24 December 2014 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 24 December 2014

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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A majority of : MOST
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They show which way the wind blows : VANES
10
Figs. on a bell curve : IQS
13
Weakish poker holding : APAIR
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Origami bird : CRANE
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Once called : NEE
17
1955 Julie London hit : CRYMEARIVER
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Org. in "Argo" : CIA
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For mature audiences : RATEDR
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Glide, in a way : PARASAIL
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"Well, what have we here?!" : OHO
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Round trips, of a sort: Abbr. : HRS
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Easy gait : LOPE
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Pays, as the bill : FOOTS
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Charred : SEARED
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Intermediary : GOBETWEEN
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Listerine alternative : SCOPE
38
Othello, for one : MOOR
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Squelch : SITON
41
More than : OVER
42
Eye-opener? : ALARM
44
11- or 12-year-old Mongolian desert dweller? : GOBITWEEN
46
13th-century invaders : TATARS
48
Some sneaks : NIKES
49
Pickable : RIPE
51
It may be original : SIN
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Not keep up : LAG
55
Left Bank quaff? : PARISALE
59
Elvis's Mississippi birthplace : TUPELO
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Upstate N.Y. campus : RPI
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Certain waterway to the Black Sea? : CRIMEARIVER
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Albany is on it: Abbr. : EST
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Subject of elementary education? : ATOMS
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French pupil : ELEVE
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Candy in a dispenser : PEZ
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Kind of chart : NATAL
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Some jeans : LEES
Down
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Large in scale : MACRO
2
What "O" on a newsstand stands for : OPRAH
3
Tell : SAYTO
4
Cons do it : TIME
5
Device with a programmable clock, for short : VCR
6
Not give ___ (be indifferent) : ARIP
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N.C.I.S. part : NAVAL
8
Summer months in Santiago : ENEROS
9
Gauchos' wear : SERAPES
10
Conquistador's foe : INCA
11
Royal who's notably a crossword fan, for short : QEII
12
Christmas ___ : SEAL
14
In high demand : REDHOT
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Four computer keyboard symbols : ARROWS
22
Manatees : SEACOWS
25
Old New Yorker cartoonist William : STEIG
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Maserati competitor : FERRARI
28
Big East's ___ Hall : SETON
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Go here, there and everywhere : ROVE
31
Abbé de l'___, pioneer in sign language : EPEE
32
"Nebraska" star, 2013 : DERN
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M.B.A. hopeful's exam : GMAT
34
"Return of the Jedi" dancing girl : OOLA
35
Gravy holder : BOAT
36
Ora pro ___ : NOBIS
40
Premier Khrushchev : NIKITA
43
Scary experience for a claustrophobe : MRISCAN
45
___ track : TENURE
47
Athens rival : SPARTA
50
"Silas Marner" author : ELIOT
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Bank security feature? : LEVEE
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"All Day Strong. All Day Long" brand : ALEVE
54
Horns in on? : GORES
55
Peeling potatoes or shucking corn, for short : PREP
56
Church section : APSE
57
Classic theater name : RITZ
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Watson who played Hermione Granger : EMMA
60
Disagreeable person : PILL
63
Common adult ed course : ESL