31 December 2011 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 31 December 2011

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Hints & Clues

Across
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Sign of engine trouble : SMOKE
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What a 61-Across will be called for only a little while longer : MISS
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One on a Liszt list : OPUS
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Like some suits : CIVIL
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"This shindig rocks!" : ITSABLAST
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Computer screenful : ICONS
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Part of Melanesia : NEWGUINEA
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Subject for a folder : ORIGAMI
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Always or sometimes, say : ADVERB
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Approvals : NODS
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"The thoughtful soul to solitude retires" poet : OMAR
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Gets set : GELS
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"___ dunno ..." : OHI
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Sandy tract by the sea, to a Brit : DENE
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They're often placed on parcels : REALESTATETAXES
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Lawyer's setup? : PRIVATEPRACTICE
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Righted wrongs : MADERESTITUTION
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Picks a fight : STARTSSOMETHING
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Rustle : STIR
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Wiretapping grp. : NSA
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Accessory that may have a state name on it : SASH
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Old Testament "man of the field" : ESAU
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Lift, of a sort : TBAR
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Like many garages : ONECAR
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Excuse-interrupting comment : SPAREME
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Occasion to put on sheets : TOGAPARTY
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Primer option : LATEX
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Shower head? : BRIDETOBE
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Right wrongs : ATONE
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Psychiatrist's appt. : SESS
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Turnovers, e.g. : STAT
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Posts : SENDS
Down
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Offshoot : SCION
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Start that conveys very little? : MICRO
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Like prickly pears : OVOID
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Novelist whose character Adah speaks in palindromes : KINGSOLVER
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Four-footed orphan of literature : ELSA
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Half note, in Britain : MINIM
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-nik kin : ITE
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Yemen-to-Zimbabwe dir. : SSW
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Continuing drama : SAGA
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Food item often cut into rings : OLIVE
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Setting for instruments : PANEL
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___ manual : USERS
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Skewer : STAB
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Belt tightenings : BUDGETCUTS
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Like the best chicken or turkey, say : MOISTEST
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Electrical accessories : ADAPTORS
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Crop further : RETRIM
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Feature of many a box of chocolates : HEARTSHAPE
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Unclutter : NEATENUP
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CD rate? : RPMS
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"Hoc ___ in votis" : ERAT
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Slave singing several solos : AIDA
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Red Sox anthem : TESSIE
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"If things were to continue thus ..." : ATTHATRATE
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Number of one of the Olympics canceled due to W.W. II : XIII
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Study of some bubbles?: Abbr. : ECON
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Hong Kong's Hang ___ index : SENG
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Large bore : SNORE
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Umbrella : AEGIS
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Oodles : SCADS
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Heretofore : ASYET
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Back with bread : BETON
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Improve : AMEND
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Curly-furred cats : REXES
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Parlors with TV screens: Abbr. : OTBS
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Experiment runners? : RATS
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"Oh, cruel world ..." : ALAS
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Bushwa : ROT
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Sched. letters : TBA