17 December 2004 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 17 December 2004

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

Across
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Insistence on precise standards : PURISM
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Matured nest eggs? : CHICKS
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Game played to 5,000 points : CANASTA
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Antique storage cabinet for food : HOOSIER
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Looks : APPEARS
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Open : UNLATCH
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Danger to divers : EEL
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Cashew, e.g. : NUTTREE
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___ de coeur : CRI
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Classical septet : SEAS
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Topic for Portia : MERCY
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"And so?" : THEN
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Inclined : ATILT
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The old college cheer : RAH
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Have a loan from : OWETO
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It enters things : RETURNKEY
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Linchpins : KEYSTONES
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Comment from a high chair : GOO
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Moon, to a poet : ORB
36
Be in tune : SINGONKEY
40
Position in a rock band : KEYBOARDS
44
Pussyfoot around? : CREEP
45
How-do-you-dos : HIS
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Having nice lines : SLEEK
48
Weed killer? : HOER
49
Precursors of suits : TORTS
51
Part of an order : LAMA
52
Judgment Day : END
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Travel guide? : POLARIS
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Soaking : WET
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Lost : MISLAID
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Not stag : ONADATE
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Permit : ENTITLE
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Summer Olympian : KAYAKER
62
Minnesotan : GOPHER
63
Longtime Disney exec : EISNER
Down
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Capital of French Polynesia : PAPEETE
2
Pull out, as braids : UNPLAIT
3
"The Facts of Life" actress : RAE
4
"My life ___ open book" : ISAN
5
Play, in a way : STRUM
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Passe-partout : MASTERKEY
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Can opener : CHURCHKEY
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Somebody nice : HONEY
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One loved by Hercules : IOLE
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Org. of 1861 : CSA
11
Galley : KITCHEN
12
Conceal : SECRETE
13
Gallic Wars chronicler : CAESAR
15
Ones making lots of charges : RHINOS
20
___-la-la : TRA
23
Fly swatter : SLUGGER
25
It's solid blue in pool : TWOBALL
27
Hike en masse : TROOP
29
Others in Oaxaca : OTROS
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Security Council veto : NON
33
Kind of story : SOB
36
Intrigue : SCHEME
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Work done on a collapsible table : IRONING
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Must : NEEDSTO
39
Ring for openers? : KEYHOLDER
40
Computer tap : KEYSTROKE
41
Come back to life : REAWAKE
42
Ceres to the Greeks : DEMETER
43
Winter Olympian : SKATER
46
Bit of finan. planning : IRA
49
___ de Jouy (upholstery fabric) : TOILE
50
Locale in Exodus : SINAI
53
Way to go : PATH
54
Hazards a guess : SAYS
57
Edge : LIP
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Northernmost city of ancient Palestine : DAN