20 December 2009 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 20 December 2009

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W
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A
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A
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H
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I
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S
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I
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A
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H
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T
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I
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D
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A
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L
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S
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H
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A
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M
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A
L
B
A
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R
O
D
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O
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O
L
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V
E
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M
E
S
A
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R
A
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N
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F
O
R
E
S
T
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P
L
A
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N
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F
O
L
K
S
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T
I
E
D
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N
T
O
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S
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C
R
U
M
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D
A
L
L
A
S
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S
T
O
O
L
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S
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H
O
S
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A
L
L
D
O
N
E
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M
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C
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C
A
I
N
F
O
L
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L
O
W
E
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R
S
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S
E
A
T
S
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S
H
A
W
N
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G
O
U
P
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E
K
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B
E
R
G
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D
A
I
S
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D
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A
Y
A
N
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S
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O
D
O
I
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A
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A
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A
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O
R
R
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V
E
T
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N
A
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P
K
I
N
F
O
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L
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D
I
N
G
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S
T
O
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V
E
P
I
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P
E
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A
I
D
E
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E
R
N
I
E
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I
N
T
E
R
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P
T
S
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C
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O
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N
A
N
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B
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R
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E
S
T
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I
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M
I
T
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O
K
E
Y
D
O
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K
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E
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Y
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R
E
G
A
I
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N
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F
O
O
T
I
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N
G
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D
E
S
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R
A
E
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O
X
O
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E
L
R
O
Y
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O
D
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I
S
T
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R
O
T
S
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C
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L
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A
W
A
T
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S
T
E
N
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R
E
N
E
E
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S
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M
E
A
R
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T
O
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P
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P
