14 December 2018 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 14 December 2018

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

Across
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Commercial line : SLOGAN
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Hit 1980 musical with the song "Join the Circus" : BARNUM
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Accessory for Minnie Mouse : HAIRBOW
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Handle a chopper, say : AVIATE
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Many a Falcons or Hawks fan : ATLANTAN
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"Huddled" group in an inscription on the Statue of Liberty : MASSES
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"O.K., I get it!" : YESYES
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Jags : TEARS
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Org. with many operations : CIA
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Part of a cable network? : GONDOLA
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"The Great Ziegfeld" co-star, 1936 : LOY
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Santa ___ Derby : ANITA
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Struggles : EFFORTS
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Sail extender : SPRIT
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Thick cut : SLAB
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Station predictions, for short : ETAS
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Gathering where burping is encouraged : TUPPERWAREPARTY
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"You're killing me!" : STOP
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Countless centuries : EONS
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Like cinnamon trees : ASIAN
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Family name of classic TV : RICARDO
45
Dupe : REPRO
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Bar fixture : SOT
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Slower than vivace : ALLEGRO
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Caesar born in 1922 : SID
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Resident of a halfway house : EXCON
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"Star Wars" figures : DROIDS
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Ones with big shoes to fill : CLOWNS
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Measure of people skills : SOCIALIQ
61
Straightened (up) : TIDIED
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Napoleon, for one : DESSERT
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Exceeds the limit : SPEEDS
64
Outback offerings : STEAKS
Down
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Nonsense song syllable : SHA
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GPS fig. : LAT
3
Word with baron or basin : OIL
4
Neutral hue : GRAY
5
Renounce : ABNEGATE
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"Au contraire!" : NOTSO
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Comic book sound effect : BAM
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Gamer's likeness : AVATAR
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Uptick : RISE
10
Things used on bridges to ease congestion : NASALSTRIPS
11
In ___ (gestating) : UTERO
12
Difficult to sort out : MESSY
14
1992 comedy based on a long-running "S.N.L." sketch : WAYNESWORLD
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"Hi-diddly-ho!" speaker on TV : NEDFLANDERS
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"No issues yet" : SOFARSOGOOD
22
Play groups : CASTS
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Two cents' worth : INPUT
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JFK, for one : AIRPORTCODE
26
Place for a stud : LOBE
29
Hedren of Hitchcock's "The Birds" : TIPPI
31
Ride : TEASE
35
Creator of the game Centipede : ATARI
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Church conclave : SYNOD
38
Veritable : REAL
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Writer of satirical works : PARODIST
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Let go : CANNED
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Certain branches : SECTS
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Wildflower of the primrose family : OXLIP
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Reduces to small bits : RICES
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Scrape, to a tot : OWIE
54
Ed.'s convenience : SASE
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Campus activist org. revived in 2006 : SDS
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Verdant setting : LEA
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Nettle : IRK
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Parts of pecks: Abbr. : QTS