24 December 2013 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 24 December 2013

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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United rival, once : TWA
4
Large number : RAFT
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With 68-Across, prison where 36-Across spent 18 years : ROBBEN
14
Enjoy a repast : EAT
15
Green land : EIRE
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Philippine seaport with a reduplicative name : ILOILO
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Cockpit reading: Abbr. : ALT
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With 60-Across, 1994-99 role for 36-Across : PRESIDENTOF
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Yeats's "___ and the Swan" : LEDA
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Non-U.S. gas brand : ESSO
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"Oh no!" : YIPE
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Class of automobile inspired by the Ford Mustang : PONYCAR
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In the back, nautically speaking : AFT
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Born: Fr. : NEE
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Predecessor of 36-Across and sharer with him of the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize : FWDEKLERK
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Dog tail motions : WAGS
33
Abbr. at the end of a French business name : CIE
34
Knot : TIE
35
Chicago White ___ : SOX
36
Late political leader who wrote "Long Walk to Freedom" : NELSONMANDELA
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"___ a living" : ITS
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Hubbub : ADO
44
___-advised : ILL
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Father, in Xhosa, and a nickname for 36-Across : TATA
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Bygone policy in 60-Across : APARTHEID
51
Boycott : BAN
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Vote for : YES
54
Reads carefully : PERUSES
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River that can be seen from the Uffizi Gallery : ARNO
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Geezer : COOT
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Zero ___ (near) : INON
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See 18-Across : SOUTHAFRICA
63
Acid holder : VAT
65
Rubbernecker : STARER
66
Glitch : SNAG
67
Flight board posting, for short : ETA
68
See 8-Across : ISLAND
69
Watch like a wolf : OGLE
70
"Oedipus ___" : REX
Down
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Kind of party : TEA
2
Be immersed by : WALLOWIN
3
Barack or Michelle Obama, at the memorial service for 36-Across : ATTENDEE
4
Prepare to travel again : REPACK
5
Make known : AIR
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Unlimited latitude : FREEREIN
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"___ of the D'Urbervilles" : TESS
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Finished with : RIDOF
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Corrida cry : OLE
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Skeletal : BONY
11
Harsh, as winter winds : BITING
12
Runs off, as Romeo with Juliet : ELOPES
13
Checking account come-on : NOFEE
19
Author Dinesen : ISAK
21
L'Oréal product : DYE
24
Enlistee with a chevron above an arc: Abbr. : PFC
25
Some horns : ALTOS
27
Having no depth, briefly : TWOD
30
Draw up new boundaries for : REMAP
32
Log chopper : AXE
35
Saw logs : SNORE
37
Illuminated : LIT
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"Don't go anywhere" : STAY
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Evolving : ADAPTING
40
Covers : LIESOVER
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Estrange : ALIENATE
45
Mormons: Abbr. : LDS
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Fortunetelling decks : TAROTS
47
Like many physicals : ANNUAL
48
Beginning : ASOF
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Battlefield procedure : TRIAGE
50
Part of Attila's legion : HUN
51
Low voices : BASSI
53
Online greeting : ECARD
56
Other, in Oaxaca : OTRA
58
Approximately : ORSO
61
Rooster's mate : HEN
62
Low-___ (for weight-watchers) : CAL
64
Strain : TAX