18 December 2009 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 18 December 2009

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K
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R
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S
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Q
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F
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B
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Y
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S
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C
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M
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Hints & Clues

Across
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"Huh?" : SAYWHAT
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Rule without exceptions : IRONLAW
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Sent a line, say : WROTETO
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"The Imaginary Invalid" playwright : MOLIERE
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Request for entertainment : AMUSEME
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Words of acclamation : ALLHAIL
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1984 historical novel, with "The" : HAJ
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Home to Torrey Pines Golf Course : LAJOLLA
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Bellini's "___ furor delle tempeste" : NEL
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Think piece? : IDEA
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Mini replacements : NANOS
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Tiny opening? : ITTY
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Shortsighted solution? : LASIK
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Período de 31 días : MES
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Fed. bill : TNOTE
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Peninsula south of the Gulf of Trieste : ISTRIA
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Breaks : RECESSES
35
The Sun and Mercury are in it: Abbr. : WNBA
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It may come from a loud speaker : RANT
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Place for a collared person : SQUADCAR
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Means of obtaining data about planets : FLYBYS
46
Picks out : CULLS
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Gen. Pershing's command: Abbr. : AEF
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Hit to short right, say : BLOOP
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Calculated thing : RISK
51
Shellac : CREAM
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Outfielder Chávez : ENDY
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One in a long line of workers? : ANT
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Certain pitch : COALTAR
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"The ___ of Malta," Christopher Marlowe play : JEW
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Comic character in whiteface : PIERROT
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Marker maker : CRAYOLA
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Neither here nor there? : ENROUTE
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Offer to host : ASKOVER
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Now gender-neutral : DESEXED
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Gritty TV series set in Baltimore : THEWIRE
Down
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"Kwanzaa" comes from it : SWAHILI
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Forces afloat : ARMADAS
3
"C'mon, that can't be true!" : YOUJEST
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Birth data: Abbr. : WTS
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Height enhancer : HEEL
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Hindu soul : ATMAN
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Digital detritus : TOEJAM
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Second song on "Beatles '65" : IMALOSER
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Drum set? : ROLLS
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Indian water holder : OLLA
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Biomedical research inits. : NIH
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Rough housing : LEANTOS
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Opera quickie : ARIETTE
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"Actually, it's true" : WELLYES
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Standout : ONER
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High passageway between buildings : AIRWALK
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Fashionable : INSTYLE
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Stripes : KINDS
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Like some dumbbells: Abbr. : TENLB
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First string? : ABC
34
Half-___ (coffee order) : CAF
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Superior, as an investment : AAARATED
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Like some elbows and fenders : SCRAPED
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Tonic water ingredient : QUININE
40
Wool coats : ULSTERS
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Line holder : REEL
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First hard rock band to score a #1 country hit : BONJOVI
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Producer of high and outside pitches? : YODELER
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Virus kin : SPYWARE
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Deep-pocketed type : FATCAT
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"My Fair Lady" actor Robert : COOTE
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Place for a crane : MARSH
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Gist : CRUX
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Make a pile in a casino? : RAKE
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Eggs sometimes served on toast : ROE
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"Man, that hurts!" : YOW