20 December 1997 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 20 December 1997

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

Across
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Surfing aid? : WEBBROWSER
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"What'll ___?" (bartender's question) : ITBE
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Superimpose : OVERSTRIKE
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Trounce : MAUL
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Muster Day enrollees : MILITIAMEN
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Went down : SLID
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Set down : ALIT
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Taste : SIP
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Esther of "Good Times" : ROLLE
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Madre's little one : NENE
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Prefix with -pod : TETRA
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Passing stats: Abbr. : YDS
27
Barrett of Pink Floyd : SYD
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Manama is its capital : BAHRAIN
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Primitive abode : HUT
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Made smooth : EASED
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Quaint dance : SOCKHOP
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Slight edge : HAIR
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1994 Emmy-winner Ward : SELA
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From that cause : THEREOF
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Go over old ground? : REMAP
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Small deer : ROE
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Grand Am competitor : CUTLASS
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Directed : LED
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Sewing ___ : AWL
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Terrified, perhaps : ASHEN
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Guernsey, for one : ISLE
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Ill-gotten gains : GRIFT
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"Die Meistersinger" soprano : EVA
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Exclusive : SOLE
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Crackers : LOCO
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Figured out, in a way : DECIPHERED
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Parrot : APER
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Better : AMELIORATE
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It may be out on a limb : NEST
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Good judgment : HORSESENSE
Down
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"A ___ Face" (Joan Crawford film) : WOMANS
2
Curse : EVILEYE
3
Actress Montgomery : BELINDA
4
Commercial name part meaning "shiny" : BRITE
5
Alphabet sequence : RST
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Publisher Chandler : OTIS
7
Apparition : WRAITH
8
Grins self-consciously : SIMPERS
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Squeeze (out) : EKE
10
One of a cartoon duo : REN
11
"___ Excited" (1984 hit) : IMSO
12
Hunting cry : TALLYHO
13
Deposit : BUILDUP
14
Tribal leaders, maybe : ELDEST
21
Gets to : RANKLES
24
D. H. Lawrence ranch site : TAOS
25
Kitchen gadgets : RICERS
28
Fierce fighter : BEARCAT
29
Parting words : ADIEUS
32
Who blows thar : SHE
34
Part of the leg : HAM
36
"Call It Sleep" novelist : ROTH
38
Dinghy attachment, often : TOWROPE
39
Spirals : HELICES
40
Con man : FLEECER
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Loser : ALSORAN
43
Some ammunition : PELLETS
44
Topcoat : RAGLAN
46
Shoemaking sites : ANVILS
48
One of rock's Ramones : DEEDEE
51
Grenoble's department : ISERE
53
Means of defense : FORT
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"...baked in ___" : APIE
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Long keystroke : DAH
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First name in comedy : EMO
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Laugh sounds : HOS