18 December 2013 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 18 December 2013

1
B
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U
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B
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B
5
A
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W
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A
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N
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D
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E
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B
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O
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N
14
A
A
R
O
N
15
A
T
T
U
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T
O
R
E
17
A
W
A
R
D
18
O
F
T
H
E
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S
T
A
T
E
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D
E
E
P
E
N
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H
A
T
E
S
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P
23
B
S
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S
I
R
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D
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S
O
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E
G
O
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A
A
H
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S
30
E
S
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C
A
P
E
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P
L
A
N
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S
H
A
P
34
E
35
U
S
E
B
Y
36
A
W
A
Y
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W
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I
T
H
W
O
R
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D
40
S
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D
E
E
R
E
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X
E
R
O
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X
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I
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S
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M
E
L
L
A
R
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A
48
T
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S
E
R
E
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M
T
A
51
A
L
S
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B
U
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S
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S
T
S
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P
A
R
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E
S
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G
A
S
H
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E
S
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A
L
I
G
H
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T
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I
N
T
H
E
D
A
62
R
63
K
64
L
A
N
A
65
I
R
A
E
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A
G
G
I
E
67
A
G
E
D
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P
E
T
S
69
R
E
E
D
Y

Hints & Clues

Across
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Good ol' boy : BUBBA
6
Airport security worker's device : WAND
10
Black, to a bard : EBON
14
Composer Copland : AARON
15
Outermost Aleutian island : ATTU
16
Went like heck : TORE
17
Plaque from a governor? : AWARDOFTHESTATE
20
Dredge, say : DEEPEN
21
Can't deal with : HATES
22
"Downton Abbey" airer : PBS
24
Title for U2's Bono : SIR
25
Brit. military honor : DSO
27
Psych 101 topic : EGO
28
Sounds from saunas : AAHS
30
It's tested in a fire drill : ESCAPEPLAN
33
Blob, e.g. : SHAPE
35
Phrase before a future date : USEBY
36
Mime's motto? : AWAYWITHWORDS
41
Machine that "nothing runs like" : DEERE
42
Certain dupe : XEROX
44
"Something is rotten in Denmark" : ISMELLARAT
49
Drought-ridden : SERE
50
What Charlie rides, in a 1959 hit : MTA
51
Capp and Capone : ALS
52
Double-decker, e.g. : BUS
54
Municipal grid: Abbr. : STS
55
Trims : PARES
57
Targets of sutures : GASHES
59
Arrive via a red-eye? : ALIGHTINTHEDARK
64
Clark's Smallville crush : LANA
65
"Of wrath," in a hymn title : IRAE
66
Longhorn's grid rival : AGGIE
67
Like centenarians : AGED
68
Adopt-a-thon adoptees : PETS
69
Like the sound of bagpipes : REEDY
Down
1
Lea call : BAA
2
Detroit labor org. : UAW
3
Carrie on "Sex and the City" : BRADSHAW
4
Tiresome sort : BORE
5
Condor's habitat : ANDES
6
Symbols of thinness : WAFERS
7
Envelope abbr. : ATTN
8
Vowelless word : NTH
9
Scheduled to deliver (on) : DUE
10
___ James (Beyoncé role) : ETTA
11
Floating accommodations : BOATEL
12
Brand of taco sauce and shells : ORTEGA
13
Liam of "Michael Collins" : NEESON
18
Satellite radio's "The ___ & Anthony Show" : OPIE
19
Baseball card collection holder, maybe : SHOEBOX
22
Sources of announcements, for short : PAS
23
___ Men ("Who Let the Dogs Out" group) : BAHA
25
Track event : DASH
26
Throw off : SPEW
29
Trench maker's tool : SPADE
31
More cuddly, say : CUTER
32
Funeral flames : PYRES
34
Narrowest of margins : EYELASH
37
Wishing site : WELL
38
Portfolio parts, briefly : IRAS
39
Equestrian training : DRESSAGE
40
Ilk : SORT
43
Marks of illiteracy : XES
44
Serengeti speedster : IMPALA
45
"Hogan's Heroes" setting : STALAG
46
One of "the Few, the Proud" : MARINE
47
Dies down : ABATES
48
Keister : TUSH
53
Do a shepherd's task : SHEAR
56
"OMG!," old-style : EGAD
57
Wee pest : GNAT
58
Leg up : EDGE
60
Informer's info : TIP
61
Tee off : IRE
62
Empty (of) : RID
63
A cipher needs one : KEY