1 December 2009 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 1 December 2009

1
C
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A
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I
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R
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O
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O
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R
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E
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E
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L
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B
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O
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W
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A
L
L
E
N
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F
E
Z
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G
O
O
S
E
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R
O
O
S
T
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F
A
I
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R
Y
D
U
S
T
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A
M
I
E
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I
N
A
P
E
T
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F
A
L
C
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O
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N
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C
R
E
S
T
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I
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R
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E
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E
R
O
T
I
C
A
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A
Q
U
A
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L
A
S
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E
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S
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A
L
U
M
S
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F
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A
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T
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H
E
R
K
N
O
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W
S
B
E
S
T
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I
L
I
A
D
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S
L
O
A
N
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R
E
E
D
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T
W
E
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E
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Z
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E
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S
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E
X
O
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F
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A
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L
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L
H
A
R
V
E
S
T
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N
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E
A
R
L
Y
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O
R
C
A
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B
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R
E
A
K
F
A
S
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T
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F
L
O
O
R
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A
B
O
V
E
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M
O
O
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A
V
E
R
T
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D
I
N
E
D
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A
L
E
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N
E
S
T
S

Hints & Clues

Across
1
City near the Great Sphinx : CAIRO
6
Mine treasure : ORE
9
Macaroni shape : ELBOW
14
Steve who was called Steverino : ALLEN
15
Turkish headgear : FEZ
16
Golden egg layer of story : GOOSE
17
Rod in a henhouse : ROOST
18
Magical powder : FAIRYDUST
20
French lady friend : AMIE
21
Peeved : INAPET
22
1980s soap opera set at a winery : FALCONCREST
26
Fury : IRE
29
Blue literature : EROTICA
30
Blue hue : AQUA
31
Cuts with light : LASES
34
Homecoming returnees, for short : ALUMS
35
1950s-'60s sitcom that ran on all three networks : FATHERKNOWSBEST
40
Tale of Troy : ILIAD
41
Alfred P. ___ Foundation : SLOAN
42
Papyrus plant, e.g. : REED
43
Plucks, as eyebrow hairs : TWEEZES
48
Prefix with biology : EXO
49
Occasion for pumpkin picking : FALLHARVEST
53
Almost : NEARLY
55
Killer whale : ORCA
56
Part of a morning routine ... or a literal hint to 18-, 22-, 35- and 49-Across : BREAKFAST
59
Knock the socks off : FLOOR
60
Not deigning to consider : ABOVE
61
___ goo gai pan : MOO
62
Turn away : AVERT
63
Ate in high style : DINED
64
Drink with a head : ALE
65
Fits one inside the next : NESTS
Down
1
Wine container : CARAFE
2
Six-time baseball All-Star Sandy : ALOMAR
3
Repetitively named Philippine province : ILOILO
4
Take out surgically : RESECT
5
Ottawa's prov. : ONT
6
Take out : OFF
7
Show again : REAIR
8
Net mag : EZINE
9
1-Across is its capital : EGYPT
10
Mine treasure : LODE
11
Chic shop : BOUTIQUE
12
C.I.A. forerunner : OSS
13
Not yet firm, as cement : WET
19
Univ. dorm supervisors : RAS
23
Like some smoothly running machines : OILED
24
Tenn. neighbor : NCAR
25
Wine containers : CASKS
27
Jamaica exports : RUMS
28
Atlantic Seaboard states, with "the" : EAST
30
Priest's robe : ALB
32
Blowup: Abbr. : ENL
33
Truth, old-style : SOOTH
34
Ed who played Lou Grant : ASNER
35
Order after "Aim!" : FIRE
36
The "A" in A-Rod : ALEX
37
Get stewed : TIEONEON
38
Duped : HAD
39
Guitar pedal effect : WAWA
44
Change over time : EVOLVE
45
Homes (in on) : ZEROES
46
Front car in a motorcade : ESCORT
47
Turns on, as a car : STARTS
49
Not real : FAKED
50
It might mean "I want a treat!" : ARF
51
Andean animal : LLAMA
52
"Disinfect to Protect" brand : LYSOL
54
Christmas light site : EAVE
56
George Thorogood stutter "B-B-B-B-___..." : BAD
57
A sac fly earns one : RBI
58
Nail spot : TOE
59
Wave a palm frond at, say : FAN