25 December 1996 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 25 December 1996

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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Garden dweller : ADAM
5
Cassius and company, in "Julius Caesar" : CABAL
10
Achievement : FEAT
14
Prefix with byte or buck : MEGA
15
Run with a hon? : ELOPE
16
Site of the MGM Grand : RENO
17
December 25 activity : OPENINGPRESENTS
20
Severe : STRICT
21
These may get a welcome sight : SOREEYES
22
Pick apart : CARP
24
Hereabout : NEAR
25
___-relief : BAS
28
Creeks : RIAS
30
Drafted : DREWUP
34
"What's the ___?" : USE
35
Court org. : USLTA
37
Wee bit : IOTA
38
Convivial holiday affair : CHRISTMASDINNER
42
Pub needs : KEGS
43
Positions : SITES
44
Part of TNT : TRI
45
Like Clifford Odets's "Waiting for Lefty" : ONEACT
48
"Whip It" rock group : DEVO
49
Smoke signal message, maybe : SOS
50
Kind of bond : BAIL
52
Baltic port : RIGA
54
Used a caret-and-stick approach? : INSERTED
58
Pinpoint : LOCATE
62
Sign-off a la Clement Moore : TOALLAGOODNIGHT
64
Nefariousness : EVIL
65
Opposite of viejo : NUEVO
66
Campus V.I.P. : DEAN
67
___ fide (bad faith) : MALA
68
Bit of parsley : SPRIG
69
Bristle : SETA
Down
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Sheriff Tupper of "Murder, She Wrote" : AMOS
2
Agric. or H.H.S., e.g. : DEPT
3
Ripener : AGER
4
Frenzied : MANIC
5
Political moderate : CENTRIST
6
School subj. : ALG
7
Hits, in slang : BOPS
8
Stage extension : APRON
9
Looked lasciviously : LEERED
10
Unlimited choice : FREEREIN
11
Counting-out word : EENY
12
Add to the pot : ANTE
13
Play horseshoes : TOSS
18
Mythical flier : ICARUS
19
Scorch : SEAR
23
Oasis trees : PALMS
25
British swaggerer : BUCKO
26
Pale : ASHEN
27
Maestro Koussevitzky : SERGE
29
Sedate : STAID
31
Habits : WONTS
32
In ___ (not yet born) : UTERO
33
Golden apple bestower : PARIS
36
Daisylike bloom : ASTER
39
Patron of Columbus : ISABELLA
40
Marine, informally : DEVILDOG
41
Equiangular geometrical shape : ISOGON
46
Sagan of "Cosmos" : CARL
47
Certain missiles : TITANS
51
Mounter's assist : LEGUP
53
These can be citric : ACIDS
54
Gossip tidbit : ITEM
55
Suddenly bright star : NOVA
56
Spinnaker, e.g. : SAIL
57
Active one : DOER
59
1957 Pulitzer winner : AGEE
60
"___ does it!" : THAT
61
Sicilian sight : ETNA
63
Egg: Prefix : OVI