20 December 2008 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 20 December 2008

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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"The Mod Squad" co-star : OMAREPPS
9
Architecture that gets to the point? : AFRAME
15
One of a notorious pair in Genesis : GOMORRAH
16
Arctic : FRIGID
17
When the beat goes on ... and on ... and on? : DRUMSOLO
18
Presidential first name : RONALD
19
Maneuver gently : EASE
20
Brontë classic : AGNESGREY
22
Frequent ad-libber on "The Steve Allen Show" : NYE
23
Least definite : HAZIEST
25
"Man!" : GEEZ
26
1960s dance showcased on "Laugh-In" : THEFRUG
31
Able to stand the heat? : OVENPROOF
35
Connecticut delegate to the Continental Congress : DEANE
36
Classic name in copiers : MITA
37
Australian export : OPALS
39
"___ Rose" (song from "The Music Man") : LIDA
40
One of two in Canada? : SCHWA
42
Neighbor of the Caucasus : ASIAMINOR
44
Blood : KINSMEN
46
___ 360 : XBOX
47
Object of many an appraisal : ANTIQUE
49
Onetime bodyguard of Muhammad Ali and Michael Jackson : MRT
52
World capital long beset by civil unrest : MOGADISHU
56
Time after le soleil sets : SOIR
57
Papal capes : ORALES
58
Science concerned with aging : OENOLOGY
61
Quantity of peanut butter : JARFUL
62
Missions : PURPOSES
63
Trying to get home : ONBASE
64
It's put on before pulling away : SEATBELT
Down
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City near the Wasatch Mountains : OGDEN
2
Reef predator : MORAY
3
Keep from being bored : AMUSE
4
Capitoline Museums locale : ROME
5
Beginnings of hedges? : ERS
6
Backing : PRO
7
Woman's loose-fitting garment with flared legs : PALAZZOPANTS
8
Game played on an 81-square board : SHOGI
9
From square one : AFRESH
10
Like some cakes and hair : FROSTED
11
Token that you're taken : RING
12
It helps a culture advance : AGAR
13
League part : MILE
14
Certain air current : EDDY
21
It has things you want to see : NETFLIXQUEUE
23
Zoot-suited, say : HEP
24
Prefix with car : AERO
25
Vexes, with "at" : GNAWS
27
Aspirin pioneer Hoffmann : FELIX
28
Mac user's motivation : RAIN
29
Reverse : UNDO
30
Reverse, e.g. : GEAR
31
Trans-Siberian Railroad stop : OMSK
32
Part of a Latin trio : VICI
33
People: Prefix : ETHN
34
Grp. formed in Bogotá in 1948 : OAS
38
One-named film star of the 1930s-'60s : SABU
41
Broadway play with the role of Emperor Joseph II : AMADEUS
43
Bart Simpson's prank call victim : MOE
45
Maroon : ENISLE
48
Units of a chain with links? : IHOPS
49
Jock in "Archie" comics : MOOSE
50
Orion's left foot : RIGEL
51
Subject of many a billet-doux : TRYST
52
Lucky mystique : MOJO
53
Birthplace of Yves Saint Laurent : ORAN
54
Threads : GARB
55
Soviet sub class : ALFA
56
One likely to leave things out? : SLOB
59
Org. with the Eddie Eagle safety program : NRA
60
Elect : OPT