6 December 1998 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 6 December 1998

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

Across
1
You can get a grip on it : KNOB
5
Thunder sound : PEAL
9
Jitterbug, e.g. : DANCER
15
Uttered with contempt : SPAT
19
Filmmaker Wertmuller : LINA
20
Mediterranean city known anciently as Ptolemaïs : ACRE
21
Joe Orton play "Entertaining Mr. ___" : SLOANE
22
Ready, to Shakespeare : YARE
23
Medical suffix : ITIS
24
Feature of some skirts : SLIT
25
Memoirs of a psychology lab maze builder? : OFMICEANDME
27
Libido : EROS
28
Implied : TACIT
30
Famed aviator : REDBARON
31
Book about gold medalists who dump their spouses? : GONEWITHTHEWIN
36
Imitative behavior : APERY
37
Quirk : TIC
38
Author of "The Female Eunuch" : GREER
39
It gave out nos. : SSS
40
Television plugs : ADS
43
Tale of a frightening encounter with a lion? : THESOUNDANDTHEFUR
51
Testifiers : DEPOSERS
53
Take in : SNARE
54
Light-feather filler? : ASA
55
Waugh or Guinness : ALEC
56
Indigo-yielding shrubs : ANILS
60
Like most fine wines : CELLARED
63
Perennial trouble spot : MIDEAST
66
Running a few minutes behind : LATISH
69
Makeup items : LINERS
70
Study on anthropoid regimentation? : ACLOCKWORKORANG
73
Literally, "way of the gods" : SHINTO
76
"Don't ___ anything!" : ASSUME
77
Twin sister of Apollo : ARTEMIS
81
Tapioca sources : CASSAVAS
83
Yellowish brown : TAWNY
85
Individual : LONE
86
The Braves: Abbr. : ATL
87
Tropical Asian palm : ARECA
90
Seven-time Orange Bowl champs : NEBRASKA
93
Story of a Fed. narcotics inspectors' raid on a sauna? : THENAKEDANDTHEDEA
99
Neighbor of Isr. : SYR
100
Takes too much : ODS
101
When repeated, a 1963 hit : LOUIE
102
Morse code click : DIT
104
Mirror ___ : IMAGE
107
Confessions of a drag queen? : IMNOTREALLYHER
113
Prying : NOSINESS
116
Muscat resident : OMANI
117
Bird shelter : COTE
118
Basic training manual for Marines? : CISFORCORPS
122
Have ___ for : ITIN
123
Burden : ONUS
124
Smell ___ : ARAT
125
Least wild : SANEST
126
"Soap" family name : TATE
127
Portend : BODE
128
Bill's opponents : NAYS
129
Compact : TREATY
130
Cartoonist Drake : STAN
131
Harness-racing legend ___ Hanover : BRET
Down
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Kind of light : KLIEG
2
Rocket fuel ingredient, for short : NITRO
3
Florentine : spinach :: lyonnaise : ___ : ONION
4
Multicolored dog : BASSET
5
Bit of this and that : PASTICHE
6
Razzle-dazzle : ECLAT
7
"If I Were ___ Man" : ARICH
8
"This isn't worth arguing about!" : LETITGO
9
Brit. award : DSO
10
Politician Landon : ALF
11
Jean Paul, e.g. : NOM
12
Kind of terrier : CAIRN
13
Noun-making suffix : ENCE
14
College in Portland, Ore. : REED
15
Gap between neurons : SYNAPSE
16
Military chaplain : PADRE
17
Tanks and such : ARMOR
18
Wee : TEENY
26
Disconcert : ABASH
29
Drive-___ : THRU
32
It's good to have these about you : WITS
33
Fabric name suffix : EEN
34
Bonds : WEDS
35
Big oil supplier : IRAN
39
First-rate : STELLAR
40
One of TV's Cartwrights : ADAM
41
Place for a hero : DELI
42
Flew : SPED
44
A Muse : ERATO
45
Bank acct. datum : SSN
46
Kind of chip : NACHO
47
Rap's Dr. ___ : DRE
48
Meter reading : FARE
49
Junkie : USER
50
Physics units : RADS
52
Vast amounts : OCEANS
57
Breeds, so to speak : ILKS
58
Parts of a code : LAWS
59
Solidly built : STOUT
61
Fluff : LINT
62
Activist Davis : ANGELA
64
Records : ACTA
65
Neighbors of Ukrainians : SLOVAKS
67
Soprano in "Louise" : IRMA
68
Misrepresent : SKEW
71
Like warehouse goods : CASED
72
Like a child's drawing of the sun : RAYED
73
"Get out!" : SCAT
74
"Hell ___ no fury..." : HATH
75
Welcome sight after a shipwreck : ISLE
78
Bryologist's study : MOSS
79
Blackened : INKY
80
Blacken, in a way : SEAR
82
"Men ___ From Mars..." : ARE
84
Anchorage-to-Fairbanks dir. : NNE
88
Waveless : CALM
89
In good time : ANON
91
Sheets and pillowcases : BEDLINEN
92
Air alternative : RAIL
94
Request on some invitations : NOGIFTS
95
Gland: Prefix : ADENO
96
Batman and Robin, e.g. : DUO
97
Anti-Nazi leader of W.W. II : TITO
98
Stay-at-homes : HERMITS
103
Holder of the highest career batting average in baseball history : TYCOBB
104
Alpaca tender : INCAN
105
Fate, in Greek myth : MOIRA
106
Analyze : ASSAY
107
"This ___ of those things..." : ISONE
108
Bother : EATAT
109
Santa ___ : ANITA
110
Ten or higher : HONOR
111
Chopin piece : ETUDE
112
Put back : RESET
114
In the past, in the past : ERST
115
Duel souvenir : SCAR
119
Mens ___ (criminal intent) : REA
120
S.F. setting : PST
121
Hog's home : STY