23 December 2004 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 23 December 2004

1
N
2
E
3
R
4
T
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S
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U
7
N
8
C
9
L
10
E
11
D
12
O
13
M
14
B
L
E
A
K
15
T
O
R
O
S
16
I
C
E
17
C
O
C
K
E
18
Y
E
D
O
P
TIM
19
I
S
T
S
20
E
W
E
21
S
E
A
N
C
E
S
22
C
23
E
24
N
TIM
E
T
25
E
26
R
S
27
T
A
S
T
Y
28
S
N
E
E
R
29
R
E
E
30
F
E
R
31
P
O
P
32
S
33
U
E
D
34
A
D
O
35
B
36
E
37
S
38
O
L
A
39
V
40
T
I
N
41
Y
TIM
42
W
A
D
E
43
T
A
L
E
44
S
E
45
O
V
A
46
L
47
M
D
X
48
R
E
P
49
O
S
E
50
E
51
U
B
I
E
52
J
53
A
54
B
B
A
55
T
E
S
56
TIM
O
N
I
E
S
57
I
M
P
A
S
58
S
E
59
O
P
T
60
M
U
L
TIM
I
L
L
61
I
62
O
N
A
I
63
R
64
E
65
S
66
M
S
U
67
D
O
L
L
S
68
R
E
E
D
Y
69
Y
E
S
70
E
W
O
K
S
71
D
D
A
Y
S

Hints & Clues

Across
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"Dagnabbit!" : NERTS
6
"No more!" : UNCLE
11
Title on a bottle of bubbly : DOM
14
Not promising : BLEAK
15
Pamplona runners : TOROS
16
Winter coat : ICE
17
Ones looking way up : COCKEYEDOPTIMISTS
20
Pronoun in a "Concentration" rebus : EWE
21
Spirit raisers : SEANCES
22
A ruler may have them : CENTIMETERS
27
Palate-pleasing : TASTY
28
"That'll teach you!" look : SNEER
29
Short coat : REEFER
31
Short report : POP
32
Sought a judgment : SUED
34
Some bricks : ADOBES
38
King Harald's predecessor : OLAV
40
Dickens character (and title of this puzzle) : TINYTIM
42
Go in only a little way, say : WADE
43
"Honor Thy Father" author : TALESE
45
Face shape : OVAL
47
Year that Botticelli died : MDX
48
Peace of mind : REPOSE
50
Hit musical revue of 1978 : EUBIE
52
"Return of the Jedi" villain : JABBA
55
Eyewitness reports, maybe : TESTIMONIES
57
Deadlock : IMPASSE
59
Take your pick : OPT
60
66
E. Lansing school : MSU
67
Some Damon Runyon characters : DOLLS
68
High-pitched : REEDY
69
Triumphant shout : YES
70
Cuddly creatures of Endor : EWOKS
71
Critical times : DDAYS
Down
1
It aired the first coast-to-coast Oscar telecast, 1953 : NBC
2
"Telephone Line" rock grp. : ELO
3
Tape deck button : REC
4
Not rush : TAKETIME
5
Stabs : SKEWERS
6
Versatile truck, informally : UTE
7
Positive sign : NOD
8
Game stick : CROSSE
9
Bound : LOPE
10
Not exact : ESTIMATED
11
Parts of some farm tillers : DISCS
12
Square dance group, e.g. : OCTET
13
Tangled : MESSY
18
To this day : YET
19
Lined up : INAROW
22
100 smackers : CSPOT
23
Name on a bomber : ENOLA
24
High land : NEPAL
25
"I'll speak a prophecy ___ go": Shak. : EREI
26
Cold shower? : REDNOSE
30
Last wife of Bluebeard : FATIMA
33
Lone Star State sch. : UTEP
35
Buck of filmdom : BAMBI
36
Actor Albert : EDDIE
37
Battle of the ___ : SEXES
39
Exactly : VERBATIM
41
"Z" actor Montand : YVES
44
Fun-in-the-sun spot : SEASIDE
46
Fast cat : LEOPARD
49
1887 Verdi opera : OTELLO
51
Set free : UNTIED
52
Force open : JIMMY
53
Divert : AMUSE
54
Good average : BPLUS
56
Title character in Shakespeare : TIMON
58
Not rushed : SLOW
61
Class : ILK
62
Hush-hush W.W. II grp. : OSS
63
Classic New Yorker cartoonist Gardner ___ : REA
64
Dreyer's partner in ice cream : EDY
65
Part of S.S.S.: Abbr. : SYS