1 December 2002 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 1 December 2002

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Hints & Clues

Across
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Belittle, as yo' mama : DIS
4
One who might slip one past you : ACER
8
Crane : HOIST
13
See 123-Across : VENUS
18
Guess: Abbr. : EST
19
Without equal : ALONE
20
Big fan of Dr. Phil : OPRAH
21
"Maria ___" (1963 hit) : ELENA
22
Nest-egg builder, for short : IRA
23
Guinness orders : PINTS
24
View from Geneva : RHONE
25
Do tune-up work : REOIL
26
Clue for 29-Across : GARMENTOPENINGS
29
Step 7 of the journey : VENTS
30
One using crystals medically, say : NEWAGER
31
Settled : OVER
32
Vacation souvenir : TEE
34
Vacation locale, with "the" : SEA
35
Bohemian, e.g. : SLAV
36
Didn't rent : OWNED
38
Remedies : HEALS
40
Like some muscles : RIPPLED
43
Step 6 of the journey : CENTS
44
Semi conductor? : CBER
48
Fight down 'n' dirty : RASSLE
50
Calendar abbr. : SEP
52
Lurk : HIDE
53
Mince words? : PARSE
54
Thesaurus abbr. : ADV
55
Chemical suffix : ENE
57
Carvey and Delany : DANAS
59
They have strings attached : SPINETS
61
Soft & ___ (Gillette product) : DRI
62
Brief phrase : INRE
64
Step 5 of the journey : CERTS
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Remove viscid material from : UNTAR
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Canvas cover : OILPAINT
69
Chiang ___-shek : KAI
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Workplace watchdog's concern : ASBESTOS
73
Get past : ELUDE
74
Step 4 of the journey : CARTS
76
Tracks : DOGS
77
Mtn. statistic : HGT
78
Lab assignment, maybe : DNATEST
80
Actress Watts : NAOMI
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Butterfingers : OAF
83
___ culpa : MEA
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Condos, e.g. : UNITS
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One may be square : ROOT
87
"Wheel of Fortune" request : ANI
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Emotional : MOVING
91
Suspect's byword : DENY
92
Step 3 of the journey : DARTS
93
Set about : ENTERON
95
Octave, e.g. : RANGE
96
"The Temptation of St. Anthony" artist : BOSCH
98
"___ job" : ITSA
101
Medical suffix : OMA
104
Rhineland spa : EMS
105
Cat calls : MEWS
106
Passenger vehicle on tracks : RAILBUS
109
Step 2 of the journey : DARTH
111
Clue for 74-Across : VEHICLESONFARMS
115
E. M. Forster subject : INDIA
116
Smart one : ALECK
117
Red-spotted creatures : NEWTS
118
Got into a stew? : ATE
119
Three-time 1950's N.F.L. champs : LIONS
120
Olds model : ALERO
121
W.W. II conference site : CAIRO
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Web site address ending : NET
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Start of a journey ending at 13-Across (changing one letter at a time) : EARTH
124
Inveigled : LEDON
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Valle del Bove locale : ETNA
126
Surg. gen. and others : DRS
Down
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Thinks fit : DEIGNS
2
Where Mount Tabor is : ISRAEL
3
Clue for 109-Across : STARWARSVILLAIN
4
Dress design : ALINE
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Jurisdiction : CONTROL
6
Within: Prefix : ENTO
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Got back (to) : RESPONDED
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With 97-Down, bird of prey : HORNED
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Biblical land of wealth : OPHIR
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Steam ___ : IRON
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Named names : SANG
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America, familiarly : THESTATES
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Panaches : VERVES
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Robt. ___ : ELEE
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Some signs : NEONS
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Gang up : UNITE
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Mouth burner, maybe : SALSA
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Take down ___ : APEG
27
Song thrush : MAVIS
28
Start of something big : EVE
33
2002 British Open champ : ELS
37
Bentley of "American Beauty" : WES
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Bank job : HEIST
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Upshot : END
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Seven nymphs of Greek myth : PLEIADES
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Clue for 43-Across : PENNIES
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Charm and more : CHARISMA
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Isn't level : CANTS
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Clue for 64-Across : BREATHMINTBRAND
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Ovary secretion : ESTROGEN
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Matter in court : RES
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"Hair" co-writer James : RADO
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National Book Award-winning poet ___ Rich : ADRIENNE
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Hoarders : PACKRATS
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Wishes, sufferingly : PINESFOR
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Directional suffix : ERN
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Swell : NEATO
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Clue for 92-Across : PUBGAME
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List ender : ETC
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Sorry : SAD
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It may fit the mold : PUTTY
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___ Canals : SOO
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Kind of beetle : STAG
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Make ___ of (record) : ANOTE
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Washout : DUD
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Historic region divided in 1994 : TRANSVAAL
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Basically : INESSENCE
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Web site address ending : ORG
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Part of some co. names : INC
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Doer's cry : VOILA
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Obstruction : DAM
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Add at the last minute : THROWIN
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Unoriginal work : REHASH
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Tempt : BECKON
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See 8-Down : OWL
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Fort in 1861 news : SUMTER
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Bonds and others : ASSETS
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"Swan Lake" role : ODILE
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Wildness : MANIA
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Fervency : ARDOR
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Smaller than small : MICRO
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Bony cavities, anatomically : ANTRA
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In case it's true : IFSO
110
Windshield option : TINT
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"Legally Blonde" girl : ELLE
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Attention : HEED
114
Headquarters : SEAT