31 December 1998 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 31 December 1998

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M
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I
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T
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Z
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I
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H
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A
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T
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A
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S
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S
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A
R
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O
N
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P
A
R
T
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A
P
E
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S
E
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Y
E
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N
W
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V
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R
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Y
E
A
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V
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L
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E
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A
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N
W
A
R
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S
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O
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V
I
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T
S
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S
N
E
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R
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C
L
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A
R
S
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R
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E
A
D
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R
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H
O
R
S
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Z
O
R
R
O
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E
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S
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T
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W
R
Y
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A
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N
A
G
R
A
M
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E
A
U
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A
D
S
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L
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N
E
S
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B
V
D
S
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A
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R
M
L
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T
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S
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T
R
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K
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S
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U
N
D
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E
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P
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R
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T
S
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C
L
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A
N
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H
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R
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W
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C
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A
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M
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A
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D
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P
R
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H
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Hints & Clues

Across
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Actress Gaynor : MITZI
6
"___ la vista, baby!" : HASTA
11
Serpent's sound : SSS
14
Flareup of crime? : ARSON
15
Dizzying pictures : OPART
16
Goon : APE
17
Watch a shaky Japanese money market? : SEEYENWAVER
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Passing assistance? : YEA
20
Lean and lovely : SVELTE
21
With 33-Down, 1978 Nobel Prize recipient : ANWAR
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Cold war foe : SOVIETS
26
Contemptuous looks : SNEERS
27
Unblocks : CLEARS
28
Librarygoer : READER
30
___ d'oeuvre : HORS
31
Fictional hero first filmed in 1920 : ZORRO
32
N.Y. winter hrs. : EST
35
Not straight : WRY
36
What each of today's four long answers is vis-à-vis New Year's Eve : ANAGRAM
38
The Seine is full of it : EAU
39
Pitches : ADS
40
Words for actors : LINES
41
Briefs, briefly : BVDS
42
Band on a limb : ARMLET
44
Run in the raw : STREAK
46
Dessert not for the diet-conscious : SUNDAE
48
Popular magazine since 1926 : PARENTS
49
Off drugs : CLEAN
50
Jean of "Bombshell" : HARLOW
52
Get one past : ACE
53
This little poem or that? : ANYWEEVERSE
58
Kitten's cry : MEW
59
Lighthouse sites : CAPES
60
Fall away : ERODE
61
Prefix with Columbian : PRE
62
Forfeits fur : SHEDS
63
Actress Danning of "Hercules" : SYBIL
Down
1
Women with shavers : MAS
2
It makes one hot : IRE
3
Mao ___-tung : TSE
4
Asian grasses popular on lawns : ZOYSIAS
5
"Well!" : INEVER
6
Bays : HOWLS
7
Pit-___ (heart sound) : APAT
8
Reliever's triumph : SAVE
9
Three for Sophia : TRE
10
Haphazardly : ATRANDOM
11
Call off the debt? : SAYWEREEVEN
12
Headhunter's equipment : SPEAR
13
J. C. Penney rival : SEARS
18
Takes home : NETS
22
Wedding notice word : NEE
23
Pronunciation symbol : SCHWA
24
Prayer opening : OLORD
25
Sheep with all its marbles? : VERYSANEEWE
26
She played Darlene on "Roseanne" : SARA
28
Writer's reference : ROGET
29
Does the wrong thing : ERRS
31
Author Grey : ZANE
33
See 20-Across : SADAT
34
Wild boar features : TUSKS
36
Astronomical data providers : ALMANACS
37
Bank-washer in Cairo : NILE
41
Suds source : BREWERY
43
Cereal box info : RDA
44
Shopaholic's delight : SALE
45
Pirates' stashes : TROVES
46
Rogue : SCAMP
47
Cause of a nasty gut feeling? : ULCER
48
Basketball tactic : PRESS
50
Hoopla : HYPE
51
Starstruck : AWED
54
Down-home turndown : NAH
55
Rip off : ROB
56
Star Wars letters : SDI
57
Electrifying swimmer : EEL