15 January 2012 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 15 January 2012

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C
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O
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L
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D
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C
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A
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S
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E
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Z
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A
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P
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S
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P
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H
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A
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S
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E
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R
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O
P
E
R
A
T
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R
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I
D
E
E
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P
H
A
L
A
N
X
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C
A
S
T
L
E
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N
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S
P
A
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N
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S
O
R
B
E
T
S
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A
L
T
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I
M
S
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T
I
M
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S
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A
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N
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E
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E
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M
O
T
I
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C
O
N
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O
L
D
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B
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A
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G
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A
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T
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C
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H
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B
E
A
M
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T
O
R
T
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G
E
O
R
G
E
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L
O
A
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F
E
R
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S
A
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F
E
S
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I
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T
R
Y
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O
R
S
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U
R
B
A
N
E
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O
T
I
S
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M
P
A
A
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W
N
E
T
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M
E
L
D
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A
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N
N
A
N
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T
E
E
U
P
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A
X
E
S
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N
A
E
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T
K
O
D
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A
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I
R
E
R
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H
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E
R
B
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I
T
S
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R
A
I
N
I
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N
G
C
A
T
S
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A
N
D
D
O
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G
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S
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I
T
E
N
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X
Y
L
E
M
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P
R
E
Y
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M
O
E
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M
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A
T
E
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G
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R
O
P
E
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C
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L
I
M
E
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E
B
O
N
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A
B
C
S
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T
E
N
D
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F
A
I
R
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D
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W
E
E
B
S
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D
O
O
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P
H
I
L
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K
A
R
M
A
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L
E
G
R
E
E
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A
D
M
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I
R
E
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I
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N
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T
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E
N
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D
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D
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S
R
I
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M
E
S
M
E
R
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N
O
M
I
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N
A
T
E
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L
A
U
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P
E
R
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G
A
D
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L
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G
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A
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L
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I
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V
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M
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I
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R
A
C
L
E
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D
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E
U
S
E
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X
M
A
C
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H
I
N
A
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E
P
I
T
H
E
T
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I
G
E
T
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E
A
R
M
A
R
K
S
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H
O
N
E
Y
S
122
C
O
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Y
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D
R
Y
E
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A
S
E

