23 December 2011 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 23 December 2011

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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Couldn't stop obsessing about : GOTHUNGUPON
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Bolted : MADEARUNFORIT
14
Nehru jackets have them : MANDARINCOLLARS
16
Decides to try : INDICTS
17
Branch of mathematics : LOGIC
18
Man of steel? : STATUE
19
Add numbers to, say : PAGINATE
22
Flower named for its resemblance to a turban : TULIP
23
Typesetting no-no : WIDOW
24
Paul in politics : RON
25
Bread box? : SAFE
26
Renaissance painter Botticelli : SANDRO
27
Member of a caste system : ANT
28
Stealing from the collection plate, e.g. : SACRILEGE
31
Org. whose roots go back to the Civil War : IRS
34
Violent upheaval : THROES
35
Maintain : AVER
39
"Evita" narrator : CHE
40
Change for the better : AMEND
41
"I'm very impressed!" : BRAVO
42
Insects : HEXAPODS
44
Trees sought by leaf peepers : MAPLES
45
Twig used in wickerwork : OSIER
46
Murderer in P.D.Q. Bach's spoof opera "A Little Nightmare Music" : SALIERI
47
Game you can't lose twice : RUSSIANROULETTE
51
Nationwide Series events : STOCKCARRACES
52
Initiated, as an undertaking : SPEARHEADED
Down
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Visitor at the beginning of "The Hobbit" : GANDALF
2
Material for the Guinness Book : ODDITIES
3
Part of a service : TEACUP
4
"The Luck of Roaring Camp" writer : HARTE
5
"Trinity" novelist : URIS
6
Poor Clares member : NUN
7
Seller of supplements : GNC
8
Overhead light, perhaps : UFO
9
It grows older and then croaks : POLLIWOG
10
Woollike acrylic fiber : ORLON
11
River flowing between two Great Lakes : NIAGARA
12
Birthplace of Virgil : MANTUA
13
Largest moon in the solar system with a retrograde orbit : TRITON
14
Morning weather phenomena : MISTS
15
Trail : SCENT
19
Steering system components : PINIONS
20
Slaphappy, say : ADDLED
21
Sticks : GORES
23
Battled : WARRED
26
Nobody : SCHMO
29
How Pyrrhic victories are won : ATAPRICE
30
Secret Service agent's accouterment : EARPIECE
31
Blood shed on Mount Olympus : ICHOR
32
Popular test animal in medical research : RHESUS
33
They put half the world down : SEXISTS
36
Did Jeeves's job : VALETED
37
Turns out : EVERTS
38
Albert's love in "Bye Bye Birdie" : ROSIE
41
Irving Berlin's "Always," e.g. : BALLAD
43
Creator of many talking animals : AESOP
44
Actress Tierney : MAURA
46
Cross : SORE
48
Rap sheet abbr. : AKA
49
Manufacturer of bar code scanners : NCR
50
Stadium shout : RAH