30 November 2015 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 30 November 2015

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Hints & Clues

Across
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Add alcohol to, as punch : SPIKE
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Caesar dressing? : TOGA
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Letters on a Soviet rocket : CCCP
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One traveling with a backpack : HIKER
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Stately hardwoods : ELMS
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___ vera : ALOE
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Songs for divas : OPERAARIAS
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Read the ___ act : RIOT
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Withdraw gradually from a mother's milk : WEAN
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1997 Grammy-winning artist whose last name is a fruit : FIONAAPPLE
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Dine : EAT
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Dull-colored : DRAB
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Pods of cotton : BOLLS
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Nurse, as a drink : SIP
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Union man? : GROOM
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Tibetan watchdogs : LHASAAPSOS
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Orson Welles's "Citizen ___" : KANE
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Acorn producer : OAK
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Elvis who was "all shook up" : PRESLEY
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40-Across's record label : RCA
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Bauxite and magnetite : ORES
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Former "American Idol" judge : PAULAABDUL
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Pulling a rabbit out of a hat, e.g. : MAGIC
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C minor, for Beethoven's Fifth : KEY
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Gets the booby prize : LOSES
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Lit sign in a theater : EXIT
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Writer ___ Du Bois : WEB
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Noted California horse-racing venue : SANTAANITA
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"Fiddlesticks!" : DRAT
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39-Across, e.g. : TREE
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Moneymaking skill ... or, when read as three words, what happens in 17-, 21-, 35-, 45- and 54-Across : MIDASTOUCH
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Icicle's place : EAVE
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___ out a living (gets by) : EKES
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Song from way back : OLDIE
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Strategize : PLAN
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Library carrel, basically : DESK
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Impoverished : NEEDY
Down
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"24" or "48 Hours" : SHOW
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Accessory for a snowman : PIPE
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Furniture giant with a blue and yellow logo : IKEA
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Corn seeds : KERNELS
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Period in history : ERA
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Actress Hatcher : TERI
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Mishmash : OLIO
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Gangster catcher, informally : GMAN
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Longtime Syrian strongman : ASSAD
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Place to leave an auto, in Britain : CARPARK
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Ones providing backing for writers? : CLIPBOARDS
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Air-condition : COOL
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Tennis's Sampras : PETE
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Toward a ship's rear : AFT
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Buenos Aires's land: Abbr. : ARG
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"Now!" : ASAP
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Begin to flower : BLOOM
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Scarlett of Tara : OHARA
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Body of water between France and Switzerland : LAKEGENEVA
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Order to a dog to bark : SPEAK
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Immigration or the economy, in a presidential election : ISSUE
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Stereotypical parrot's name : POLLY
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With perfect timing : ONCUE
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Breakfast and lunch : MEALS
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Dadaist Jean : ARP
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See 55-Down : SEA
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Harvard rival : YALE
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"Sweet" age : SIXTEEN
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War-hero candidate of 1996 : BOBDOLE
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Hush-hush org. : CIA
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Domesticated : TAMED
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"Now where ___ I?" : WAS
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Stairs unit : STEP
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With 37-Down, shrunken body of water in Asia : ARAL
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Company with a swoosh logo : NIKE
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___ of March : IDES
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Something on a to-do list : TASK
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Like cutting in line : RUDE
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Low-pH substance : ACID
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Rock's ___ Might Be Giants : THEY
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2,000 pounds : TON