23 December 2012 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 23 December 2012

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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Sewer, at times : MENDER
7
Dregs of society : SCUM
11
"I'm not doing so well" : AHME
15
___ it up (dress flamboyantly) : GLAM
19
Sherpa's tool : ICEAXE
20
Kind of street : THRU
21
Accurse : DAMN
22
Grams : NANA
23
Drank quickly : DOWNED
24
Allocated dollars for digs : RENTMONEY
26
&&& : ANDS
27
"___ time now" : ANY
28
Smoker's convenience : CIGARSTAND
30
Toiling away : ATWORK
32
Santa's bootblack? : SOOT
34
"___ ever!" : DOI
35
Paisley refusals : NAES
37
Gets up : RISES
38
Density symbol : RHO
40
Anti-apartheid org. : ANC
42
1970 hit for Neil Diamond : SHILO
43
De novo : ANEW
44
Lies in the hot sun : BAKES
46
Shacks : LEANTOS
48
Marine rescue grp. : USCG
50
Fancified : ORNATE
52
Really desire, with "over" : DROOL
53
Precipitate : LEADTO
57
House of the speaker? : STEREO
58
Writer : PENNER
60
Big guns : MORTARS
61
F = ma formulator : NEWTON
62
Very wide shoe spec : EEEE
63
Text changes : EDITS
65
Rocket center, once : YAO
66
___ admin : SYS
67
"Not doable" : CANT
68
Govt. money guarantor : FDIC
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Its capital is Sydney: Abbr. : NSW
70
"O Sole ___" : MIO
71
Just ___ ... or "Just '___" : CAUSE
73
Crones : HAGS
74
From way back : AGEOLD
77
It's needed for self-checkout : BARCODE
79
Alternative to broadband : DIALUP
81
Fixed rate : SETFEE
82
Capital north of Cyprus : ANKARA
83
Mat material : SISAL
84
Not yet out of the closet? : UNWORN
85
Attach a handle to : NAME
87
Preceded : FORERAN
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Give a rude awakening, say : ROUST
90
Flexible, electrically : ACDC
92
Derby features : BRIMS
94
Turn blue, say : DYE
95
Do wrong : ERR
96
Bubbling up : ABOIL
97
Ruination : BANE
98
Leonard Nimoy's "___ Not Spock" : IAM
100
"Fish Magic" painter : KLEE
103
Rapper who played Brother Sam on "Dexter" : MOSDEF
105
1996 Olympian noted for performing on an injured ankle : KERRISTRUG
110
Form letters? : IRS
111
"No ___" ("Don't ask me") : IDEA
112
Basically : INESSENCE
114
Breaks one's back : SLAVES
116
Boston player, for short : CELT
117
Triple Crown winners must lead their league in these : RBIS
118
Too-good-to-be-true offer, often : SCAM
119
Roman tragedy writer : SENECA
120
Florida's Sanibel, e.g. : ISLE
121
Zebra feature : MANE
122
They're run up : TABS
123
Like some dough : YEASTY
Down
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Unhappy king of legend : MIDAS
2
Prefix with -metrics : ECONO
3
Vegas casino : NEWYORKNEWYORK
4
Roseanne's husband on "Roseanne" : DAN
5
Suit : EXEC
6
Made de novo : REDID
7
Certain baby food : STRAINEDPEAS
8
So-called "Goddess of Pop" : CHER
9
Samovars : URNS
10
It's part this, part that : MUTT
11
Whom Shelley wept for : ADONAIS
12
"Water Music" composer : HANDEL
13
Fr. title : MME
14
"Watermark" vocalist : ENYA
15
Really bugging : GNAWINGAT
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Woolly : LANOSE
17
English royal : ANDREW
18
Covers up : MASKS
25
Street opening : MANHOLE
29
Sports announcer's scream : GOAL
31
Lost-parcel inquiries : TRACERS
33
Newspaper section : THEARTS
36
It's almost nothing : SOU
39
Prefix with -porosis : OSTEO
41
Took turns recklessly : CAREENED
42
Things may be written in it : STONE
44
Cap'n's mate : BOSN
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Kind of well : ARTESIAN
47
Piece for nine : NONET
49
Hockey area in front of the crease : SLOT
51
Seemingly forever : EON
54
Long-running TV show featuring the Hortons and the Bradys : DAYSOFOURLIVES
55
Fishing boats : TRAWLERS
56
South American zoo animal : OSO
59
Revolutionary 1960s Chinese youth : REDGUARD
60
Open ___ : MIC
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They're often behind glass : DISPLAYITEMS
67
Prompt : CUE
68
Apocryphal : FALSE
69
ABC, for one : NETWORK
70
Wall St. credential : MBA
71
Small boat made of wickerwork : CORACLE
72
"___ / Had 'em" (classic two-line poem about fleas) : ADAM
73
Quibblers split them : HAIRS
74
The Sun Devils' sch. : ASU
75
Sci-fi or western : GENRE
76
Result of a bang-up job? : DENT
78
One running : CANDIDATE
80
Beta carotene and others : ISOMERS
86
Go out : EBB
87
Trick-winning attempt in bridge : FINESSE
88
___ beer : NEAR
90
Dwellings : ABODES
91
TV announcer who broke the news of John Lennon's murder : COSELL
93
Earn hand over fist : RAKEIN
96
Firenze friends : AMICI
99
Rumpled : MUSSY
101
Put up : ERECT
102
Lamb specialty : ESSAY
104
Unwilling to budge : FIRM
106
Kick back : REST
107
People conquered by the Spanish : INCA
108
Wound protector : SCAB
109
Much merriment : GLEE
113
Heat org. : NBA
115
Got ___ (did great) : ANA