5 December 2002 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 5 December 2002

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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Great one? : SCOTT
6
Got into the swing : SAT
9
Of 25-Down, e.g. : PAPAL
14
Its capital is Port Moresby : PAPUA
15
Super time?: Abbr. : TUE
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You may make one for yourself : ANAME
17
Mimicry : APING
18
Storage medium for Middle Easterners? : ARABCDROM
20
Pleading child's words : CANI
21
Cy Young Award winner Doug : DRABEK
22
La lead-in : TRA
23
Loss on a grand scale? : EPICDEFEAT
25
French silk center : LYON
26
Copa locale : RIO
27
Abbr. on a baseball card : RBI
28
Like hydrogen and chlorine : GASEOUS
30
Commit in confidence : ENTRUST
33
Seemingly forever : EONS
34
Ant-ics? : BUGHIJINX
37
Bébé's intake : LAIT
39
U.F.O. pilot, possibly : MARTIAN
42
One may show you to your room : BELLHOP
45
Verbal jewel : MOT
46
Ball field covering : SOD
48
Anthony Eden, for one : EARL
49
Rookie with an even temper? : CALMNOVICE
52
Flap : ADO
53
Violent struggle : THROES
54
Twin in the Torah : ESAU
55
Romeo who bets on cards? : POKERSTUD
57
Monetary unit of Senegal : FRANC
58
Bowl : ARENA
59
Shaq's alma mater : LSU
60
Out of the way : ASIDE
61
"Bad, bad" Brown of song : LEROY
62
"Got that right" : YEP
63
Flaps : TODOS
Down
1
One just filling in : SPACER
2
From head to toe : CAPAPIE
3
It's what you think : OPINION
4
Ancient Greek attire : TUNIC
5
Running game : TAG
6
Beachcomber's find : STARFISH
7
Atmospheres : AURAE
8
Leaves holder : TEABAG
9
Smoker's purchase : PACK
10
"What happened next?" : AND
11
"Wayne's World" catchphrase : PARTYON
12
In the mood : AMOROUS
13
Auto racing locale : LEMANS
19
As yet unmarketed, as software : BETA
21
Free of errors : DEBUG
24
"The Art of Arousal" author : DRRUTH
25
Paul V's predecessor : LEOXI
29
Directed at : SENTTO
31
Govt. debt instrument : TBILL
32
Duncan of the N.B.A. : TIM
35
No longer feeding, as a photocopier : JAMMEDUP
36
Pressing needs : IRONS
37
Galena, e.g. : LEADORE
38
Well-watched weatherman : ALROKER
40
Reiteration lead-in : ASISAID
41
"Impossible" : NOCANDO
42
"C'mon, help me out here" : BEAPAL
43
Big name in newspaper publishing : OCHS
44
Not all the way : PARTLY
47
Low pair : DEUCES
50
Real heel : LOUSE
51
Left-hand page : VERSO
53
Carhop's load : TRAY
56
Musician Brian : ENO
57
Overabundance : FAT