23 December 2017 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 23 December 2017

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

Across
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Bygone can opener : RINGTAB
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Provincial despots : SATRAPS
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He wrote "In wildness is the preservation of the world" : THOREAU
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Much of a marmoset's diet : TREESAP
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Honor for Sean Connery and Pierce Brosnan, but not Roger Moore or Daniel Craig : SEXIESTMANALIVE
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Drug sought by Roy Cohn in "Angels in America" : AZT
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York successor : TUDOR
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Alternative to Tide : ALL
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G.I. food packs : MRES
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Daring deed : GEST
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___ Riddle of the Harry Potter books : TOM
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Lip : RIM
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Spreadsheet command : SORT
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Certain swab sample : SALIVA
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Rudy Giuliani or Fiorello La Guardia : ITALIANAMERICAN
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They're called up : INDUCTEES
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Hip-hop performer who was 2016's Best New Artist Grammy winner : CHANCETHERAPPER
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Accumulated, with "up" : RACKED
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Times of fitful sleep, maybe : EVES
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CVS offerings : RXS
43
Magazine for entrepreneurs : INC
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Stupefied : AWED
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<--, for example : COLT
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I : EGO
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Certain aisle terminus : ALTAR
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Dish that's out of this world? : UFO
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Hollywood V.I.P. : STUDIOEXECUTIVE
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Flat figures : TENANTS
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"She's Like the Wind" and others : SIMILES
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Without proof : ONTRUST
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Sample group? : TASTERS
Down
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Some football linemen: Abbr. : RTS
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"Shh, something's coming!" : IHEARIT
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Product once known as "The Miracle Cream of Baltimore" : NOXZEMA
4
Boiled breakfast dish : GRITS
5
Kickoff aid : TEE
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Some batteries : AAS
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Shade of light brownish-gray : BUTTERNUT
8
Köln or Nürnberg : STADT
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It flows near the Piazzale Michelangelo : ARNO
10
Hightail it : TEAR
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Th.D.'s field : REL
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Like the Golden Horde : ASIATIC
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Meringue-based dessert named for a ballerina : PAVLOVA
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Prestigious women's college in Atlanta : SPELMAN
18
Male grooming aid : MUSTACHEWAX
22
Pre-op procedure : MRI
23
Said "I dare you" to, say : GOADED
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To this day : SINCE
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Come to a boil : SEERED
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Purviews : AREAS
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Discuss thickness with a doctor? : LISP
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Association : LINK
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Place known to natives as Chomolungma ("goddess mother of the world") : MTEVEREST
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Dumps one's complaints on : CRIESTO
35
Maneuver on a surfboard : HANGTEN
36
Import : ACCOUNT
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Quick biography : PROFILE
38
Dear departed? : EXLOVER
39
Alphabet trio : RST
44
Arms race event, for short : ATEST
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Get the job done : CUTIT
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Japanese native : AINU
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A bunch : LOTS
51
Give: Sp. : DAR
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George Tenet's "At the Center of the Storm: My Years at the ___" : CIA
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Toastmasters' stumbles : UMS
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Slalom maneuver : ESS