29 December 2012 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 29 December 2012

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Hints & Clues

Across
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Urban contemporary : TRITT
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"Git!" : SCRAM
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Sports org. of 1967-76 : ABA
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Olive-colored bird : VIREO
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World powerhouse in table tennis : CHINA
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Word of logic : NOR
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Bygone theory of astronomy : PTOLEMAICSYSTEM
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Blanket : GENERAL
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Round parts : BEERS
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Hideous one : REPULSER
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Get-___ (starts) : GOS
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Obituary word : NEE
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Bugs : VWS
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"Ugly Betty" actress : VANESSAWILLIAMS
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Governor, e.g. : ELECTEDOFFICIAL
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"Idylls of the King," stylistically : NARRATIVEPOETRY
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1959 doo-wop classic : ATEENAGERINLOVE
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Alpine native : LIECHTENSTEINER
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"Grazie ___!" (Italian for "Thank God!") : ADIO
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Basketball Hall-of-Famer Dan : ISSEL
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Thrust item : EPEE
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Uses for a base : RESTSON
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Balderdash : HORSEMANURE
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E.E.C. part: Abbr. : EUR
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It may be bitter : ALE
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"I did it!" : SUCCESS
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Grp. in gray : CSA
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Gridiron distance: Abbr. : YDS
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Sporting boots, say : SHOD
Down
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Tube rating : TVPG
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It may be performed by people in robes : RITE
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Unyielding : IRON
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Part of 1-Down : TELE
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"___ is human ..." : TOERR
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It has thousands of roots : SCALP
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Half of a classic religious symbol : CHI
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___-A-Che (rapper) : RIC
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Response: Abbr. : ANS
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Wishy-washy reply : MAYBE
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Deal preceder : ANTE
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Participant in an 1899 conflict : BOER
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___ deal : ARMS
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Risqué West : MAE
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Ones to whom an organization's messages are sent : SERVICELIST
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Frayed, perhaps : UNWOVEN
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Funny Carol and family : LEIFERS
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"Woe is me!" types : SELFPITIERS
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Land visited by Paul in the New Testament : GALATIA
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Clarinet need : ONEREED
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Concealments : SECRECIES
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"I'll be right with you" : WAITONESEC
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Elided phrase in a Gershwin song : SMARVELOUS
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Easily corrupted : VENAL
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One-seat carriages : STANHOPES
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Assailed : SETAT
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Verona's river : ADIGE
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They have their pride : LIONESSES
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More crafty : SLYER
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Certain bird herd : EMUS
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Per : EACH
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Wished otherwise : RUED
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Supporter of the Heller decision, 2008: Abbr. : NRA
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Allergy source : HAY
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Played out : OLD
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Abbr. after a telephone no. : RES
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One with two or three stripes: Abbr. : NCO