10 December 2015 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 10 December 2015

1
P
2
U
3
P
4
S
5
M
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E
7
S
8
S
9
C
10
H
11
A
12
P
13
D
I
N
A
H
14
E
L
L
A
15
H
Y
P
E
16
A
X
I
S
O
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F
E
V
I
L
18
A
G
E
S
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N
E
T
H
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O
T
I
C
A
21
R
T
I
S
T
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C
L
E
A
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N
S
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S
E
M
I
T
E
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E
S
S
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I
S
27
M
28
D
I
N
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N
30
E
31
S
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A
E
I
O
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U
34
G
35
R
I
L
L
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S
37
T
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U
M
B
L
I
N
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G
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B
L
O
C
K
S
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M
E
L
B
A
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A
R
I
E
L
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U
T
T
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N
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S
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T
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R
C
A
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P
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D
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A
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R
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A
K
E
I
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N
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E
D
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D
I
E
S
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G
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L
A
S
S
S
L
I
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P
P
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I
E
P
A
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O
A
H
U
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A
N
N
E
S
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E
X
T
O
N
63
O
D
O
R
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M
O
J
O
65
C
I
A
R
A
66
F
E
T
E
67
E
W
A
N
68
T
E
S
T

Hints & Clues

Across
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Young wolves : PUPS
5
Unenviable situation : MESS
9
Bloke : CHAP
13
Blues chanteuse Washington : DINAH
14
That señora : ELLA
15
Build up : HYPE
16
Geopolitical term introduced in the 2002 State of the Union : AXISOFEVIL
18
Game box specification : AGES
19
Infernal : NETHER
20
One drawing alluring images : EROTICARTIST
22
Wipes (out) : CLEANS
24
Phoenician or Palestinian : SEMITE
25
Treacherous bend : ESS
26
School of thought : ISM
28
Greasy spoon : DINER
29
White-tailed eagles : ERNES
32
Succession within an ethnic group? : AEIOU
34
Question thoroughly : GRILL
36
Obstacles seen four times in this puzzle's completed grid? : STUMBLINGBLOCKS
41
___ toast : MELBA
42
Disney friend of Flounder and Sebastian : ARIEL
43
Verbalize : UTTER
44
___ Stavro Blofeld (Bond archvillain) : ERNST
47
Onetime NBC parent : RCA
48
"Get a room" elicitor, for short : PDA
51
Accrue hand over fist : RAKEIN
54
Swirls : EDDIES
56
Something lost and returned in a fairy tale : GLASSSLIPPER
59
City ENE of Cleveland, OH : ERIEPA
60
Setting for the George Clooney film "The Descendants" : OAHU
61
Poet who won a 1967 Pulitzer for "Live or Die" : ANNESEXTON
63
Reputation : ODOR
64
"It" : MOJO
65
One-named R&B singer with the hit "1, 2 Step" : CIARA
66
Have a dinner for, say : FETE
67
Actor McGregor : EWAN
68
A crucible is a hard one : TEST
Down
1
Spots for computer users : PIXELS
2
Hooks up : UNITES
3
Turkish pooh-bah : PASHA
4
Worker at a stable : SHOER
5
Series of races : MEET
6
Singer befriended by a young Forrest Gump : ELVIS
7
Was an errant driver? : SLICED
8
Sub choice : SALAMI
9
Go on and on and on : CHATTER
10
Salubrious : HYGIENIC
11
Pithecological study : APES
12
Trying type : PEST
13
Terpsichore's domain : DANCE
17
Bone to pick? : FOSSIL
21
Head of a conspiracy : RINGLEADER
23
Chicago Cubs Hall-of-Famer : ERNIEBANKS
27
"Surely not ME!?" : MOI
30
Northern game : ELK
31
Classic Mercedes roadsters : SLS
32
Honey-colored : AMBER
33
Early afternoon ora : UNA
35
Flynn of film : ERROL
36
Dallas institution, for short : SMU
37
Lunar celebration : TET
38
Like the core of the sun : ULTRAHOT
39
Chow line? : GRR
40
"Guns" : BICEPS
45
Opening word : SESAME
46
Thus far, informally : TILNOW
48
Several works of Michelangelo : PIETAS
49
Order out? : DEPORT
50
Lotus position in yoga, e.g. : ASANA
52
Removal : ERASURE
53
Storied assassin : NINJA
55
Song of the South : DIXIE
56
Typo, e.g. : GOOF
57
Bring aboard : LADE
58
Low hand? : PEON
62
Build : ERECT