plot point on a soap opera
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Common plot point on a soap opera
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"The Godfather" Oscar winner
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"The Godfather" Oscar winner
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Present, as a prize
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Present, as a prize
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Having a light touch
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Having a light touch
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Cookie-flavored breakfast cereal
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Cookie-flavored breakfast cereal
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Merchant's booth
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Merchant's booth
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Jeweler's lens
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Jeweler's lens
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Helpful connections
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Helpful connections
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Student ___ forgiveness
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Student ___ forgiveness
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Smallest of the Chinese zodiac animals
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Smallest of the Chinese zodiac animals
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Fill-in-___-blank
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Fill-in-___-blank
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"How's it goin'?"
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"How's it goin'?"
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