17 December 2016 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 17 December 2016

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Hints & Clues

Across
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Automated message poster : TWITTERBOT
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Insignificant row : SPAT
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Reading material for French fashionistas : VOGUEPARIS
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Composer of "A-Hunting We Will Go" : ARNE
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Gobbledygook : DOUBLETALK
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"Los Caprichos" artist : GOYA
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Pop group whose name is an exclamation : AHA
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Makes advances : LENDS
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Force to fit : RAMIN
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Ready to serve : DONE
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Persuade : SELL
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Left-handed : SNIDE
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Really takes off : SOARS
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Control, metaphorically : REINS
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Not sweet : SEC
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Was chicken, say : RAN
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One who's extremely green? : ECOFREAK
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Green stuff : MOOLAH
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Works : KNEADS
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Peppers that are hotter than jalapeños on the Scoville scale : SERRANOS
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Cry upon opening a hospital bill : EEK
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Like the year 2017 : ODD
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Targets of naphthalene : MOTHS
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Cabinet units: Abbr. : DEPTS
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Guy in the kitchen : FIERI
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Corn porridge : SAMP
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Bar flier : DART
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109 in Vatican City : ACRES
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Iron production? : PLEAT
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South America's ___ Negro : RIO
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"You ___?" : RANG
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Part of a benefits package : HEALTHPLAN
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Yours, in Tours : ATOI
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Extremely popular : ALLTHERAGE
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Does some surgical work : SEWS
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Looking dazed : GLASSYEYED
Down
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Andy Taylor and Homer Simpson, for two : TVDADS
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Cry of delight : WOOHOO
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Omnivorous lizard or its genus : IGUANA
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Hardly a racing boat : TUB
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Poker player's blink, say : TELL
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Touching things in competition : EPEES
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Brett who directed "Rush Hour" : RATNER
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Ben ___, legendary Washington Post editor : BRADLEE
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Hazard for marine life : OILSLICK
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It might accompany the wag of a finger : TSK
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Astronomer whose show won three Emmys and a Peabody : SAGAN
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Affianced : PROMISED
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"I'm stumped - what do we do?" : ANYIDEAS
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New Jersey town near the George Washington Bridge : TEANECK
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Source of news and blog postings : RSSFEED
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Bad play : ERROR
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Deli stock : SALAMIS
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Zippo : NONE
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Touch alternative : NANO
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Like croupiers' tables : RAKED
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Treat with drugs : MEDICATE
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"Call right away!" : ORDERNOW
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Summer stretch : HOTSPELL
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To the extent that : SOFARAS
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Clinton Foundation head Donna : SHALALA
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Processes, as ore : SMELTS
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Betting tactic : PARLAY
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Priority protocol : TRIAGE
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High : STONED
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New York's historic St. ___ Hotel : REGIS
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Walks : PATHS
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Anonymous news source : THEY
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Halloween figure : HAG
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TSA ___ (airport screening program, informally) : PRE