19 December 2010 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 19 December 2010

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O
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N
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T
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A
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P
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E
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D
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A
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H
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L
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A
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D
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Z
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E
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T
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H
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I
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N
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L
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Y
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B
O
U
T
O
N
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A
V
I
A
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S
I
A
M
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A
E
N
E
I
D
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S
T
R
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P
E
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M
A
N
Y
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MOON
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A
G
O
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C
R
O
W
N
S
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A
F
T
E
R
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DARK
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D
E
I
O
N
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DARK
H
O
R
S
E
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H
O
W
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Y
O
M
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T
U
R
N
R
E
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D
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A
S
I
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D
A
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W
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O
N
A
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DIM
E
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A
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P
O
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S
G
T
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M
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U
G
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C
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DIM
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G
E
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V
E
R
A
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O
N
E
R
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S
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V
I
C
E
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S
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L
Y
E
S
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G
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A
P
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P
E
A
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B
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R
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A
I
N
S
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C
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E
Y
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BRIGHT
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E
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N
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C
E
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L
E
S
T
I
A
L
B
O
D
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I
E
S
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A
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L
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BRIGHT
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I
N
U
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T
E
R
O
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T
O
O
R
D
E
R
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O
N
A
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S
S
I
S
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D
A
R
E
S
A
Y
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M
E
A
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W
A
I
K
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K
I
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E
R
S
T
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A
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T
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T
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H
E
EARTH
S
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C
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O
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R
E
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I
C
E
D
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A
M
E
R
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E
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L
I
R
A
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P
L
O
Y
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J
E
S
S
E
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A
M
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A
T
E
U
R
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A
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S
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T
R
O
N
O
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M
E
R
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T
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A
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J
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B
R
Y
A
N
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M
O
E
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G
S
U
I
T
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S
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A
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G
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A
L
O
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M
A
R
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K
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E
N
N
E
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D
Y
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S
W
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A
N
N
S
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L
I
T
E
R
A
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T
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I
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T
I
A
M
O
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M
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A
H
A
R
A
N
I
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L
A
S
A
G
N
E
S
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T
