18 December 1998 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 18 December 1998

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W
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B
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Hints & Clues

Across
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What to do : TASK
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Singer Joplin : JANIS
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Plant for burlap : HEMP
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One of the Ringling brothers : OTTO
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Lose ground : ERODE
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Something to think about : IDEA
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"Oliver Twist" character : THEARTFULDODGER
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Test site for an aquanaut : SEALAB
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Detected : SEEN
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Command for D.D.E. : ETO
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Like a wuss : UNMANLY
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Was terrified by : DREADED
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Is worthwhile : PAYS
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Broadcast inits. : APB
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Mouth-watering : SAVORY
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Prison guard, in slang : SCREW
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Saturn or Mars : DEUS
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Feature of 17- and 54-Across, literally : BROKENHEART
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Hunk : SLAB
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Mattress maker : SEALY
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Train to box? : LIONEL
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Criterion: Abbr. : STD
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New York Shakespeare Festival founder : PAPP
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Journey of self-propulsion? : EGOTRIP
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U.N. intervention site : SOMALIA
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What's more : AND
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"A Girl Like I" author : LOOS
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Where you pay to play : RESORT
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Phrase of sympathy : SORRYTOHEARTHAT
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"...___ saw Elba" : EREI
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Made level : TRUED
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Size up : RATE
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Carpenter's groove : DADO
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Texas leaguer? : ASTRO
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River to the North Sea : YSER
Down
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Determines the sum : TOTSUP
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Guardian for Odysseus : ATHENA
3
Torrid : STEAMY
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Eucalyptus leaf eaters : KOALAS
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Ebony : JETBLACK
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Declaration of puppy love? : ARF
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Entre ___ : NOUS
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Didn't stay active : IDLED
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Passover celebrations : SEDERS
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Screened : HID
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Barely beat : EDGEDOUT
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Airport figures with names on signs : MEETERS
13
Takeoff : PARODY
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Ruled : RAN
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Vitamin specification : ONEADAY
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Costly W.W. I battleground : YPRES
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Allege : AVER
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Elaine ___ ("Seinfeld" role) : BENES
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In the manner of a judge : SOBERLY
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"___ new?" : WHATS
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Cherry-colored : BLOODRED
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Deliver a tirade : RANT
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Get-rich-quick place : ELDORADO
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Madame in Roma : SIGNORA
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Took for the summer, maybe : LEASED
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He played Sinatra in "The Rat Pack" : LIOTTA
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Cream puff, maybe : PASTRY
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Warm welcomes : ALOHAS
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Gilbert and Sullivan extra : PIRATE
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Spiel : PATTER
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Standard's partner : POORS
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Place for an ile : MER
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Barred : SHUT
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Orinoco, e.g. : RIO
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Alway : EER