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1. December door decoration (6)4. Syria’s capital (8)15. Thetford Mines discovery of the 1870s (8)19. Party activity that gets things going (10)25. The Louvre, for one (3,7)30. Book printings (8)36. Site of an elf workshop (5,4)38. Bottomless pit (5)40. Heaviest internal organ (5)41. Northern Dancer or Secretariat (9)42. Our planet (5)43. Frosty was one (7)44. Number of inches in a yard (6-3)45. Hooded snake (5)46. Rear-view mirror danglers (5,4)47. Horse-drawn farm outing (5,4)48. _____ Jones and the Last Crusade (7)49. Hotel luggage carriers (8)50. Back-pocket liquor holders (6)51. “Empty tomb,” literally (8)52. Wheel shaft (4)53. Unpopped leftover (6)54. _____ Line (North/South separator) (5-5)55. Ben Heppner’s voice range (5)57. Trio visiting Jesus (4)58. Items “hung by the chimney with care” (9)62. Savoury jelly (5)64. Suburban stereotype (6,3)66. Garden entrance (4)67. Bordeaux wine (6)68. Boyfriends (5)70. Julie Payette and Chris Hadfield (10)72. Hotel posting (4,4)75. Stalactite site (6)77. Present attachment (4,3)82. Skin-protecting lotion (8)83. Straight _____ arrow (2,2)85. Not wide (6)86. “Tearful” Roy Orbison song (6)88. Classic soda highball drink (3,4)90. Apple drink (5)92. O Canada, for us (6)93. Henri’s head (4)96. Last Supper cup (5)97. Ambulance aide (9)100. Spinach-eating sailor (6)102. U.S. state that legalized gambling in 1931

(6)103. Daily drudgery (5)104. The 2 in H2O (9)106. Grandfather clock swinger (8)107. Odd (8)109. Utensil in The Owl and the Pussy-Cat (8,5)115. End-of-high-school ceremonies (11)120. Fastest feline (7)121. Wiener schnitzel meat (4)

123. Mouth-shaped garden flower (10)127. Kind of ski lift (1-3)132. Treatment using natural essences (12)133. Shields from danger (8)135. “The Breadbasket of Europe” (7)137. Hedda Gabler playwright (5)138. Sag (5)140. Field yield (4)141. Defibrillator user’s shout (5)142. Buckingham _____ (6)143. Mistake (5)144. Cookie not named after Sir Isaac (3,6)145. Macaroni noodles (6)147. Circa (5)149. Oliver Hardy’s comedic partner (4,6)150. Live in fear of (5)151. The Price is Right, for one (4,4)152. Fait _____ (done deed) (8)154. Samberg of SNL (4)156. Pupil (7)158. Harmful precipitation (4,4)159. Japan’s capital (5)161. Tropical fruit tree (5)163. Title for Curie or Tussaud (6)165. Le Malade imaginaire playwright (7)167. Prepares for mailing, perhaps (5,2)170. Holiday burners (4,4)171. Emerge from an egg (5)172. Breakfast at Tiffany’s author (6,6)175. Narrow strip of land (7)177. Committee chaired by our Prime Minister

(7)180. Phonograph inventor (6,6)181. “Electric” swimmers (4)182. Russian chemist Mendeleev (6)183. Offspring (5)184. Molecule component (4)185. Bonnie or Clyde (4,6)186. Hot times (7)187. Highest point (4)189. The “A” of MADD (7)192. One drinking heartily (7)194. Vitality (5)196. Supplies food for (6)197. Holiday tree danglers (9)198. Important piano key (6,1)200. Post-game summary (5)201. Prehistoric flyer (11)204. Indian prince (5)205. Baby party (6)206. Playful aquatic mammal (5)207. Driver’s mishap (4,4)209. School in Durham, N.C. (4)210. Quantum theorist Max (6)211. Like some stomachs (4,4)213. Memorable Alps crosser (8)

215. Vine-covered passageway (7)216. Kentucky Derby drink (4,5)218. Thornfield Hall governess (4)219. 1964 heist film set in Istanbul (7)222. Arthur Erickson, notably (9)223. French farewell (5)224. Ancient Mexican (5)226. Add insult to _____ (6)229. Embarrassed (7)230. Means of supporting oneself financially

(10)231. Association that plays a British sport

(7,4)232. Burial chamber (5)233. Wifey’s mate (5)235. Sandy expanse (6)237. Book after John (4)240. “Fishy” yellowish-red colour (6,4)244. The Scarlet Letter heroine (6,6)246. Clown’s projectile (7,3)251. Minor quarrel (4)254. Annual December visitor (5,5)259. “We’re not supplying liquor,” for short

