22 December 2013 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 22 December 2013

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B
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E
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M
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D
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L
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O
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R
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J
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G
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K
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M
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C
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K
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M
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N

Hints & Clues

Across
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Help to harm : ABET
5
Part of a pharaoh's headdress : ASP
8
Worker with a trowel : MASON
13
Much : FAR
16
Mideast capital : SANA
17
Symbol of mass density : RHO
18
Mercurial : FICKLE
19
"The Caine Mutiny" captain : QUEEG
21
Many an early French settler in America : HUGUENOT
23
More off-putting : ICKIER
24
European capital : BERNE
25
Special seating area in an airplane : EXITROW
26
Cry from Scrooge : BAH
27
With 63-Down, 1997 P.G.A. champ who captained the 2012 U.S. Ryder Cup team : DAVISLOVE
29
Good scores in diving : NINES
30
Like many coats and tunes : BELTED
33
Make calls : REF
34
General ___ chicken : TSOS
35
Special mall event : TENTSALE
37
Bride of 1981 : LADYDI
39
Jules or Jim in "Jules et Jim" : AMI
40
Amarillo-to-Dallas dir. : ESE
41
L.G.B.T. rights advocate : ACLU
42
Iowa city : AMES
43
Done: Fr. : FINI
45
Lands : DOCKS
47
Without ___ (dangerously) : ANET
48
It may be full of icons : DESKTOP
51
Tease, with "on" : RAG
54
2-Down, for one : ORE
55
Some H.S. math : ALG
56
Slanting : ATILT
58
"Say what?" : HUH
59
One more : ANOTHER
61
Words that precede "Born is the King ..." : NOELNOEL
63
House committee chairman Darrell : ISSA
64
Mexican sauces : MOLES
65
Ear-related study : OTOLOGY
66
Hilarious types : RIOTS
67
Strain : SIFT
68
Reproductive stock : GENEPOOL
70
New hire, typically : TRAINEE
72
Hydrocarbon suffix : ENE
73
Target number : QUOTA
74
Fr. holy woman : STE
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British rule in India : RAJ
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[I'm mad!] : GRR
77
"Don Quixote" composer : STRAUSS
79
Idiosyncrasies : TICS
81
Overseas assembly : SENAT
83
Number-crunching grp. : CPAS
84
Bach's "___, Joy of Man's Desiring" : JESU
85
Greek earth goddess : GAEA
86
Robe closer : OBI
89
Nuke : ZAP
90
Chef Lagasse : EMERIL
92
Unseen scenes : OUTTAKES
94
Taunt : GIBE
95
One ___ customer : TOA
96
Name on a swim cap : SPEEDO
98
Funny Anne : MEARA
100
Giving a boost : UPRAISING
103
How-___ : TOS
104
Moneymaker for Money : PRINTAD
106
Compact Olds : ALERO
107
Futuristic weapon : RAYGUN
109
Like a rendition of "Deck the Halls" : SPIRITED
110
He's no Einstein : MORON
111
Boo-boos : ERRORS
112
Thriller writer Follett : KEN
113
Rural storage : SILO
114
Preserve, in a way : CAN
115
China producer : SPODE
116
Nettle : IRK
117
Half of a noodle dish? : MEIN
Down
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Gray : ASHEN
2
Good source of aluminum : BAUXITE
3
What cowlings cover : ENGINES
4
Took up the slack in : TAUTENED
5
River of Pisa : ARNO
6
[See blurb] : SHOWBACKER
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Something it's not good to go to : POT
8
[See blurb] : MICHELANGELOSCULPTURE
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Cousin of "aargh!" : ACK
10
Lose traction : SKID
11
Mrs. ___ cow : OLEARYS
12
Braced (oneself) : NERVED
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Give it the gas : FUELTANK
14
[See blurb] : AEROSMITHSONG
15
Expulsion, as of a foreign diplomat : RENVOI
18
Majority owner of Chrysler : FIAT
19
Play callers, for short : QBS
20
Big money units, in slang : GEES
22
Lead-in to while : ERST
26
___ cheese : BLEU
28
Beatles tune from "A Hard Day's Night" : IFIFELL
31
Some wings : ELLS
32
Broad : DAME
36
___-Coeur (Paris basilica) : SACRE
38
Unknot : DETANGLE
44
Suffix with sentimental : IST
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Cries of joy : OOHS
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Throw for ___ : ALOOP
48
Common game piece : DIE
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Expulsion : OUSTER
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Futuristic weapon : PHASER
51
One of 11 pharaohs : RAMSES
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Bedub : ANOINT
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[See blurb] : GOLFERCABRERA
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Termite's nemesis : ANTEATER
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Item in Santa's sack : TOY
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Eastern holiday : TET
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Ransacks : LOOTS
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See 27-Across : III
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Home of Thunder Bay: Abbr. : ONT
66
___ Rao, "The Serpent and the Rope" novelist : RAJA
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Tailors' inserts : GUSSETS
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Sister of Helios : EOS
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[See blurb] : TREETOPPER
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Charged : RANAT
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In the role of : QUA
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Guest-star in, say : APPEARON
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Nile deity : ISIS
81
Mideast ruler : SAUD
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Symbolic effort in support of equal rights : TOKENISM
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"Cloud Shepherd" artist : JEANARP
85
Departs : GOES
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Writer Ann : BEATTIE
88
Mideast national : ISRAELI
89
Self-sealing bag : ZIPLOC
91
Vintage wedding gown fabrics : MOIRES
93
Mideast ruler : AMIR
94
Spanish cession in the Spanish-American War : GUAM
97
Millennia on end : EONS
99
Extension : ADDON
101
Charge carrier : ION
102
Greek diner order : GYRO
105
Winter sports locale : RINK
108
Son of ___ : GOD
109
Bit of winter sports equipment : SKI