25 December 2003 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 25 December 2003

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I
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V
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O
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R
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S
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C
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I
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T
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A
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R
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C
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H
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V
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N
E
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A
U
K
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O
H
S
U
R
E
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X
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S
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C
P
O
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D
A
S
H
E
R
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N
E
C
T
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A
R
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N
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E
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T
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R
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D
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S
N
E
A
K
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D
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B
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E
S
S
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R
I
D
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B
L
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T
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Z
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E
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N
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W
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O
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M
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N
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S
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M
E
L
T
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E
T
O
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I
D
E
A
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S
A
N
T
A
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E
R
O
S
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S
O
S
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A
U
T
O
S
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D
R
O
N
E
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P
R
A
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N
C
E
R
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D
O
N
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O
C
T
A
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M
A
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I
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A
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C
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S
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B
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A
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N
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U
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P
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R
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N
C
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O
N
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O
T
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S
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E
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A
M
C
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R
M
A
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D
O
N
N
E
R
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E
E
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L
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R
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S
P
E
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Y
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P
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R
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T
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Hints & Clues

Across
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"Gosford Park" character ___ Novello : IVOR
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Zool. or astron. : SCI
8
Stiffness : STARCH
14
Street crossing Hollywood : VINE
15
Razor-billed ___ : AUK
16
"Yeah, right!" : OHSURE
17
x, for one : AXIS
18
Coast Guard rank: Abbr. : CPO
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One on the go : DASHER
20
Juicy fruit : NECTARINE
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Hackneyed : TIRED
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Took surreptitiously : SNEAKED
25
1953 Jean Simmons title role : BESS
27
Disencumber : RID
28
Lightning bolts, in Germany : BLITZEN
32
Sirens, e.g. : WOMEN
35
Fish eaten whole : SMELT
37
W.W. II map: Abbr. : ETO
38
It comes to mind : IDEA
39
Owner of eight other answers in this puzzle : SANTA
40
Daring 1960's Ralph Ginzburg magazine : EROS
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···---··· : SOS
42
Lincoln and Ford : AUTOS
43
Be a poor public speaker : DRONE
44
Cavorter : PRANCER
46
Slip into : DON
47
Prefix with meter : OCTA
48
Wild ones : MANIACS
52
Zulu, for one : BANTU
55
The Tigers : PRINCETON
57
Good-for-nothing : OTIOSE
59
Cable inits. : AMC
60
"Forever, ___" (1996 humor book) : ERMA
61
California's ___ Pass : DONNER
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Take in : SEE
63
One who waits in ambush : LIER
64
Split-second : SPEEDY
65
___ favor : POR
66
Stuff : SATE
Down
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Several czars : IVANS
2
Female fox : VIXEN
3
Opposite of neat : ONICE
4
Stopping-off place : RESTAREA
5
Like some ground : SACRED
6
Matchmaker : CUPID
7
Religious image: Var. : IKON
8
Turf : SOD
9
"Aha!" : THATSIT
10
Basketball datum : ASSIST
11
German valley : RUHR
12
Chief Big Bear, for one : CREE
13
Reindeer group : HERD
21
Parallel : AKIN
22
Dodgers' field, once : EBBETS
26
"___ Cinders" (old comic) : ELLA
29
Nil : ZERO
30
School attended by Ian Fleming : ETON
31
Rudolph's beacon : NOSE
32
Bit of a shock? : WISP
33
Musk or must : ODOR
34
City near Phoenix : MESA
35
Subordinate bureaucrat : SATRAP
36
6 on a phone : MNO
39
Mincemeat ingredient : SUET
40
Two-time U.S. Open winner : ERNIEELS
42
Criminal defendant, with "the" : ACCUSED
43
Therefore: Fr. : DONC
45
Nil : NOTONE
46
Ballerina : DANCER
48
Photocopy precursor : MIMEO
49
Courtyards : ATRIA
50
Cleaning brand : COMET
51
Net : SNARE
52
What gymgoers show off, slangily : BODS
53
On : ATOP
54
Reindeer team, counting Rudolph : NINE
56
Sound gravelly : RASP
58
Suffix with mock : ERY