15 December 2016 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 15 December 2016

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D
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E
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B
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U
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T
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T
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S
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K
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G
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R
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A
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F
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E
L
I
Z
A
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U
P
I
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C
R
E
D
O
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FA
L
L
I
N
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G
F
LA
T
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R
A
G
E
S
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C
E
L
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S
O
T
S
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P
O
P
U
P
S
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E
N
Y
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A
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FA
S
H
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I
O
N
P
LA
T
E
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M
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A
R
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S
W
E
A
R
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P
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R
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E
E
N
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S
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O
L
E
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G
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U
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M
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G
R
A
N
D
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FA
T
H
E
R
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C
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LA
U
S
E
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A
S
S
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J
I
M
S
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A
S
Y
E
T
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Y
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O
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W
I
E
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A
B
S
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P
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A
R
FA
I
T
G
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LA
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S
S
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O
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M
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A
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R
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A
R
I
S
T
A
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P
A
Y
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S
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A
T
E
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G
O
D
O
T
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FA
LA
LA
LA
LA
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LA
LA
LA
LA
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E
M
E
R
Y
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I
N
D
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T
R
Y
S
T
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D
A
R
T
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R
D
S
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S
K
A
T
E

Hints & Clues

Across
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Kickoff : DEBUT
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"For shame!" : TSK
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Only tennis player to have won each Grand Slam event at least four times : GRAF
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Mrs. Alexander Hamilton : ELIZA
14
Reuters competitor : UPI
15
Words to live by : CREDO
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Bombing, as a joke : FALLINGFLAT
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Parties hard, in modern lingo : RAGES
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Doc's image, e.g.? : CEL
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Drunks : SOTS
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Windows that are usually closed : POPUPS
22
Singer with the 2008 album "And Winter Came ..." : ENYA
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Trendy type : FASHIONPLATE
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Spoil : MAR
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Say with a raised hand : SWEAR
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Tidy oneself : PREEN
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Slipper part : SOLE
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It's not allowed in many classrooms : GUM
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Discriminatory part of post-Reconstruction legislation : GRANDFATHERCLAUSE
41
Biblical beast : ASS
42
Slim ___ (snack sticks) : JIMS
43
To date : ASYET
44
"That hurts!" : YOWIE
47
Chippendales dancers have nice ones : ABS
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Short-stemmed vessel : PARFAITGLASS
52
Actor Epps : OMAR
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Bygone record label : ARISTA
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Is worth doing : PAYS
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Had something : ATE
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Title character who never appears : GODOT
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Christmastime refrain : FALALALALALALALALA
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___ paper (abrasive) : EMERY
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Ill. neighbor : IND
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Plot feature of Shakespeare's "Troilus and Cressida" : TRYST
66
Bolt : DART
67
Lines on some maps: Abbr. : RDS
68
Glide : SKATE
Down
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Cover with graffiti, say : DEFACE
2
1990s sitcom about a bookstore owner : ELLEN
3
Kid's father : BILLY
4
Mideastern heat? : UZI
5
Whups : TANS
6
School whose mascot is Jumbo the elephant : TUFTS
7
Juicy front-page story : SPLASH
8
___ bag : KIT
9
Fragrant Italian brandy : GRAPPA
10
Joe Six-Pack : REGULARGUY
11
Crack : ADEPT
12
Bob who directed the 1966 musical "Sweet Charity" : FOSSE
15
Witch : CRONE
17
Be successful : GOFAR
21
Word with trip or strip : POWER
23
"You said it!" : AMEN
25
British ___ : ISLES
27
"So what?" : AND
29
Sports org. with pitching : PGA
30
Lines on some maps: Abbr. : RRS
31
1969 film whose working title was "The Loners" : EASYRIDER
32
Larsson who wrote "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" : STIEG
33
Volt per ampere : OHM
35
"I will speak daggers to her, but ___ none": Hamlet : USE
36
Came together : MET
38
Dish in a tortilla : FAJITA
39
Part of a truck : CAB
40
Rope : LASSO
45
To some degree : OFASORT
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Like bon mots : WITTY
47
Safe spaces : ASYLA
48
Summoned : PAGED
49
Factor in a wine rating : AROMA
50
Home to the Sami people : LAPLAND
51
Green sides : SALADS
53
British protectorate until 1957 : MALAYA
54
"Finally!" : ATLAST
55
Tell : RELATE
58
Window coverings : SLATS
61
Middling : FAIR
62
Escapade : LARK