(4)262. Direct method of information transfer

(4,2,5)265. Bert’s Sesame Street pal (5)266. What a dactylogram is (11)269. Planet discovered in 1781 (6)270. Sport that can be alpine or nordic (6)271. Fix, as a computer program (5)272. Newspaper’s opinion piece (9)273. Floppy French hat (5)274. One more (7)275. Infant’s wear (6)277. Pained reaction (5)278. Recurring musical theme: Ger. (9)279. Hillary’s conquest (7)280. Sinus-clearing sushi condiment (6)283. Dutch cheese (4)287. Steadfast (8)288. The Taming of the Shrew setting (5)289. Gentleman Usher of the _____ (5,3)290. Hawaii hi (5)292. City 77 km west of Regina (5,3)293. Ancient Peruvian (4)295. Comedy genre (5-2)296. Showing resentful envy toward (7,2)299. School slacker (13)301. Unbeatable foe (7)303. Supplement to a will (7)305. Billie Holiday’s nickname (4,3)307. “Horsefeathers!” (5)309. New player (6)311. Ken who wrote The Game (6)313. Large shrimps (6)

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315. Canadian bookstore chain (6)317. Red and white salad slice (6)318. Disconnect (6)320. Vampire repellent (5)322. Puffed-up baked dish (7)324. Solarium (7)326. Athena’s Roman counterpart (7)328. Sweet Home Alabama band with only Y’s

as vowels (8,5)329. Chunk of text beginning with an indent

(9)331. “_____, with your nose so bright” (7)333. Castor or Pollux (4)335. Dow product (8)337. October birthstones (5)339. Staple scene near the start of a romantic

comedy (4-4)341. _____ Warbucks (5)343. Traitor (8)346. One-spot cards (4)349. Revered (6)351. TV show with Joe Friday (7)353. “_____, I want some more” (Oliver Twist

line) (6,3)354. 11th-century Castilian hero (2,3)355. Professor’s goal (6)356. Forbidden by law (7)357. Acquire, as debts (5)358. Sour mood (3,6)359. Ascend (5)361. It turns red in acid (6)363. Concede, as in chess (6)365. Yul Brynner musical (3,4,3,1)366. Indira’s son (5)367. Vegetable seller of Britain (11)369. _____ facto (4)372. Reckless extravagance (10)377. Totally awesome (4)380. Intersection concern (5,2,3)384. 48-Across portrayer (8,4)386. True Blood star born in Winnipeg (4,6)391. See 521-Down (4)393. European-style eatery (6)395. U-shaped river bend (5)396. Liability’s opposite (5)397. Cars with low fuel efficiency (3,8)399. Disrespectful toward holy things (10)400. Cirque du Soleil performer (7)401. Sierra Leone’s continent (6)403. Batman’s sidekick (5)404. Telephone greeting (5)405. They may buy stocks (9)408. Royal house ending with Nicholas II (7)410. Chief Norse god (4)412. Government involving a deity (9)413. Small particle (7)414. Local self-government (4,4)415. Buy (8)

417. Soapbox speaker (6)419. Run in neutral (4)420. Raw (8)421. Like a fruitcake (5)423. May honoree (6)424. Basketball, slangily (5)426. Ernst and Dali, for two (11)429. Mayhem (5)431. Gave up amateur status (4,3)433. Celeb-chasing photogs (9)435. The _____ Cometh (O’Neill play) (6)436. English supermodel Campbell (5)437. Epic tale of the voyage back to Ithaca (7)439. Carpathian Mountains country (7)440. Dark film genre (4)441. Original marmalade fruits (7)442. Studio co-founded by Spielberg (10)445. Liberal politician, colloquially (4)446. Biblical queendom (5)448. Life or Total (6)449. Jellystone Park bear (4)450. Pocket square, essentially (12)454. Line that just touches a circle in math (7)456. Implore (7)459. Toronto-born actress called “America’s

Sweetheart” (4,8)461. Artist’s stand (5)462. Pelee Island location (4,4)463. Not having had as many birth- days (7)464. Asian salad green (3,4)465. Slanted type (6)466. Panache (5)468. 570-Down’s home (5)470. The writing on the wall? (8)472. James Hilton’s classics teacher (2,5)475. Violin holder (4)476. Madama Butterfly setting (8)477. Sheepskins (8)478. Jiggly dessert (4-1)480. Move into surreptitiously, as a spy (10)484. Pumbaa’s pal in The Lion King (5)487. Influential Pacific current (2,4)490. Carnivore also called a “glutton” (9)491. Bluegrass instrument (5)492. Film featuring the Bates Motel (6)493. Scrapbooking or model building (5)495. Viral idea on the Internet (4)496. Cupcake topper (5)497. Payback, in Buddhism (5)498. Williams’s paint partner (7)499. Large Amazon snake (8)500. Haiti’s largest city (4-2-6)502. Enthusiast (4)504. Intentional (10)508. Free ticket (4)509. Trade-in vehicle (4,3)512. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

author (6,1,4)

