22 December 2016 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 22 December 2016

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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Hitchcock, for one : ALFRED
5
Leave rolling in the aisles : SLAY
9
Divulge : REVEAL
13
Women's beauty magazine : ALLURE
14
Zilch : NONE
15
Army V.I.P. : GENERAL
16
Islands attire : ALOHASHIRTS
18
Certain football pass : LATERAL
19
Bright-eyed : ALERT
20
Fencing option : EPEE
21
Huge : COLOSSAL
22
Narrow valley : GLEN
23
Buddy : BRO
24
TV character who says "You know I wouldn't talk in front of anyone but you" : MRED
25
Like some sex : PREMARITAL
30
Support group for adolescents : ALATEEN
32
What may be dispensed from a dispenser : SOAP
33
Phone button : REDIAL
34
International prize first awarded to Stephen Hawking in 1979 : ALBERTEINSTEINMEDAL
37
Claim : ALLEGE
38
Things that may all be off : BETS
39
Conclude negotiations : DOADEAL
40
Taverns and such : ALESELLERS
42
Buildup behind a dam : SILT
43
___ bran : OAT
44
Pirate captain mentioned in Poe's "The Gold-Bug" : KIDD
45
With 42-Down, home construction material ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme : ALUMINUM
49
Modest skirt : MIDI
50
Perfect : IDEAL
53
Whales like the one in "Moby-Dick" : ALBINOS
54
Prudish : PURITANICAL
56
Checks for the ex : ALIMONY
57
Actor Ken : OLIN
58
Like arrangements for some wedding receptions : FLORAL
59
Pilgrims John and Priscilla : ALDENS
60
Leader between Mao and Jiang : DENG
61
Not dressy : CASUAL
Down
1
Arctic shipping hazard : FLOE
2
Region in western Germany : RUHR
3
Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
4
From abroad? : DES
5
Took potshots (at) : SNIPED
6
Actress Sophia : LOREN
7
A penny is a small one : ANTE
8
Word cried 15 times in a row by Meg Ryan in "When Harry Met Sally ..." : YES
9
Not a knockoff : REAL
10
Inner: Prefix : ENTO
11
Some aerial show formations : VEES
12
Bungles : ERRS
15
Melancholy : GLOOM
17
Moon of Saturn that's a French woman's name : HELENE
21
Brunch option : CREPE
22
Fairy tale sister : GRETEL
23
Teacher's handfuls : BRATS
24
Database manager's option : MERGE
25
Writes on a blog : POSTS
26
One of the founders of Westworld, on HBO's "Westworld" : ARNOLD
27
Prepare for framing again, say : REMAT
28
Fingered : IDED
29
Big-selling Procter & Gamble product : TIDE
30
Competent : ABLE
31
Course requirements? : TEES
32
Dog in the funnies : SNERT
35
Girder also known as a rolled-steel joist : IBEAM
36
Victor's cry : IDIDIT
41
Punk : LOUSY
42
See 45-Across : SIDING
44
Competitor of Sapporo : KIRIN
45
Competitor of eBay : UBID
46
Act out : MIME
47
A party to : INON
48
Rennes rejections : NONS
49
Lounging slipper : MULE
50
"To Live and Die ___" (1985 film) : INLA
51
God, in Granada : DIOS
52
Neutral shade : ECRU
54
Peeved, informally : POD
55
Steelers' grp. : AFC