20 December 2014 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 20 December 2014

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P
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O
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F
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R
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C
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K
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H
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P
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C
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L
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Y
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G
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D
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U
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Hints & Clues

Across
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Where much grass grows : POTFARMS
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Moolah : WAMPUM
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Jazz/funk fusion genre : AFROBEAT
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Creature with a crest : IGUANA
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Enterprise headquarters : STARBASE
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Tap : CALLON
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Place for a sucker : TENTACLE
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Faiths : CREEDS
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Rosetta Stone symbol : ANKH
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Betty's sister on "Ugly Betty" : HILDA
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One ferried by Charon : SOUL
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Plato portrayer in "Rebel Without a Cause" : MINEO
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Org. seeking to catch 11-Down : DEA
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Cork's place, maybe : POPGUN
31
Tameness : DOCILITY
35
In abundance : APLENTY
37
"Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme" playwright : MOLIERE
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Positive response to "How ya doin'?" : REALGOOD
40
Sherlock Holmes cover-up? : ULSTER
41
Rugby four-pointer : TRY
42
Flying female fighters in W.W. II : WASPS
44
Orange side dish : YAMS
46
Hip, with "in" : CLUED
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Lolcats, e.g. : MEME
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Kind of bullet : TRACER
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Before making one's debut? : PRENATAL
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Photoshop command : ROTATE
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Cross words? : HATEMAIL
57
Tip-offs, maybe : ALERTS
58
Nexus 7 rival : IPADMINI
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"No doubt!" : YESYES
60
Important figure in business : NETSALES
Down
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Tagliatelle, e.g. : PASTA
2
A lot : OFTEN
3
One delivering a knockout, informally : TRANK
4
Into the open : FORTH
5
Ones repeating "I do" in 1976? : ABBA
6
Access, as a pocket : REACHINTO
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Literary/film critic Janet : MASLIN
8
Girded : STEELED
9
Practice with the Book of Shadows : WICCA
10
Stabilizing kitchen supply : AGAR
11
See 26-Across : MULES
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Faddish food regimen : PALEODIET
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Italian count? : UNODUETRE
14
Murderer : MANSLAYER
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Dr. ___ (archenemy of the Fantastic Four) : DOOM
25
___ bean : MUNG
27
Caterer's preparation : PARTYTRAY
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Figaro, e.g. : OPERAROLE
29
Ones with recess appointments? : PLAYMATES
30
What keeps a part apart? : GEL
32
Power outage? : COUPDETAT
33
Shangri-la's lack : ILLS
34
Symbol of purity, in Lille : LIS
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Caterwaul : YOWL
39
Heir apparent to a French king : DAUPHIN
43
Wear for Clint Eastwood in "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" : SERAPE
45
Blood-curdling : SCARY
46
Garden ___ : CRESS
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Her "little baby loves clambake," in a 1967 Elvis song : MAMMA
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Cyber Monday activity : ETAIL
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Home for Deer Isle and Moosehead Lake : MAINE
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Dock ___, Pirate who claimed to have thrown a no-hitter on LSD : ELLIS
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Novel's end? : ETTE
54
"___ Declassified" (old Nickelodeon show) : NEDS