12 December 2008 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 12 December 2008

1
L
2
O
3
T
4
H
5
A
6
R
7
R
8
O
9
A
10
N
11
S
12
E
13
T
14
E
N
R
A
G
E
15
U
N
T
O
16
C
M
A
17
T
E
A
B
A
G
18
B
A
T
T
19
E
R
U
P
20
O
H
M
21
M
I
22
S
S
B
Y
A
M
I
L
E
23
F
A
C
24
E
S
P
R
E
S
S
O
B
A
R
25
F
L
A
26
T
27
T
O
A
T
28
T
E
T
E
29
F
R
A
30
T
R
O
W
31
P
32
A
I
R
E
D
33
X
I
A
N
34
C
A
L
C
35
D
36
I
37
P
P
E
R
38
I
R
S
F
O
39
R
40
M
41
A
G
U
A
42
E
M
I
T
43
N
E
A
44
T
45
L
U
C
Y
46
V
47
A
N
P
E
L
48
T
49
A
D
O
50
L
A
K
E
O
N
T
A
R
I
O
51
C
O
Q
52
I
N
E
R
T
G
A
S
53
V
I
54
S
H
N
U
55
E
A
R
56
E
L
I
S
57
E
L
A
I
N
E
58
S
S
S
59
D
E
L
E
60
S
E
E
N
A
S

Hints & Clues

Across
1
Mandrake the Magician's sidekick : LOTHAR
7
Sheepskin leather for bookbinding : ROAN
11
Unwavering : SET
14
Get quite hot : ENRAGE
15
Billy Graham's "___ the Hills" : UNTO
16
Org. with an annual televised awards ceremony : CMA
17
Thing on a string : TEABAG
18
Call after which someone fills a box : BATTERUP
20
Unit in a physics textbook : OHM
21
Be way off : MISSBYAMILE
23
Sch. staff : FAC
24
Its employees get a lot of perks : ESPRESSOBAR
25
Unchanged : FLAT
27
Flawlessly : TOAT
28
Where le nez is : TETE
29
Where rushing strategies are often discussed : FRATROW
31
Like three-legged race contestants : PAIRED
33
Capital of Shaanxi province : XIAN
34
Course that has its limits, briefly : CALC
35
One may be in a stew : DIPPER
38
26-Down's schedule : IRSFORM
41
About three-fourths of la Tierra : AGUA
42
Release : EMIT
43
Well-executed : NEAT
45
Fictional manager of a "psychiatric help" booth : LUCYVANPELT
49
Stink : ADO
50
Setting of Main Duck Island : LAKEONTARIO
51
It may come in vin : COQ
52
Noble thing : INERTGAS
53
God commonly depicted with four arms : VISHNU
55
Pitching asset? : EAR
56
Home of the ancient Olympics : ELIS
57
Half-sister of King Arthur : ELAINE
58
Org. in which one's number may be up : SSS
59
Drop : DELE
60
Held to be : SEENAS
Down
1
Release : LETOFF
2
Fair share, maybe : ONEHALF
3
Rock roller? : TRAMCAR
4
Bell Centre team member, familiarly : HAB
5
NPR's "Only ___" : AGAME
6
Record collector? : REGISTRAR
7
Chafes : RUBSRAW
8
How money is often lost : ONABET
9
Some advisers: Abbr. : ATTYS
10
Less : NOTAS
11
Carpenter's scoring tool : SCRIBER
12
Use as a model : EMULATE
13
Getting to the point? : TAPERED
19
Face sideways? : EMOTICON
22
Piece of silver : SPOON
26
38-Across completer : TAXPAYER
30
Yoke : TIE
31
Pre-reincarnation periods : PASTLIVES
32
1980s sitcom title role : ALF
34
Quaint news source : CRIER
35
Lollygags : DALLIES
36
Desert denizens : IGUANAS
37
Irregular folds : PUCKERS
38
You can't escape from it : IMPASSE
39
Try to get something from a grab bag, say : REACHIN
40
One who's often with child? : MADONNA
42
Call for : ENTAIL
44
Kitchen headgear : TOQUES
46
Picked a ticket : VOTED
47
Point of view : ANGLE
48
Cotton variety : TOILE
54
Reply facilitator: Abbr. : SAE