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New York Times: Sunday, December 31, 2023
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, December 31, 2023 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Matt Linzer,
Rafael Musa
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"That guy?"
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"That guy?"
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Not in gear
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Not in gear
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Soccer kickoff?
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Soccer kickoff?
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Cheese used in spanakopita
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Cheese used in spanakopita
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Antidiscrimination measure of 1990, in brief
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Antidiscrimination measure of 1990, in brief
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Signified
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Signified
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"Hang loose" hand sign
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"Hang loose" hand sign
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Sonicare competitor
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Sonicare competitor
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Before midnight
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Like about 60% of the world's population
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Like about 60% of the world's population
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Sloth, e.g.
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Sloth, e.g.
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When to see the 86-Down
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When to see the 86-Down
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Blanche's sister in "A Streetcar Named Desire"
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Blanche's sister in "A Streetcar Named Desire"
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Reality star Theresa of "Long Island Medium"
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Reality star Theresa of "Long Island Medium"
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Blonde or brown quaff
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Blonde or brown quaff
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___ Lingus
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___ Lingus
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After midnight
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Fleece
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Fleece
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See 71-Down
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TikTok post, informally
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TikTok post, informally
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Prepared, as a report
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Prepared, as a report
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Actress Lindsay
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Actress Lindsay
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Chai, for one
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Chai, for one
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Cedar Rapids college
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Cedar Rapids college
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"Despicable Me" supervillain
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"Despicable Me" supervillain
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Hookup that might get kinky?
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Hookup that might get kinky?
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Big acronym in purifying filters
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Big acronym in purifying filters
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"What hath ___ to do with sleep?"
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"What hath ___ to do with sleep?"
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Before midnight
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Kind of rock … or where to see it
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Kind of rock … or where to see it
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Bygone Palm smartphone
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Bygone Palm smartphone
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Saint ___ (Caribbean nation)
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Saint ___ (Caribbean nation)
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Before midnight
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Branch offices, e.g.
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Branch offices, e.g.
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Journalist Couric
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Journalist Couric
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Wagering sites that closed in N.Y.C. in 2010, in brief
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Wagering sites that closed in N.Y.C. in 2010, in brief
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After midnight
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After midnight
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"Can't win 'em all"
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"Can't win 'em all"
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Some adobe abodes
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Some adobe abodes
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Clarified butter variety
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Clarified butter variety
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Fourth ingredient in a classic three-ingredient sandwich
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Fourth ingredient in a classic three-ingredient sandwich
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After midnight
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Forbid
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Forbid
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Before midnight
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Run up, as debts
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Run up, as debts
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Mexican shawls
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Mexican shawls
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Beam
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Beam
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Ice cream name
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Ice cream name
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___ Spring (2010s protests)
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___ Spring (2010s protests)
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Drag queen and TV personality Bianca ___ Rio
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Drag queen and TV personality Bianca ___ Rio
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Potter's pal at Hogwarts
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Potter's pal at Hogwarts
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ESE or NNW
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ESE or NNW
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Conjunction used in logic
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Conjunction used in logic
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Eddie Bauer competitor
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Eddie Bauer competitor
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After midnight
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"Ack! All these options sound great!"
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"Ack! All these options sound great!"
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Middle name for musician Sean Lennon
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Middle name for musician Sean Lennon
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Unacquainted with
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Unacquainted with
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Where to see the 86-Down
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Star sign?
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Star sign?
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Final image in a preschooler's book, maybe
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Final image in a preschooler's book, maybe
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Toledan title
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Toledan title
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Japanese crispy cutlet
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Japanese crispy cutlet
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Vexation
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Vexation
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Rapid transit?
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Rapid transit?
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Pranks with rolls, informally
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Pranks with rolls, informally
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Bring (in)
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Bring (in)
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Start to make fiction fact?
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Laughs
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Laughs
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Latin expression that's almost always abbreviated
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Latin expression that's almost always abbreviated
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Condo-organizing Kondo
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Condo-organizing Kondo
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Romantic profession
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Romantic profession
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App coder, for short
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App coder, for short
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Home to the Wat Xieng Thong temple
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Home to the Wat Xieng Thong temple
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Physicist Fermi
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Physicist Fermi
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College athletics channel
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College athletics channel
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Device placed under a tongue
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Device placed under a tongue
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Snore, idiomatically
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Snore, idiomatically
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"Seriously?"
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"Seriously?"
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Greek god whose name is an anagram of a flower
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Greek god whose name is an anagram of a flower
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Try
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Try
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Aspirin alternative
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Aspirin alternative
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Sublet offerer
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Sublet offerer
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It's got all the answers
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It's got all the answers
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BART part
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BART part
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___ Rabbit
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___ Rabbit
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Event for Cinderella
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Event for Cinderella
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Foot part
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Foot part
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Fighting
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Fighting
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Title roles for Norman Bates and Patrick Bateman
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Title roles for Norman Bates and Patrick Bateman
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Phishing targets
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Phishing targets
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Evacuation survival pack
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Evacuation survival pack
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Qatar's capital
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Qatar's capital
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"Balderdash!"
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"Balderdash!"
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Word with space or rock
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Word with space or rock
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Lab tube with a bulb
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Lab tube with a bulb
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Mary Jane
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Mary Jane
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Computer circuitry components
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Computer circuitry components
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Wildfire debris
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Wildfire debris
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Duck Hunt console, in brief
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Duck Hunt console, in brief
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Sugar source
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Sugar source
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Transported, as some emergency goods
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Transported, as some emergency goods
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Gas, e.g.
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Gas, e.g.
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Cosmetic goop
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Cosmetic goop
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Bike ride mishaps
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Bike ride mishaps
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Great time
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Great time
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Holy chambers in Judaism
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Holy chambers in Judaism
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Wad (up)
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Wad (up)
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"Same for us!"
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"Same for us!"
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With 42-Across, "Lust for Life" singer
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With 42-Across, "Lust for Life" singer
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Chevy S.U.V.
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Chevy S.U.V.
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Make edits to
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Make edits to
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Like some dives or jams
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Like some dives or jams
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"I didn't need to know all that!"
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"I didn't need to know all that!"
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Largest ethnic group of China
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Largest ethnic group of China
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Bart Simpson catchphrase
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Bart Simpson catchphrase
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Go all over
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Go all over
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A mushroom's is called a pileus
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A mushroom's is called a pileus
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End-of-December tradition depicted five times in this puzzle
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End-of-December tradition depicted five times in this puzzle
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Umpire's call
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Umpire's call
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Giving a once-over
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Giving a once-over
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Subjects to a tirade
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Subjects to a tirade
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Hinging (on)
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Hinging (on)
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Form of algae also known as rockweed
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Form of algae also known as rockweed
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Physiques, for short
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Physiques, for short
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Like most award shows
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Like most award shows
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Belgian river in a W.W. I battle
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Belgian river in a W.W. I battle
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Spacey sort
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Spacey sort
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Less welcoming
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Less welcoming
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Nonelective courses
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Nonelective courses
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Brewskis
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Brewskis
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"The father of American literature," per Faulkner
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"The father of American literature," per Faulkner
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Geek Squad specialist, informally
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Geek Squad specialist, informally
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TV and radio host Andy
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TV and radio host Andy
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Brand owned by Hasbro
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Brand owned by Hasbro
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Pool accessory
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Pool accessory
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Mathematician Neugebauer
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Mathematician Neugebauer
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Spanish bear
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Spanish bear
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