29 December 2001 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 29 December 2001

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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Center's position : PIVOT
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"Peanuts" character : SCHROEDER
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Obviously amazed : AGAPE
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Heaven : CLOUDNINE
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Game needs : RULES
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Massage therapists, e.g. : RELIEVERS
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Corrupt : TAINT
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Actress Gray and others : ERINS
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Hard to keep in stock, say : HOT
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Obligation : ONUS
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Candle holders? : CAKES
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Bold competitor : ALL
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Sing : NAMENAMES
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Roosevelt brain truster Adolf : BERLE
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Like some souls : SAVED
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Dapper Dans : BLADES
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Worn down : ABRADED
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Orchestra section : BRASSES
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Ready : PRIMED
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Like tree leaves : VEINY
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Delirious person, often : RAVER
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Youth : SALADDAYS
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Like Beethoven's Seventh Symphony : INE
43
Pilot's guidepost : PYLON
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Turgenev's birthplace : OREL
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Spock, e.g.: Abbr. : CDR
46
Kind of wrap : SARAN
47
Tooth trouble : DECAY
48
Alternative to a steak fry : ONIONRING
50
Practice : USAGE
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Shot past? : TENNISACE
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Banquets : DINES
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Made more attractive : SWEETENED
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Skittish move : START
Down
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"Steel Magnolias" co-star : PARTON
2
Galápagos Islands shore dweller : IGUANA
3
Calmer : VALIUM
4
Access provider : OPENSESAME
5
Makeup, e.g. : TEST
6
Jumped off the page, maybe : SCREAMED
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Followed in Cratchit's footsteps : CLERKED
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Sacred sites : HOLIES
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Archaeologist's destination : RUINS
10
___ of Solomon (noncanonical book) : ODES
11
It may have a window: Abbr. : ENV
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Irreconcilables : DIEHARDS
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Program participant : ENROLLEE
14
Pacing, say : RESTLESS
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Gave up, slangily : CAVED
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2000 candidate : NADER
27
Unlikely to excite : BLAND
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"Down, boy!" : EASYDOESIT
30
___ Boru, Irish king who defeated the Norse : BRIAN
31
They may be in a jam : APRICOTS
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Just out : BRANDNEW
33
Located along a large stream : RIVERINE
34
Fit in : BELONGED
36
Canopy curtain : VALANCE
38
Mideast's ___ Desert : SYRIAN
39
Secrets : ARCANA
40
1947 sound-barrier breaker : YEAGER
41
Least ingenuous : SLYEST
43
Break down, in a way : PARSE
46
Pet : SNIT
47
They don't go off : DUDS
49
Starting square : ONE