20 December 2013 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 20 December 2013

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M
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A
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N
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C
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A
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V
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E
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M
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U
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G
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S
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H
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O
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T
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E
Q
U
A
T
O
R
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U
S
O
T
O
U
R
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S
U
N
S
E
T
S
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D
E
T
E
N
T
E
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H
A
S
H
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E
A
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R
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R
O
P
E
I
N
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C
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A
R
T
O
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O
N
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D
Y
E
D
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S
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C
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R
A
P
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Z
A
P
A
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T
A
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P
H
O
B
O
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S
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S
A
M
A
D
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A
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M
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S
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E
E
L
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L
E
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A
T
H
E
R
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N
O
T
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C
R
O
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P
L
A
N
D
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S
O
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O
T
H
E
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H
O
T
T
U
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B
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I
N
E
R
T
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V
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A
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Y
A
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B
I
C
Y
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C
L
E
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A
G
E
N
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D
A
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K
E
A
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T
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E
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C
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H
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R
I
O
T
A
C
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T
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B
R
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A
I
L
L
E
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I
T
W
O
R
K
S
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Y
E
S
M
A
A
M
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G
A
S
M
A
S
K
68
E
D
H
E
L
M
S

Hints & Clues

Across
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Locale that often includes a wet bar and large-screen TV : MANCAVE
8
Picture with a number : MUGSHOT
15
Where it never gets above zero degrees? : EQUATOR
16
One going around the bases? : USOTOUR
17
Ends of some films : SUNSETS
18
Warm-up? : DETENTE
19
Greasy spoon order : HASH
20
Where a bud hangs out : EAR
22
Successfully lure : ROPEIN
23
Kind of figure : CARTOON
26
Highlighted, say : DYED
27
Toss : SCRAP
30
Mexican revolutionary of 1910 : ZAPATA
32
Moon of Mars : PHOBOS
34
Draft pick? : SAMADAMS
38
Electric ___ : EEL
39
Jacket option : LEATHER
41
"___ bad!" : NOT
42
Much of the Plains States : CROPLAND
44
Palliate : SOOTHE
46
Staple of the house in "The Real World" : HOTTUB
48
Still : INERT
49
"___ con Dios" : VAYA
52
Transport for Miss Gulch, in "The Wizard of Oz" : BICYCLE
54
What a chair needs : AGENDA
56
Hawaiian for "white" : KEA
57
PC whiz : TECH
61
Controversial 1715 measure of Parliament : RIOTACT
63
Touch-type? : BRAILLE
65
Infomercial testimonial : ITWORKS
66
Reply to a schoolmistress : YESMAAM
67
It clears the air : GASMASK
68
"The Hangover" co-star : EDHELMS
Down
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Go well (with) : MESH
2
Soft shade : AQUA
3
"The Sound of Music" chorus : NUNS
4
TV game show on the Discovery Channel, 2005-12 : CASHCAB
5
Loved, with "up" : ATE
6
Person behind a curtain, maybe : VOTER
7
Unreal : ERSATZ
8
Joe : MUD
9
Handles online : USERNAMES
10
Attend : GOTO
11
Edward Murdstone, to David Copperfield : STEPDAD
12
Sugar : HONEY
13
Certain belly button : OUTIE
14
What polling may reveal : TREND
21
Chinese restaurant staple : ROASTDUCK
24
___ Belvedere (classic sculpture in the Vatican) : APOLLO
25
Great white shark prey : OPAH
27
Particular, informally : SPEC
28
"Clueless" protagonist : CHER
29
Hershey candy : ROLO
31
Distilled pine product : TAROIL
33
Places to find in-flight magazines : SEATBACKS
35
Advance on a table : ANTE
36
Actor Jay of "Jerry Maguire" : MOHR
37
Leave in : STET
40
Lock opener? : ANTI
43
Unreal : PHANTOM
45
Former : ONETIME
47
"So long" : BYEBYE
49
South American carrier founded in 1927 : VARIG
50
Heartburn : AGITA
51
Cries of pain : YEOWS
53
Nursed, with "for" : CARED
55
___ Torres, four-time Olympic swimming gold medalist : DARA
58
Company that follows Shin Bet security procedures : ELAL
59
Tight-lipped sort : CLAM
60
Border lines? : HEMS
62
"Bad!" : TSK
64
Popular wood for wood chips : ASH