28 December 2009 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 28 December 2009

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

Across
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Actor Washington who once played Malcolm X : DENZEL
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Org. for women on the links : LPGA
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Karl Marx's "___ Kapital" : DAS
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Mountain climber's tool : ICEAXE
15
Got ___ deal (was rooked) : ARAW
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Mind reader's "gift" : ESP
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One word that precedes "pit," one that follows it : COCKANDBULL
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Had a bite : ATE
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Antlered animal : ELK
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Grieves : MOURNS
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Cereal advertised with a "silly rabbit" : TRIX
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"Slipped" backbone part : DISK
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"Don't tell ___ can't ...!" : MEI
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Sounds during medical checkups : AHS
27
One word that precedes "key," one that follows it : ROOMANDBOARD
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By eyesight : VISIBLY
36
Long-nosed fish : GAR
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Scottish refusal : NAE
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Infant bodysuit : ONESIE
39
Countryish : RUSTIC
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"Let's call ___ day" : ITA
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W.W. II female : WAC
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Pregame morale builder : PEPTALK
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One word that precedes "play," one that follows it : DOWNANDDIRTY
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Suffix with pont- : OON
49
Cartoonist Chast : ROZ
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With 13-Down, "super power" glasses : XRAY
54
Ostrich or owl : BIRD
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Buckaroo ___ (movie character) : BANZAI
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Plains tribe : OTO
60
Insect with a queen : ANT
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One word that precedes "hard," one that follows it : ROCKANDROLL
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"___ bin ein Berliner" : ICH
64
Prepare cookies or chicken, e.g. : BAKE
65
Egyptian temple site : KARNAK
66
"Love ___ neighbor ..." : THY
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___-bitsy : ITSY
68
Evaluate : ASSESS
Down
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Chopped into small cubes : DICED
2
Food-poisoning bacteria : ECOLI
3
Prominent giraffe parts : NECKS
4
Ringo's drummer son : ZAK
5
Test : EXAM
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NBC host Jay : LENO
7
Famed tar pits whose name is Spanish for "the tar" : LABREA
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Clipping, as shrubs : PRUNING
9
Guys' mates : GALS
10
Hole-making tool : AWL
11
Start of a Christmas letter : DEARSANTA
12
___ Spumante (wine) : ASTI
13
See 50-Across : SPEX
18
Ventriloquist's prop : DUMMY
22
However, informally : THO
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Singer Kristofferson : KRIS
26
Sudden : ABRUPT
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___ Kenobi of "Star Wars" : OBIWAN
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Fat substitute brand : OLEAN
30
Risk taker : DARER
31
Train track part : RAIL
32
What a swabbie swabs : DECK
33
Invalidate, as a check : VOID
34
Fascinated by : INTO
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Fit for sailing : SEAWORTHY
40
Hellish river : STYX
43
Music store fixtures : CDRACKS
44
Order from Domino's : PIZZA
46
Silent assent : NOD
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Braying animal : DONKEY
51
TV sports broadcasting pioneer Arledge : ROONE
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Book of maps : ATLAS
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"Sunny" egg parts : YOLKS
54
Worms in a can, e.g. : BAIT
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1/36 of a yard : INCH
56
Gravy vessel : BOAT
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Paul who wrote "My Way" : ANKA
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Actress Lupino and others : IDAS
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Slugger's stat : RBI
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B&O and Reading: Abbr. : RRS