23 December 2008 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 23 December 2008

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Hints & Clues

Across
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A Turner : TED
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Plopped (down) : SAT
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Critic, at times : RATER
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Seine sight : ILE
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Oklahoma city : ENID
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"Boom" preceder, in song : TARARA
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Unit of cell phone usage: Abbr. : MIN
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Actress Conn : DIDI
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Snare again : RETRAP
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The Wizard of Menlo Park : EDISON
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Start of a Latin 101 conjugation : AMO
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Liquid meas. : PTS
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Staff again : REMAN
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Show utter disrespect for : SPITON
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Went smoothly : SAILED
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Three trios : NONET
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City of 100,000+ or the lake it's on : ERIE
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Patriotic org. : DAR
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Thin layer : LAMINA
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Parisian possessive : TES
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Thanksgiving time: Abbr. : NOV
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Rocket scientist Wernher ___ Braun : VON
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Firm up : SET
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One with absolutely no manners : ANIMAL
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"Awesome!" : RAD
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Limerick land : EIRE
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Part of some joints : TENON
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Screenwriter Ephron and others : DELIAS
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Policy of many hotel shuttles : NOTIPS
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Title giver : NAMER
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Engine additive : STP
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Medical suffix : OMA
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Main course only : NOSIDE
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Moses vis-à-vis the Red Sea : PARTER
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"Look what ___!" : IDID
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Game with matchsticks : NIM
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Biblical landing site : ARARAT
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Eat by candlelight, say : DINE
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Whitney after whom Whitneyville, Conn., is named : ELI
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Pave over : RETAR
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Univ. aides : TAS
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Badge flasher: Abbr. : DET
Down
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Stove feature : TIMER
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Skip over : ELIDE
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Shade of blue : DENIM
4
Arizona locale famous for its red rocks : SEDONA
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Have ___ with (know well) : ANIN
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Prescription abbr. : TID
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"Norma ___" : RAE
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Technique : ART
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Rain check? : TARP
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Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
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Criticizes : RAPS
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It's a wrap : DIAPER
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Easy pace : TROT
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MS. enclosure : SASE
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Season opener? : MID
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Balkan native : SLAV
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___ even keel : ONAN
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Monique ou Dominique : NOM
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Object of many screams : IDOL
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Not final, at law : NISI
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Cabinet dept. : ENER
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Gallery on the Thames : TATE
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Coup d'___ : ETAT
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Descartes who thought "I think ..." : RENE
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Hasn't left : ISIN
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City in California or New Jersey : LODI
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iPod type : NANO
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Actor Kilmer and others : VALS
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"___ Dieu!" : MON
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Made good on, as a loan : REPAID
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Those, in Madrid : ESAS
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Unfavorable : DIM
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Battery poles : ANODES
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Libel, e.g. : TORT
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Dug : MINED
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Ancient Roman magistrate : EDILE
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"Please ___" (invoice request) : REMIT
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Fight, but not all-out : SPAR
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Weight allowance : TARE
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Backside, slangily : PRAT
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Jazz singer Simone : NINA
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La preceder : TRA
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Ring setting : EAR
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Dah's counterpart : DIT