29 December 2014 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 29 December 2014

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Hints & Clues

Across
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Titanic victim John Jacob ___ : ASTOR
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Diner's card : MENU
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Put-down : SLUR
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Havana hero José : MARTI
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Getting ___ years : ONIN
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Musical pitch : TONE
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*What a good speaker maintains with the audience : EYECONTACT
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Female org. since the 1850s : YWCA
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U.S. intelligence org. : NSA
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___ nut (Chinese fruit) : LITCHI
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Opposite of spicy : MILD
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Internet business : DOTCOM
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*Golfers' bookings : TEETIMES
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Somewhat : ABIT
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Fox News anchor Smith : SHEP
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*"Man!" : OHBROTHER
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"August: ___ County" (2008 Pulitzer Prize-winning play) : OSAGE
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Twosome : DUO
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Weightless state, informally : ZEROG
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Director's end-of-scene cry : CUT
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What i.o.u.'s represent : DEBTS
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*"Wait, wait ... go back" : YOULOSTME
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Lansing's home: Abbr. : MICH
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Cross through : XOUT
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*Bit of Boston Harbor debris in 1773 : TEACHEST
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Second-stringers : BTEAMS
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"___! The Herald Angels Sing" : HARK
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Regular : NORMAL
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___ constrictor : BOA
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___ of Wight : ISLE
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Leave no room for misinterpretation ... or what the first words of the answers to the five starred clues do, literally : SPELLITOUT
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Putin's refusal : NYET
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German automaker : OPEL
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Vikings, e.g. : NORSE
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Letters between jays and ells : KAYS
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Wall Street inits. : NYSE
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___ Park, Colo. : ESTES
Down
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Change, as the Constitution : AMEND
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Final approval : SAYSO
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October 31 option : TREAT
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Needing no Rx : OTC
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1970 John Wayne film : RIOLOBO
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Glam rock band ___ the Hoople : MOTT
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Put into law : ENACT
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Small recess : NICHE
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Loosens, as laces : UNTIES
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Thwarts : STYMIES
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Not joint-pounding, as aerobics : LOWIMPACT
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Title for Sam or Ben : UNCLE
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Enjoys Joyce, Carroll or Oates : READS
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U.S.S. ___ (aircraft carrier named for a former admiral) : NIMITZ
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Pace or race follower : CAR
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Howe'er : THO
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Unnamed others : THEY
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Like integers of the form 2n + 1 : ODD
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Shade : HUE
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"One Love" singer : BOBMARLEY
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Suffix with ranch : ERO
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Sauce thickener : ROUX
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Doublemint, for one : GUM
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Juillet's season : ETE
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Worldwide : GLOBAL
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Lottery buys : TICKETS
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Univ., e.g. : SCH
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Writer's plan : OUTLINE
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Jeanne d'Arc, for one: Abbr. : STE
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Muppet maker Jim : HENSON
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"Use your head!" : THINK
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Course for which you hardly need to 51-Down : EASYA
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Maudlin : SOPPY
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Forest units : TREES
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Call off, as a mission : ABORT
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One just squeaking by? : MOUSE
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Fills up : SATES
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Fr. girl : MLLE
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Lean-___ (rude shelters) : TOS