I
N
F
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O
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R
E
H
A
N
D
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C
O
N
S
O
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R
T
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A
H
A
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S
E
N
A
T
E
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U
N
T
A
M
E
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A
G
O
R
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A
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R
E
F
R
A
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I
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N
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S
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B
A
R
G
A
I
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N
F
O
R
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J
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O
I
N
F
O
R
C
E
S
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A
M
I
N
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M
E
A
D
E
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A
B
O
I
L
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S
O
W
N
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S
I
C
A
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S
T
R
A
D
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M
E
R
L
E
123
E
N
T
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Hints & Clues

Across
1
Crib cry : WAAH
5
N.B.A. Hall-of-Famer Thomas : ISIAH
10
Like some waves : TIDAL
15
Pillow cover : SHAM
19
Jessica of "Fantastic Four" : ALBA
20
Where to go for the big bucks? : RODEO
21
Item on a toothpick : OLIVE
22
La ___, Calif. : MESA
23
It has a large canopy : RAINFOREST
25
Average Joes : PLAINFOLKS
27
Connected with : TIEDINTO
28
Rugby action : SCRUM
30
Where 7-Eleven is headquartered : DALLAS
31
Counter view? : STOOLS
33
Christmas sounds : HOS
34
"Finished!" : ALLDONE
35
Republicans in 2008 : MCCAINFOLLOWERS
40
See 104-Across : SEATS
41
William ___, longtime editor of The New Yorker : SHAWN
42
Increase : GOUP
43
Mastroianni's co-star in "La Dolce Vita" : EKBERG
45
V.I.P. locale : DAIS
46
Six-Day War hero : DAYAN
48
"Me too" : SODOI
50
Battery option : AAA
53
Bruin great : ORR
54
Lab inspector? : VET
55
Busboy's assignment : NAPKINFOLDING
59
Lincoln trademark : STOVEPIPE
62
One who might be left holding the bag? : AIDE
63
Sesame Street resident : ERNIE
64
Lay to rest : INTER
65
N, E, W and S : PTS
66
Title role for Arnold Schwarzenegger : CONAN
69
French seaport : BREST
72
Not orig. : IMIT
74
"You bet" : OKEYDOKEY
78
Stop a trip? : REGAINFOOTING
82
Avenue ___ Champs-Élysées : DES
83
Charlotte of "Diff'rent Strokes" : RAE
84
Big name in kitchen utensils : OXO
85
Boy's name that means "the king" : ELROY
86
Horace, e.g. : ODIST
88
Goes to hell : ROTS
89
Attack, bear-style : CLAWAT
92
British gun : STEN
93
___ Vivien, British poet known as the Muse of the Violets : RENEE
94
Makeup boo-boo : SMEAR
96
Rafael Nadal specialty : TOPSPINFOREHAND
101
Associate : CONSORT
103
"Gotcha!" : AHA
104
With 40-Across, some Election Day prizes : SENATE
105
Wild : UNTAME
106
Lead-in to phobia : AGORA
108
"Fa la la la la la la la la" and others : REFRAINS
112
Expect, everything considered : BARGAINFOR
114
Unite : JOINFORCES
116
Whitaker's Oscar-winning role : AMIN
117
Army of the Potomac commander during the Civil War : MEADE
118
Seething : ABOIL
119
Put in the ground, in a way : SOWN
120
Director Vittorio De ___ : SICA
121
Prize for Paganini : STRAD
122
Country singer Travis : MERLE
123
Tolkien tree creatures : ENTS
Down
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Target of salicylic acid : WART
2
Jai ___ : ALAI
3
Title fellow in a 1922 Broadway hit : ABIE
4
Shop tools : HANDSAWS
5
Like some transfers : IRONON
6
In a way : SORTOF
7
Communism, for one : IDEOLOGY
8
Two-time loser to D.D.E. : AES
9
Intense attraction, with "the" : HOTS
10
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, etc., on a standard keyboard : TOPROW
11
Mistreatment : ILLUSE
12
Geom. measure : DIAM
13
Prefix with fauna : AVI
14
Three-time U.S. Open champion : LENDL
15
Barely contain one's anger : SMOLDER
16
"Oh, you're back" : HELLOAGAIN
17
Obliquely : ASKANT
18
Hoi polloi, with "the" : MASSES
24
Belong : FITIN
26
Like some starts : FALSE
29
Dice : CHOP
32
Everett of "Citizen Kane" : SLOANE
34
Request from : ASKOF
35
Windows precursor : MSDOS
36
Patient record : CHART
37
Home of the mask of King Tutankhamen : CAIRO
38
Old Coney Island's ___ Park : LUNA
39
Frequent Borat target : REDNECK
44
Library section, for short : BIO
46
State, e.g.: Abbr. : DEPT
47
Play to ___ : ATIE
48
Takes to the hills? : SKIS
49
Meteor trailer? : OID
51
"Wheel of Fortune" request : ANI
52
Obituary datum : AGE
54
20-ounce coffee size : VENTI
56
Page of music : PATTI
57
Does Rudolph's job : LEADS
58
1962 film set partly on Crab Key : DRNO
60
Discover alternative : VISA
61
Before : PRIORTO
65
"A woman's ___ often opens the door to love": Henry Ward Beecher : PITY
67
Lib. references : OEDS
68
Dmitri's denial : NYET
69
Good pal : BRO
70
Reagan White House dog : REX
71
Having I trouble? : EGOCENTRIC
73
Jersey call : MOO
74
Nash and others : OGDENS
75
Money in Malmö : KRONA
76
Put away : EATEN
77
Was sycophantic to : YESED
79
Just out : NEW
80
Scruggs's partner in bluegrass : FLATT
81
"Don't look at me!" : NOTI
87
Second-rate : INFERIOR
88
Run through : REHEARSE
90
Trattoria offering : LASAGNA
91
Kitchen draw : AROMA
92
Lock horns (with) : SPAR
93
Back in : RETRO
94
Explores with a tank : SCUBAS
95
French term of address : MONAMI
97
Taoists' locale : PAGODA
98
Held (up) : SHORED
99
Low soccer score : ONENIL
100
Fund-raising option : RAFFLE
102
Old French coronation city : REIMS
106
Miles off : AFAR
107
Stuck, after "in" : AJAM
109
Che Guevara, e.g. : ICON
110
House speaker between Tom and Dennis : NEWT
111
Some employment records: Abbr. : SSNS
113
It's not gross : NET
115
U.K. award : OBE