23 December 2013 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 23 December 2013

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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Coca-___ : COLA
5
It represents a family on a coat of arms : CREST
10
Sound from Big Ben : BONG
14
Police action : RAID
15
___ de Mayo (Mexican holiday) : CINCO
16
Love: Lat. : AMOR
17
Italian soup pasta : ORZO
18
Mammal with the largest brain of any animal : SPERMWHALE
20
Holy hymn : PSALM
22
Thin-layered mineral : MICA
23
Complain, complain, complain : NAG
24
Riding on someone else's shoulders : PIGGYBACKING
28
Marsh gas : METHANE
31
School for an English prince : ETON
32
Blood classification system : ABO
33
Opposite of fem. : MASC
35
44-Across, en español : OJOS
39
"Believe you me!" ... or what you can do with the start of 18-, 24-, 53- or 63-Across? : TAKEITTOTHEBANK
44
Peepers : EYES
45
Je ne sais ___ : QUOI
46
Xbox alternative : WII
47
___ & Chandon (Champagne) : MOET
51
Chicken pieces that aren't legs, thighs or wings : BREASTS
53
Young Indiana Jones portrayer : RIVERPHOENIX
57
Street: Abbr. : AVE
58
Director Joel or Ethan : COEN
59
Hog sounds : OINKS
63
Dry-ice contraption for theatrical effect : FOGMACHINE
67
Squeal of delight : OOOH
68
Trolley : TRAM
69
Vietnam's capital : HANOI
70
Produce : MAKE
71
"Auld Lang ___" : SYNE
72
Back of a boat : STERN
73
Like show horses' feet : SHOD
Down
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Corn, wheat or soybeans : CROP
2
Relatives of paddles : OARS
3
Multitalented Minnelli : LIZA
4
Newspaperman Ochs : ADOLPH
5
Hypodermic amts. : CCS
6
___ Van Winkle : RIP
7
A Hatfield, to a McCoy : ENEMY
8
Professional writer : SCRIBE
9
Philanderer, in slang : TOMCAT
10
Cry before "humbug" : BAH
11
Muscat citizen : OMANI
12
Fastballer Ryan : NOLAN
13
Allman brother who married Cher : GREGG
19
Texas city on the Brazos : WACO
21
Home for the Dolphins : MIAMI
25
Flying pest : GNAT
26
Heroic exploit : GEST
27
Old radio or TV part : KNOB
28
Aussie's buddy : MATE
29
Online auction site : EBAY
30
Puff from a joint : TOKE
34
___ au vin : COQ
36
1975 shark thriller : JAWS
37
"You can count ___" : ONIT
38
Equipment for schussing : SKIS
40
Salinger's "For ___ - With Love and Squalor" : ESME
41
London subway, with "the" : TUBE
42
What Little Boy Blue blew : HORN
43
"Old MacDonald" refrain : EIEIO
48
Shamu, for one : ORCA
49
Pleistocene and Eocene, for two : EPOCHS
50
Something to pass at a fund-raiser : THEHAT
52
Self-evident truths : AXIOMS
53
Whitewater transports : RAFTS
54
Piano key material, once : IVORY
55
Eschewing both meat and dairy : VEGAN
56
Cat-___-tails (whip) : ONINE
60
Ark builder : NOAH
61
Executioner in "The Mikado" : KOKO
62
What many furry animals do in the spring : SHED
64
Butterfly or Bovary: Abbr. : MME
65
Neither's partner : NOR
66
German "a" : EIN