14 December 2008 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 14 December 2008

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

Across
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Small amount of power : WATT
5
Where opposite sides meet : DEBATE
11
Fireplace tool : TONGS
16
Be bold enough : DARE
20
Eponym of a North Carolina "-ville" : ASHE
21
Skeptical response : DREAMON
22
Use TurboTax, perhaps : EFILE
23
Particular : ITEM
24
Mother of Cronus : GAEA
25
Like Rudner's audiences after a good joke? : ROLLINGINTHEAISLES
28
"Stormy" seabird : PETREL
30
Zool. or ecol. : SCI
31
Drama that uses masks : NOH
32
Supremely macho : ALLMAN
33
Treat for Damone? : VANILLAICECREAM
37
Northern star? : SANTA
39
Drool catchers : BIBS
40
Volkswagen coupe convertible : EOS
41
Runners may round them : BASES
42
Like fries, typically : SALTED
43
Sunlit ledge : SILL
44
Google search result : URL
45
Delhi-to-Madras dir. : SSE
47
Author Dinesen : ISAK
49
Exist : ARE
50
Attack vigorously : WADEIN
52
Where Paul stays when performing in New York? : LOWEREASTSIDE
58
Carol ending? : INE
59
Hindu honorific : SRI
61
Once known as : NEE
62
"Heroes" actress Larter : ALI
63
It's said for stress : IREPEAT
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Chewed out : SCATHED
69
Comes in dramatically, like West? : MAKESANENTRANCE
72
Baghdad's ___ City : SADR
73
More furtive : SLIER
75
Threshold : VERGE
76
Needing air freshener : MUSTY
77
Better-suited : APTER
79
Funny frame : CEL
80
Largest U.S. movie theater chain : REGAL
83
"___ Millions" (Eugene O'Neill play) : MARCO
86
The rite place? : ALTAR
89
Black, in a way : SOOTY
91
"The Neverending Story" author : ENDE
95
McAn's favorite novel? : THEHOUSEOFMIRTH
99
Astronomical collision results : CRATERS
101
Tyrrhenian Sea port : SALERNO
102
Dict. tag on "tzar" : VAR
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It may be radical : ION
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Duped : HAD
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Op. ___ : CIT
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Odds of Alda winning an Oscar? : ASLIKELYASNOT
110
Take on : TACKLE
112
Piece of software, for short : APP
115
Patron saint of goldsmiths : ELOI
116
Sign of a champ : VEE
117
Unwrap, in verse : OPE
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Sound : HALE
120
Knave : VARLET
123
___ a customer : ONETO
126
Gilbert and Sullivan princess : IDA
127
Tinnitus causes : DINS
128
Kiss on the cheek, perhaps : GREET
129
Putting in a row, like Sampras's rackets? : PLACINGENDTOEND
133
More affordable : ONSALE
135
Conductance unit : MHO
136
Suffix with fail : URE
137
Person of learning : SAVANT
139
Court case where Ripken is one of many plaintiffs? : CLASSACTIONLAWSUIT
143
Trickle : SEEP
145
___ tape : DEMO
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Don't fold or call : RAISE
147
Banishes to Elba, e.g. : ENISLES
148
Light brown : ECRU
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Spotted : SEEN
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Nautical measure : KNOTS
151
Recipients : DONEES
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Having similar genetics : AKIN
Down
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Boxer's approval : WAG
2
"Quickly," quickly : ASAP
3
Horror film enjoyed by Turner? : THEEVILDEAD
4
It holds a service : TEATABLE
5
More whimsical : DROLLER
6
Fish with toxic blood : EEL
7
Trees with soft wood : BALSAS
8
___ curiae (friends of the court) : AMICI
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Mixer : TONIC
10
Official lang. of Mauritius : ENG
11
Roy Orbison and Marvin Gaye, e.g. : TENORS
12
Musical that inspired Redding? : OFTHEEISING
13
Agcy. with the Office of Disease Prevention : NIH
14
Scintillate : GLEAM
15
It's on the back of the $1 bill : SEAL
16
Bleak : DISMAL
17
Home of the world's largest aquarium : ATLANTA
18
What a stamped hand may allow you to do : REENTER
19
Typography units : EMS
21
Cologne trio : DREI
26
Viracocha worshiper : INCA
27
Rick's love, in film : ILSA
29
Bedside workers, often: Abbr. : RNS
34
Relax : LOLL
35
Hairstylist José : EBER
36
P.D.A. part: Abbr. : ASST
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Humorist George : ADE
39
Woman in "Othello" : BIANCA
42
Sidestep : SKIRT
43
Cheese with eyes : SWISS
44
Turmoil : UNREST
45
Say "#@%!" : SWEAR
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Try to unearth : SEEK
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Spelling clarification : ASIN
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-like, alternatively : ISH
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"Take a Chance ___" (Abba song) : ONME
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Tripod, sometimes : EASEL
55
Banned chemical : ALAR
56
Skin layer : DERMA
57
Shoulder frill : EPAULET
60
Going nowhere : IDLE
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Half 19-Down : ENS
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Fill in (for) : ACT
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"The Daughter of Time" author : TEY
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Choking spot : TRACHEA
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"... if ___ saw one!" : EVERI
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Tulip chair designer Saarinen : EERO
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"Dies ___" : IRAE
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Standard partner : POORS
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Accord rival : CAMRY
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Clearly impress : ETCH
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Take turns? : GYRATE
83
Parts of a range: Abbr. : MTS
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"The light has dawned!" : AHA
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Seminary subj. : REL
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Flower typically given to Neeson? : LOVEINAMIST
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Brand of nonstick cookware : TFAL
89
"W." director : STONE
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"This can't be!" : OHNO
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How Goldin and her rivals finish in photography competitions? : NECKANDNECK
93
Boring things : DRILLS
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Cosmetics magnate Lauder : ESTEE
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Available, in a way : UNLET
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Dirty : SOIL
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Levitate : RISE
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Mathematician Lovelace : ADA
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The Gang's leader : KOOL
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___ lady : AVON
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Sarah Palin's husband : TODD
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Taiwan's setting : CHINASEA
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Mean: Abbr. : AVG
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One just out : PAROLEE
114
Georgia or Virginia, e.g. : PRENAME
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Dupes : PATSIES
121
Teacher's teaching : LESSON
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Airport monitor info, for short : ETAS
124
Comes back the same : ECHOES
125
Common noun ending : TION
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Really existing : INESSE
127
Part of R&D: Abbr. : DEV
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State tree of Texas : PECAN
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Organic fertilizer : GUANO
131
Physicist Schrödinger : ERWIN
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Trotter fodder : OATS
134
Brownish songbird : LARK
138
Actress Polo : TERI
139
Contents of jewel cases : CDS
140
Uncle, in Uruguay : TIO
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Played a heart, say : LED
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Little: Suffix : ULE
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86-Across, e.g. : PUN