24 December 2010 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 24 December 2010

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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Not an ideal answer to "Do these jeans make me look fat?" : HMM
4
Chief : ARCH
8
Something to unscrew on an auto : GASCAP
14
Feu fighter : EAU
15
Uncommon, in ancient Rome : RARA
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Land of Papá Noel : ESPANA
17
N N N : NUS
18
Carols, often : CHURCHHYMNS
20
Mr. Hilarious : RIOT
22
Chair: Abbr. : DIR
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Nonverbal congratulations : PAT
24
Scrooge player of film : MICHAELCAINE
29
It has 3,750 "steps of penitence" : MTSINAI
30
Intimate : GETAT
33
Down : EAT
34
Bird, e.g., once : CELT
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Comment upon receiving a large bill : OUCH
38
Polar opposites? : NAUGHTYORNICE
42
"___ doing ..." : INSO
43
Cold capital : OSLO
44
Pique condition? : IRE
46
Saw : ADAGE
48
Entered cautiously : EASEDIN
51
Time before the present day? : CHRISTMASEVE
54
Palindromic girl's name : AVA
57
With 67-Across, sacred symbol to Zeus : OAK
58
TV's Anderson : LONI
59
Song of 1859 ... or what the five circled letters represent? : SILENTNIGHT
64
It's taken to calm down : TEN
66
It takes place on board a ship at sea in "The Tempest" : SCENEI
67
See 57-Across : TREE
68
Be a certain way? : ARE
69
Bit of candy : TICTAC
70
Start of something : SEED
71
Brief subject : LAW
Down
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Game ___ : HEN
2
Its capital is Nouakchott : MAURITANIA
3
Score keeper? : MUSICSTAND
4
Inverse trig function : ARCTAN
5
Exclamation heard 12 times in Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance" : RAH
6
Word on a vin bottle : CRU
7
Head of cattle? : HARDC
8
The Iron Horse of baseball : GEHRIG
9
Silvery-gray : ASH
10
19-Down employee : SPY
11
Rough it, say : CAMP
12
Lady whom Don Giovanni tries to seduce : ANNA
13
Over : PAST
19
Employer of 10-Downs: Abbr. : CIA
21
"___ don't know" : OHI
24
Fr. title : MME
25
Per : EACH
26
Misinform, maybe : LIETO
27
#10 on a table : NEON
28
Seamstress's aid : ETUI
31
Chance : ACCIDENTAL
32
"Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" setting : THERIVIERA
35
Lily, in Lille : LYS
36
Flat sign : TOLET
39
Car-racing org. : USAC
40
Van follower : GOGH
41
Tramp : ROAM
45
Chemical suffix : ENE
47
Blue : EROTIC
49
Like many winter roads : SALTED
50
Peruvian pronoun : ESO
52
Ziering of "90210" : IAN
53
Burlesque bits : SKITS
54
Bob Cratchit to Scrooge, e.g.: Abbr. : ASST
55
Part of a boast : VICI
56
Smart ___ : ALEC
60
Three-in-one M.D. : ENT
61
Class-conscious grp.? : NEA
62
Princeton Review subj. : GRE
63
Part of a snicker : HEE
65
Fresh : NEW