17 December 2018 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 17 December 2018

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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Baseball's record-setting Ripken : CAL
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Catches a touchdown pass, e.g. : SCORES
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Not much : ABIT
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Lead-in to carte or mode : ALA
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Tel Aviv's land : ISRAEL
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Helen of ___ (mythical beauty) : TROY
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Flier that may carry rabies : BAT
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Small bird of prey : SPARROWHAWK
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French girlfriend : AMIE
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Ginger ___ (soft drink) : ALE
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Seaweed, e.g. : ALGAE
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Something falling down, in a children's song : LONDONBRIDGE
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Lucy of 2000's "Charlie's Angels" : LIU
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Summons, as strength : MUSTERS
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Put the kibosh on : SCOTCH
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Actor Efron of "High School Musical" : ZAC
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Sign by a fire escape : EXIT
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"Mazel ___!" : TOV
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Commandeers ... or a friendly hello to the people starting 18-, 24-, 51- and 62-Across? : HIJACKS
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Inits. on an airport uniform : TSA
43
___ out a living (barely gets by) : EKES
45
Moonshine container : JUG
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Carriage named for an English county : SURREY
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Careful reading : PERUSAL
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Farrow of "Hannah and Her Sisters" : MIA
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Dorothy's footwear in "The Wizard of Oz" : RUBYSLIPPERS
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White-faced : ASHEN
60
Bit of cookware : PAN
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Biz bigwig : EXEC
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What follows Thanksgiving : BLACKFRIDAY
66
"What ___?!" (cry of surprise) : THE
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Volcanic flow : LAVA
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From not long ago : RECENT
69
Was in charge of : RAN
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In a dead heat : EVEN
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No longer shrink-wrapped : OPENED
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First Republican prez : ABE
Down
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Group of schemers : CABAL
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Mission where Davy Crockett was killed : ALAMO
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Don Juan sort : LATINLOVER
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Bro's sibling : SIS
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Network for political junkies : CSPAN
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Big name in toothbrushes : ORALB
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Pinker in the middle, say : RARER
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Always, in poetry : EER
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___-mo (replay option) : SLO
10
Olympics competitor : ATHLETE
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Toot one's own horn : BRAG
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Sioux City's state : IOWA
13
Young 'un : TYKE
19
Goes back and forth, as a tail : WAGS
21
Revise copy : EDIT
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"That's gotta hurt!" : OUCH
26
Big name in desktops : IMAC
27
Teals and mallards : DUCKS
30
Start of a newsboy's cry : EXTRAEXTRA
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Move skyward : RISE
32
Obedience school command : STAY
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"Watch your ___!" : STEP
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Soft drink choice : COKE
35
Muslim woman's head cover : HIJAB
36
Make a sharp turn back : ZAG
40
Bastille Day's month : JULY
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Kind of pump : SUMP
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"I'm up for doing the job!" : SURECAN
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Like thumped watermelons making a deep sound : RIPE
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Like ships on the ocean floor : SUNK
52
Pizazz : SPICE
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Filled with cargo : LADEN
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Harebrained : INANE
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2007's Record of the Year by Amy Winehouse : REHAB
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Big public display : SCENE
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Up to the task : ABLE
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Czech or Croat : SLAV
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"Girls Just Want to ___ Fun" : HAVE
63
Jimi Hendrix's do, informally : FRO
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Sen.'s counterpart : REP
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Paycheck stub abbr. : YTD