18 December 2010 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 18 December 2010

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E
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C
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H
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O
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O
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N
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D
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P
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B
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J
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M
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L
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B
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M
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A
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D
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R
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L
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C
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Q
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N
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Y
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S
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B
U
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G
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T
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X
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N
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D
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R
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L
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V
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Hints & Clues

Across
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Aid in deep diving : ECHOSOUNDER
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One might use Peter Pan, in brief : PBJ
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"Casino" Golden Globe winner : SHARONSTONE
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Sch. with a 60-foot "Praying Hands" sculpture : ORU
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Proverbially newsworthy item : MANBITESDOG
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Designer of Alabama's Civil Rights Memorial : LIN
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It displays an array of spikes: Abbr. : EKG
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Trunk attachment : LIMB
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Basic drive : LIBIDO
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Take on : ASSUME
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Marine muncher on mangrove leaves : MANATEE
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Explosion producer : IRE
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Smashes : MEGAHITS
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Heroine of Inge's "Picnic" : MADGE
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1986 Indy 500 winner : RAHAL
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Poule's counterpart : COQ
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Sparkle : ELAN
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Opposite of frumpish : NATTY
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Actor awarded a Distinguished Flying Cross in W.W. II : SABU
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On-target : APT
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Deltoid ligament attachment point : TIBIA
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French frost : GELEE
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Old Rory Calhoun TV western : THETEXAN
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Disney character prone to spoonerisms : DOC
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Period about a decade before the 34-Down : CAMELOT
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Person in a pool : BETTOR
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"Saving Fish From Drowning" novelist : AMYTAN
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Fist pumper's cry : YEAH
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Spider, Snoopy or Intrepid: Abbr. : LEM
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Football Hall-of-Famer Huff : SAM
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Artwork depicted in Dalí's "The Hallucinogenic Toreador" : VENUSDEMILO
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"Last Train to London" grp. : ELO
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Financial option upon leaving a job : IRAROLLOVER
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Father's alma mater: Abbr. : SEM
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Tag with a message, often : VANITYPLATE
Down
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Woman in all four "Twilight" novels : ESME
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R&B's ___ Khan : CHAKA
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Pays dearly for one's crimes : HANGS
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Astronomical discovery : ORB
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Stain : SOILURE
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Good way to arrive : ONTIME
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1972 Bill Withers hit : USEME
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Wreck checker: Abbr. : NTSB
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U.S.N. and U.S.A.F. div. : DOD
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Ship with devastating cargo : ENOLAGAY
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Queenly : REGINAL
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Like some platforms : POLITICAL
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Engagement party? : BRIDETOBE
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Queenly : JUNOESQUE
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"Ridiculous!" : BAH
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Plus or minus, say : SIGN
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Israel Philharmonic maestro : MEHTA
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Après-midi follows it : MATIN
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Places to display cuts : MEATCASES
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First mate? : ALPHAMALE
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Intergenerational MTV reality show : DATEMYMOM
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Home to Mohammed V University : RABAT
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When William Safire worked at the White House : NIXONERA
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One may be Protestant : SECT
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Shalom Meir Tower locale : TELAVIV
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Entered rehab, e.g. : GOTHELP
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Three-day holiday : TET
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Not just dangerous : DEADLY
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Inebriate : BESOT
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Rival of Yastrzemski for 1960s A.L. batting titles : OLIVA
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Filled anew, as a flat : RELET
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Chess master Averbakh : YURI
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Hog's desire : MORE
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Book editor Talese : NAN
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CO, e.g.: Abbr. : MOL