12 December 2018 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 12 December 2018

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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Baja resort : CABO
5
Prefix with cycle or sphere : HEMI
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Choice words : ANDOR
14
Informed about : UPON
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Big publisher of romance novels : AVON
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Tour leader : GUIDE
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Debate venues : FORA
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Nickname of an Israeli leader : BIBI
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What Fortune magazine called "America's most innovative company" for six consecutive years : ENRON
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With 58-Across, iconic frontman of 39-Across : FREDDIE
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25-Down, notably : CONCERT
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___ of Hormuz : STRAIT
25
Words in an old French cheer : LEROI
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Manhattan Project physicist Bruno ___ : ROSSI
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Many a decal : IRONON
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Home run, in slang : TATER
35
June Cleaver or Marge Simpson : TVMOM
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Bedazzle : AWE
38
1977 album with a palindromic title : AJA
39
British rock band that gave an iconic performance at 25-Down : QUEEN
40
Subject of a spot check? : ZIT
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Easygoing, and then some : LAX
42
Darfur's locale : SUDAN
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Exclaims : CRIES
45
Sevastopol's locale : CRIMEA
47
Something to debate : ISSUE
49
Softened : EASED
51
Service, maybe : TEASET
55
25-Down, notably : BENEFIT
58
See 20-Across : MERCURY
59
White mushroom : ENOKI
60
River in W.W. I fighting : YSER
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Sting, e.g. : TRAP
63
April Fools' Day birth, e.g. : ARIES
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Make silent : MUTE
65
"Where ___?" : ELSE
66
One of three biblical gifts : MYRRH
67
Part of a dog breed's name : APSO
68
Went platinum? : DYED
Down
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Police officer's equipment : CUFFS
2
Left on a ship : APORT
3
Hole maker : BORER
4
How you might go zip-lining : ONADARE
5
Things that are kicked : HABITS
6
Wilcox daughter in "Howards End" : EVIE
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Flash ___ : MOB
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How fish on a fishing boat are stored : INICE
9
Benchmark figure given how old a person is : AGENORM
10
Vatican diplomat : NUNCIO
11
Urgent : DIRE
12
Fragrance : ODOR
13
Hit musical set in 1990s New York : RENT
21
Designer who said "My dream is to save women from nature" : DIOR
23
Hunter in the heavens : ORION
25
1985 fund-raising event watched by 1.5+ billion people : LIVEAID
27
Tuxedo shirt attachment : STUD
29
"Life Is Beautiful" extra : NAZI
30
Baby's boo-boo : OWIE
31
Clears : NETS
32
Rash decision? : TALC
33
Cracked a little : AJAR
34
Lyft alternative : TAXI
36
Kind of store or chorus : MENS
39
Somewhat : QUASI
42
Haddock or hake : SEAFISH
43
One who might work in the wings of a theater : CUER
44
Flinched or blinked : REACTED
46
Not as assertive : MEEKER
48
Two-channel : STEREO
50
Root words : ETYMA
52
Bad-tempered and unfriendly : SURLY
53
Leave no trace of : ERASE
54
Entered (in) : TYPED
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Radiant smile : BEAM
56
Professor Higgins, to Eliza : ENRY
57
"Strangers on a Train" film genre : NOIR
58
2015 World Series team : METS
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Bro hello : SUP