5 December 2012 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 5 December 2012

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Hints & Clues

Across

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Decked out : CLAD

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Like the DVD version of a movie, maybe : UNCUT

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Bay Area force: Abbr. : SFPD

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Time for eggnog : YULE

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Challenge for movers : PIANO

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Rock's Mötley ___ : CRUE

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Deice, in a way : SALT

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Chinese appetizer : SPRINGROLL

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Henry VIII's house : TUDOR

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Did some modeling : SAT

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Opposite of raises : RAZES

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Line of symmetry : AXIS

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R and R all by oneself : METIME

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Slop trough locale : STY

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F.D.I.C. part : FEDERAL

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"America's Got Talent" network : NBC

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Grade option that doesn't affect one's grade point average : PASSFAIL

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Worldwide : GLOBAL

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Big work : OPUS

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Campaign season org. : PAC

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Grp. joined by Albania and Croatia in 2009 : NATO

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When dodgeball may be played : RECESS

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Limburger cheese quality : PUNGENCY

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"Shame!" : TSK

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Guilty one : CULPRIT

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Satisfied sighs : AHS

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Canine coating : ENAMEL

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Blessing : BOON

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More in need of liniment : SORER

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Bridal bio word : NEE

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Major bollix : SNAFU

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Having dual props : TWINENGINE

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Arena section : TIER

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Saab or Tahari of fashion : ELIE

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Feature of this puzzle's three long Down answers : STICK

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Has the bug, say : AILS

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Fraternity letters : PSIS

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2010 mining disaster locale : CHILE

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Bread with tabouli : PITA

Down

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Dermatologist's concern : CYST

2

Party with a roast pig, perhaps : LUAU

3

Treat on a 69-Across : ALLDAYSUCKERIII

4

Betty Ford Center program, for short : DETOX

5

Co. with a brown logo : UPS

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Sips from flasks : NIPS

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Treat on a 69-Across : CARAMELAPPLEIII

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George W. Bush, self-descriptively : UNITER

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Quantity of bricks : TON

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"Take a hike!" : SCRAM

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Treat on a 69-Across : FROZENBANANAIII

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Act the crybaby : PULE

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Singers Shannon and Reeves : DELS

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Barbecue : GRILL

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Jazz line : RIFF

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Privateer's domain : SEA

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Cause of a baseball out : TAG

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Hurling or curling : SPORT

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Nixon's undoing in Watergate : TAPES

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Dance move : DIP

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Cookie baker's yield : BATCH

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Becomes tiresome : CLOYS

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Vane dir. : SSE

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Start of a long-distance call : ONE

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Junkyard dog : CUR

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Near miss, perhaps : SCARE

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Bottom line : SUM

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Penpoint : NIB

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Classic muscle cars : GTOS

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120 yards, for a football field : LENGTH

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Spanish babies : NENES

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Like some beer at a bar : ONTAP

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Dance move : STEP

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Messengers at Hogwarts : OWLS

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S.A.S.E., e.g.: Abbr. : ENCL

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Sharpie tip material : FELT

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Celestial beast : URSA

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Iran-contra org. : NSC

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Barely make, with "out" : EKE