22 December 2017 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 22 December 2017

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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Piece of equipment at a rock concert : GUITARAMP
10
Abba who was born "Aubrey" : EBAN
14
Commitment you sometimes can't get out of? : ESCAPEROOM
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Bats : LOCO
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DC Comics supervillain group : THELEGIONOFDOOM
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Celebrity : FAME
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Composer Rachmaninoff : SERGEI
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Coloration : HUE
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"No bid" : IPASS
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Bazaar makeup : SHOPS
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Beauty mark? : TEN
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Engineer training centers : TECHSCHOOLS
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Major U.S. city with three pairs of double letters in its name : TALLAHASSEE
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Went from place to place : GALLIVANTED
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Plane fare : AIRLINEFOOD
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One who copes by excessive snacking : STRESSEATER
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Many cos. seek its approval : FDA
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Children's character who wears red-and-white stripes : WALDO
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W.W. I battle site : YPRES
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"Black-ish" network : ABC
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"Sure, I guess" : UHOKAY
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Lee side? : REBS
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What opening offers often leave : ROOMTONEGOTIATE
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Founder of Carthage, in myth : DIDO
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Spongy toy going up in popularity? : NERFROCKET
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Big bunch : SLEW
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Low throw : SNAKEEYES
Down
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Work out : GETFIT
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Common magnet feature : USHAPE
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Unemotional sort, in slang : ICEMAN
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H. P. Lovecraft output : TALES
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"Great" one in Africa : APE
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Rules, for short : REGS
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Grammy-winning artist India.___ : ARIE
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Make fast, in a way : MOOR
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Game with a 40-millimeter ball, informally : PONG
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Days of yore, in days of yore : ELD
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Cried dramatically : BOOHOOED
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Not many : ACOUPLE
13
Easily cleaned, in adspeak : NOMESS
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Homer's beer supplier : MOE
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You can hardly believe it : FISHSTORY
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Stops, as an engine : STALLSOUT
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Totally cheated : HOSED
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Merchant Samuel who lent his name to a historic island : ELLIS
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"I Fall to Pieces" singer : CLINE
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Words with cow or ball : HAVEA
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Screw over : SHAFT
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Something ported at a portage : CANOE
33
Like many a purchase weighed at a deli : TARED
34
Guidelines observed in sisterhood : GIRLCODE
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Bubbling, say : ATABOIL
36
Grasslands : SWARDS
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Way out : FREAKY
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Creditor, in financial jargon : DEBTEE
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They may be liquid : ASSETS
42
What's always found in quotes? : PRICE
45
Term of endearment : HON
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Easy things to dial on a rotary phone : ONES
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"Ol' Man River" composer Jerome : KERN
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Letters on old film boxes : AGFA
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Duchess of ___ : YORK
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Do some diamond cutting? : MOW
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Corn site : TOE