21 December 2007 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 21 December 2007

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

Across
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Musical genre that uses a flatted fifth : BEBOP
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Violin attachments : CHINRESTS
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It vibrates during snoring : UVULA
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Novel that nobody reads : AUDIOBOOK
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Three-time U.S. presidential candidate : NADER
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Net sales? : ECOMMERCE
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Multigallon container : GASTANK
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Grave mound : BARROW
22
Hostage holder : CAPTOR
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Endearing, as a smile : WINSOME
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King's successor as S.C.L.C. president : ABERNATHY
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Shrink : COWER
28
Member of the 500 Home Run Club : SOSA
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Cannibal of Anglo-Saxon legend : GRENDEL
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"Science made clear": Cocteau : ART
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Stole, slangily : BOOSTED
33
Sweetums : LUV
36
Perseveres : HANGSON
37
You may need it going in : VISA
38
Union station? : ALTAR
41
Seven-foot star of 1960s TV : GENTLEBEN
43
They may raise some people's spirits : SEANCES
45
Films that require a lot of shooting? : OATERS
46
Sentence ender : PARDON
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Their work stinks : TANNERS
49
What a lack of evidence of forced entry might indicate : INSIDEJOB
51
Send to the front? : DRAFT
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Unchangeable situation : STALEMATE
54
Van ___ ("Jump" band) : HALEN
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Orthodox Church council : HOLYSYNOD
56
Inception : ONSET
Down
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Roll : BUN
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Actress who was the voice of Duchess in "The Aristocats" : EVAGABOR
3
The Pearl of the Danube : BUDAPEST
4
Sucrose polyester, more familiarly : OLESTRA
5
"Travelin' Thru" singer : PARTON
6
City largely destroyed by the Normandy campaign : CAEN
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Literary pal of Tom : HUCK
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Witness statement : IDO
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Rain clouds : NIMBI
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Worked one's wiles on : ROMANCED
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Longtime NBC sports exec : EBERSOL
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"Man of Constant ___" (old folk standard) : SORROW
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On the way : TOCOME
14
Stick on the grill : SKEWER
20
One of Ferdinand II's kingdoms : ARAGON
22
House on a hacienda : CASA
23
One of the Marsalis brothers : WYNTON
25
"Wild Thing" band, with "the" : TROGGS
26
1946 Literature Nobelist : HESSE
30
University of North Texas home : DENTON
32
Product lines? : BARCODES
33
Who's left? : LIBERALS
34
Assessment paid only by those who benefit : USERSFEE
35
Moving vehicles : VANS
36
Without apparent effort : HANDILY
37
Bonus Army member : VETERAN
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Venomous : ASPISH
39
Cabin addition : LEANTO
40
Heel bone, e.g. : TARSAL
42
Bridge declaration : LANDHO
44
"Politics is the ___ of the imagination": Ian McEwan : ENEMY
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Oz visitor : TOTO
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Supine, possibly : ABED
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Dutch painter Steen : JAN
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"We Know Drama" sloganeer : TNT