20 December 2011 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 20 December 2011

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H
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O
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W
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L
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A
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T
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G
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P
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A
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M
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C
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A
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T
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A
R
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O
L
A
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O
I
L
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C
O
D
A
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S
E
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P
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N
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G
O
P
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P
R
A
M
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H
O
P
E
A
G
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A
I
N
S
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T
H
O
P
E
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A
S
S
U
R
E
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Y
E
N
T
L
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S
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O
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I
R
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S
L
E
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E
P
E
A
S
Y
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E
X
C
E
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R
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P
T
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R
E
E
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N
O
I
D
E
A
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N
A
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S
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C
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A
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R
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H
R
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H
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M
Y
S
P
A
C
E
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R
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O
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P
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E
A
D
O
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P
E
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L
Y
E
S
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O
N
E
L
B
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S
A
N
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C
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T
I
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L
A
N
D
S
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C
A
P
E
A
R
T
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I
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S
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T
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L
U
N
E
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R
N
A
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S
U
P
P
L
E
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U
T
E
S
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A
N
Y
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A
T
E
O
U
T
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P
O
R
T
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B
A
A
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S
H
A
D
E
S

Hints & Clues

Across
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Serenade, as the moon : HOWLAT
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4.0 is a good one : GPA
10
Exam for a future dr. : MCAT
14
Colored part of the iris : AREOLA
15
Contents of some wells : OIL
16
Final measures? : CODA
17
Enter via osmosis : SEEPIN
18
Dems' foe : GOP
19
Baby buggy, to Brits : PRAM
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*Wish desperately : HOPEAGAINSTHOPE
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Guarantee : ASSURE
24
1983 Barbra Streisand musical drama : YENTL
25
Evening for Yves : SOIR
28
*Be worry-free : SLEEPEASY
30
Sample passage : EXCERPT
33
"Riddle-me-___" : REE
34
"You got me there" : NOIDEA
35
Org. with the Sprint Cup Series : NASCAR
40
Letters for a prince or princess : HRH
42
Facebook competitor : MYSPACE
43
*Muhammad Ali ring tactic : ROPEADOPE
48
Caustic cleansers : LYES
49
.454 kg. : ONELB
50
Holy, in Latin phrases : SANCTI
53
*John Constable or Camille Pissarro : LANDSCAPEARTIST
58
"Clair de ___" : LUNE
59
Cell messenger : RNA
60
Like an acrobat's limbs : SUPPLE
61
Indians who gave their name to a state : UTES
62
Whichever : ANY
63
Had dinner at a restaurant : ATEOUT
64
Left at sea : PORT
65
Ovine call : BAA
66
Wear on a sunny day : SHADES
Down
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Dinner from previous dinners : HASH
2
Modern ice cream flavor : OREO
3
Partner of "read 'em" : WEEP
4
*Like some bunnies and puppies : LOPEARED
5
Not the real name : ALIAS
6
Zesty flavors : TANGS
7
"You can do it!" : GOGIRL
8
Davy Crockett, e.g. : PIONEER
9
Terrain of northern Italy : ALPS
10
Writer John who won a Pulitzer for "Annals of the Former World" : MCPHEE
11
Popular Mexican beer : CORONA
12
Conforms as needed : ADAPTS
13
Without excitement : TAMELY
21
Down Under land: Abbr. : AUST
22
"Go, go, go" sorts : TYPEAS
25
D.C. legislator : SEN
26
Kitchen gadget brand : OXO
27
Here, to Hugo : ICI
29
Start of a playground rhyme : EENY
31
Fixes up, as an old house : REHABS
32
Fellow cowboy : PARD
36
Kind of soup ... or a hint to the answers to the five starred clues : SPLITPEA
37
Many an island in the Bahamas : CAY
38
Good card in blackjack : ACE
39
___ ipsa loquitur : RES
41
Christian word of exultation : HOSANNA
42
Word on a biblical wall : MENE
43
Furl : ROLLUP
44
Acting without thinking : ONAUTO
45
Writer : PENNER
46
First in line to the throne : ELDEST
47
Tropical fruit : PAPAYA
51
Homes, to José : CASAS
52
"The ___ is out there" (catchphrase on "The X-Files") : TRUTH
54
Shore dinner staple : CRAB
55
Destination for many a music download : IPOD
56
Turn on a pivot : SLUE
57
Holidays in Hanoi : TETS