28 December 2016 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 28 December 2016

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

Across
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Some pears : BOSCS
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Joyous wedding dance : HORA
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Lethal injection providers? : ASPS
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Electrified, as a Christmas tree : LITUP
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Poet who wrote "If you want to be loved, be lovable" : OVID
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Many a hockey shot : SLAP
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Player of Frodo in "The Lord of the Rings" : ELIJAHWOOD
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Nickname for baseball manager Terry Francona : TITO
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Hence : ERGO
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New England state sch. : URI
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Really enjoys : ISINTO
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Thickheaded : DIM
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"The Good War" Pulitzer Prize winner : STUDSTERKEL
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[Surely you can't mean ...!] : GASP
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Runner-advancing action : HIT
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Land west of Eng. : IRE
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"Yo!" : HEY
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"Your point being ...?" : SOO
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Beat (off) : FEND
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Pop group suggested by 17-, 25-, 47- and 58-Across : THECARPENTERS
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Renaissance Faire quaff : MEAD
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Playfully obtuse, maybe : COY
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Dog command : SIT
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Real heel : CAD
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Hesitating sounds : UHS
44
Part of a Facebook feed : NEWS
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Boston Celtics coach beginning in 2013 : BRADSTEVENS
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"Like I'm supposed to believe THAT!" : HAH
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Worry after a raccoon attack : RABIES
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Vehicle for the later years, for short? : IRA
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Gutter cleaner's work area : EAVE
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"Game over!" : IWIN
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Detective whose first book was "I, the Jury" : MIKEHAMMER
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Word with blind or expiration : DATE
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"___ plaisir" : AVEC
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Maximum : LIMIT
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Looked over : EYED
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Home in the forest : NEST
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Collapse in frustration : PLOTZ
Down
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Run, as colors : BLEED
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Pumping station : OILRIG
3
Bad mark : STIGMA
4
1981 thriller whose title character is a St. Bernard : CUJO
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Where you might get rubbed the right way : SPA
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Text to which one might respond "im gr8" : HOWRU
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Egg-shaped : OVOID
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Where gymnast Simone Biles won Olympic gold : RIO
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Housing expansions : ADDITIONS
10
Moving about : ASTIR
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More sinuous and graceful : SLINKIER
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Dressmaking aids : PATTERNS
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Wound, as thread : SPOOLED
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Hiking signal : HUT
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Ready to go : SET
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Guideline for a freelancer, for short : SPEC
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There might be a spat about this : SHOE
28
Lose, as a coat : SHED
32
America's Cup competitor : YACHTSMAN
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One with a phony passport, maybe : SPY
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Big party : FETE
35
Quickly detachable : TEARAWAY
36
Ate something : HADABITE
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Tudor symbol : ROSE
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Some decorative containers : TINS
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Country singer Martina : MCBRIDE
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It can decrease value : USE
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"Kapow!" : WHAMMO
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"I don't want to hear any of your excuses" : SAVEIT
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Ate by candlelight, say : DINED
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Minnesota team, for short : VIKES
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Upright : ERECT
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"Skip it" : NAH
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Dollar alternative : HERTZ
56
Oscar winner Jannings : EMIL
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"Now ___ heard everything" : IVE
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Finsteraarhorn, e.g. : ALP