16 December 2001 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 16 December 2001

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L
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E
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S
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S
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E
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R
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A
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L
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B
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I
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N
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O
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T
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O
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R
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O
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I
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D
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A
Z
A
L
E
A
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R
E
A
D
I
N
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U
N
O
W
N
E
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D
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V
E
R
O
N
I
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C
A
F
L
A
K
E
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R
O
B
O
T
R
Y
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S
K
I
T
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D
E
B
T
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H
O
N
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D
A
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E
S
S
E
S
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C
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A
S
E
S
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C
O
N
D
O
N
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E
R
S
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R
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A
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J
A
H
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O
L
E
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O
D
E
T
O
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J
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O
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Y
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A
M
O
R
E
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S
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T
R
E
S
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S
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D
O
R
E
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O
P
E
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B
A
H
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A
P
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I
E
C
E
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W
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H
A
T
I
F
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H
E
N
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I
N
N
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D
O
N
N
A
F
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R
E
E
D
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E
L
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A
N
D
S
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D
A
N
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A
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O
D
D
S
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E
L
Y
S
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E
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E
F
F
S
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I
R
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A
N
I
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H
C
L
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S
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P
E
E
R
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S
E
E
N
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A
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S
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N
O
T
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O
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C
T
A
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W
I
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C
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K
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I
N
F
A
N
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T
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C
H
R
I
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S
F
R
O
C
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K
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T
R
I
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M
E
R
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F
R
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I
L
L
S
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T
A
I
P
E
I
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T
A
T
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A
V
A
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L
A
C
E
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T
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S
A
R
S
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S
N
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E
E
Z
E
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N
A
Y
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S
A
Y
E
R
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W
I
T
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T
A
R
E
S
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U
N
S
C
A
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R
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R
E
D
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S
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A
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G
E
T
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A
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P
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H
I
D
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H
E
Y
E
R
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I
A
G
O
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C
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H
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A
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T
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P
R
O
T
E
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G
E
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D
A
V
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I
D
L
E
E
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F
R
O
T
H
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R
E
B
O
R
E
S
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E
D
E
R
L
E
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R
O
O
K
I
E
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D
O
R
S
E
T
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R
E
D
E
E
M
126
S
O
W
E
T
O

