12 December 2009 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 12 December 2009

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Hints & Clues

Across
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Stuff in a meat can : ASPIC
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Cherished, in Cremona : CARA
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Picks up : NABS
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Moniker for fictional baseballer Roy Hobbs : THENATURAL
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Tip end: Prefix : ACRO
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Minor employment need? : WORKPERMIT
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Disturbance : STIR
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Plaster worker : TROWEL
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Opposite : FLIPSIDE
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Darkness personified : EREBUS
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Hangover locales? : EAVES
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General Motors acquisition of 1929 : OPEL
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17th-century painter of "Lady With a Fan" : VELAZQUEZ
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A scuttle might scoop from it : COALBIN
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St. Anthony's cross, e.g. : TAU
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Turn down : DIP
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Jettisons : TOSSES
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Linking verb : COPULA
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Roguish : SLY
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Apollo part : LEM
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Literally, "little towns" : SHTETLS
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Daily bread supplier? : STEADYJOB
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Scandinavian area rugs : RYAS
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Third time, say : CHARM
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Alternative to culottes : CAPRIS
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'84 Super Bowl celebrant : LARAIDER
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Some are humble : ABODES
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Sch. yearbook section : ORGS
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Historical transition point : ENDOFANERA
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Rapper ___-Lo : SKEE
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Data center workhorses : MAINFRAMES
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Abbr. after an institution's name : ESTD
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Propelled : SENT
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Apply carelessly : SLOSH
Down
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Bit of elementary knowledge?: Abbr. : ATWT
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Old Manhattan restaurateur : SHOR
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Spanish "but" : PERO
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Quaint stationery store stock : INKWELLS
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Rémoulade bit : CAPER
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Meanie : CUR
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Big baby, maybe : ARMFUL
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Really reproaches : RAILSAT
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Some voices : ALTI
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Historic base for pirates of the Caribbean : NASSAU
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Reserves are not on it : ACTIVEDUTY
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Hard-to-please wedding participant : BRIDEZILLA
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They often get dressed : SORES
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Shown : TELEVISED
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Early Connecticut tribe : PEQUOT
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"The Waltons" son : BEN
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Fourth qtr. starters : OCTS
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Some hustlers : POOLSHARKS
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Soft touch : EASYTARGET
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"Scrubs" Emmy nominee : ZACHBRAFF
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Guy de Maupassant novel : BELAMI
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Turn down, with "on" : PASS
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Like some decisions and demons : PERSONAL
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Agamemnon's domain : MYCENAE
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Bread, at times : SOP
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Now blank : ERASED
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Paris's ___ des Plantes : JARDIN
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Wind up : CLOSE
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Bridge supports : IBARS
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House party, briefly : DEMS
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It's usually not for sale : DEMO
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You are, in Yucatán : ERES
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Scout uniform part : SASH
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The Albany is its longest river: Abbr. : ONT