518. B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba (7,6)

526. Song that launched Anne Murray’s career (8)

527. Ivory tower milieu (8)528. Like Helvetica or Arial (4-5)530. Dental pictures (1-4)532. “We are the 99%” movement (6)534. Thin (6)536. Biblical sea monster (9)537. Swahili for “lion” (5)538. Corner piece in chess (4)539. Peter Mansbridge or Peter Jennings (6)540. Leavening agent (5)541. Self-centred person (7)542. Japanese entertainer (6)543. Small cave (6)544. Whodunit discovery (4)545. One of four suits (8)550. Hanukkah spinner (7)551. Key employee? (6)554. Board game with “Free Parking” (8)555. Fifth year of undergraduate study,

colloquially (7,3)558. Beyond repair (5)559. Cunning (6)561. Apple tablet (4)563. Clashes (9)564. _____ the Hedgehog (Sega character) (5)568. Sounds of marching (9)571. En passant capture (4)573. Zenith’s opposite (5)575. Quasimodo and Igor, for two (10)577. Country of birth of Arianna Huffington

(6)579. End of the NATO phonetic alphabet (4)581. The right to vote (8)582. Find, as in a dictionary (4,2)583. Highest-ranking angels (8)587. Clam soup (7)588. National sport of South Korea (9)590. Like very fast questioning (5-4)591. Recovery program, for short (5)592. Department store dummy (9)593. Sporty Italian car brand (7)594. Fury (5)595. Joke-tellers (9)596. Le _____ Prince (5)597. Foe (5)598. You can’t make it from a sow’s ear,

proverbially (4,5)599. Super Soaker, e.g. (5,3)600. Distinction in quality (10)601. W.S. Gilbert’s role in the partnership (10)602. Riptide pull (8)603. Its dug-up root screams, according to

legend (8)604. Cupid and Vixen teammate (6)


1. Ancestor of the domestic hog (4,4)2. Holiday card containers (9)3. Synagogue scroll (5)5. Part of a foot (4)6. Trojan War hero who was not as well-heeled?

(8)7. Dec. 25 (9,3)8. Crockpot concoctions (5)9. WWII encryption machine (6)10. Main character in Jersey Boys (7,5)11. Church groups (6)12. Financial losses, symbolically (3,3)13. Paradise Lost setting (6,2,4)14. Local rules (2-4)15. Between ports (4)16. Rough-coated dog breed (6,7)17. Group of fish (6)18. Barrier (8)20. What CD might stand for (7,4)21. Yawn-inspiring (5)22. At Last singer ______ James (4)23. Weapon in Clue (5)24. Domed building (7)25. Negative 273.15 Celsius (8,4)26. “Where r u?”, e.g. (4)27. Ghana’s capital (5)28. Researcher’s wear (3,4)29. Hotel _____ (2004 Don Cheadle film) (6)31. Any group of 507-Down (5)32. 1995 Buzz Lightyear movie (3,5)33. Hunter constellation (5)34. _____ Nevada mountain range (6)35. Words said on bended 586-Down (8)37. U.S. state with Crater Lake (6)39. Fit to eat for Passover (6)46. Ballroom dances (8)56. Freezing point? (6)59. Yuletide glassful (6)60. Rap genre (7)61. Surgeon’s tool (7)63. Like a kid in a _____ (5,5)65. Away in a ______ (carol title) (6)68. Hotshot (6)69. Citizen Kane’s estate (6)71. Hot-blooded (6)73. Gilbert & Sullivan creations (9)74. Gilbert & Sullivan creation (3,6)75. Word with mail or letter (5)76. Drive back (5)77. New Orleans stew (5)78. Captain of industry (6)79. Ballpark snack (3,3)80. Jungle cat of the Americas (6)81. Play by 137-Across (4,4)84. _____ Kringle (4)87. Mechanical man (5)

