16 December 2005 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 16 December 2005

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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Expire : PASSAWAY
9
Top removed by attendants : GASCAP
15
Be in concert : ACTASONE
16
Library feature : ALCOVE
17
Cormorants, e.g. : SEABIRDS
18
Suddenly arose : LOOMED
19
Barely move? : STREAK
20
Cinderella's clothes : TATTERS
21
Sister of Selene : EOS
22
Wanes : TAPERSOFF
25
Destructive 1999 Florida hurricane : IRENE
26
Glower : FROWN
29
Glower, maybe : ORB
32
Aid in creating an idealized figure : CORSET
34
Former lakeshore tribe : ERIE
35
Not rot : KEEP
37
Seed structure : OVULE
38
Locale of the Bocca Nuova crater : ETNA
39
Fix : REDO
40
Camel alternatives : MERITS
42
Alluring : HOT
43
Thinking ___ : ALOUD
45
"Walk Away ___" (1966 hit) : RENEE
46
Good vantage point : FRONTSEAT
48
You can burn it : FAT
51
Fairy tale figures : SPRITES
53
Cousin of a capillary : TUBULE
55
Restaurant cry : WAITER
56
Member of a historical trio : THEPINTA
58
Agreement : ACCORD
59
Exhausted : OUTOFGAS
60
Mite-sized : TEENSY
61
Start attacking : OPENFIRE
Down
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So last year : PASSE
2
Prefix with phenetidin : ACETO
3
Cancer components : STARS
4
"Quién ___?" : SABE
5
Like many elephants : ASIATIC
6
Glad-hand, as politicians are wont to do : WORKAROOM
7
What's more : AND
8
"I knew it!" : YES
9
Balls : GALAS
10
Much : ALOTOF
11
Without even a warning : SCOTFREE
12
Emerge : COMEFORTH
13
Maintain : AVER
14
Xers? : PEDS
20
Fringe of the green? : TREELINE
23
Misapplies : PERVERTS
24
Guarantees : ENSURES
27
Lush : WINO
28
Trim : NEAT
29
Some pods : OKRA
30
A line winds in and out of it : REEL
31
Fish might go over it : BEDOFRICE
33
Powwow : TETEATETE
36
Go all out : POURITON
41
Attack : SETUPON
44
Grandparents, typically : DOTERS
47
Square : NERDY
48
Things not wanted in locker rooms : FUNGI
49
Sacrificial site : ALTAR
50
Flirt : TEASE
51
Hit hard : SWAT
52
Clip : PACE
54
Son of Willy Loman : BIFF
56
"You ___?" : TOO
57
One in the Army : HUP