21 December 2010 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 21 December 2010

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Hints & Clues

Across
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Do a double-take, e.g. : REACT
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Made a choice : OPTED
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Composition of Jack Haley's Oz character : TIN
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God, to Muslims : ALLAH
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Gaucho's plain : LLANO
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"Six Feet Under" network : HBO
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F.A.A. supervisors? : PLANEBOARDS
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Belief suffix : ISM
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Start of a countdown : TEN
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Jerome who composed "Ol' Man River" : KERN
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Dolts : ASSES
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Object to online commentary? : MINDBLOGGING
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Cosine's reciprocal : SECANT
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"Waiting for Lefty" playwright : ODETS
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It's walked on pirate ships : PLANK
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"... ___ saw Elba" : EREI
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Awaiting scheduling, initially : TBA
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Holiday smokes? : CHRISTMASCLAROS
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Broadcast : AIR
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Strong desires : YENS
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Tickle : AMUSE
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Want badly, with "for" : YEARN
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Least amiable : ICIEST
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Cleaned up after a spill? : BLOTTEDWATER
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Tilter's weapon : LANCE
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___-Tass news agency : ITAR
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Martinique, par exemple : ILE
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Heavenly body : ORB
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Defamation in the Garden of Eden? : ADAMSLANDER
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Fertility clinic cells : OVA
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Potter's potions professor : SNAPE
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Playing pieces in Rummikub : TILES
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Nat Geo, for one : MAG
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Snap course : EASYA
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Wield, as power : EXERT
Down
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Totally absorbed : RAPT
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Vogue competitor : ELLE
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Shepard in space : ALAN
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Pink-slip : CAN
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"Lola" band : THEKINKS
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Start of grace, maybe : OLORD
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Fallback strategy : PLANB
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Subject of a cigarette rating : TAR
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Shut down : END
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Prescription measure : DOSAGE
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"You're right" : THISISTRUE
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"The Wild Duck" playwright Henrik : IBSEN
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Chinese restaurant request : NOMSG
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Out of alignment : BENT
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Bilko or Friday: Abbr. : SGT
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Gershwin's "The ___ Love" : MANI
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Windblown soil : LOESS
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Keatsian or Pindaric : ODIC
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Pet advocacy org. : SPCA
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Grades K-12 : ELHI
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Allotment of one, usually, for an airline passenger : CARRYONBAG
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Make improvements to : EMEND
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Turned chicken : RAN
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One calling the shots : BOSS
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"I'd hate to break up ___" : ASET
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One of four on a Rolls : TYRE
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Cut jaggedly : LACERATE
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Mideast potentate: Var. : AMIR
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Catchall abbr. : ETC
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Free from anxiety : ATEASE
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Font option: Abbr. : ITAL
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Burst into flower : BLOOM
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Maggot or grub : LARVA
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Hardly macho : WIMPY
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Totally lost : ATSEA
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Pink-slip : IDLE
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Lecher's look : LEER
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Once, old-style : ERST
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Paternity suit evidence : DNA
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Smallish batteries : AAS
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Give a thumbs-down : NIX