22 December 1997 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 22 December 1997

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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Capital of Azerbaijan : BAKU
5
___ Kett of early comics : ETTA
9
Confronts : FACES
14
X ___ xylophone : ASIN
15
Statutes : LAWS
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Nonsensical : INANE
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Leave in, editorially : STET
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Explorer called "the Red" : ERIC
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Kind of orange : NAVEL
20
With 34-, 43- and 58-Across, message on a tourist's postcard : HAVINGAGOODTIME
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Chou En-___ : LAI
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Bout outcome, briefly : TKO
25
River at Ghent : LYS
26
Strike caller : UMP
29
After : PAST
32
Truck track : RUT
34
See 20-Across : PERFECTWEATHER
39
Composer Stravinsky : IGOR
40
Moray, e.g. : EEL
41
Lendl of tennis : IVAN
43
See 20-Across : AWESOMESCENERY
48
Ordinal suffix : ETH
49
Card game start : DEAL
50
Born: Fr. : NEE
51
Airline with the old slogan "Up, up and away" : TWA
54
Broadcast : AIR
56
Oversized : BIG
58
See 20-Across : WISHYOUWEREHERE
65
Put ___ to (end) : ASTOP
66
Surrealist Salvador : DALI
67
Gym socks may have one : ODOR
68
India's first P.M. : NEHRU
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"Holy moly!" : EGAD
70
What's holding things up : SNAG
71
Like Gatsby : GREAT
72
Actress Russo : RENE
73
Root in Hawaiian cookery : TARO
Down
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Wingding : BASH
2
Nick and Nora's dog : ASTA
3
Chicken ___ (deep-fried dish) : KIEV
4
"Don't open ___ Christmas!" : UNTIL
5
Mournful : ELEGIAC
6
Scarlett's home : TARA
7
Baby branch : TWIG
8
Broad necktie : ASCOT
9
Discover : FINDOUT
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Med. course : ANAT
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Carp : CAVIL
12
Hostile force : ENEMY
13
Tennis champ Monica : SELES
21
Back of the neck : NAPE
22
Gumbo : OKRA
26
A.P. rival : UPI
27
Prefix with bucks or phone : MEGA
28
Ship's front : PROW
30
Part of a rose : STEM
31
Preppy's fabric : TWEED
33
Significantly underweight : THIN
35
At liberty : FREE
36
"What ___ can I say?" : ELSE
37
Uniform : EVEN
38
Lightly cooked : RARE
42
Actress Carrie : NYE
44
"Don't move!" : STAYPUT
45
Toledo's home : OHIO
46
Trip to the airport, say : CABRIDE
47
Nobelist Wiesel : ELIE
51
Nasal tone : TWANG
52
More prudent : WISER
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"___ World Turns" : ASTHE
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Less polite : RUDER
57
Basic Halloween costume : GHOST
59
Jewish wedding dance : HORA
60
Carry on : WAGE
61
Vivacity : ELAN
62
___ St. Vincent Millay : EDNA
63
Din : ROAR
64
Hence : ERGO