16 December 2016 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 16 December 2016

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C
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O
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N
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H
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M
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F
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H
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L
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Hints & Clues

Across
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___ Nast, publisher of Vogue : CONDE
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Baby : SPOIL
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Voodoo doll action : HEX
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"Robin ___" (old Irish ballad) : ADAIR
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Bittersweet spread : MARMALADE
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Company concerned with net profits? : SERVICEPROVIDER
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Big name in pop : COCACOLA
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Passover month : NISAN
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Current positions? : ONS
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Scandalous '80s initials : PTL
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Old-fashioned verb suffix : ETH
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"Isn't ___ bit like you and me?" (Beatles lyric) : HEA
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Black Friday scene : MOB
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Back on the plane? : AFT
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Server of pink champagne on ice, in song : HOTELCALIFORNIA
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Is perfectly punctual : ARRIVESONTHEDOT
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Spoke forthrightly : LAIDITONTHELINE
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Workshop : TRAININGSEMINAR
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French seasoning : SEL
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Pre-A.D. : BCE
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Incline press target, briefly : PEC
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"___ Ho" ("Slumdog Millionaire" song) : JAI
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Like Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 : INA
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Drowned valley, maybe : RIA
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Full of moxie : GUTSY
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Sponges : TOSSPOTS
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Was vindicated : HADTHELASTLAUGH
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Pasta strip : EGGNOODLE
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Cross swords : ARGUE
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Baby : WEE
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Flower known to attract butterflies : PHLOX
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Victimizes, with "on" : PREYS
Down
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Maine's ___ Bay : CASCO
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Classic theater name : ODEON
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Crack investigators? : NARCS
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Agent's handful, say : DIVA
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Ivanka's younger brother : ERIC
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Silvery fish : SMELT
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Like some bulls : PAPAL
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Crash-prone "Catch-22" pilot : ORR
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"It's showtime!" : IMON
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"Rent" showstopper : LAVIEBOHEME
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Was involved with : HADAHANDIN
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Setting for paintings by Tintoretto and Hieronymus Bosch : EDEN
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Gen ___ : XER
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Manifest, e.g. : LIST
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Fine and dandy : COPACETIC
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1937 Shirley Temple title role : HEIDI
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"Fooled Around and Fell in Love" hitmaker of 1976 : ELVINBISHOP
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Postprandial handouts : MINTS
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Olden : OFTHEPAST
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Apple on an iPod, maybe : FIONA
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Four-bagger : TATER
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Doesn't proceed : HALTS
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"Laborare est ___" (Masonic motto) : ORARE
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One calling the shots on court? : TRIALJUDGE
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In concert : ASONE
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Word before ball or shot : LONG
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Collector's item : RELIC
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Memo abbr. : ATTN
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___ Balbo, right-hand man to Mussolini : ITALO
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"___ Please, We're British" (1971 stage farce) : NOSEX
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Compact item : ROUGE
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He can help after a crash : ITGUY
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Grate expectations? : ASHES
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Bunker Hill general : GAGE
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Michelle of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" : YEOH
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Quickly put (together) : SLAP
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Henry VIII's sixth : PARR
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Fell : HEW
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Bad cholesterol letters : LDL