19 December 2009 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 19 December 2009

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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Intraclub competition rankings : LADDER
7
Site of many tests : DNALAB
13
Pseudopod formers : AMOEBAS
15
Alert : QUIVIVE
16
"Absolutely" : YOUCANCOUNTONIT
18
With 4-Down, "Roger & Me" subject : URBAN
19
Its leader's flag featured a black eagle: Abbr. : HRE
20
Hard work : SWEAT
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Cal ___ : POLY
22
Flirt : TEASE
24
All-Star Cubs catcher Geovany : SOTO
25
Overreact to an accident, maybe : SUE
26
Hold in a ring : ARMLOCK
28
"___ sher!" : FER
29
More melodramatic : SOAPIER
31
McCarthy cohort : SNERD
33
Tigers' rival in the Southeastern Conference : CRIMSONTIDE
35
Oxygen atom's protons, e.g. : OCTAD
36
Make it : BEASTAR
38
Carefully monitored area, for short : ICU
39
Pleasant enough : NICEISH
41
"Don't you ___?" : SEE
43
Criticizes : RAPS
45
Too quickly : EARLY
46
Italian site of a 1796 Napoleon victory : LODI
47
Figure in Greek myth whose name means "desired" : ERATO
49
Small containers: Abbr. : PTS
50
They call themselves Suomalaiset : FINNS
51
Very end of a conflict : FINALRESOLUTION
54
Opaque : UNCLEAR
55
What flibbertigibbets make : NOSENSE
56
Stayed in, say : LAYLOW
57
Sandy who was national security adviser for Bill Clinton : BERGER
Down
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Standard buckets : LAYUPS
2
Loverly? : AMOROUS
3
Split between roommates : DOUBLEOCCUPANCY
4
See 18-Across : DECAY
5
Host of PBS's "Heritage: Civilization and the Jews" : EBAN
6
Made the newspaper : RAN
7
Grayish shade : DUN
8
Picked things : NITS
9
Swears : AVOWS
10
Thread used in briefs : LINEOFREASONING
11
Managed banks? : AVIATED
12
Certain ticket holder : BETTOR
14
Emulates Iago : SCHEMES
15
Chili con ___ (Tex-Mex dish) : QUESO
17
"The Call" autobiographer : ORALROBERTS
22
Casting device : TRIMDIE
23
Transcendent state : ECSTASY
26
Melliferous, perhaps : APIAN
27
Offering from many a New York City street vendor : KNISH
30
"Nature concentrated," per Balzac : ART
32
August setting in the Capitol bldg. : EDT
34
Roger who coached eight different N.H.L. teams : NEILSON
35
Light wind : OCARINA
37
Item sported to support Britain's Comic Relief : REDNOSE
38
Boiling over : IREFUL
40
"The Italian Job," e.g. : CAPER
42
"The Spirit" creator Will : EISNER
44
Foot-drag : STALL
46
About 33.8 fluid ounces : LITER
48
Muffin stuffin'? : OLEO
50
Current governor : FUSE
52
Unprepared : RAW
53
Easy interview question : LOB