21 December 2011 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 21 December 2011

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S
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M
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Hints & Clues

Across
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Hold back : STEM
5
Egg pouches : SACS
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Bus. cards in commercial mailings, e.g. : ENCLS
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Janowitz who wrote "Slaves of New York" : TAMA
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Dept. of Labor agency : OSHA
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"M*A*S*H" setting : KOREA
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"Little Caesar" gangster : RICO
18
Movie about La Brea Tar Pits' formation? : THEBIGSEEP
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Sharp-tongued : ACERB
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Does a post-meal chore : RINSES
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Movie about a Nobel-winning chemist? : THEIONKING
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Our sun : SOL
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Word after Farm or Live : AID
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Craving : YEN
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Humble oneself : EATDIRT
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Curtain material : SCRIM
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Surfer wannabe : HODAD
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Movie about Wall Streeters' excesses? : CASHOFTHETITANS
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So far : ASYET
43
Bridge bid, briefly : ONENO
44
Wild West badge : TINSTAR
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William Tell's canton : URI
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Brit. military honor : DSO
51
___ Tomé : SAO
52
Movie about the early life of Lassie? : PUPFICTION
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___ Creed of A.D. 325 : NICENE
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Nonsense word said while pointing a finger : EENIE
59
Movie about the memoirs of the Duke? : WAYNESWORD
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Saint Philip ___ : NERI
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Packing heat : ARMED
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The "a" in a.m. : ANTE
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Baseball analyst Hershiser : OREL
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"Siddhartha" author : HESSE
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River through Belgium : YSER
69
Seasonal song ... or a phonetic hint to 18-, 23-, 37-, 52- and 59-Across : NOEL
Down
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Geologic layers : STRATA
2
Meditative exercises : TAICHI
3
Acted the host : EMCEED
4
New Zealand native : MAORI
5
Boozehound : SOT
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Bat wood : ASH
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"S.N.L." alum Oteri : CHERI
8
Texas/Louisiana border river : SABINE
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Ticker tests, for short : EKGS
10
Snoop (around) : NOSE
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Bygone Toyota sedan : CRESSIDA
12
Jeans brand : LEE
13
Syrup base : SAP
19
"Young Frankenstein" woman : INGA
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Certain protest : BOYCOTT
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Soft ball brand : NERF
25
Put in stitches : KNIT
27
"The Plague" setting : ORAN
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Bygone Fords : LTDS
32
Precarious place, metaphorically : THINICE
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___ death (overwork) : DOTO
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Dams and does : SHES
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Unit now known as a siemens : MHO
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Musical with Mungojerrie and Jennyanydots : CATS
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Home to billions : ASIA
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Prim and proper, e.g. : SYNONYMS
40
Plenty, informally : ENUF
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Garr who played 19-Down : TERI
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Knuckle draggers : APES
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Takeoff site : RUNWAY
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Do-re-mi : DINERO
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Evening affair : SOIREE
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"The Iceman Cometh" playwright : ONEILL
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Lowly laborers : PEONS
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Mortise's mate : TENON
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Supermodel Sastre : INES
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Hand over : CEDE
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Cartoon baby's cry : WAH
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"Chances ___," 1957 #1 hit : ARE
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Address abbr. : RTE
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___ Spiegel : DER