26 December 1993 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 26 December 1993

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S
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W
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K
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M
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O
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N
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R
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D
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I
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K
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P
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M
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D
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C
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G
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R
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D
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O
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L
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L
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M
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K
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Hints & Clues

Across
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Having dogpaddled : SWUM
5
Tax lowerer : ABATER
11
Witticism : CRACK
16
Glancing blow : SWIPE
17
Yucatán's capital : MERIDA
18
Taft, for one : OHIOAN
20
A: Yale Q: What to they call a ___? : SWEDISHPRISON
22
Like St. Petersburg, in 1991 : RENAMED
24
Yarn : TALE
25
Renowned Bears coach George : HALAS
26
French river or department : ORNE
28
Buster Brown's dog : TIGE
29
Aardvark snack : ANT
30
A: 9-W. Q: Wolfgang, do you spell your name ___? : MITEINVEE
33
Neb. neighbor : KAN
34
Toot : BEEP
36
Talese's "Thy Neighbor's ___" : WIFE
37
Bacchus worshiper : MAENAD
39
Women's suffrage leader : CATT
40
Calm : SERENITY
42
Wear : SPORT
43
Flabbergasts : AMAZES
45
One point of eating? : TINE
46
Happy one : CLAM
47
Play part : SCENE
48
Incensed : FUMING
51
A: Seven drachmas a day. Q: What's a ___? : GRECIANURN
54
Caress : PAT
57
Teed off : IRATE
58
Ghost costume? : SHEET
59
Nigerian city : LAGOS
60
"___Believer" (Monkees hit) : IMA
61
Wobegon, e.g. : LAKE
62
Celebration : FEAST
63
Of bees : APIAN
64
Boo-boo : SLIP
65
Seine sight : ILE
66
Beanstalk dweller : GIANT
67
"___needs a good memory" (old maxim) : ALIAR
68
Oar fulcrum : THOLE
69
Smoking flick? : ASH
70
A: No strings attached. Q: How do you describe ___? : ABRASSBAND
72
Tarried : WAITED
73
Creeps : OOZES
75
Johnson of "Laugh-In" : ARTE
76
Laze : LOLL
77
Keeps tabs on : FOLDER
79
Perseus's mother : DANAE
81
Anadems : CIRCLETS
85
Rock-___ -baby : ABYE
86
Lathered up : SOAPED
88
"Lélia" author : SAND
89
Winter fall : SNOW
90
Near empty : LOW
91
A: Dr. Livingstone, I presume. Q: What is your full name, ___? : DRPRESUME
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I.R.S. challenger : CPA
94
"The King and I" locale : SIAM
96
Tennis's Sampras : PETE
97
Court event : TRIAL
99
The old sod : ERIN
100
Fine homes : ESTATES
102
A: Annie Laurie. Q: What is the indefinite English ___? : NAMEFORATRUCK
106
Wyoming peaks : TETONS
107
Compelled : DRIVEN
108
Unrefined : CRASS
109
Mary Richards's TV neighbor : RHODA
110
Depositors : SAVERS
111
Big ___conference : EAST
Down
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Feel the heat : SWELTER
2
Not on target : WIDE
3
A.P. competitor : UPI
4
What gears do : MESH
5
Provide details : AMPLIFY
6
Scold : BERATE
7
Come up : ARISE
8
Notes : TIS
9
Tokyo, once : EDO
10
Exceeded : RANOVER
11
Eye part : CORNEA
12
Korean statesman : RHEE
13
Rhone tributary : AIN
14
Blazer : COAT
15
A: Chicken Teriyaki. Q: Who is the sole surviving ___? : KAMIKAZEPILOT
16
Al Jolson hit : SWANEE
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Nullify : NEGATE
20
Uses a dirk : STABS
21
Grandson of Noah : HAMITE
23
Body shop jobs : DENTS
27
Patronize Avis : RENT
31
Collision : IMPACT
32
One of the Judds : NAOMI
35
Dress size : PETITE
36
Hockey position : WING
38
Fabric invented in1941 : DACRON
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Fire : CAN
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1982 Tommy Tune show : NINE
42
Postman's challenge : SLEET
44
Clothing department : MENS
46
Summits : CRESTS
47
Result of raising cane : SUGAR
48
Daughter, to Cato : FILIA
49
Eurasia divider : URALS
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A: Boil the hell out of it. Q: How do you ___? : MAKEHOLYWATER
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Accra's site : GHANA
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Skiing event : ALPINE
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Water nymph : NAIAD
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A miss's equivalent : AMILE
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Not live : TAPED
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Old catalogue issuer : SEARS
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Many phone lines, nowadays : FIBERS
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Winged : ALATE
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Scam accomplices : SHILLS
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Stare : GAZE
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Wear away : ABRADE
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Sprinkle after a shower? : TALC
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More logical : SANER
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News : WORD
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"___to Billy Joe" : ODE
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Not 2-D or 3-D : LINEAR
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Test answer : FALSE
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Chamber ensemble player : OBOIST
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Flit : DART
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Attaches : APPENDS
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Military trucks : CAMIONS
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Form a hard surface : ENCRUST
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They're open to discussion : TOPICS
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Oh, so elegant : SWANK
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Black Sea port : ODESSA
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"Swell" guy? : SURFER
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Singer Winwood : STEVE
95
Number crunching : MATH
96
Hang fire : PEND
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Chantilly ___ : LACE
99
Epochs : ERAS
101
Overly : TOO
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Altar in the sky : ARA
104
Twice DII : MIV
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Refrain syllable : TRA