21 December 2008 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 21 December 2008

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Hints & Clues

Across
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Hog lovers : BIKERS
7
Cheesy snack : NACHO
11
Bad sport : SORELOSER
20
Kind of valve in the heart : AORTIC
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Potato source : IDAHO
22
Begin : ORIGINATE
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Like some chocolat : SUISSE
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Prefix with -logy : PATHO
25
Witnesses giving written testimony : DEPONENTS
26
Barbecue sound : SSS
27
Wrap up by : ENDAT
29
Round dances : HORAS
31
Bother no end : EATAT
32
Symbol of strength : OAKTREE
34
Repeat calls? : ECHOES
36
N.F.L. coach with a perfect 17-0 record in 1972 : SHULA
38
Like preowned cars : RESOLD
40
Spin-producing tennis shot : CHOP
41
Like Silly Putty : SHAPABLE
44
Neat as ___ : APIN
46
Oslo's land: Abbr. : NOR
47
Wave off : SHOOAWAY
49
Fulminate (against) : RAIL
50
Gets ready to go out in the cold : BUNDLESUP
53
Book in which the destruction of Samaria is foreseen : HOSEA
54
Gang brawl : RUMBLE
56
Violent behavior, in British slang : AGGRO
57
It means a lot to Jorge : MUCHO
59
Oktoberfest souvenir : STEIN
61
Candied holiday serving : YAM
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Former Toyota : CELICA
64
Pacific salmon : COHOS
66
Invited to one's penthouse, say : HADUP
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"Hooked on Classics" record company : KTEL
69
Cry when a surprise guest arrives : LOOKWHOSHERE
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Stuck, after "in" : AJAM
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Having bristles : SETAL
79
View from a beach house : SHORE
80
Elizabeth Ann and others : SETONS
82
With 83-Down, early learning aid : ABC
85
Greases : LARDS
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Egypt's Mubarak : HOSNI
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Like some fireplaces : TILED
90
Warm blanket material : MOHAIR
92
Virile : MACHO
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Answered the phone : SAIDHELLO
97
G.M. or G.E. : CORP
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Top-Sider, e.g. : BOATSHOE
101
1501, on a monument : MDI
102
TV's Science Guy and others : NYES
103
Abscond : SKIPTOWN
105
Sound: Prefix : PHON
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Memorable parties : BLASTS
108
Cracks up : SLAYS
109
Regis Philbin, e.g. : COHOST
111
Stretchy : ELASTIC
114
Admit : LETIN
116
Bug-B-Gon maker : ORTHO
117
Beginning : ONSET
119
Code-cracking org. : NSA
120
Without delay : IMMEDIATE
123
Venerable : HOARY
125
Georges Braque, for one : CUBIST
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Fruitcake flavorings : AMARETTOS
128
Wanderers : HOBOS
129
Throat soother : TROCHE
130
Boot camp pals : MESSMATES
131
Landing spot for 74-Down : HOUSE
132
Plumbers' drain openers : SNAKES
Down
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Banquo in Verdi's "Macbeth," e.g. : BASSO
2
2008 documentary about the national debt : IOUSA
3
December 25 answer to 69-Across? : KRISKRINGLE
4
U.F.O. fliers : ETS
5
Choir supports : RISERS
6
Act opener : SCENEONE
7
Basketry palm : NIPA
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"We've got ___!" : ADATE
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Rum Tum Tugger, for one : CAT
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Tabs in the fridge? : SODAS
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Buried treasures : ORES
13
Open indelicately : RIP
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Maniacal leader? : EGO
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Schedule of TV programs : LINEUP
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Mild chili designation : ONEALARM
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Song whose subject is encouraged to "hurry down the chimney tonight" : SANTABABY
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Singer James : ETTA
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What remains : REST
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Apollo's birthplace : DELOS
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Towers' attachments : REPOS
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Grape graspers : TENDRILS
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Includes in an e-mailing : CCS
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___ Na Na : SHA
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Rustic excursions : HAYRIDES
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Bongo, e.g. : DRUM
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Wrap fully : SWATHE
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Country singer McCann : LILA
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K-6 sch. designation : ELEM
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By surprise : ABACK
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Sound of the Northwest : PUGET
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D.D.E. opponent : AES
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___ cit. (footnote abbr.) : LOC
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One reaching a goal? : PUCK
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"Burma Looks Ahead" author : UNU
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Bossy types? : COWS
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Listener : EAR
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Mass production figure? : ALTARBOY
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C.I.S. members, once : SSRS
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Whom psychiatrists see : PATIENTS
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Stick in the water? : OAR
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Pops : OLDMAN
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Three French ___ : HENS
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December 25 answer to 69-Across? : JOLLYSTNICK
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Anoint with sacred oil, old-style : ANELE
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Early PC interface : MSDOS
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QB Manning : ELI
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Archaic verb ending : ETH
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Javelins and Hornets, e.g. : AMCS
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See 82-Across : BOOK
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Father ___ : CHRISTMAS
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Succeeded at musical chairs : SAT
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Poet's foot : IAMB
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Paintbrushes and such : APPLIERS
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It's worth 100 smackers : CSPOT
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Lays off : IDLES
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Manners of speaking : DIALECTS
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Cries of pain : OWS
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U.S.N. rank : ENS
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A couple of people may work in it : TANDEM
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Subject for Galileo : SATURN
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Leaves for a buffet? : CRESS
110
Ring figures : TOROS
112
Joe Jackson's "___ Really Going Out With Him?" : ISSHE
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Phoebe of "Gremlins" : CATES
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Neeson of "Rob Roy" : LIAM
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Single-named supermodel : EMME
116
Siouan speaker : OTOE
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It's closed on Dec. 25 : NYSE
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"Let's call ___ night" : ITA
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Lawyer: Abbr. : ATT
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"Aladdin" monkey : ABU
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Neck wrap : BOA