O
T
E
M
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X
R
A
Y
S
P
E
X
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T
O
T
A
L
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L
U
N
A
R
E
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C
L
I
P
S
E
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A
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G
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A
S
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R
E
O
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A
V
G
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N
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A
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M
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E
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C
A
S
T
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I
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N
G
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G
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O
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E
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SUN
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D
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E
R
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A
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S
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H
A
D
O
W
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O
P
H
E
L
I
A
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I
N
B
U
I
L
T
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T
E
E
L
I
N
E
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P
E
E
W
E
E
S
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C
O
W
P
O
K
E
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O
N
E
S
T
A
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Hints & Clues

Across
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Not live : ONTAPE
7
Author Roald : DAHL
11
Shop dresser : ADZE
15
How something may be veiled : THINLY
21
"Ball Four" author : BOUTON
22
Big name in athletic footwear : AVIA
23
Rama's kingdom : SIAM
24
Whence the line "I fear Greeks even when they bring gifts" : AENEID
25
Feature of some pool balls : STRIPE
26
A long time past : MANYMOONSAGO
28
Enthrones : CROWNS
29
At night : AFTERDARK
31
Football's Sanders : DEION
32
Long-shot candidate : DARKHORSE
33
___-to : HOW
34
___ Kippur : YOM
35
What the focus of a 125-Across will do at its climax : TURNRED
37
"___ said ..." : ASI
38
Glossy black bird : DAW
40
One way to stop : ONADIME
42
Mil. address : APO
44
Driller?: Abbr. : SGT
45
Kisser : MUG
47
Clone of an optical medium's contents : CDIMAGE
49
Wang of fashion : VERA
50
Lulus : ONERS
52
Drinking and gambling : VICES
54
Basic solutions : LYES
55
Breach : GAP
57
Dummies : PEABRAINS
61
Six-time All-Star third baseman for the 1970s Dodgers : CEY
63
Remove drapes from, as a room : BRIGHTEN
66
Objects of interest in a 125-Across : CELESTIALBODIES
69
First female U.S. secretary of state : ALBRIGHT
72
Not yet delivered : INUTERO
74
How some things are made : TOORDER
75
Jackie's #2 : ONASSIS
77
Think probable : DARESAY
78
Pliny possessive : MEA
79
Beach seen from Diamond Head : WAIKIKI
80
Once, in the past : ERST
81
1914 Edgar Rice Burroughs novel set in an underground land : ATTHEEARTHSCORE
88
Like many cakes : ICED
89
"Honor is ___ scutcheon": Shak. : AMERE
91
Bygone European capital : LIRA
92
Subterfuge : PLOY
93
Track star Owens : JESSE
94
Many an avid observer of a 125-Across : AMATEURASTRONOMER
100
Atlantic City locale, with "the" : TAJ
103
Loser to McKinley : BRYAN
104
Duff Beer vendor : MOE
105
Spaceship attire : GSUIT
106
Slump : SAG
109
Slugger Roberto : ALOMAR
111
Jackie's #1 : KENNEDY
114
Proust's "___ Way" : SWANNS
116
Book set? : LITERATI
119
Italian lover's coo : TIAMO
120
Indian royal : MAHARANI
122
Deep-dish dishes : LASAGNES
123
Heads outside together? : TOTEM
124
Novelty glasses : XRAYSPEX
125
Event on Dec. 21, 2010, viewable in North and South America, depicted visually in this puzzle : TOTALLUNARECLIPSE
128
Turkish pooh-bahs : AGAS
131
Flying Cloud, e.g. : REO
132
Student's stat. : AVG
133
Dub : NAME
137
With 146-Across, what the center of this puzzle is doing during a 125-Across : CASTING
140
Folds : GOESUNDER
146
See 137-Across : ASHADOW
149
To whom Hamlet says "Get thee to a nunnery" : OPHELIA
150
There from the start : INBUILT
151
It marks the target on a curling rink : TEELINE
152
Munchkins : PEEWEES
153
Pardner, say : COWPOKE
154
Commodore's insignia : ONESTAR
Down
1
Delivery people, briefly : OBS
2
Zero : NOTAONE
3
Battle over domain : TURFWAR
4
Haggling : ATIT
5
Sailor who debuted in a 1929 comic : POPEYE
6
Juan's January : ENERO
7
Glen Canyon ___ : DAM
8
Actress Gardner : AVA
9
Dharma follower : HINDU
10
Tiramisu features : LAYERS
11
Catalog : ASSORT
12
Steak ___ : DIANE
13
Veer back : ZAG
14
Comic Philips : EMO
15
Aircraft gauges : TACHS
16
Kind of couplet for Chaucer : HEROIC
17
"___ out?" : INOR
18
Paper for which Murray Kempton and Jim Dwyer won Pulitzers : NEWSDAY
19
Trace of blood? : LINEAGE
20
Football meas. : YDS
27
Youthful prank in a car : MOONING
30
Superhero played by Liam Neeson in a 1990 film : DARKMAN
32
Era of ignorance : DARKAGE
33
Kind of lane : HOV
35
How things may be laid : TOREST
36
Key of Bach's "The Art of Fugue" : DMINOR
39
Director Anderson : WES
41
Yankee great Joe, colloquially : DIMAG
43
Amorous skunk in cartoons : PEPE
46
Golden State campus inits. : UCSD
48
How things may be lit or remembered : DIMLY
50
Lincoln Center production : OPERA
51
1974 Japanese Nobelist : SATO
52
Feeling : VIBE
53
Extended solo : SCENA
56
Crackerjacks : ACES
58
Tundra or wetland : BIOME
59
Terbium or thulium : RAREEARTH
60
Father-and-son actors : ALDAS
62
Actor Morales : ESAI
63
Promising proposal : BRIGHTIDEA
64
Prepare to fight : ENARM
65
"Grey's Anatomy" extra : NURSE
67
One of the Islamic virtues : LOYALTY
68
Grateful response : IOWEYOU
69
Big name in athletic footwear : ASICS
70
Column in a dating questionnaire : LIKES
71
Optimist's focus : BRIGHTSIDE
73
Aquarium fish : TETRA
76
One getting a lift? : SKIER
82
"___ yellow ribbon ..." : TIEA
83
Place to put bags : TRUNK
84
Laugh part : HAR
85
E.M.T.'s training : CPR
86
Science : OLOGY
87
Reagan and others : RONS
90
Tactic used against Britain by Napoleon : EMBARGO
93
Boarding aids : JETWAYS
95
Out-and-out : ARRANT
96
Protective membrane : AMNION
97
Beethoven's "Appassionata," e.g. : SONATA
98
One that overflows : TEEMER
99
Fender bender, e.g. : MISHAP
100
Towering : TALL
101
Jordan's Queen ___ International Airport : ALIA
102
Smidgens : JOTS
106
[Just like that!] : SNAP
107
One of the Brontës : ANNE
108
E.U. group : GSIX
110
Pot-au-feu, e.g. : MEATSTEW
112
Classic rebuke : ETTU
113
Observatory feature : DOME
115
Powder rooms? : ARSENALS
117
It may be shot during a riot : TEARGAS
118
Castaway's locale : ISLE
120
The year 1045 : MXLV
121
Japanese "thanks" : ARIGATO
126
Need for KenKen : LOGIC
127
Bistro offering : CARTE
128
Rent-___ : ACOP
129
Hang open : GAPE
130
1968 U.S. Open champ : ASHE
134
Mine entrance : ADIT
135
Bart Simpson's grandmother : MONA
136
Pitcher : EWER
138
Suffix with vir- : ILE
139
Never: Ger. : NIE
141
Lennon's lady : ONO
142
"Charlotte's Web" inits. : EBW
143
Dawn : SUNUP
144
Italian God : DIO
145
Forest game : ELK
147
Clinton or Obama, once: Abbr. : SEN
148
Laugh part : HEE