12 December 1996 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 12 December 1996

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Hints & Clues

Across
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Recording session need : BLANKTAPE
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Direct : POINTBLANK
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Task : ERRAND
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Feminist Smeal and others : ELEANORS
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U.P.S. customer : SENDER
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Classical language : SANSKRIT
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Got ready to drive, with "up" : TEED
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Dress up : ADORN
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Boy preceder : ATTA
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Rob of "About Last Night..." : LOWE
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Flemish composer ___ Pres : DES
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Part of H.M.S. : HER
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Engrossed : IMMERSED
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Idolize : REVERE
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Vitamin stat. : RDA
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Ricochet : CAROM
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Publicize : AIR
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Shows curiosity : ASKS
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Gosh-darn : BLANKETYBLANK
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Freshly : ANEW
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General-turned-politician : IKE
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Passover feast : SEDER
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"Die Meistersinger" heroine : EVA
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"___ Tune" (50's TV theme song) : ERNIES
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Redirected : DETOURED
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Reprint necessity: Abbr. : NEG
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Apollo vehicle, for short : LEM
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Lots : ATON
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Ergo : THUS
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Copy : REPRO
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Heart and soul : MEAT
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Brush up again : REPOLISH
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Stop, as a flow : STANCH
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Partner for "so near" : YETSOFAR
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Inveigle : SEDUCE
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Strangers may get them : BLANKLOOKS
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Skipped, as in printing : LEFTBLANK
Down
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Most vague : BLANKEST
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Trap : TREE
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English composer Thomas : ARNE
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Row : PADDLE
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From S.F. to Wyo. : ENE
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Thomas Jefferson's Declaration role : PENNER
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Alliance headquartered in D.C. : OAS
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Durante's "___ Dinka Doo" : INKA
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Yankee : NORTHERNER
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More banal : TRITER
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Uncomprehending response : BLANKSTARE
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Fails to remember : DRAWSABLANK
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"Que es ___?" : ESO
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Old kitchen supply : LARD
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Some combines : DEERES
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Fabled monster : ORC
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Richard Henry Dana subject : SEA
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Author Levin : IRA
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Hosp. workers : MDS
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Recompensing : MAKINGUPTO
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Lovingly cared for, with "on" : DOTED
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By way of : VIA
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Intimate term of address : MYDEAR
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Schuss : SKI
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Beach party game : BLANKETTOSS
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Christmas ___ : EVE
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Walletful : WAD
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Sushi order : EEL
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Down Under critter, informally : ROO
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Contestant's application : ENTRYBLANK
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Cobble again : REHEEL
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Font embellishments : SERIFS
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Neglected, as beds : UNMADE
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Southwestern desert feature : MESA
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Mediocre : SOSO
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Sentence part: Abbr. : PHR
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Plenty: Var. : ENUF
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___ exec. : ACCT
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Something to fill in : THEBLANK
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___ Sabha (Indian legislature) : LOK
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Addr. book entry : TEL