29 December 2003 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 29 December 2003

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G
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L
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U
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T
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D
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R
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A
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G
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H
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E
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T
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U
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P
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R
U
N
E
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E
A
R
L
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E
R
A
S
E
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A
L
U
M
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A
T
N
O
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R
U
L
E
R
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B
U
M
P
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E
R
T
O
B
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U
M
P
E
R
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T
A
I
L
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L
I
T
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A
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R
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R
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R
E
E
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L
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E
C
T
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E
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N
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D
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C
O
A
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S
T
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A
D
E
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A
L
A
I
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R
U
S
H
H
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O
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U
R
T
R
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A
F
F
I
C
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E
S
P
Y
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R
A
G
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S
T
I
L
T
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S
T
Y
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R
A
R
E
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B
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I
T
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N
S
A
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D
A
T
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O
D
E
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S
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D
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R
I
V
E
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T
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I
M
E
R
A
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D
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I
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O
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S
E
I
N
E
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A
B
B
A
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L
U
S
T
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S
E
V
E
N
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M
E
E
T
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S
L
I
T
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T
R
E
S
S
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E
T
R
E
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A
L
S
O

Hints & Clues

Across
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Overabundance : GLUT
5
Party pooper : DRAG
9
Excited, in dialect : HETUP
14
Viking letter : RUNE
15
Counterpart of a count : EARL
16
Wipe off, as a slate : ERASE
17
Person in the '00 class, e.g. : ALUM
18
___ cost (free) : ATNO
19
King or czar : RULER
20
Very tight, as 38-Across : BUMPERTOBUMPER
23
Peacock's pride : TAIL
24
Torched. : LIT
25
Departure's opposite: Abbr. : ARR
28
Put back in office : REELECT
31
At wit's ___ : END
34
Seashore : COAST
36
Sidewalk stand drink : ADE
37
Jai ___ : ALAI
38
Subject of frequent reports by helicopter : RUSHHOURTRAFFIC
42
Catch sight of : ESPY
43
Old cloth : RAG
44
It helps you get a leg up : STILT
45
Mudhole : STY
46
Welsh ___ : RAREBIT
49
Hush-hush org. : NSA
50
"Can't Help Lovin' ___ Man" : DAT
51
Old-fashioned verses : ODES
53
Auto commuter's companion : DRIVETIMERADIO
60
Paris's river : SEINE
61
"Mamma Mia" group : ABBA
62
A deadly sin : LUST
63
Number of deadly sins : SEVEN
64
Convene : MEET
65
Cut like a letter opener : SLIT
66
Lock of hair : TRESS
67
Raison d'___ : ETRE
68
Additionally : ALSO
Down
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Get, as a cab : GRAB
2
Doozie : LULU
3
E pluribus ___ : UNUM
4
Entice : TEMPT
5
Honeybunch : DEARIE
6
Noisy toy : RATTLE
7
River through Florence : ARNO
8
Amount squeezed from a tube : GLOB
9
Loner : HERMIT
10
Blow one's top : ERUPT
11
Fable : TALE
12
Customer : USER
13
Pay-___-view : PER
21
Third rock from the sun : EARTH
22
Problem of the stomach lining : ULCER
25
Fields are measured in them : ACRES
26
Push out of bed : ROUST
27
Hoarse : RASPY
29
The "L" of XXL : LARGE
30
Summer hrs., in N.Y.C. : EDT
31
Spritelike : ELFIN
32
Symbols of hardness : NAILS
33
Judicial declarations : DICTA
35
Like a wallflower : SHY
37
Toward the stern : AFT
39
Preach : ORATE
40
Former Mideast alliance: Abbr. : UAR
41
Fall flower : ASTER
46
Baltimore 11 : RAVENS
47
Plane on a mission : BOMBER
48
Put on one's thinking cap : IDEATE
50
Has supper : DINES
52
Chip dip : SALSA
53
Bucks and does : DEER
54
Split : RIVE
55
Easily calmed : TAME
56
Sarcastic reply to an assurance : IBET
57
Uninteresting : DULL
58
Egyptian fertility goddess : ISIS
59
Director Preminger : OTTO
60
Champagne-flight jet : SST