29 December 2015 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 29 December 2015

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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Airport with many connecting flights : HUB
4
Marquee names : STARS
9
Small jazz band : COMBO
14
Dr. J's first pro league : ABA
15
Screeching baby? : OWLET
16
Some frozen drinks : ICEES
17
Neither's partner : NOR
18
Compliment for a fruit-of-the-month club? : NOTBADATALL
20
Duds : GARB
22
Gettysburg opponent of Lee : MEADE
23
Bus driver on "The Simpsons" : OTTO
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Compliment for a planetarium? : STELLAR
26
Recipe amt. : TSP
28
Money to tide one over : LOAN
29
Compliment for an airline? : KEEPITUP
34
Rebound, as a billiard shot : CAROM
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Go round and round : SWIRL
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Genetic messenger : RNA
38
Big bang maker, informally : HBOMB
39
72, at Augusta National Golf Club : PAR
40
Stradivari's teacher : AMATI
42
Building add-on : ELL
43
"Dragon Ball Z" genre : ANIME
45
Original "American Idol" judge with Randy and Paula : SIMON
46
Compliment for a steakhouse? : WELLDONE
48
British buddy : CHAP
49
Breakfast grain : OAT
50
Compliment for a GPS manufacturer? : WAYTOGO
53
Where something unpleasant sticks : CRAW
56
Throng : SWARM
59
Rickman of the Harry Potter films : ALAN
60
Compliment for a charcoal seller? : YOUREONFIRE
63
Addams Family member : ITT
64
Toss about, as petals : STREW
65
Maestro's stick : BATON
66
Grant source, for short : NEA
67
Poke fun at : TEASE
68
"Why ___ you in bed?" : ARENT
69
Mind-reading skill, for short : ESP
Down
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Chillaxes : HANGS
2
Destroyer destroyer : UBOAT
3
Air show maneuver : BARRELROLL
4
Trinity member : SON
5
Like some beach volleyball teams : TWOMAN
6
___ ego : ALTER
7
Country's McEntire : REBA
8
Dutch burg : STAD
9
Org. in "Homeland" : CIA
10
Cousins of squids : OCTOPI
11
Pepperoni or sausage : MEAT
12
Slug : BELT
13
Scandinavian capital : OSLO
19
Dissuade : DETER
21
Leopold ___, "Ulysses" protagonist : BLOOM
25
Brazilian dance popular in the 1980s : LAMBADA
27
Eye-catching : SPLASHY
29
___ Kilpatrick, ex-mayor of Detroit : KWAME
30
Dublin's land : EIRE
31
Bouncer's place : TRAMPOLINE
32
"For ___ us a child is born" : UNTO
33
Suffering : PAIN
34
Ruminate (on) : CHEW
35
Up to the job : ABLE
36
___ room (site of postdebate political commentary) : SPIN
41
Roadster from Japan : MIATA
44
"False!" : NOTSO
47
Less than 300 dots per inch, commonly : LOWRES
48
Grammy-nominated rapper with the 2002 hit "Oh Boy" : CAMRON
50
"Don't forget to ___" : WRITE
51
Slalom obstacles : GATES
52
Ready to be drawn : ONTAP
53
Skin abnormality : CYST
54
Mechanical learning : ROTE
55
Distinctive quality : AURA
57
Org. for the New York Liberty : WNBA
58
Light years away : AFAR
61
Ram's mate : EWE
62
Suffix with differ : ENT