25 December 2005 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 25 December 2005

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W
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HO
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S
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W
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HO
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G
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D
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A
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N
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S
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K
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T
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HO
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M
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M
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C
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A
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N
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A
R
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A
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R
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B
A
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O
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S
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A
R
C
H
M
E
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S
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T
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N
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T
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R
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U
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A
C
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E
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A
S
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R
A
Y
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T
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L
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HO
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S
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C
A
L
E
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S
E
E
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B
O
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U
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G
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H
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S
O
F
HO
L
L
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Y
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E
T
T
A
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HO
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O
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H
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T
R
U
F
F
L
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A
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D
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M
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B
R
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N
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H
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F
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M
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O
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N
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E
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O
L
O
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Y
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A
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P
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HO
R
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M
S
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U
S
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D
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A
L
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N
E
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C
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HO
C
A
HO
L
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C
S
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O
N
HO
L
D
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M
E
L
S
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HO
R
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S
HO
E
S
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P
U
R
P
L
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P
S
U
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A
M
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D
S
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T
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E
A
R
O
P
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N
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J
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A
M
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S
I
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HO
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R
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R
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R
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B
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D
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S
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N
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A
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L
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R
G
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P
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R
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HO
C
H
I
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C
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HO
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O
C
HO
O
T
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N
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L
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C
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W
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L
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O
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P
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E
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HO
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G
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D
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R
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O
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A
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S
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P
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N
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H
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HO
L
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D
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U
L
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M
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HO
G
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P
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P
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Hints & Clues

Across
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A list of the A-list : WHOSWHO
6
Polish port : GDANSK
12
Footwear name : THOMMCAN
19
Gazetteer data : AREAS
20
With freedom of tempo : RUBATO
21
"Dunno" : SEARCHME
22
Source of a little laughter : SAINTNICHOLAS
24
Nether world : TARTARUS
25
General breakout : ACNE
26
Off course : ASTRAY
27
Old propaganda source : TASS
28
List : TILT
29
Driver's opportunity : TEESHOT
31
People aren't usually drawn to this : SCALE
33
Make out : SEE
34
Yule decorations : BOUGHSOFHOLLY
40
Place in a Robert Redford flick : ETTA
41
Foofaraws : HOOHAS
45
Godiva product : TRUFFLE
46
One working close to Washington? : ADAMS
48
Breakfast cereal : BRAN
49
Learn via a third party : HEAROF
50
Berth place : MARINA
52
Excessive suavity : OILINESS
54
Off : ERRING
56
Doo-wop syllable : SHA
59
Virginia, once : COLONY
60
Terse truths : APHORISMS
63
Drew on : USED
64
Coeur d'___ : ALENE
65
Almond Joy nuts, perhaps : CHOCAHOLICS
67
Waiting for a pickup : ONHOLD
68
Diner on "Alice" : MELS
69
Backyard game : HORSESHOES
70
Red and blue : PURPLE
71
Big Ten inits. : PSU
72
Makes right : AMENDS
73
Unwrap impatiently : TEAROPEN
75
Son of Mary Stuart : JAMESI
77
"Good grief!" : HORRORS
80
Give a little : BEND
81
Health, in Le Havre : SANTE
82
Free : ATLARGE
84
Paris pops : PERES
85
Start of a 1940's-60's world leader's name : HOCHI
86
Vehicles that may be under the Yuletide tree : CHOOCHOOTRAINS
90
Director Jean-___ Godard : LUC
91
Blowing away : AWING
92
Not even : ASLOPE
97
Cultural character : ETHOS
99
Creaky, maybe : AGED
100
Prepares, as chestnuts : ROASTS
105
History chapters : ERAS
106
Prepares for a ride : STRAPSIN
108
Season's greetings : HAPPYHOLIDAYS
110
Laments loudly : ULULATES
111
Capital of Somme : AMIENS
112
Render helpless : HOGTIE
113
Old dinero : PESETAS
114
Fly with a long proboscis : TSETSE
115
Pounding parts : PEENS
Down
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Attended : WASAT
2
Poet who wrote "I have executed a memorial longer lasting than bronze" : HORACE
3
Saint-Germain's river : SEINE
4
Drops off : WANES
5
Multitude : HOST
6
Cubism pioneer Juan : GRIS
7
Way in or out : DUCT
8
Can't take : ABHOR
9
Simba's love in "The Lion King" : NALA
10
Doesn't touch again : STAYSOFF
11
Levels, briefly : KOS
12
Thistlelike plant : TEASEL
13
Winter frosts : HOARS
14
Mohawk-sporting actor : MRT
15
Hurdle for future docs : MCAT
16
Present seeker : CHRISTMASSHOPPER
17
Juju and mojo : AMULETS
18
Popular drink mix : NESTEA
21
Stable place : STALL
23
Cold war side : NATO
27
Chevrolet model : TAHOE
30
Quoits pegs : HOBS
32
Sports org. north of the border : CFL
35
Chief Jack House and others : UTES
36
Foie ___ : GRAS
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"Ben-___" : HUR
38
West Coast airport inits. : SFO
39
Fishermen bring them back to shore : YARNS
40
Suffix with Ecuador : EAN
41
Bum place to stay? : HOBOCAMP
42
1983 World Series winners over the Phillies : ORIOLES
43
Handel bars? : HALLELUJAHCHORUS
44
About half of table salt, chemically : ANIONS
47
"Capeesh?" : DIG
49
"Get your hands off me!" : HEY
50
Richie's mother, to the Fonz : MRSC
51
Sights : AIMS
53
Calgary-to-Edmonton dir. : NNE
54
Director ___ C. Kenton : ERLE
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New York City park name : RIIS
57
Greek : HELLENE
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Sum parts : ADDENDS
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Breezed through : ACED
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Get by : PASS
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Merry sound of the season : HOHOHO
63
Strip : UNROBE
65
Mus. increase in volume : CRES
66
First name in Egyptian politics : HOSNI
67
"It is the night of ___ dear Savior's birth" : OUR
69
Course for course preparers : HOMEEC
70
Speaker systems, briefly : PAS
72
Invoice no. : AMT
73
Garb for 2-Down : TOGA
74
"I kiss'd thee ___ kill'd thee": Othello : EREI
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Nickname for the young Darth Vader : ANI
77
Some credit card security features : HOLOGRAMS
78
Snake in the grass : RAT
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Elementary school trio : RRR
81
Sink : SCUTTLE
82
Biting : ACID
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Ending with tele- : THON
84
Ltr. afterthoughts : PSS
85
Lies low : HOLESUP
87
Heroes : HOAGIES
88
1936 Olympics star : OWENS
89
Pelé's org., once : NASL
93
Mantel : LEDGE
94
Hold forth : ORATE
95
Contribute : PAYIN
96
Lots of sissies? : ESSES
98
16-Down's desire : SALE
99
Fictional wirehair : ASTA
101
Mayberry kid : OPIE
102
In ___ (worked up) : APET
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Assn. and org. : SYNS
104
"Just hear ___ sleigh bells jingling ..." : THOSE
107
Too rehearsed : PAT
108
Santa has a red and white one : HAT
109
Restaurant chain since '58 : IHOP