12 December 2012 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 12 December 2012

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

Across
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Prefix with distant : EQUI
5
Ticks off : STEAMS
11
Good deal : LOT
14
Be in a pet : SULK
15
Meriadoc the Magnificent, for one : HOBBIT
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Gardner of Hollywood : AVA
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Star of 11-/40-Down : PETEROTOOLE
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Ski application : WAX
20
"___ Lips Are Sealed" (1981 Go-Go's hit) : OUR
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Last of a loaf : HEEL
22
It helps hold glasses : EAR
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Serta rival : SEALY
26
Director of 11-/40-Down : DAVIDLEAN
31
Take on : ASSUME
33
Armand of "Private Benjamin" : ASSANTE
34
Niña, Pinta and Santa Maria : VESSELS
37
Surgery souvenir : SCAR
38
Pavement caution : SLO
41
Gather, with difficulty : SCAREUP
43
Last bit : END
44
LP player : HIFI
46
"The Hunger Games" participants : HUNTERS
48
Adolescents' support group : ALATEEN
50
It might be off the wall : DOUBLE
54
Setting of 11-/40-Down : WORLDWARI
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Woody Allen title character : ZELIG
58
Louisville's Muhammad ___ Center : ALI
59
Sicilian city : ENNA
61
Place to play the ponies, for short : OTB
62
"The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away" speaker : JOB
64
Award for 11-/40-Down : BESTPICTURE
68
"32 Flavors" singer DiFranco : ANI
69
Alter, in a way : LETOUT
70
Kind of fee : USER
71
___ culpa : MEA
72
Explodes : ERUPTS
73
Sample : TEST
Down
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Mexican partner : ESPOSA
2
Tech support may have long ones : QUEUES
3
Extremists : ULTRAS
4
Presidential nickname : IKE
5
It has a silent tongue : SHOE
6
Carried : TOTED
7
African virus : EBOLA
8
Blood-typing system : ABO
9
Bucks, on a scoreboard : MIL
10
Mounts : STEEDS
11
With 40-Down, film that opened on 12/16/1962 : LAWRENCE
12
Lab eggs : OVA
13
Overburden : TAX
18
Near and dear, say : RHYMES
23
Pitiful interjection : ALAS
25
Candy heart word : LUV
27
Garage employee : VALET
28
Dispensed : ISSUED
29
___ all-time high : ATAN
30
Square figure : NERD
32
Spurn : ESCHEW
35
Hot spot : SAUNA
36
Sea eagle : ERN
38
Creator of Eliza Doolittle : SHAW
39
"___ & Stitch" (Disney film) : LILO
40
See 11-Down : OFARABIA
42
Antidepressant brand : PROZAC
45
"___ be O.K." : ITLL
47
Drag into court : SUE
49
Like some mushrooms : EDIBLE
51
It has buttons on the left : BLOUSE
52
Petrol measures : LITRES
53
Ninth-century Anglo-Saxon king : EGBERT
55
Apply another layer of asphalt to : RETOP
56
Suggestions : INPUT
60
Small complaints : NITS
62
Flashy two-point basket : JAM
63
Derivative with respect to "x" in f(x) = x + 10 : ONE
65
"Lo, How a Rose ___ Blooming" (old hymn) : EER
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Grimson of the N.H.L. : STU
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Boy king of antiquity : TUT