12 December 2014 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 12 December 2014

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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Person at the top of the order : ABBESS
7
Excited : AMPEDUP
14
Fan's output : COOLAIR
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Brand behind the mouthwash Plax : COLGATE
17
Tex-Mex item : TOSTADA
18
Robert Goulet, e.g. : CROONER
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Annual event held in the Theresienwiese : OKTOBERFEST
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Certain tube filler : NEON
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Slangy goodbye : KEEPITREAL
27
Relative of a harrier : ERN
28
All hits all the time? : FIGHT
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Reply on the radio : WILCO
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Person with important clerical duties : VICAR
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Tuber grown south of the border : JICAMA
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Tomfoolery : HIJINKS
35
Ones trying to prevent stealing : BASEMEN
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Stud muffin : ADONIS
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Certain branches : SECTS
38
The tropics and others : ZONES
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Uses maximally : MILKS
40
Ceiling : CAP
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Influential figure in upward mobility? : ELISHAOTIS
45
___ Ball (event at Hogwarts during the Triwizard Tournament) : YULE
46
Their best-selling (23x platinum) album had no title : LEDZEPPELIN
48
Series of drug-related offenses? : THEWIRE
52
Politico who wrote "The Truth (With Jokes)" : FRANKEN
53
Skin cream ingredient : RETINOL
54
Square snack : SALTINE
55
Licensing requirement, maybe : EYETEST
56
Wee : TEENSY
Down
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Start to play? : ACTONE
2
Talk show V.I.P. : BOOKER
3
Common ground? : BOSTON
4
John in a studio : ELTON
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9-5, e.g. : SAAB
6
Talk show V.I.P.'s : SIDEKICKS
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Put up with : ACCEPT
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Mohamed ___, Egyptian president removed from power in July 2013 : MORSI
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Thickening agents? : PLOTTWISTS
10
Psych 101 subject : EGO
11
Judo ranking : DAN
12
Trojan competitor : UTE
13
So says : PER
15
21-Across, e.g. : RAREGAS
20
N.H.L. players' representative Donald : FEHR
23
Reduces to bits : RICES
24
Land east of Babylonia : ELAM
25
Fictional corporation that made a jet-propelled unicycle : ACME
26
It has points of interest : LOAN
28
This is the end : FINISHLINE
30
Tree huggers? : VINES
31
Half a nursery rhyme couple : JACKSPRAT
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Run through the gantlet, say : HAZE
33
Pop ___ : IDOL
34
Iowa politico Ernst : JONI
35
Credo : BELIEFS
37
___ bath : SITZ
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Car modified for flying in "The Absent-Minded Professor" : MODELT
40
"Home Alone" star, 1990 : CULKIN
41
Time Lords on "Doctor Who," e.g. : ALIENS
42
Big name in retail : PENNEY
44
Planes, quaintly : AEROS
45
Broadway character who sings "The Rumor" : YENTE
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Not that bright : PALE
48
Number of weeks in il Giro d'Italia : TRE
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"Stop right there!" : HEY
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When le Tour de France is held : ETE
51
Romeo's was "a most sharp sauce" : WIT