25 December 2009 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 25 December 2009

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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Sony computer brand : VAIO
5
River of Germany : SAAR
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One who worked in a "dismal little cell" : BOBCRATCHIT
12
A-list wannabe : SOCIALCLIMBER
14
Georgia border river : SAVANNAH
15
Order in the court : DECREE
17
Blanch : SCALD
18
"Piece" org. : NRA
20
Italy's first capital : TURIN
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Canine warnings : GRRS
22
Taking too much, briefly : ODING
24
With 35-Down, brother of Master Peter : TINY
25
Stocking stuffer : TOY
26
With 32-Across, one subjected to "incessant torture of remorse" : GHOSTOF
28
Org. with inspectors : FAA
29
Cause for weaving, for short : DUI
30
Prepare to drive : TEEUP
32
See 26-Across : JACOBMARLEY
35
Something to do twice? : THINK
37
It may be rolled : OAT
38
"Ho, ho, ho," e.g. : LAUGH
41
Burial place of Macbeth : IONA
42
Apportioned, as medicine : DOSED
44
Noted Bauhaus teacher : KLEE
45
"Little Women" woman : MEG
46
Quick-change artists? : PITCREW
48
25-Across maker : ELF
49
Repeated part of "Deck the Halls" : LALALA
51
Agrarian concern : SOIL
53
One who saw his name upon the stone of a neglected grave : EBENEZERSCROOGE
58
Michael who wrote "Charmed Lives" : KORDA
59
It's gross : GOO
60
Tannenbaum topper : ENGEL
61
Gradual : EASY
62
On the ___ : SLY
63
Tupolev Tu-144s, e.g. : SSTS
Down
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Sung parts, as of carols : VOCALS
2
Trapped, after "in" : ABIND
3
Optimistic assertion : ICAN
4
"As You Like It" hero : ORLANDO
5
Mo. town : STL
6
Kind of rock : ACID
7
Ertegun who co-founded Atlantic Records : AHMET
8
Club steak, e.g. : RIBCUT
9
Emma of fiction : BOVARY
10
1843 work in five "staves" : ACHRISTMASCAROL
11
"Super!" : TERRIF
12
Pelvic prefix : SACRO
13
Spanish royal : REINA
14
U.S.A.F. E-5 : SSGT
16
"And Winter Came ..." artist : ENYA
19
Termite tormentor : ANTEATER
22
1970 hit by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young : OHIO
23
Suffix with party : GOER
26
It's gross : GUCK
27
Like Santa's bag on Christmas Eve : FULL
29
___ Perino, George W. Bush's last White House press secretary : DANA
31
Prime : PEAK
32
Sleigh bells and such : JINGLERS
33
Pirates : BOOTLEGS
34
Iconic flamers : YULELOGS
35
See 24-Across : TIM
36
Groundbreaking invention? : HOE
39
Foam alternative : GEL
40
Hutch's head, briefly : HEF
42
Junot ___, 2008 Pulitzer winner for "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao" : DIAZ
43
One with an ancestor: Abbr. : DESC
46
S O S, e.g. : PLEA
47
Sported : WORE
50
"The ___ Williams Christmas Album" : ANDY
52
Na+ and Cl- : IONS
53
Manage, with "out" : EKE
54
Fancy wrap : BOA
55
Protein source : SOY
56
Secure : GET
57
Chicago runners : ELS