12 December 2011 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 12 December 2011

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K
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U
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D
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O
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S
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W
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A
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T
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T
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C
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A
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L
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L
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E
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U
D
E
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A
R
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A
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O
B
O
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P
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P
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R
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T
I
G
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R
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V
L
O
G
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T
H
E
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M
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T
O
O
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L
E
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K
S
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P
O
S
H
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F
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L
O
R
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C
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N
T
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R
F
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E
L
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D
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E
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R
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H
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A
U
T
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S
R
A
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S
W
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R
V
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A
L
T
E
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R
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R
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S
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S
T
E
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N
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S
O
U
R
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D
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E
T
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S
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T
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R
T
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P
E
P
P
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R
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G
R
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N
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D
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R
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V
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R
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L
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R
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A
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Z
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U
R
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O
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I
L
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R
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O
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R
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B
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F
O
L
K
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P
O
W
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R
M
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O
W
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R
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A
N
N
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I
V
O
R
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A
R
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N
A
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R
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A
R
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P
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N
S
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L
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D
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Hints & Clues

Across
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High praise : KUDOS
6
Light bulb unit : WATT
10
Ring up : CALL
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Piano practice piece : ETUDE
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Geographical datum : AREA
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Woodwind able to provide an orchestra's tuning note : OBOE
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*One who's an empty threat : PAPERTIGER
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Journal on YouTube, maybe : VLOG
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Not just any : THE
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"I concur!" : METOO
22
Onionlike soup ingredients : LEEKS
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Luxurious : POSH
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"Dona ___ and Her Two Husbands" : FLOR
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*Willie Mays, positionally : CENTERFIELDER
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High: Fr. : HAUT
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Sp. lady : SRA
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Turn suddenly : SWERVE
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Amend : ALTER
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Hosp. parts ... or what the answers to the six starred clues each have twice : ERS
39
Dutch painter Jan : STEEN
40
Grew disenchanted : SOURED
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Visitors from beyond : ETS
44
Lip-puckering : TART
45
*What a waiter might be holding when he says "Say when" : PEPPERGRINDER
48
Swear : AVER
49
Lecher's look : LEER
50
Sky-blue : AZURE
53
Former Houston footballer : OILER
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Heavenly body : ORB
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Music genre for Joan Baez : FOLK
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*Lawn-Boy or Toro product : POWERMOWER
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Actress Hathaway of "The Princess Diaries" : ANNE
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Actor/songwriter Novello : IVOR
63
Basketball venue : ARENA
64
Caboose : REAR
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Sharpies, e.g. : PENS
66
Gives for a while : LENDS
Down
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Retained : KEPT
2
Home of the Sundance Film Festival : UTAH
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Bamboozle : DUPE
4
Poem for the praiseworthy : ODE
5
Sunday morning address : SERMON
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"Don't go anywhere ... I'll be back" : WAITHERE
7
Jason's ship, in myth : ARGO
8
Start 18 holes : TEEOFF
9
Paving goo : TAR
10
*Enclosure with a manuscript or résumé : COVERLETTER
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Up to the task : ABLE
12
"Behold!" : LOOK
13
Important parts of dancers : LEGS
18
Exams : TESTS
22
Major theater chain : LOEWS
23
*Spider-Man's alter ego : PETERPARKER
25
Fleur-de-___ : LIS
26
Prankster : CUTUP
27
Not so well-done : RARER
28
Gloomy, in verse : DREAR
29
Last word in the Lord's Prayer, before "Amen" : EVER
30
The ___ Is Too Damn High Party : RENT
31
Gate hardware : HASP
32
Skin soother : ALOE
36
Christopher of "Superman" : REEVE
38
Ben and Jerry : STILLERS
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Rap's Dr. ___ : DRE
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Curling of the lip : SNEER
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Settled routine : GROOVE
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Akin to skin? : DERMAL
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Come from ___ : AFAR
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The "Z" of DMZ : ZONE
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Bone paralleling the radius : ULNA
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"Victory is mine!" : IWON
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Wilson of "Wedding Crashers" : OWEN
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Tear up : REND
57
They give women a lift : BRAS
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Backup singer for Gladys Knight : PIP
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Miner's pay dirt : ORE