9 December 2006 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 9 December 2006

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Hints & Clues

Across

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Mathematical grouping : COSET

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Is dishonest with : LIESTO

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Climbers' goals : APEXES

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Illinois home of Rotary International : EVANSTON

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Friend you may never have met : PENPAL

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Write seperately, say : MISSPELL

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Cinch : ENSURE

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Altogether : ENTIRELY

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Russian writer Andreyev famous for his horrific tales : LEONID

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Creepy crawler? : REPTILE

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Some pizzas : LARGES

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Mason, at times : GROUTER

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It's a sign : ARIES

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Chaplet relatives : LEIS

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"Le Mur" writer : SARTRE

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Goya, for one : ETCHER

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Connectors : ANDS

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Some vertical lines : YAXES

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Peaceful place : ARCADIA

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Row : SCRAPE

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Bull ___ : TERRIER

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Appellation for winter : OLDMAN

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Shade provider : COLORANT

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Somewhat green : NEWISH

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Note : EMINENCE

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Rejoinder to a doubter : ICANSO

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Dark : SINISTER

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It can be carved out : CAREER

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Things found by hounds : SCENTS

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Orchestra section : REEDS

Down

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Auriga's brightest star : CAPELLA

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Full attention : OPENEARS

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Stimuli-perceiving brain parts : SENSORIA

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One who strikes out : EXPUNGER

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Least joyful : TEARIEST

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Taps, in the British military : LASTPOST

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Unmoved : INSITU

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Wit : ESPRIT

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Knighted essayist : STEELE

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Quasimodo, notably : TOLLER

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But : ONLY

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Winter Olympics equipment : SLEDS

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Surface : EMERGE

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Locales for trellises : VINERIES

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Sentencing judge's prerogative : LENIENCE

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Points from which light emanates : RADIANTS

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Light hybrid vehicle of the 1910's : CYCLECAR

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Trophies in a tournament, informally : HARDWARE

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Patient at a doctor's office : EXAMINEE

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Lapped again : REPASSED

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Freshwater fish of the perch family : DARTER

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Men of Manáos : SENHORS

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Minute : ATOMIC

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Fix, as an old swimming pool : RELINE

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Baseball Hall-of-Famer Joe : CRONIN

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Undesirable part of a record : ARREST

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Kind of barrier : SONIC

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Tax, in Tottenham : CESS