28 December 2003 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 28 December 2003

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Hints & Clues

Across
1
Rooting sections? : SCALPS
7
Reserve : SHYNESS
14
Latin-American rattler : MARACA
20
Consort to Queen Victoria : ALBERT
21
Had figured out : WASONTO
22
Meteorologist's line : ISOBAR
23
Ambiguous headline about agriculture legislation : FARMERBILLDIESINHOUSE
26
Superfund org. : EPA
27
They might save your breath : CERTS
28
___ Friday : SGT
29
Jiffy : SEC
30
Genteel affair : TEA
31
"Eso ___" (Paul Anka hit) : BESO
32
"Kapow!" : BAM
33
Many a perfume : SPRAY
35
Ambiguous headline about school cooking lessons : KIDSMAKETASTYSNACKS
42
It's all ears : MAIZE
44
Quick approval: Abbr. : INIT
45
___-mo : SLO
46
Nursery rhyme diner : SPRAT
47
Like a shoppe : OLDE
48
Flummox : ADDLE
49
Release : EMIT
52
"___ luck?" : ANY
53
Ambiguous headline about construction delay : REDTAPEHOLDSUPBRIDGE
59
First mate? : EVE
60
Passable : SOSO
61
No longer fast : EAT
62
Adoring trio : MAGI
63
Some mattresses : SERTAS
65
Specters : WRAITHS
69
Washington and others : DINAHS
73
CPR administrators : EMTS
75
Abbr. after a comma : ETC
76
Capital on the Dnieper : KIEV
78
Place for hops : VAT
79
Ambiguous headline about the Bush cabinet : ONEILLISFEDSECRETARY
85
Actress Thurman : UMA
86
Once before? : ERST
87
Some partners: Abbr. : ATTYS
88
Cambodian currency : RIEL
89
Fleet : RAPID
92
Island chain? : LEI
94
Buds : MACS
95
Two-faced : FALSE
96
Ambiguous headline about Mideast dealings : IRAQIHEADSOUGHTARMS
101
Pressing need? : STEAM
102
Place to connect a mike : AMP
103
"Rush!" : ASAP
104
Swingers' grp. : PGA
107
Basketball position: Abbr. : CTR
108
Summer quaff : ADE
109
Free from government control, slangily : DEREG
111
Parrot : APE
114
Ambiguous headline about a police action : COPSHELPDOGBITEVICTIM
119
Person behind a pram : PUSHER
120
Faucet attachment : AERATOR
121
Lady of Arthurian romance : ELAINE
122
Athletic wear company founded in Australia : SPEEDO
123
Music bar : MEASURE
124
Flat person : RENTER
Down
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Sound's partner : SAFE
2
Express approval, in a way : CLAP
3
Magician's opening : ABRA
4
Apollo vehicle : LEM
5
Lead : PRECEDE
6
Underline : STRESS
7
"M*A*S*H" co-star : SWIT
8
Dutch painter Frans : HALS
9
Couture monogram : YSL
10
Acknowledges in passing : NODSAT
11
W.W. II code machines : ENIGMAS
12
"Undo" mark : STET
13
___ pad : SOS
14
Vein specialists : MINERS
15
Trash receptacles : ASHCANS
16
Pooh pal : ROO
17
Border : ABUT
18
Wine unit : CASE
19
Bailiwick : AREA
24
Platitudes : BROMIDES
25
Classic kids' game : ISPY
31
"L'Arlésienne" composer : BIZET
32
___ nut : BETEL
33
Defeat badly : STOMP
34
Big fat mouth : YAP
35
Leg-puller : KIDDER
36
"You betcha!" : ANDHOW
37
Drug unit : KILO
38
Drew in books? : SLEUTH
39
Cliff feature : CRAG
40
Classic Welles role : KANE
41
Inkless pen : STY
42
Customs : MORES
43
Popular painkiller : ALEVE
48
Jude, for one : APOSTLE
50
Company whose name is also its stock symbol : IBM
51
Wall Street workers : TRADERS
54
"Same here" : ASAMI
55
Clear in the winter : DEICE
56
Collected dust : SAT
57
"Uncle!" : IGIVE
58
Racket : DIN
64
Casual attire : TEE
66
Observed the Sabbath : RESTED
67
Justice dept. division : ATF
68
Crime solver's aid : SKETCH
70
Helps : AVAILS
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Little sprinters : HARES
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Do a do : STYLE
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Certain camera, for short : SLR
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Look that could kill, say : ICYSTARE
79
Poet Khayyám : OMAR
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Store frequented by mechanics : NAPA
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Its founder was born in Mecca : ISLAM
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Obstruct : DAMUP
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Like some parties : STAG
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Disney canine : TRAMP
85
Mentalist Geller : URI
90
Faculty levels, for short : IQS
91
Deep-sixed : DITCHED
93
Dance pioneer Duncan : ISADORA
95
Crate label : FRAGILE
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Straight man? : HETERO
98
Jazz pianist Hines : EARL
99
Alternatives to Movados : OMEGAS
100
Familiar complimentary close : ASEVER
104
Illicit drugs, briefly : PCPS
105
Rise : GOUP
106
Church alcove : APSE
108
Suffix with chick : ADEE
109
Christian name : DIOR
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To be overseas : ETRE
111
Toiling away : ATIT
112
Fresh scent : PINE
113
Retired, as a prof. : EMER
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"Ain't ___ Sweet" : SHE
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Grier of "Foxy Brown" : PAM
117
Approx. 252 calories : BTU
118
Hoosegow : CAN