21 December 2016 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 21 December 2016

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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Creatures under Wayne Manor : BATS
5
6'7" Sixers #6 : DRJ
8
Walks and balks : STATS
13
Court giant Arthur : ASHE
14
Maker of the old Speed Wagon : REO
15
Takes over : USURPS
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HOUSE : THECLINK
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Hemingway who wrote "Out Came the Sun" : MARIEL
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"Rumour ___ It" (2011 Adele hit) : HAS
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Skin-care brand whose active ingredients are oat compounds : AVEENO
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Ancient sun worshiper : INCA
24
You, more formally : ONE
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APPLE : NEWYORKCITY
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Genius Mixes program : ITUNES
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She played Rosemary in "Rosemary's Baby" : MIA
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Rightmost number on an Italian clock : TRE
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Simpson who lost a crossword contest in 2008 : LISA
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State nobody wants to live in : AGONY
34
"___ out!" : YER
35
MAC : HAMBURGER
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"I learned to be a movie critic by reading ___ magazine": Roger Ebert : MAD
42
GPS suggestion : ROUTE
43
Places where people have withdrawals? : ATMS
47
Galoot : APE
48
Choose : OPT
49
Sports entertainment show since 1993 : WWERAW
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CHEESE : GRANDPOOBAH
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The "E" of 14-Across : ELI
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Observe : NOTE
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Bring to a boil : ENRAGE
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___ wheels : MAG
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Supported : UPHELD
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"Shoot for the moon!" ... or a hint to interpreting the clues to 17-, 25-, 35- and 51-Across : THINKBIG
63
European river that inspired Smetana : MOLDAU
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Baseball's ___ Desmond, three-time Silver Slugger Award winner : IAN
65
Alternatively : ELSE
66
Message board admin : SYSOP
67
Sudden turn : ZIG
68
Gardener's bane : WEED
Down
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Aromatherapy substance : BATHOIL
2
Single-named singer with the 2002 hit "Foolish" : ASHANTI
3
Ariadne helped him navigate the Labyrinth : THESEUS
4
Jiffy : SEC
5
Tees off : DRIVES
6
Magazine urging : RENEW
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Hardly serious : JOKEY
8
Heavyweight bout venue : SUMORING
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Screeners' org. : TSA
10
Golden : AURIC
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Christian supergroup? : TRINITY
12
007 movie after "Skyfall" : SPECTRE
16
Heavy-metal band with a killer sound? : SLAYER
18
Word with fast or fire : LANE
22
"Spare me!" : NOMORE
26
Comic actor Danny : KAYE
28
Slangy negative : NAH
32
Be alongside : ABUTON
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Instinctive : GUT
36
Longtime Yankee nickname : AROD
37
Took care of the last bit : MOPPEDUP
38
Norma ___ (Sally Field title role) : RAE
39
1 1/2-liter bottle : MAGNUM
40
Fitting : APROPOS
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Like the Hallows in a Harry Potter title : DEATHLY
44
Quake : TREMBLE
45
Torpor : MALAISE
46
Drank, as from a flask : SWIGGED
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Undertaking, as a war : WAGING
50
"Say ___" : WHEN
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Water and sunlight, for plants : NEEDS
53
David ___, longtime Red Sox slugger : ORTIZ
54
Faith founded in Persia : BAHAI
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Thai neighbor : LAO
62
___ Gardens, N.Y. : KEW