14 December 2017 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 14 December 2017

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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Fall apart in competition : TANK
5
Discards : SHEDS
10
Calculating sorts, in brief : CPAS
14
Slews : ATON
15
Many-time film co-star of Shatner and Nimoy : TAKEI
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2,800-mile river to the Laptev Sea : LENA
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Hand on a hacienda : MANO
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Chosen few : ELECT
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Given to pretension : ARTY
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Got plenty of healthful food : ATEWELL
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Some wind blowers : OBOISTS
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Model company? : LIONEL
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Store with magazines : ARMORY
26
Tiny fey sort : ELF
27
Involuntary test subjects : LABMICE
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Refusal in Inverness : NAE
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Ocular affliction : STYE
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Hero architect in "The Fountainhead" : ROARK
35
Ones easily taken : SAPS
36
Bad candidate for gymnastics : OAF
38
In history : AGO
39
It had more than 10 million subscribers in the 1990s : AOL
40
Knotty growth : BURL
41
Anniversary gift between pottery and steel : TIN
42
___ Tzu (dog) : SHIH
44
Get comfy on a sofa or bed, say : CURLUP
46
Like some avant-garde music : ATONAL
48
It's well-rounded : ORB
49
Image in the night sky over Gotham : BAT
51
___ Balls (snack items) : SNO
52
Second City train inits. : CTA
53
Very basic things : LYES
55
Wrapped up in court? : ROBED
57
Pretended : MOCK
58
Part of a flight : STEP
59
Grace's last name on "Will & Grace" : ADLER
60
Comment section disclaimer : IMHO
61
Quite : OHSO
62
Coffeehouse selection : LATTE
63
Gather : MEET
64
Swamp dweller : NEWT
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Antiseptic brand since 1889 : LYSOL
66
Diminutive Italian suffix : ETTA
Down
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"Hot" things : TAMALES
2
Slanted : ATATILT
3
"Butt out!" : NONEOFYOURBEESWAX
4
Not anonymous : KNOWN
5
With 45-Down, effect used by astronomers to measure distance : STELLAR
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Room in Clue : HALL
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Barely make (out) : EKE
8
Contemporary of Modernism : DECO
9
With 46-Down, chill out : SITBACK
10
Insured's filing : CLAIM
11
Everyone's duty? : PERSONALINCOMETAX
12
Defense against infestation : ANTTRAP
13
Agrees : SAYSYES
21
Potential dragon roll ingredient : EEL
23
Extraction target : ORE
28
You may follow in its wake : BOAT
29
Stable figures? : MAGI
30
Unyielding : IRON
33
17th ___ of Oxford, author of Shakespeare's plays, by some accounts : EARL
35
London area next to Mayfair : SOHO
37
Goof : FLUB
39
Regarding : ASTO
40
With 43-Down, make peace ... or what you must do to complete this puzzle? : BURYTHE
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See 40-Down : HATCHET
44
Chuck who was part of the Watergate Seven : COLSON
45
See 5-Down : PARALLAX
46
See 9-Down : ANDRELAX
47
Great Plains tribe : LAKOTA
50
Order in a rush order : TODAY
51
Take care of : SEETO
54
Tricky situation : SPOT
56
Nonkosher deli orders : BLTS
57
Act out : MIME