19 December 2014 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 19 December 2014

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Hints & Clues

Across
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There's the rub! : SPA
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Novel subtitled "The Parish Boy's Progress" : OLIVERTWIST
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Lot : TON
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Underground waves? : PIRATERADIO
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Animal on the Michigan state flag : ELK
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Is beyond compare : STANDSALONE
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Plea opener : NOLO
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Heading from Okla. City to Tulsa : ENE
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Gown maker's supply : TULLES
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Tests that accommodate claustrophobes : OPENMRIS
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"Ella giammai m'___" (Verdi aria) : AMO
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Pretend to be : POSEAS
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Casts a wide net? : TRAWLS
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Rarin' to go : ANTSY
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Lot, maybe : ACRE
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Tiresias in "Oedipus Rex," e.g. : SEER
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Heading: Abbr. : DIR
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Major media event of '95 : OJTRIAL
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"Star Wars" boy, informally : ANI
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Vacuum maintainer : SEAL
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"Scimitar-horned" creature : ORYX
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Find a spot for, say : ADDIN
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Flowering shrub whose name comes from the Greek for "coil" : SPIREA
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Chorus of approval : BRAVOS
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Big name in chips : NEC
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Play house? : TOYSTORE
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Coin with a picture of un rey : PESETA
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About 28% of the U.N.: Abbr. : AFR
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Indigestion cause : ACID
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Fictional school bully with henchmen named Crabbe and Goyle : DRACOMALFOY
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Volume 1 starter, maybe : ATO
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Practice swizzles and twizzles, say : FIGURESKATE
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Dr. Watson portrayer on CBS's "Elementary" : LIU
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Track star of 1977 : SEATTLESLEW
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Craft that must overcome wave drag, in brief : SST
Down
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Quaint office supply : STENOPADS
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Ones involved in horseplay? : POLOPONIES
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Stiletto attachment, perhaps : ANKLESTRAP
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Ending with psy- : OPS
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Some bottled water purchases : LITERS
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Almost any character in Jon Stewart's "Rosewater" : IRANI
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Turbine blades : VANES
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Gate approx. : ETD
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Where you might see someone walk the dog : RESTAREA
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___ center : TRAUMA
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Indulges oneself, in a way : WALLOWS
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Fan fixation : IDOL
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0, for 180 degrees : SINE
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Tips of wingtips : TOES
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Common notes : ONES
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Subway option : MAYO
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Cereal that reverted to spherical shapes in 2007 : TRIX
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Frontman's assignment : LEADVOCALS
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Certain drop in motivation : SENIORITIS
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Gillette brand : ATRA
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"Extra! Extra!," e.g. : CRY
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No longer sudsy, say : RINSEDOUT
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Pack animal? : JOECAMEL
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Never-seen neighbor on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" : LARS
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Black-and-white engraving : LINECUT
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Table filler : DATA
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Shoot back : RETORT
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Mechanically : BYROTE
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Part of SALT : TALKS
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Some haggis ingredients : OFFAL
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Many email attachments : PDFS
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County name in three states : ERIE
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Novel format : SAGA
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Enzyme suffix : ASE
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Tree whose name sounds like a letter of the alphabet : YEW