89. “Money _____ everything” (4)91. Lopsided win (4)94. Voyager 2, e.g. (10)95. Montego Bay native (8)98. NFL Live channel (4)99. “Aha!” (6)101. Jigsaw puzzle unit (5)105. “Dr. Livingstone, I _____?” (7)108. Utensils called hashi in Japan (10)110. Straighten out (8)111. Hot drink served with marshmallows (5)112. Balance between powers (11)113. Self-contradictory statements (9)114. Martini garnish (5)116. Jurassic Park creature (8)117. Nearest spiral galaxy to our Milky Way (9)118. Object of devotion (4)119. Bullets and such (4)121. Legitimate (5)122. Babysitter’s headache (4)123. Tournament ranking (4)124. Brandy fruit (7)125. Had the nerve (5)126. _____ chemistry (7)128. Wax-and-dye art form (5)129. Fab Four member (5,5)130. Fear of heights (10)131. PC or Mac (8)134. Hollywood tryout (6,4)136. Spinal-column bone (8)139. Cubism co-founder (7)144. United Nations Plaza array (5)145. Buddhist teaching (9,4)146. “Well done!” (5)148. Sport with a birdie (9)153. Gallic girlfriend (4)155. Marching-band leader (4,5)157. 1973 film with the characterFather Damien Karras (3,8)160. Gingersnap or Oreo (6)162. Christie of mystery (6)164. Sci-fi Bond film (9)165. City of da Vinci’s Last Supper (5)166. Home of the famed Citadel Theatre (8)168. Sam Witwicky portrayer in the

Transformers films (4,7)169. Coconut-flavoured cocktail (4,6)173. Queen of Soul (6)174. NBC bird (7)176. Disneyland transport (8)178. Egyptian queen depictedin a famous bust (9)179. Hand-held squeezebox (10)186. Nocturnal hunter that doesn’tgive a hoot? (7,3)188. About to happen (8)

190. Room under the 368-Down (5)191. Crisp fabric (7)192. _____ Leap (Scott Bakula TV series) (7)193. Machine wheel (8)195. Ear-chomping boxer (4,5)196. Fairground steam organs (9)199. One who works with bridgesand crowns (7)201. Credit cards (7)202. Anthology (7)203. Fox-sighting cry (5-2)205. Chew out (5)208. Choo-choo (5)212. Big foul-up (5)214. Skyfall singer (5)215. Hockey disk (4)216. Mediterranean island country (5)217. Marley’s first name in A Christmas Carol (5)220. Former temple on the Athenian Acropolis (9)221. Like a wet noodle (4)225. Big Apple neighbourhood (7)227. Reckless outing in a stolen car (7)228. Misprint (4)234. Snack in a tortilla (7)236. Complain noisily (6)238. Time After Time singer, 1983 (5,6)239. In a huff (7)240. 275-Across fastener (6,3)241. Professional tennis since 1968 (4,3)242. Popular pizza topping (9)243. Racket (5)245. Martial arts mercenary (5)246. Morse’s creation (4)247. Like quarks (9)248. Theatre supporter (5)249. Record spinners (7)250. Beyond stupid (7)252. Homeric war epic (5)253. Dropped off (4,6)254. “At once!” in the ER (4)255. Took tiny bites of (7,2)256. Goldfinger’s first name (5)257. Arrangement of a worship service (7)258. On the _____ (honest) (2-3-2)260. Google competitor (5)261. Government worker (10)263. _____ Kombat (video game) (6)264. French president, 1969-74 (8)267. Largest U.S. tribe (6)268. _____ Livingston Seagull (8)276. First showing of a film (8)280. Used hip boots (5)281. Most reliable (6)282. Coffee Cantata composer (4)284. “The _____ made me do it!” (5)285. Orange flower (8)

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286. Rainy-day need (8)291. Spice often added to apple pie (8)294. Latin words before a year (4,6)297. Magic realist baseball novel by W.P.

Kinsella (8,3)298. Data storage device (5,5)300. Devout bedtime ritual (6)302. Red octagon for drivers (4,4)304. School lunchroom (9)306. Greek god of the grape harvest (8)308. German concept Weltanschauung, literally

(9)310. 1/16 of a pound (5)312. Wood nymph (5)314. Mount Aconcagua’s country (9)316. 137-Across, by nationality (9)319. Most populous continent (4)321. Akin (7)322. Western hero with a star (7)323. Composer of 16 polonaises (6)325. Radio pioneer (7)326. Hanukkah candelabrum (7)327. Massless elementary light particle (6)330. West Indies island near Barbuda (7)332. Wanted (7)334. Disguised (9)336. Frosty’s pipe material (7)338. Book of maps (5)340. Desert flora (5)342. New _____, India (5)344. Tropical lizard (5)345. Christian season ending Dec. 24 (6)347. Fine dinnerware (5)348. Japanese warrior (7)350. Inquest official (7)351. Obligation (4)352. Didn’t go out for dinner (3,2)354. Online auction site (4)360. Lookout locations on ships (5,5)362. Canadian city named for a berry (9)364. Shaggy’s dog (6-3)368. Landing spot for 254-Across (4)370. Rabies vaccine developer (7)371. Eye-related (5)372. Braid of hair (7)373. American anthem opener (2,3)374. Airport waiting areas (7)375. Chilled Spanish soup (8)376. Cuban Revolution figure (3,7)378. “Brangelina” or “televangelist” (11)379. Scandal damage control (5-2)380. Not urban (5)381. Hammered bell (4)382. King or jack, but not the ace (4,4)383. Now, in Nicaragua (5)385. Video game based on part of The Divine