Hints & Clues

Across
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Second-rate : LESSER
7
White rat, e.g. : ALBINO
13
Donut, mathematically : TOROID
19
Showy shrub : AZALEA
20
Enter, as data : READIN
21
Up for grabs : UNOWNED
23
Screwball actress? : VERONICAFLAKE
25
Science of programmable machines : ROBOTRY
26
Burlesque bit : SKIT
27
It's outstanding : DEBT
28
Passport producer : HONDA
30
Twisty turns : ESSES
31
Checks out carefully : CASES
33
Turners of blind eyes : CONDONERS
35
Big Indian : RAJAH
38
Cousin of "Rah!" : OLE
39
Schiller work adapted by Beethoven : ODETOJOY
43
Ovid opus : AMORES
45
Lock : TRESS
47
French illustrator Gustave : DORE
48
Not shut, to Shelley : OPE
49
"Phooey!" : BAH
50
Per : APIECE
52
"Suppose ..." : WHATIF
54
Biddy : HEN
55
The Admiral Benbow ___ ("Treasure Island" locale) : INN
56
Actress on parole? : DONNAFREED
58
Animals with twisted horns : ELANDS
60
"Two Years Before the Mast" writer : DANA
62
3:1, e.g. : ODDS
63
"Family Ties" mother : ELYSE
65
This puzzle's surplus : EFFS
66
Farsi speaker : IRANI
68
Colorless gas with a pungent odor, for short : HCL
69
Nuremberg trial defendant : SPEER
71
Spotted : SEEN
72
Words following "often" : ASNOT
75
Prefix with -hedron : OCTA
77
Part of an oil lamp : WICK
80
Pablum eater : INFANT
82
Cross-dressing comedian? : CHRISFROCK
85
Prefix with -hedron : TRI
86
Place for bateaux : MER
87
Extras : FRILLS
89
Nationalists' capital : TAIPEI
90
Feline, to Tweety : TAT
91
Clark's "Mogambo" co-star : AVA
92
Make more potent : LACE
93
Winter Palace figures : TSARS
95
Blessing elicitor : SNEEZE
97
Gloomy Gus : NAYSAYER
99
Quotable one : WIT
100
Shipping weights : TARES
101
None the worse for wear, emotionally : UNSCARRED
104
"Full House" star : SAGET
107
Ladybug's prey : APHID
110
Romance novelist Georgette : HEYER
111
Cassio's rival : IAGO
112
Online event : CHAT
116
Junior partner, maybe : PROTEGE
118
Mad-dog singer? : DAVIDLEEFROTH
121
Widens, in a way : REBORES
122
News-making 1926 Channel swimmer : EDERLE
123
Tyro : ROOKIE
124
Setting of many Hardy novels : DORSET
125
Turn in : REDEEM
126
Site of 1970's marches : SOWETO
Down
1
W.C.'s : LAVS
2
Book before Daniel: Abbr. : EZEK
3
Lahore garb : SARI
4
Miniature racer : SLOTCAR
5
Dusk, to Donne : EEN
6
Bootleggers' worries : RAIDS
7
Some Semites : ARABS
8
Took a powder : LEFT
9
___ Harbour, Fla. : BAL
10
Some taters : IDAHOES
11
Canon rival : NIKON
12
Uninterruptedly : ONEND
13
1926 La Scala premiere : TURANDOT
14
Sean ___ Lennon : ONO
15
Chicken general? : ROBERTEFLEE
16
Michigan town where Thomas Dewey was born : OWOSSO
17
Results of some bad QB passes : INTS
18
"Dat ___" (jazz tune) : DERE
22
Prefix with function : DYS
24
Clamp shape : CEE
29
Thingamajigs : DOODADS
32
On top : AHEAD
33
Actor Lee Van ___ : CLEEF
34
Like "The X-Files" : EERIE
35
Fanatical : RABID
36
"Built better than it has to be" sloganeer : AMANA
37
Singer in a brawl? : JOHNNIEFRAY
38
Ocean menaces : ORCAS
40
Dawdling actor? : JOHNFRITTER
41
Some newspaper essays : OPEDS
42
Itches : YENS
44
Runaway of rhyme : SPOON
45
Look after : TEND
46
Terrif : SWELL
51
Kind of ink : INDIA
53
Attention-getter : HEY
57
Prefix with linear : RECTI
59
Not many : AFEW
61
Expanse : AREA
64
Bar, in law : ESTOP
67
Belgian advice columnist? : ANNFLANDERS
68
Actor Buchholz : HORST
70
Duelers' units : PACES
71
1983 Indy 500 winner Tom : SNEVA
73
Eyeball covers : SCLERAE
74
Art Ross Trophy org. : NHL
75
Work ___ : OFART
76
Collinsworth of N.F.L. fame : CRIS
78
The twist, once : CRAZE
79
Toys with tails : KITES
80
One-named supermodel : IMAN
81
Cafeteria needs : TRAYS
83
Sober : STAID
84
Kunta ___ ("Roots" role) : KINTE
88
Picnic staple : ICECHEST
94
Avoided an accident, maybe : SWERVED
96
Be humiliated : EATCROW
98
Stereotypical bouquet bringer : SUITOR
102
Golf's ___ Cup : RYDER
103
Aptly named author : READE
104
"The Crucible" setting : SALEM
105
Store, as wine : AGE
106
Gadabouts : GOERS
107
Financing abbr. : APR
108
Sentence part: Abbr. : PRED
109
Wanderer : HOBO
111
Waiting : IDLE
113
Jazz (up) : HOKE
114
Going ___ : ATIT
115
Huxtable boy : THEO
117
Word said while scratching the head : GEE
119
Spleen : IRE
120
Rock's ___ Fighters : FOO