15 December 2013 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 15 December 2013

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C
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P
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J
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K
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J
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L
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Hints & Clues

Across
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Oceans : CCCCC
6
Bats : ISUP
10
"The Clan of the Cave Bear" novelist : AUEL
14
Razz : TTTTT
19
Tennis's Goran Ivanisevic, e.g. : CROAT
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A band may be on one : TOUR
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Torch-lit event : LUAU
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River of forgetfulness in Hades : LETHE
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Iron Age people : CELTS
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It has nine rooms : CLUE
25
Ottoman : TURK
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Serve up on a platter, say : CATER
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Collectors of DNA : CSIS
28
Game twist : HOUSERULE
30
Some basketball players: Abbr. : CTRS
31
Espies : CCCCC
33
Profit from : UUUUU
34
"I'm innocent!" : NOTME
35
Lab safety org.? : ASPCA
39
3-D pic : MRI
40
Diner fixtures, informally : JUKES
43
More rakish : JAUNTIER
46
Canon offering : EOS
47
Clown prop : UNICYCLE
51
Sitcom ET : ALF
52
Walt Disney's middle name : ELIAS
54
Cable inits. since 1996 : MSNBC
56
"Be a ___" : PAL
57
"Six Million Dollar Man" feature : BIONICLEG
60
Cabbed it : TOOKATAXI
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Most likely to be called up : ONEA
64
From the top : AGAIN
68
Move, informally : RELO
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2400, on the SAT : TOPSCORE
73
Dolt : ASS
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Like most checks and political candidates : ENDORSED
78
Green : INLEAF
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Not so nice : NASTIER
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Annual literary prize : OHENRY
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Picked up, in Britain : LEARNT
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Home of Velázquez's "Las Meninas" : ELPRADO
85
Breakfast dish : FARINA
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They break at dawn : DAYS
87
Angelica and others : HERBS
89
Like some resolution, for short : HIDEF
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Showed no restraint, in brief : ODED
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Cask filler : ALE
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Linguistic quintet : AEIOU
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Parts of sows and cows : TEATS
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Head of steam? : ESS
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Place to lounge : DIVAN
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Jazz great Carmen : MCRAE
103
Cricket's sound : CHIRR
105
Triply : THRICE
106
Like New Jersey among states admitted to the Union : THIRD
107
Subway fare : HEROES
109
Chinese hard-liner : MAOIST
110
"Antigone" or "Elektra" : TRAGEDY
112
One famed for heartlessness : TINMAN
114
Last name in cookies : AMOS
115
Some notepad jottings : IDEAS
117
It may be left hanging : NOOSE
119
Take out : DATE
120
Farmworker in "The Wizard of Oz" : ZEKE
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Scale unit : OUNCE
122
Tony winner Tharp : TWYLA
123
Spheres : ORBS
124
Ice cream brand : EDYS
125
Recess : NOOK
126
It's what's to be expected : NORM
127
"The ___ the limit" : SKYS
Down
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Grab : CCCCC
2
Abbr. on a musical score : CRESC
3
Cause of a crybaby? : COLIC
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Provider of an inside look? : CATSCAN
5
Nos. after a period, maybe : CTS
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Yen : ITCH
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Last name in "Star Wars" : SOLO
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Farm females : UUUUU
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Takes for granted : PRESUMES
10
Charitable giving, e.g. : ALTRUISM
11
Trees with poisonous seeds : UUUUU
12
Marquis's inferior : EARL
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First name in "Star Wars" : LUKE
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Girl group with four #1 hits in the 1990s : TLC
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Often-decorative kitchen item, in Britain : TEACOSY
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Aids for long drives : TTTTT
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Gas bill unit : THERM
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Crisp : TERSE
29
Lead-in to pop or pass : EURO
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Chicago setting: Abbr. : CST
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Japanese computer giant : NEC
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[See above] : PIECEOFTHEACTION
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Last place, with "the" : CELLAR
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Indy 500 winner Luyendyk : ARIE
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2007 title role for Ellen Page : JUNO
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In utero : UNBORN
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[See above] : KICKEDOFFTHETEAM
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Sharp putdown : JAB
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1974 Fassbinder film subtitled "Fear Eats the Soul" : ALI
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Subj. of some 911 calls : UFO
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Figurehead, for short? : CPA
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Like some parenting : LAX
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QB Manning : ELI
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Ottoman V.I.P. : AGA
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RR stop : STN
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Brown-___ (sycophants) : NOSERS
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Like one pre-Columbian civilization : INCAN
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Parting word : ALOHA
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Taunting figure : TORERO
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Running pants? : GASPS
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Subj. for Galileo : ASTR
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N.B.A. Hall-of-Famer Thomas : ISIAH
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Oscar winner Swinton : TILDA
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Oscar winner Tatum : ONEAL
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[See above] : PLAYEDHOOKY
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Winter month in Spain : ENERO
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Withdraw from the bank? : ERODE
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[See above] : SNIDEREMARK
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Seashore fliers : ERNES
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Twosomes : DYADS
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[See above] : ALBUMTRACK
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[See above] : EDITEDDOWN
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"___ kleine Nachtmusik" : EINE
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Per : EACH
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National rival : AVIS
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Her name is Norwegian for "beautiful woman who leads you to victory" : SIRI
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Van Gogh painting that once sold for a record $53.9 million : IRISES
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Highlight of many a western : CHASE
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Fix : RIG
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Ain't right? : ARENT
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Concerto movements : RONDOS
105
Broke : TAMED
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Didn't get involved : SATBY
109
Pac-Man screen, e.g. : MAZE
110
___'clock scholar : TENO
111
Numbskull : YOYO
113
Loch ___ : NESS
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Twosome : DUO
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Canon offering, briefly : SLR