19 December 1997 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 19 December 1997

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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Bribed : PAIDOFF
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Duties : TASKS
13
Library transactions : RENEWALS
15
Barbecuer's supply : BUTANE
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Feelers : ANTENNAE
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Admittance : ENTREE
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Alters course : VEERS
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Sugar ___ : MAPLE
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Perceive : GET
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Break bread : DINE
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Philip Morris brand : MERIT
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Carpenter's groove : DADO
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Explain further : ADD
26
Carter Secretary of State : VANCE
27
Japanese-American : NISEI
28
Dry out : PARCH
29
Unpolished leather : RUSSET
30
Interrogation technique : GOODCOPBADCOP
33
Slips : LAPSES
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Hot-tempered, energetic type : ARIES
35
Doing things : ASTIR
36
Beams : GRINS
37
Demon ___ : RUM
40
Tiny isthmus : SPIT
41
Tiler's need : PUTTY
42
Not-so-powerful currency : PESO
43
Close (in) : HEM
44
___ point : PETIT
45
Entire spectrum : GAMUT
46
Electronics groundbreaker : EDISON
48
"Gentlemen, you are welcome to ___": Hamlet : ELSINORE
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Bush whackers? : RAZORS
51
0, in some measures : SEALEVEL
52
Wasn't vigilant : SLEPT
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Salon supplies : ROLLERS
Down
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Newspaper founded in 1912 : PRAVDA
2
Epic of a wanderer : AENEID
3
Have in view : INTEND
4
Moline, Ill., manufacturer : DEERE
5
Acknowledges : OWNS
6
Car engine component : FAN
7
Guitar genre : FLAMENCO
8
Ignore, with "out" : TUNE
9
Envelope abbr. : ATT
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Sea in a Jean Rhys title : SARGASSO
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Like awful mud : KNEEDEEP
12
End of a boss's order : SEETOIT
14
Police groups : SEARCHPARTIES
15
Big shot at a bar? : BELT
20
It has a shell : PIE
23
1991 Grammy-winner Cohn et al. : MARCS
24
Tiddlywinks, e.g. : DISCS
26
Skywalker foe : VADER
27
"David" and others : NUDES
28
Propose : POSIT
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Inclement : RAINY
30
Step on it : GASPEDAL
31
Make the best of : OPTIMIZE
32
Less flexible : BRITTLER
33
They raise crops : LASHERS
36
Instinctive : GUT
37
Doff : REMOVE
38
One making a big return : USURER
39
Parts of chains : MOTELS
41
Composes : PENS
42
Discussion group : PANEL
44
What's left : PORT
45
Quarter pint : GILL
47
Be all wet : SOP
49
___ Miguel (largest of the Azores) : SAO