2 December 2004 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 2 December 2004

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U
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F
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Hints & Clues

Across
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Mexican dish : QUESADILLA
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Cheese ___ : OMELET
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Gamblers' holdings : POKERHANDS
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Creatures able to regenerate lost limbs : NEWTS
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Lose by design : TAKEADIVE
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Barely passing grades : DEES
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Plowless planting method : NOTILL
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After-dinner serving : TEA
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Guarantee : ASSURE
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"The Secret of ___" (1982 film) : NIMH
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Stickpin head : PEARL
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Writer who said "I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander" : ASIMOV
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Big shiner : SUN
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Protective cover? : ALIAS
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Motherly instinct : LOVE
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What 1-, 6-, 9-, 68-, 69- and 70-Across have in common : THEYREALLFOLDED
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Mystique : AURA
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Radio host Schlessinger : LAURA
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Historical topic : ERA
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1912 Olympics track star : THORPE
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Angry : WROTH
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Like some nouns in Lat. : NEUT
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Beats handily : WHOMPS
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Science center : LAB
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Moon of Neptune : TRITON
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Accommodate : SEAT
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Worked up : EMOTIONAL
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Wispy clouds : CIRRI
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Items sold at stands : NEWSPAPERS
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Neckcloth : CRAVAT
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Places to sit on a ship : DECKCHAIRS
Down
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Informal interview : QANDA
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1997 film "___ Gold" : ULEES
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Cary of "The Princess Bride" : ELWES
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Starts to rise from bed : SITSUP
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Commercials : ADS
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Palindromic guy : OTTO
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Crux : MEAT
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Satirical novelist Stanley : ELKIN
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Whence the line "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet" : PSALMS
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Anomalous : ODD
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Make winter wear, maybe : KNIT
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Overhang : EAVE
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Mother of Zeus : RHEA
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"Last Essays of ___," 1833 : ELIA
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Writer Zora ___ Hurston : NEALE
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Employee entrance location : REAR
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Sledding spot : HILL
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Iranian coin : RIAL
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1980's-90's ensemble drama : LALAW
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Fashion : MODE
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Of higher rank than : OVER
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Sacred Hindu book : VEDA
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Figure : STAT
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"That's a lie!" : UHUH
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Claudius's successor : NERO
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Defamatory statement : SLUR
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Shaggy-dog story : YARN
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Dirty look : FROWN
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It follows "Repeat after me" : OATH
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Marius ___, "the father of classical ballet" : PETIPA
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100 cents : EURO
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One stocking stockings : HOSIER
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Coloring : TINCT
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Keats's "La Belle Dame Sans ___" : MERCI
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Fur-trimmed garment : PARKA
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Line of poetry : STICH
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Eye piece : LENS
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From the States: Abbr. : AMER
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1992-93 heavyweight champ : BOWE
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1939 movie setting : TARA
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Patron saint of Norway : OLAV
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Medicinal amt. : TSP
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File holders, for short : CDS