Hints & Clues

Across
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DNA testing might reopen one : COLDCASE
9
Uses a 13-Across on : ZAPS
13
"Star Trek" weapon : PHASER
19
Person who's a zero? : OPERATOR
20
What will the French think of next? : IDEE
21
Troop group : PHALANX
22
Dream setting : CASTLEINSPAIN
24
After-dinner choices : SORBETS
25
PC key : ALT
26
Some online communications, for short : IMS
27
QB Tebow : TIM
28
Thérèse de Lisieux, for one : SAINTE
30
:D, e.g. : EMOTICON
33
Battle-ax : OLDBAG
37
Grp. that coordinates E.T.A. and E.T.D. : ATC
40
Letter-shaped girder : HBEAM
42
Basis of a lawsuit : TORT
43
"By ___!" : GEORGE
44
Slip-on : LOAFER
46
Places for rings, maybe : SAFES
48
Humble response to praise : ITRY
50
Organ repair sites, briefly : ORS
51
Polished : URBANE
52
___ B. Driftwood ("A Night at the Opera" role) : OTIS
53
Org. that may assess violence levels : MPAA
54
PBS flagship station : WNET
55
Part of a pinochle round : MELD
56
Former U.N. secretary general Kofi ___ : ANNAN
58
Get ready to drive : TEEUP
59
x, y and z : AXES
60
Scot's "not" : NAE
61
Ousted from the ring, for short : TKOD
62
TV station, e.g. : AIRER
64
Cicely or tarragon : HERB
66
Weather comment represented visually by this puzzle's circled letters : ITSRAININGCATSANDDOGS
72
Major artery through San Antonio : ITEN
73
Plant tissue : XYLEM
74
Hunted : PREY
75
TV tavern keeper : MOE
76
Bud : MATE
78
Feel (for) : GROPE
80
The Mediterranean has a warm one : CLIME
82
Shade of a swan's bill in a Keats poem : EBON
83
Kindergarten stuff : ABCS
84
Gravitate : TEND
85
Not cheating : FAIR
86
Many wonks : DWEEBS
88
Scat syllable : DOO
89
One of the Everly Brothers : PHIL
90
Fate : KARMA
91
Fictional Simon : LEGREE
92
Esteem : ADMIRE
94
Rolling ___ (rich) : INIT
96
Kaput : ENDED
98
Overseas Mr. : SRI
99
Austrian physician who lent his name to an English word ending in "-ize" : MESMER
100
Propose : NOMINATE
102
"True Colors" singer, 1986 : LAUPER
104
Roam : GAD
105
Letters on some N.Y.C. luggage : LGA
108
Actress Tyler : LIV
111
Subject of a Vatican investigation : MIRACLE
114
Artificial plot device : DEUSEXMACHINA
118
"The Conqueror," e.g. : EPITHET
119
"___ it" ("Understood") : IGET
120
Some bills have them : EARMARKS
121
Dolls : HONEYS
122
Brit's teapot cover : COSY
123
Like some boards : DRYERASE
Down
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Chewed stimulant : COCA
2
Precious girl's name? : OPAL
3
In the event that : LEST
4
2000 title role for Richard Gere : DRT
5
LL Cool J's "Going Back to ___" : CALI
6
"Lemme ___!" : ATEM
7
"That is quite clear" : SOISEE
8
Directional suffix : ERN
9
"Shut your trap!" : ZIPIT
10
Nudists : ADAMITES
11
Nascar Hall of Fame architect : PEI
12
Part of a security system : SENSOR
13
It's lowered to hear music : PHONOGRAPHNEEDLE
14
Taft's partner in a 1947 act : HARTLEY
15
Light reflection ratio : ALBEDO
16
R.S.V.P. facilitator: Abbr. : SAE
17
Tolkien creature : ENT
18
Pharmacies fill them, in brief : RXS
21
Fourth letter after 49-Down : PSI
23
Leaf pores : STOMATA
29
You probably raise your arm for this : ANTIPERSPIRANT
31
It's north of the South : MASONDIXONLINE
32
Stock page listings: Abbr. : COS
34
Big Apple team : BRONXBOMBERS
35
Side (with) : AGREE
36
Heroic deeds : GESTS
37
___ Hall (site on many a campus) : ALUMNI
38
Attacked : TOREAT
39
Shows that can be racier than their network counterparts : CABLESITCOMS
40
Nest maker : HEN
41
Cheating : BREAKINGTHERULES
45
Angry Birds, e.g. : FAD
47
Manipulate to one's advantage : FINAGLE
49
Fourth letter before 21-Down : TAU
53
Track ___ : MEET
54
Prison unit : WARD
57
Security Council veto : NON
58
Mine transport : TRAMCAR
61
___ kwon do : TAE
63
Put away : ICE
65
Big name in frozen desserts : EDY
67
72-Across and others: Abbr. : RTES
68
"Cagney & Lacey" org. : NYPD
69
Bazooka, e.g. : ARM
70
Yokel : GOOBER
71
Martial arts master : SENSEI
76
Lady : MADAM
77
Villa, e.g. : ABODE
79
Portuguese king : REI
81
Tart drink : LIMEADE
82
Doc's reading : EEG
85
Battle wear : FATIGUES
87
Bond : WED
89
Tediously didactic : PREACHY
90
North Korean leader or his father : KIM
93
White Rabbit's cry : IMLATE
95
Certain skiing competition : NORDIC
97
California beach town with a racetrack : DELMAR
101
Vicious : NASTY
103
Doll : PET
106
Player of golf : GARY
107
Climax : ACME
108
The euro replaced it : LIRA
109
Signs : INKS
110
One with a neck and a lip : VASE
111
"I can't get excited about it" : MEH
112
Bit of investors' news, for short : IPO
113
___ Tin Tin : RIN
115
I, to Tiberius : EGO
116
Struck : XED
117
Laugh syllable : HAR