26 December 2004 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 26 December 2004

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

Across
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Novelist known for "locked-room" mysteries : CARR
5
Just about hopeless : BLEAK
10
Former first lady's name : BESS
14
Rash problem : ITCH
18
Potpourri : OLIO
19
Terra firma : EARTH
20
Coleridge's "___ Khan" : KUBLA
21
"A Doll's House" heroine : NORA
22
Long-running column : HINTSFROMABELARD
25
Hostage crisis group : SWAT
26
Those reversing : NEGATORS
27
Pungent : TANGY
28
What's happening : DOINGS
30
Major or Thatcher, e.g. : TORY
31
French department : MARNE
32
Cool : NEAT
33
Nook : ALCOVE
36
"In Search Of ..." host : NIMOY
37
At sixes and sevens : CONFUSED
41
"The Wreck of the Mary ___" : DEARE
42
Cafeteria : DININGOATES
44
James Clavell best seller "___-Pan" : TAI
45
Stops up : DAMS
46
Co. V.I.P. : PRES
47
Like most of Oman : ARID
48
Glossary entry : TERM
49
Dubious "gift" : ESP
50
Hammer wielder : BLACKWESSON
54
Things put on houses : LIENS
55
Manage : REGULATE
57
Leigh Hunt's "Abou Ben ___" : ADHEM
58
Derrières : RUMPS
59
Newspaper department : OBITS
60
Funny Mike : MYERS
61
Portobello alternative : MOREL
62
Toiletry item : FLOSS
63
"I Believe" singer, 1953 : LAINE
64
Islets of Langerhans locale : PANCREAS
67
Fugitive's creation : ALIAS
68
L-shaped tool : BURNSWRENCH
70
"I'm Real" singer's nickname : JLO
71
It's half the faun : GOAT
72
Twinge : PANG
73
Modern ice cream flavor : OREO
74
Keyboard section : TIER
75
Common test subject : RAT
76
Classic doll : RAGGEDYAMOS
80
Have a cow : CALVE
81
Letter wearers, e.g. : ATHLETES
83
Find new tenants for : RELET
84
Spends pleasantly, with "away" : WHILES
85
Kadett maker : OPEL
86
Calls, old-style : DIALS
87
Hue close to aqua : TEAL
88
Video store category : ACTION
91
Video store category : GENRE
92
Like ocher : ORANGISH
96
Lug : LOUT
97
When some people pick up turkeys : THANKSGIVINGADAM
100
Saying nothing : MUTE
101
Bridge seats : EASTS
102
Make beam : ELATE
103
Lawn-Boy alternative : TORO
104
Pony provoker : SPUR
105
Tango moves : DIPS
106
Struck out : DELED
107
Crimson rivals : ELIS
Down
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Harry who co-founded Columbia Pictures : COHN
2
Live ___ (be someone you're not) : ALIE
3
Arboreal age indicator : RING
4
Some muscles : ROTATORS
5
In the presence of : BEFORE
6
Bird making a basket : LARRY
7
The libido, in psychiatry : EROS
8
Balance provider : ATM
9
Head of Iran beginning 1997 : KHATAMI
10
Shoplifter's giveaway, perhaps : BULGE
11
Bidding site : EBAY
12
Camera type, briefly : SLR
13
Blue : SADDENED
14
As originally arranged : INSITU
15
Country partner? : TOWN
16
Mountaineer's challenge : CRAG
17
Tops : HATS
20
Popular saxophonist : KENNYG
23
Boiling point? : STOVE
24
Captain of industry : BARON
29
Bozos : OAFS
31
Belarus's capital : MINSK
32
Away : NOTIN
33
Puff ___ : ADDER
34
Car dealer's offering : LEASE
35
Popular negotiation location : CAMPGOLIATH
36
Flower girl, sometimes : NIECE
37
Billiards bounce : CAROM
38
Worker who shouldn't have acrophobia : STEEPLEJILL
39
Makes : EARNS
40
Makes indistinct : DIMS
42
Mild oaths : DRATS
43
Refreshing spots : OASES
46
Surveyors' maps : PLATS
48
Microwave feature : TIMER
50
Felicity : BLISS
51
Entrance : WAYIN
52
Places of 50-Down : EDENS
53
Cousin of a mole : SHREW
54
Clumsy move : LURCH
56
Lusitania sinker : UBOAT
58
Big name in infomercials : RONCO
60
Poet Piercy : MARGE
61
Bison features : MANES
62
Dairy treat : FLOAT
63
Bronchi termini : LUNGS
64
Candidate of 1992 : PEROT
65
Bufferin alternative : ALEVE
66
Sensitive spots : SORES
67
Pearl Mosque locale : AGRA
68
Toast alternative : BAGEL
69
Some apples : ROMES
72
Unduplicatable, in a way : PATENTED
74
Follow very closely : TAILGATE
76
Defaulter's comeuppance : REPO
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Predinner ritual : DRINKS
78
A long time : YEARS
79
Maintained : ALLEGED
80
Michael who won the 1989 French Open : CHANG
82
Stick around : LOITER
84
No longer on the bottle : WEANED
86
Auto damage : DENTS
87
Old hat : TRITE
88
Mendicant's want : ALMS
89
Great move : COUP
90
Ballet piece : TUTU
91
Shocked reaction : GASP
92
Racer's path : OVAL
93
Pedestal figure : IDOL
94
Raipur wrap : SARI
95
Benefit package grps. : HMOS
98
"Bali ___" : HAI
99
Land in l'Atlantique : ILE