23 December 1998 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 23 December 1998

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M
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J
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Hints & Clues

Across
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___ Damon of "Saving Private Ryan" : MATT
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Site of the oldest church in France : METZ
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Bones : DICE
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Teacher of Heifetz : AUER
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Queens's ___ Stadium : ASHE
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The whole gamut : ATOZ
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Supercomputer pioneer : CRAY
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Electoral test : STRAWVOTE
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Hold up : ROB
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Certain playing marble : STEELIE
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Bout decision : TKO
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One of the Musketeers : ARAMIS
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Long time : EON
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Prepare, as a hook : BAIT
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Old-fashioned wizards : MAGES
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Club alternative : BLT
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Man of many words : ROGET
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Film feline : ELSA
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___ alai : JAI
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Savory fungi : MORELS
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It's nowhere : THESTICKS
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Skipped past with a remote : ZAPPED
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Remote targets? : TVS
40
Large bulrush : TULE
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With force : AMAIN
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"Around the World in 72 Days" writer : BLY
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Have food delivered : EATIN
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Pew area : NAVE
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Charge : FEE
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"Fighting" Big Ten team : ILLINI
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Pipe connector : ELL
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Firefighter's breathing apparatus : AIRPACK
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Kicker : LEG
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Slacker : GOLDBRICK
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Author O'Flaherty : LIAM
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Like an 8-Down : AVID
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Malarial fever : AGUE
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Cornell of Cornell University : EZRA
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Vacation-planning aids : MAPS
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J.F.K. arrivals : SSTS
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Girls in gowns : DEBS
Down
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Yarn work : MACRAME
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Dawnlike : AURORAL
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Brewers' needs : TEABAGS
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Essay : TRY
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Spars : MASTS
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City near Padua : ESTE
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Storied homebuilders : THREELITTLEPIGS
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Big fan : ZEALOT
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Late-night name : DAVE
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"What was ___ think?" : ITO
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Kind of industry : COTTAGE
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"God strengthens" in Hebrew : EZEKIEL
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Convert, with "over" : WIN
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Start of a cheer : SIS
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Giant Mel and family : OTTS
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Baked entree : MEATPIE
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School for bad lads : BORSTAL
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Many college grads : BAS
29
Seoul G.I. : ROK
31
Clampett patriarch, in 60's TV : JED
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Hosts, for short : MCS
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Little red one : HEN
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Arbutus, e.g. : IVY
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Actor Billy of "Tombstone" : ZANE
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Mixture : AMALGAM
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St. Petersburg-born ballet star : PAVLOVA
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Put to work : UTILIZE
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3,500-year-old writing deciphered in 1953 : LINEARB
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Mysteries : ENIGMAS
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Yankee Yogi and others : BERRAS
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Caribou kin : ELK
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Taradiddle : FIB
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F.D.R.'s Interior Secretary : ICKES
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Comments further : ADDS
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___ above the rest : ACUT
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Sass : LIP
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Put down the first card : LED