15 December 1996 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 15 December 1996

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Hints & Clues

Across
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Hosp. areas : ERS
4
Orbital extreme : APSIS
9
Fed : GMAN
13
Mea ___ : CULPA
18
"I reckon not" : NAH
19
___ Affair (Civil War imbroglio) : TRENT
20
Michener title : TEXAS
22
1995 N.B.A. scoring leader : ONEAL
23
Business firm, in France: Abbr. : CIE
24
Page 2, usually : VERSO
25
Ratify : ADOPT
26
Software buyers : USERS
27
Wing it : ADLIB
29
Relief pitchers : FIREMEN
31
Hardy grass : ESPARTO
33
Measuring system : METRIC
35
Popular sporting fish : SEABASS
37
Gen. Pershing's command: Abbr. : AEF
38
Spread the word? : PREACH
39
Tarlatan skirt : TUTU
40
Masks : CONCEALS
45
Georgia, once: Abbr. : SSR
46
Day, to Dayan : YOM
48
Campaign pro : POL
49
Sample : SIP
50
Divvy up : ALLOT
51
"Behold," to Boethius : ECCE
52
Harper's Weekly cartoonist : NAST
54
Singer Harris : EMMYLOU
56
The tiniest bit : ATALL
59
Slugger's stat : RBI
62
Opposite of paleo- : NEO
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Def Jam records genre : RAP
64
Traffic jam : FIREENGINECARRACERRIG
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Traffic jam : TRAMROADSTERMOTORHOME
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Traffic jam : SEMIVANAUTOSEDANMOPED
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Fleur-de-___ : LIS
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Author Stanislaw : LEM
76
Young socialite : DEB
77
"The Flowering Peach" playwright : ODETS
78
He wore a top hat in "Top Hat" : ASTAIRE
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First word of "Send in the Clowns" : ISNT
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Overdue : LATE
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Earthshaking event : SEISM
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White House inits. : RMN
89
Sports governing body: Abbr. : IOC
91
Author of "The Island of the Day Before" : ECO
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Vacation spot : SPA
95
Even more distressing : ANDWORSE
97
Optimist, of sorts : BULL
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Neptune moon : TRITON
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The dovekie is one : AUK
102
Film heptad : SAMURAI
105
Plan out : SCRIPT
106
TV dinner name : SWANSON
110
"Semiramide" composer : ROSSINI
112
"Fiddler on the Roof" role : YENTA
113
Day of la semaine : MARDI
114
Like some traffic barriers : CONIC
116
Battlefield V.I.P. : MEDIC
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Sticky stuff : TAR
119
Club publication : ORGAN
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Paris cultural center : OPERA
121
Be behind : TRAIL
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Poetic preposition : ERE
123
Troll's cousin : GNOME
124
Flagstone, e.g. : SLAB
125
Davis of "Get On the Bus" : OSSIE
126
Wino's woe : DTS
Down
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Prepares to spend the night : ENCAMPS
2
Al Davis's men : RAIDERS
3
Harbor : SHELTER
4
Traffic jam : ATVBICYCLERVLIMOUSINE
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Post's opposite : PRE
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Lord's lackey : SERF
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Put one's foot down : INSIST
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Save for a rainy day : STOREUP
9
Traffic jam : GTAMBULANCEOMNIBUSCAB
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Jason's wife, in myth : MEDEA
11
Nerve fibers : AXONS
12
Tot's time-out : NAP
13
Traffic jam : COUPECAMPERMOTORCYCLE
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With risk : UNSAFELY
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Groucho expression : LEER
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Auditioner's aim : PART
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Plus : ALSO
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Sault ___ Marie : STE
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"Cybill" character : IRA
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Popular brand of stationery : EATON
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___ Jacinto Day (April 21) : SAN
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Kiss flavor: Abbr. : CHOC
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Poli ___ : SCI
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Ready to be turned on : OPERATABLE
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Best effort : ALL
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Elton's john : LOO
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Good name for a cabin attendant : STU
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Diving ducks : MERGANSERS
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Had a tantrum : STORMED
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Fragrant resin : ELEMI
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Large chain : SEARS
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City on the Ocmulgee River : MACON
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Parts of days, in the classifieds : AFTS
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Flag : TIRE
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Saroyan hero : ARAM
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___ fond farewell to : BIDA
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It can cause a shock : INSULIN
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Asphyxiation cause : NOAIR
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Diminutive endings : ETTES
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Heckled : RODE
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___ Island : RHODE
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Hitchcock title : ROPE
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"___ a man who wasn't there" : IMET
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Sheepskin alternatives, for short : GEDS
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Matter of fact introduction? : ASA
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One in it for the long term?: Abbr. : SEN
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Prescription abbr. : TID
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Construction of 1898-1902 : ASWANDAM
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Balzac's birthplace : TOURS
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Is decisive : ACTS
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Mayo, e.g. : MES
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Words before fame or after lay : CLAIMTO
92
Pinched pennies : STINTED
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Toaster snack : POPTART
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Scorpio's brightest star : ANTARES
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Howard Hughes studio : RKO
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Record holders : LINERS
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Incense : IRE
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Synthetic fiber : ARNEL
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Shearer of "Peeping Tom" : MOIRA
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Kind of alert : SMOG
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Alert : WARN
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Ship to Colchis : ARGO
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Bilko, for one: Abbr. : NCO
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Castor's killer : IDAS
115
Photo ___ : OPS
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Grandson, maybe : III