Comedy (6,7)386. Tennis great Arthur (4)

387. MLB career strikeout leader, by far (5,4)388. Snapshot (5)389. Shakespearean “Mistress” who runs the

Boar’s Head tavern (7)390. One marauding (7)392. Lacking in decisiveness (5-5)393. Least required amount (4,7)394. Nose wrinkler (5)398. Powerful waves (8)402. Diagram of an algorithm (9)406. Frequently (5)407. Type of whale (8)409. Smoker’s receptacle (7)411. Furniture protector during painting (9)416. Head doctor (6)418. Banded animal (9)422. The Barber of Seville, e.g. (5,5)425. Org. that won the 1965 Nobel Peace Prize (6)427. Alternative to contacts (10)428. Like a haunted house (6)430. Q-Tip, e.g. (6,4)432. Cate Blanchett for Blue Jasmine, e.g. (5,6)434. Polish currency (5)438. Reeking more (8)441. Tit for tat, in Latin (4,3,3)442. Alfred Sung or Ralph Lauren (8)443. Hawaiian island (7)444. _____ with the Kardashians (7,2)447. World’s largest religious monument (6,3)451. Engrave with acid (4)452. Baghdad resident (5)453. Hated (8)455. Magazine for couch potatoes (2,5)456. Accelerator’s neighbour (5)457. One of the Baltic states (7)458. Robin Hood’s forest (8)460. Canadian Ghostbusters actor (3,7)467. The “A” of AOL (7)469. Rice dish (5)471. Aesop work (5)473. The “R” of R&D (8)474. Bumpkins, or Peaceable Kingdom painter

Edward (5)478. Tenor Carreras (4)479. Feudal lord (5)481. Commit to memory (5)482. Neat (4)483. We _____ (holiday carol) (5,5)484. The Bayeux _____ (8)485. 2014 Netflix series starring Lorenzo

Richelmy (5,4)486. Close at hand (6)487. Language whose name means “one who

hopes” (9)488. Actor _____ Patrick Harris (4)489. “Where there’s a _____ …” (4)494. Breakfast meat (5)501. Roman orator (6)

503. Actor Colin of The King’s Speech (5)504. Stand up to (4)505. _____ Tax (554-Across space) (6)506. Event run by the Miss Universe

Organization (6,7)507. Five past seven (6)510. Small whirlpool (4)511. German diacritical mark (6)512. Sewing guide from Simplicity (7)513. The “I” of I.Q. (12)514. Stats and such (4)515. Alaskan brown bear (6)516. Uranium-238, e.g. (7)517. Percival or Gawain (6)518. Gave a farewell gesture (5,7)519. T-shirt size (5)520. She loved Narcissus (4)521. With 391-Across, teen sleuth (5)522. Filmdom’s “International Man of Mystery”

(6,6)523. Confess (5)524. Source of our words “admiral” and

“algebra” (6)525. Author who created Bruno and Boots (6,6)529. European soldiers sincethe 15th century (5,6)531. Poorly made (6)533. Purple Rain singer (6)535. Wyoming’s capital (8)546. Health spa employee (8)547. Artificially made (9)548. Passageway (8)549. Like A Modest Proposal (8)552. Marine flatfish (8)553. Turkish sword (8)556. Sir Walter Scott novel (7)557. Take advance orders for (7)560. Imp (6)562. Word before block, health or telepathy (6)565. Patron saint of Scotland (6)566. Insect section (6)567. Enjoy a bookstore (6)568. Highest-grossing animated film of all time

(6)569. Emphasize (6)570. Himalayan guide (6)572. Season starting in December (6)574. Railroad station (5)575. 17-syllable poem (5)576. Afghan capital (5)578. Bit of bread (5)580. Out of shape (5)582. _____ tenens (temporarysubstitute) (5)584. Constellation’s brightest star (5)585. “You said it, brother!” (4)586. Patella’s place (4)587. Enjoy some gum (4)589. Goalie’s protection (4)








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