11 December 2012 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 11 December 2012

1
D
2
A
3
D
4
C
5
U
6
P
7
I
8
D
9
C
10
O
11
M
12
E
13
T
14
A
R
A
15
O
P
A
R
T
16
A
N
I
S
E
17
S
I
N
18
N
O
R
M
S
19
P
E
S
T
S
20
H
A
C
21
I
E
N
D
A
22
I
R
I
S
H
23
E
N
E
M
Y
24
P
R
A
N
C
E
25
R
26
R
A
R
O
27
C
28
H
29
A
I
R
30
U
T
E
31
N
32
E
W
A
G
E
33
M
34
A
B
E
L
35
S
36
A
I
N
T
N
I
C
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H
O
L
A
S
38
C
E
R
T
S
39
G
L
E
A
M
S
40
U
A
R
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L
O
E
S
S
42
A
43
D
44
O
45
S
46
B
L
I
47
T
48
Z
E
N
49
E
C
O
N
O
50
I
V
I
E
D
51
P
52
I
53
L
S
E
N
E
R
54
L
O
A
N
S
55
M
E
M
O
S
56
N
I
T
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I
N
L
E
T
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T
R
A
D
E
59
E
D
O
60
E
S
S
A
Y
61
V
I
X
E
N
62
R
A
F

Hints & Clues

Across
1
June honoree : DAD
4
Mythical archer : CUPID
9
Bon Ami competitor : COMET
14
Notre Dame coach Parseghian : ARA
15
Illusory pictures : OPART
16
Licorice flavorer : ANISE
17
Confession in a confessional : SIN
18
Standards : NORMS
19
Reasons to call an exterminator : PESTS
20
Home that usually has a tile roof : HACIENDA
22
Fighting ___ (Notre Dame team) : IRISH
23
Other side : ENEMY
24
High-stepping horse : PRANCER
26
Uncommon: Sp. : RARO
27
Professorship : CHAIR
30
Western tribe : UTE
31
Kind of music not known for its beat : NEWAGE
33
Old-time actress Normand : MABEL
35
Figure associated with eight answers in this puzzle : SAINTNICHOLAS
38
Two ... two ... two mints in one : CERTS
39
Sparkles : GLEAMS
40
Former Mideast inits. : UAR
41
Loamy soil : LOESS
42
Fusses : ADOS
46
Flash: Ger. : BLITZEN
49
Commercial prefix meaning "thrifty" : ECONO
50
Like some college walls : IVIED
51
Pale, light lager beer : PILSENER
54
Bank department : LOANS
55
Office missives : MEMOS
56
Annual hoops event, for short : NIT
57
Fjord, e.g. : INLET
58
Swap : TRADE
59
Tokyo, once : EDO
60
Part of many a college application : ESSAY
61
Sexually attractive woman : VIXEN
62
Battle of Britain victor, for short : RAF
Down
1
100-meter competitor, e.g. : DASHER
2
Actress Grande : ARIANA
3
Fred Astaire or Ginger Rogers : DANCER
4
New York's ___ Island : CONEY
5
Well versed in : UPON
6
Western buddy : PARD
7
"___ la Douce" (Billy Wilder film) : IRMA
8
Sot's peril : DTS
9
"Mr. Deeds Goes to Town" director : CAPRA
10
___ a million : ONEIN
11
Havana beauty, maybe : MISSCUBA
12
Art lovers : ESTHETES
13
French possessive : TES
21
"Good as done" : IMONIT
22
Sale tag abbr. : IRR
24
Fragments : PIECES
25
Reunion attendee, maybe: Abbr. : REL
27
100 pounds: Abbr. : CWT
28
"Be right with you ..." : HANGON
29
Quick on one's feet : AGILE
32
U.S.N.A. grad: Abbr. : ENS
33
May honoree : MOM
34
___-Lorraine : ALSACE
35
Fish-eating creatures : SEALIONS
36
Airport sign : ARRIVALS
37
Is down with : HAS
38
Chicago major-leaguer : CUB
41
Headed : LED
43
___ Pass : DONNER
44
Iroquois tribe : ONEIDA
45
Somewhat : SORTOF
47
Athlete's foot, e.g. : TINEA
48
Lively : ZESTY
49
Ruhr city : ESSEN
51
Persian fairy : PERI
52
Motion picture format : IMAX
53
Ore deposit : LODE
54
"The check is in the mail," maybe : LIE
55
"Unplugged" network : MTV