22 December 2009 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 22 December 2009

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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Material for informal jackets or skirts : DENIM
6
Building block brand : LEGO
10
City on the Arno : PISA
14
"Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" writer Loos : ANITA
15
Like slander, as opposed to libel : ORAL
16
Bartlett's abbr. : ANON
17
Attendant at a '50s dance? : HOPSTEWARD
19
Occupy the throne : RULE
20
Animals farmed for their fur : MINKS
21
Goodyear's Ohio headquarters : AKRON
22
Personnel concern for Santa? : ELFESTEEM
26
Tuckered out : SPENT
27
Mule of song : SAL
28
Tofu source : SOY
29
List-ending abbr. : ETAL
31
Item made from 20-Across : STOLE
33
Goofs : SLIPUPS
36
Hosiery hue : ECRU
37
One given away by her father, often : BRIDE
39
Secluded valley : GLEN
41
Washed-up star : HASBEEN
43
Grammarian's concern : USAGE
44
Mandlikova of tennis : HANA
45
Krazy ___ of the comics : KAT
47
Miami-to-Boston dir. : NNE
48
Street urchins : WAIFS
51
Acupuncturist? : PINDOCTOR
54
Pakistan's chief river : INDUS
55
All lathered up : SOAPY
56
Injure, as the knee : SKIN
57
Addicted to shopping? : MALLMINDED
62
Walk wearily : PLOD
63
The brother in "Am I my brother's keeper?" : ABEL
64
Item in "Poor Richard's Almanack" : ADAGE
65
Places for props : SETS
66
Many adoptees : PETS
67
Curtain fabric : NINON
Down
1
Morse T : DAH
2
Brian of ambient music : ENO
3
Sip from a flask : NIP
4
Response to "Who's there?" : ITSME
5
Henri who painted "The Dance" : MATISSE
6
Subdued in manner : LOWKEY
7
Shake an Etch A Sketch : ERASE
8
Needle-nosed fish : GAR
9
Jolly ___ Saint Nick : OLD
10
Ads aimed at hikers and picnickers? : PARKPLUGS
11
Toughen, as to hardship : INURE
12
Athenian lawgiver : SOLON
13
With regard to : ANENT
18
Inner: Prefix : ENTO
21
"Chop-chop!," on a memo : ASAP
22
To be, to Brutus : ESSE
23
Gate fastener : LATCH
24
Botanist's study : FLORA
25
Pinochle lay-down : MELD
30
Gift in a long, thin box : TIE
32
Money for liquor? : LUSHFUNDS
33
Break a commandment : SIN
34
Botanist's study : PLANT
35
Musical repetition mark : SEGNO
37
Gridder Roethlisberger : BEN
38
Collect, as rewards : REAP
40
Not e'en once : NEER
42
Jazz combo member : BASS
43
Ideal, but impractical : UTOPIAN
45
Rounded hills : KNOLLS
46
63-Across's father : ADAM
48
Cirrus cloud formations : WISPS
49
A spat covers it : ANKLE
50
Dostoyevsky novel, with "The" : IDIOT
52
It might have a single coconut tree : ISLET
53
Singer Lauper : CYNDI
57
Explorer's aid : MAP
58
Actor Vigoda : ABE
59
Aykroyd of "Ghostbusters" : DAN
60
Swelled head : EGO
61
La-Z-Boy spot : DEN