15 December 2011 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 15 December 2011

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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Company's numero uno : TOPBANANA
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Bit of dance attire for Fred Astaire : TOPHAT
10
Elite : TOPTIER
14
Toyota sedan : AVALON
15
Recipient of three consecutive Hart Trophies : ORR
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About : ASTO
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Arsenal, so to speak : REPERTOIRE
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Opening word of many an Italian letter : CARA
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Kind of coach: Abbr. : ASST
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Reveled in : ENJOYED
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Bypass : EVADE
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Bitter and sweet : TASTES
28
Key ___ : FOB
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With 30-Across, they started in 1969 : SALT
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See 29-Across : TALKS
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Some shot targets : FLUS
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User of night vision : OWL
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One-named pop star : SELENA
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Oil source : MIDDLEEAST
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Midnight to 4 a.m., at sea : MIDDLEWATCH
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In the 40s? : MIDDLEAGED
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Whups : CREAMS
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Debt doc : IOU
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Harriet Beecher Stowe novel : DRED
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___ verte (green earth pigment) : TERRE
47
Early 26th-century year : MMDI
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Certain joint : ELL
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Wrigley product : BIGRED
51
Certain gifts in "The 12 Days of Christmas" : GEESE
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Trademarked sanitary wipes : WETONES
56
Word with belt or tape : LOOP
58
Michigan college : ALMA
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Boom-causing, perhaps : SUPERSONIC
64
Fabulist : LIAR
65
___-pitch : SLO
66
What Cowboy legend Tom Landry sported : FEDORA
67
Often-flooded locale : BOTTOMLAND
68
Hit a low point : BOTTOMOUT
69
Starfish or sea cucumber, e.g. : BOTTOMFEEDER
Down
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Writing in a box : SIDEBAR
2
Many a Monopoly property: Abbr. : AVE
3
Pile : NAP
4
Following ___ : ALEAD
5
Like the origin of the names for some days of the week : NORSE
6
Pantry problem : ANTS
7
___ polloi : HOI
8
Check : ARREST
9
Nottingham's river : TRENT
10
Dish often served in a shell : TACOSALAD
11
"My word!" : ISAY
12
To be, at the Louvre : ETRE
13
Way less traveled : SIDEROAD
18
Capital whose name comes from an Algonquin word for "to trade" : OTTAWA
22
Jump on a stage : JETE
23
Drug drawback : SIDEEFFECT
24
1958 hit that won the first-ever Grammy for Song of the Year : VOLARE
25
Rehab candidate : ABUSER
27
Like the highest high : ALLTIME
29
Disseminates : SOWS
31
Fictional plantation owner : LEGREE
32
Kowtows, say : KNEELS
33
One way to ride a horse : SIDESADDLE
35
Port alternative : STARBOARD
37
Feng ___ : SHUI
40
Overindulge : CODDLE
43
Words after count or let : MEIN
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"Star Trek" helmsman : MRSULU
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Painter's preparation : GESSO
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"Check it out" : GOSEE
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Lyric poem : EPODE
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Tire part : SIDEWALL
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"The South-Sea House" essayist : ELIA
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No friend of the bootlegger : TMAN
57
"Carmina Burana" composer : ORFF
60
What a big hand often grabs? : POT
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Make a little mistake : NOD
62
Source of heat : IRE
63
Brandy cocktail : SIDECAR