31 December 1996 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 31 December 1996

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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Slam-dunks : JAMS
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Stiller and ___ : MEARA
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Prefix with business : AGRI
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Like Nash's lama : ONEL
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Waters of song : ETHEL
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Amorphous mass : BLOB
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1935 Cole Porter song : BEGINTHEBEGUINE
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Pundit : SWAMI
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Olio : MIXEDBAG
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Disney's "___ and the Detectives" : EMIL
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Vietnam's Ngo ___ Diem : DINH
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No longer hold up : SAG
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F. Scott Fitzgerald had one: Abbr. : INIT
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New York's ___ Island : STATEN
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Swellhead's problem : EGO
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Number of mousquetaires : TROIS
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Invited : BADE
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Unofficial Australian "anthem" : WALTZINGMATILDA
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Anon's partner : EVER
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___ objection (go along) : SEENO
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Nurse's bag : KIT
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Lax : REMISS
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Garden tool : RAKE
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Molly Bloom's last word in "Ulysses" : YES
51
Pot builder : ANTE
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Torture chamber item : RACK
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Well-to-do : AFFLUENT
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Gut-wrenching feeling : ANGST
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1939 Andrews Sisters hit : BEERBARRELPOLKA
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___ ideal (perfect model) : BEAU
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"Camelot" tunesmith : LOEWE
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Mariner Ericson : LEIF
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Memo abbr. : ATTN
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Winter hazard : SLEET
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Advanced : LENT
Down
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Steven of Apple computers : JOBS
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Once more : ANEW
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Prefix with phone : MEGA
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Ooze : SLIME
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Encountered : MET
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Biblical verb ending : ETH
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"Beg your pardon" : AHEM
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Bridge action : REBID
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One of the Carringtons, on "Dynasty" : ALEXIS
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Largest of the United Arab Emirates : ABUDHABI
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Fluent : GLIB
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Author Jaffe : RONA
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"___ to differ!" : IBEG
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Pacific Fleet admiral of W.W. II : NIMITZ
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Lady's partner : GENT
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Letters from Calvary : INRI
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Den fathers : LIONS
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Drain : SEWER
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Century plant : AGAVE
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Automaton : GOLEM
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Go-getter : TIGER
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Loquacious : TALKY
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Jockey Arcaro : EDDIE
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___-foot oil : NEATS
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Daub : SMEAR
40
Demonstration test : TRIALRUN
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Singer Paul : ANKA
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Cobbler's tip : TOECAP
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Slight : SNUB
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Base runner's stat : STEALS
52
Register : ENROL
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Small hill : KNOLL
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"Dancing Queen" pop group : ABBA
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Podiatrists' concerns : FEET
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Potential Guinness Book entry : FEAT
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Shade giver : TREE
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Open delight : GLEE
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Scrape, as the knee : SKIN
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Electee of 1908 : TAFT
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Female with a wool coat : EWE
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Tennis call : LET