2 December 2014 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 2 December 2014

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Z
2
O
3
U
4
N
5
D
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S
7
D
8
A
9
M
10
N
11
W
12
O
13
W
14
E
X
P
E
R
T
15
A
L
A
I
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A
N
A
17
B
E
R
A
T
E
18
F
L
I
X
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L
E
N
20
U
N
I
T
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A
22
P
T
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T
O
24
M
T
I
T
25
S
I
26
T
K
A
27
F
A
N
B
E
L
T
28
C
29
H
I
D
E
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T
31
E
R
I
32
A
R
L
O
33
P
A
N
E
L
34
B
L
A
S
35
T
36
A
L
G
A
L
37
O
R
C
38
R
39
E
40
F
41
E
42
R
43
S
44
H
O
O
T
45
E
M
O
T
E
46
D
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O
48
H
49
S
50
E
N
Y
A
51
A
B
R
A
M
52
E
N
O
U
53
N
C
E
54
L
55
E
T
I
T
56
F
E
M
B
O
T
57
S
S
T
58
T
R
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I
60
B
61
R
E
B
62
T
A
63
R
O
64
H
65
E
T
E
R
O
66
A
Y
R
67
C
R
O
C
68
I
C
E
S
A
W
69
G
E
E
70
H
E
C
K
71
C
U
R
S
E
S

Hints & Clues

Across
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"Holy cow!" : ZOUNDS
7
"Nuts!" : DAMN
11
"Great Scott!" : WOW
14
Old hand : EXPERT
15
Jai ___ : ALAI
16
Santa ___ winds : ANA
17
Rake over the coals : BERATE
18
Movies, informally : FLIX
19
Football Hall-of-Famer Ford : LEN
20
Textbook segment : UNIT
21
Likely : APT
23
Small songbird : TOMTIT
25
Alaska city that's larger in area than Rhode Island or Delaware : SITKA
27
Auto part driven by the crankshaft : FANBELT
28
Admonish : CHIDE
30
Hatcher of "Desperate Housewives" : TERI
32
Guthrie who sang at Woodstock : ARLO
33
Sunday morning talk show assemblage : PANEL
34
"Fudge!" : BLAST
36
Harmful ___ bloom (aquatic growth) : ALGAL
37
Fabled monster in English literature : ORC
38
Send someplace else : REFER
43
"Rats!" : SHOOT
45
Theatricalize : EMOTE
46
Exclamations often made with head-slaps : DOHS
50
One-named singer with four Grammys : ENYA
51
James ___ Garfield : ABRAM
52
Declare : ENOUNCE
54
Words before go or ride : LETIT
56
Seductive "Austin Powers" android : FEMBOT
57
Jet for the jet set : SST
58
Common newspaper nickname : TRIB
61
Stars and Bars soldier, informally : REB
62
Polynesian dietary staple : TARO
64
Straight : HETERO
66
Port on the Firth of Clyde : AYR
67
Cold-blooded killer, for short : CROC
68
Tool for fishing a frozen river : ICESAW
69
"Man!" : GEE
70
"Darn it!" : HECK
71
"Fiddlesticks!" : CURSES
Down
1
Holy cow : ZEBU
2
Wagon pullers : OXEN
3
It's a riot : UPRISING
4
Bit of cleverness : NEATIDEA
5
2000 Richard Gere title role : DRT
6
T-bone, e.g. : STEAK
7
Nuts : DAFT
8
Entirely : ALL
9
Drinks at Trader Vic's : MAITAIS
10
Landslide winner of 1972 : NIXON
11
Great Scott : WALTER
12
"Ah, Wilderness!" playwright : ONEILL
13
"Are you game?" : WANTTO
22
"April Love" singer, 1957 : PATBOONE
24
Wall St. credential : MBA
26
Rats : TELLS
27
Infinitely repeating geometric patterns : FRACTALS
28
Ernst & Young employee, for short : CPA
29
Drinking buddy for Falstaff : HAL
31
Boy's name that means "the king" : ELROY
35
Fudge : TREAT
39
Alienate : EMBITTER
40
Citadel : FORTRESS
41
H as in Heracles : ETA
42
Radiation dosage : REM
44
100 meters x 100 meters : HECTARE
46
Reorganize computer data to improve performance, informally : DEFRAG
47
What the wary keep open while sleeping : ONEEYE
48
Man : HOMBRE
49
Benchwarmer : SUB
53
V-shaped cut : NOTCH
55
Moral tenet : ETHIC
57
Darn it : SOCK
59
"Dies ___" : IRAE
60
Fiddlesticks : BOWS
63
Fabled monster in Arabic literature : ROC
65
Old French coin : ECU