29 December 2007 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 29 December 2007

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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Modesty preserver, in some films : BUBBLEBATH
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"___ wondrous pitiful": "Othello" : TWAS
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Old form of Italian musical drama : OPERASERIA
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"___ Nobody" (1983 Chaka Khan hit) : AINT
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Public appearance preparers : ADVANCEMEN
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Introduction to Chinese? : INDO
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Pixar's first feature-length film : TOYSTORY
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Finger or toe : DACTYL
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Mass appeals: Abbr. : SERS
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You may be lost in the middle of it : NOWHERE
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McKinley's first vice president : HOBART
27
It has a smaller degree of loft than a mashie : FOURIRON
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Cupule's contents : ACORN
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Sparkling : WITTY
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List in a book's front: Abbr. : TOC
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Like racehorses : SHOD
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Spanish city that gave sherry its name : XERES
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___ Harker, heroine of "Bram Stoker's Dracula" : MINA
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Rocket datum: Abbr. : ALT
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Where to pick up dates? : PALMS
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Fall production : CIDER
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Rich mine or other source of great wealth : GOLCONDA
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Shuffles : MOSEYS
40
Margay cousins : OCELOTS
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Siege site : FORT
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Mountain sheep : ARGALI
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Initiations : BAPTISMS
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Graffitists' scrawls : TAGS
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Unexpected turn of events, as in a literary work : PERIPETEIA
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Puts away : ICES
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See-through sheets : PLATEGLASS
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Banks of note : TYRA
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Grant's position in presidential history : EIGHTEENTH
Down
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Shell, e.g. : BOAT
2
Hair-raiser? : UPDO
3
Bunch : BEVY
4
Uniform armband : BRASSARD
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You can make light of it : LANTERN
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Squire : ESCORT
7
Draft picks : BEERS
8
Private group : ARMY
9
Even numbers : TIE
10
Fliers, e.g. : HANDOUTS
11
Meditative exercise : TAICHI
12
End-of-year festival : WINTERTIDE
13
"Common Nonsense" author, 2002 : ANDYROONEY
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Insurance Institute for Highway Safety concern : STOLENCARS
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Catawampus : AWRY
23
Scoring units : NOTES
24
Tries something : HASAGOATIT
25
Mob rule : OCHLOCRACY
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One running for work? : BOOTLEGGER
27
Latin land descriptor : FIRMA
29
Joins : WELDS
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Scolding wife: Var. : XANTIPPE
33
Handle incorrectly? : MISTITLE
35
Price-manipulating group : POOL
36
Retinue : CORTEGE
38
Top-of-the-line : CLASSA
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Rug rat : MOPPET
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It may be blind : FAITH
43
Gasconade : BRAG
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Name equivalent to Hans or Ivan : SEAN
45
Tear up : MIST
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Military band : SASH
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Father of Hophni and Phinehas, in the Bible : ELI