9 December 2014 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 9 December 2014

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

Across
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Craze started by Chubby Checker : TWIST
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They're about 1 in 650,000 for drawing a royal flush : ODDS
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Caesar's last gasp? : ETTU
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One was renamed in Caesar's honor : MONTH
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Word before cheese or chip : BLUE
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Question : QUIZ
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Emcee's assignment : INTRO
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Not given permanently : LENT
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Fruit hybrid : UGLI
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Medical rupture : HERNIA
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Hops dryers : OASTS
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Not at port : ASEA
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Fallopian tube traveler : EGGCELL
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Us vs. ___ : THEM
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Doggone, quaintly : DEUCED
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Space-saving bed : COT
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Hang like a hummingbird : HOVER
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Plural suffix with musket : EERS
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Lead-in to meter : ODO
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Subject of the 1997 best seller "Into Thin Air" : EVEREST
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Quick sketch artist? : DOODLER
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Poet's twilight : EEN
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Stadium demolished in 2009 : SHEA
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Shoulder muscles, for short : DELTS
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D-Day craft: Abbr. : LST
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House cooler, for short : AIRCON
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Presidential prerogative : VETO
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One of the "Golden Girls" girls : BLANCHE
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"___ 8 and up" : AGES
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"___ Mio" : OSOLE
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Fix, as a cobbler might : RESOLE
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"Gotcha," facetiously : AHSO
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Mad Libs label : NOUN
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Cajun staple : GUMBO
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Popular AM radio format : TALK
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Swear : AVER
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Distrustful : LEERY
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Item depicted by this puzzle's circled letters : SHOE
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Partner of soul : BODY
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Authors Ferber and Millay : EDNAS
Down
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"You've overshared," in modern lingo : TMI
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Took gold : WON
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Supposing (that) : INTHEEVENT
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Bit of party décor : STREAMER
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2011 Marvel Comics film : THOR
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Accommodate : OBLIGE
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N.B.A. farm system, informally : DLEAGUE
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___ & Bradstreet (credit-rating firm) : DUN
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"Ready, ___, go!" : SET
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The same : EQUAL
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Pulls : TUGS
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Pinball no-no : TILT
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Guns first used in the Suez Crisis : UZIS
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Springfield's Flanders : NED
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Ireland, with "the" : OLDSOD
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Doggedly pursuing? : ATHEEL
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Some basketball fouls : SHOVES
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Included via email : CCED
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Architect Saarinen : EERO
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Fraternity members, e.g. : COLLEGEMEN
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"Black Swan" role : ODETTE
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Some ruined statues, now : TORSOS
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"Gently used" transaction : RESALE
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Branch of Islam : SHIA
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Fork-tailed bird : TERN
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Like weak currencies : DEVALUED
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Increased, as debts : ACCRUED
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William Sydney Porter's pen name : OHENRY
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Super ___ (Sega Genesis rival) : NES
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British fellow : BLOKE
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Quaker ___ : OATS
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Pre-ayatollah leader : SHAH
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Capital NNW of Copenhagen : OSLO
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Look up and down : OGLE
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Pinch : NAB
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Egg: Prefix : OVO
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Something kept close to the chest? : BRA
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Kvetchers' cries : OYS