22 December 2003 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 22 December 2003

1
B
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A
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L
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L
5
D
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O
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D
8
O
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S
10
B
11
L
12
A
13
H
14
O
R
E
O
15
E
N
O
L
A
16
L
O
C
O
17
S
E
N
D
18
I
N
T
H
E
C
19
L
O
W
N
S
20
C
A
D
E
N
Z
A
S
21
O
N
S
E
T
22
H
E
P
23
I
24
Z
O
D
25
P
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A
27
S
28
T
E
L
29
E
M
I
N
E
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N
31
C
32
E
33
A
C
T
O
R
34
F
R
A
N
35
A
H
A
36
T
H
R
E
E
37
R
I
N
G
C
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I
39
R
C
U
S
40
C
O
O
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E
R
I
E
42
B
A
R
R
E
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H
O
M
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E
45
B
A
S
E
46
R
E
P
E
L
S
47
M
A
L
T
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M
A
R
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C
50
R
51
E
E
K
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S
E
M
I
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T
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O
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N
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E
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B
A
R
N
U
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M
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A
N
D
B
A
I
L
E
Y
60
E
G
A
D
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U
S
U
A
L
62
L
E
A
R
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R
U
S
S
64
G
A
B
L
E
65
T
O
R
E

Hints & Clues

Across
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Event attended by Cinderella : BALL
5
Dumbbells : DODOS
10
Totally unexciting : BLAH
14
Black-and-white cookie : OREO
15
W.W. II plane ___ Gay : ENOLA
16
Plumb crazy : LOCO
17
Song from Sondheim's "A Little Night Music" : SENDINTHECLOWNS
20
Aria flourishes : CADENZAS
21
Start : ONSET
22
Sound repeated while marching : HEP
23
Company with a crocodile logo : IZOD
25
Soft shade : PASTEL
29
High rank : EMINENCE
33
Cast member : ACTOR
34
Kukla, ___ and Ollie : FRAN
35
"Eureka!" : AHA
36
Scene of dazzling goings-on : THREERINGCIRCUS
40
Loving murmur : COO
41
Toledo's lake : ERIE
42
Vermont city : BARRE
43
Catcher's position : HOMEBASE
46
Drives back : REPELS
47
___ liquor : MALT
48
Disfigure : MAR
49
Stream : CREEK
52
Scale interval : SEMITONE
57
"The Greatest Show on Earth" purveyors : BARNUMANDBAILEY
60
"Holy Toledo!" : EGAD
61
Bar patron's request, with "the" : USUAL
62
Edward who popularized the limerick : LEAR
63
Old bandleader Columbo : RUSS
64
___ roof : GABLE
65
Dashed : TORE
Down
1
Pear variety : BOSC
2
Vicinity : AREA
3
Allow temporary use of : LEND
4
Ore's locale : LODE
5
Washington of Hollywood : DENZEL
6
Alternative to "in a bottle" : ONTAP
7
Cries from Homer Simpson : DOHS
8
Spanish cheer : OLE
9
Baglike structure : SAC
10
Mae West, for one : BLONDE
11
Temperature extremes : LOWS
12
Clearasil target : ACNE
13
Party-giver : HOST
18
Be a natural part : INHERE
19
Diving bird with a weird call : LOON
23
Public persona : IMAGE
24
Multivitamin additive : ZINC
25
Quilt part : PATCH
26
Sneezer's cry : ACHOO
27
Late Sen. Thurmond : STROM
28
Stubbed item : TOE
29
"Sesame Street" Muppet : ERNIE
30
Button material : NACRE
31
Rude person : CHURL
32
Simplifies : EASES
34
Blue-ribbon position : FIRST
37
True : REAL
38
Spain and Portugal : IBERIA
39
Eminem's music : RAP
44
Corrects : EMENDS
45
Azerbaijan's capital : BAKU
46
Walk aimlessly : RAMBLE
48
Olympic award : MEDAL
49
"Good buddy" : CBER
50
Spaghetti sauce brand : RAGU
51
Historical times : ERAS
52
Social rebuff : SNUB
53
Pinball error : TILT
54
Yellow sub? : OLEO
55
Close in on : NEAR
56
Brontë's "Jane ___" : EYRE
58
Root beer order : MUG
59
Happy ___ lark : ASA