17 December 2014 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 17 December 2014

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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Homey : DAWG
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Talks like a tosspot : SLURS
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Corp. money execs : CFOS
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Subject of a court bargain : PLEA
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Spicy Eastern cuisine : HUNAN
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"Nuts" director Martin : RITT
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Hyperbole for an arduous task : ITLLTAKEFOREVER
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"Two-L" beast : LLAMA
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Writer ___ Rogers St. Johns : ADELA
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Oxymoron for cautious travel : MAKEHASTESLOWLY
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Classic time to duel : ATNOON
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Earn, as profit : REAP
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Maritime alert : SOS
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Rive Gauche's river : SEINE
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Nada : ZILCH
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Squash units : SETS
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Pesky arachnids : MITES
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Parks in 1955 news : ROSA
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Wired : HYPER
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Jiggly treat : JELLO
40
Ending for a 10-Down : ISM
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Flavoring for a French cordial : ANIS
44
"Body Heat" director Lawrence : KASDAN
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Litotes for beauty : NOTUNATTRACTIVE
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Intentionally mislead : LIETO
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Like MGM's lion : AROAR
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Simile for denseness : ASTHICKASABRICK
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Leakes of reality TV : NENE
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Play the siren : TEMPT
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Hairy son of Isaac : ESAU
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Sweetie : DEAR
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Cheese choice : SWISS
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Exclamation that's a homophone of 53-Down : AHME
Down
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Printer resolution fig. : DPI
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Pilot's abbr. : ALT
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Tightly interlocked : WELLKNIT
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Many Spanish Armada ships : GALLEONS
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Tribal healer : SHAMAN
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"Last Days" actor Haas : LUKAS
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Article in Le Monde : UNE
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Prince William's mil. branch : RAF
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___-Caps (movie theater candy) : SNO
10
Literally, "I believe" : CREDO
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Reporter's questions, collectively : FIVEWS
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Opera with "Ave Maria" : OTELLO
13
Many pound dogs : STRAYS
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Lake near Reno : TAHOE
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Alice's sitcom husband : RALPH
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Part of W.M.D. : MASS
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Precisely, after "to" : ATEE
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Least fresh : TRITEST
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Angler with pots : EELER
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Some bunts, for short : SACS
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"Hush!" : ZIPIT
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Avian mimic : MYNA
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Place to stop and text, perhaps : RESTAREA
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Ancestor of Scottish Gaelic and Manx : OLDIRISH
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Many a Balkan native : SLAV
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Top-notch : AONE
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Red River delta capital : HANOI
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Ebenezer's ghostly ex-partner : JACOB
40
Far from shore : INLAND
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"Got it" : SOISEE
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Eur. erupter : MTETNA
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Gold standards : KARATS
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King Arthur's father ___ Pendragon : UTHER
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Talks like Don Corleone : RASPS
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Number after a decimal: Abbr. : CTS
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London's ___ Gardens : KEW
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French friend : AMI
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Ending with nanny or spy : CAM
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Scrabble 10-pointer, spelled out : KUE