25 December 2008 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 25 December 2008

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C
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L
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A
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S
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P
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S
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K
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A
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M
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A
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D
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A
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M
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R
I
F
L
E
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A
I
L
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A
L
E
R
O
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A
A
R
O
N
18
C
L
A
19
S
S
I
C
A
L
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B
R
O
W
N
21
B
R
O
N
C
O
C
O
L
T
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P
E
R
U
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A
R
N
E
24
L
25
O
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C
O
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A
M
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P
L
E
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S
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C
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A
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M
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O
S
A
K
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A
35
I
D
E
36
A
37
A
G
E
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C
H
I
E
F
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T
40
E
X
A
N
S
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A
I
N
T
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H
E
R
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L
U
C
E
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P
U
R
E
E
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S
A
N
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K
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N
O
L
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A
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N
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T
O
W
S
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A
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S
I
T
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L
E
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G
O
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G
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I
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A
N
T
C
O
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W
B
O
Y
B
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I
60
L
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L
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N
O
T
S
O
S
U
R
E
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R
A
D
I
O
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U
N
M
A
N
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R
E
D
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O
H
A
R
A
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S
A
S
S
Y
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S
N
O
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S
N
E
A
D

Hints & Clues

Across
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Choker component : CLASP
6
Music pioneered by Byron Lee and the Dragonaires : SKA
9
___ secretary : MADAM
14
Rummage : RIFLE
15
Suffer : AIL
16
Bygone Olds : ALERO
17
Sorkin who created "The West Wing" : AARON
18
Section in a record store : CLASSICAL
20
Chestnut-colored mustang offspring? : BROWNBRONCOCOLT
22
Its coat of arms includes a vicuña : PERU
23
"Rule, Britannia" composer Thomas : ARNE
24
Nuts : LOCO
27
Like the space around a first-class seat, say : AMPLE
29
Con : SCAM
33
Pitcher Hideo Nomo's birthplace : OSAKA
35
"No ___" ("Beats me") : IDEA
37
Ripen : AGE
38
Main dedicatee of an Austin cathedral? : CHIEFTEXANSAINT
42
"Talk to ___," Pedro Almodóvar film : HER
43
Time-honored name? : LUCE
44
Food processor setting : PUREE
45
Torpedoed : SANK
47
David ___, founder of the Libertarian Party : NOLAN
50
A.A.A. jobs : TOWS
51
___ were : ASIT
53
Brick maker : LEGO
55
Hefty invoice for boots and spurs? : GIANTCOWBOYBILL
62
On the fence : NOTSOSURE
63
Dashboard item : RADIO
64
Emasculate : UNMAN
65
Embarrassed, perhaps : RED
66
Last name of Kipling's Kim : OHARA
67
Fresh : SASSY
68
___ Balls (snack cakes) : SNO
69
Masters champ of 1949, 1952 and 1954 : SNEAD
Down
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Grouch : CRAB
2
Epithet that's an anagram of 60-Down : LIAR
3
Big do : AFRO
4
Snail : SLOWPOKE
5
Pasta salad ingredient : PENNE
6
Pelvic bone : SACRUM
7
Overseas shipping unit : KILO
8
Star of Broadway's "QED," 2001-02 : ALANALDA
9
Brick placer : MASON
10
Walker, Cooper and others : ALICES
11
Art ___ : DECO
12
Asia's ___ Sea : ARAL
13
Shed : MOLT
19
Present for viewing ... or prevent from being viewed : SCREEN
21
Bust holder : BRA
24
Ness and Tay : LOCHS
25
Dublin-born film star Milo : OSHEA
26
___ terrier : CAIRN
28
Dot : PIXEL
30
The City of a Thousand Minarets : CAIRO
31
Predecessor of Ford : AGNEW
32
Doles (out) : METES
34
Org. founded by Samuel Gompers : AFL
36
Saharan viper : ASP
39
Garb for Robin Hood and his band : TUNICS
40
Trips through rain forests, maybe : ECOTOURS
41
Famously fast route : AUTOBAHN
46
Home of Fort Scott National Historic Site : KANSAS
48
Light ratio in astronomy : ALBEDO
49
Prefix with romantic : NEO
52
Like some silences : STONY
54
Spinners : GYROS
55
Prey for lions : GNUS
56
College in New Rochelle, N.Y. : IONA
57
Mall conveniences : ATMS
58
Cousin of a treecreeper : WREN
59
Family name suffix in taxonomy : IDAE
60
Money that's an anagram of 2-Down : LIRA
61
Dishwasherful : LOAD