31 December 2009 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 31 December 2009

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S
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I
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P
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S
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H
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A
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M
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L
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I
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N
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F
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C
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C
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E
C
H
O
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U
G
S
O
M
E
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L
O
A
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C
H
A
I
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R
M
A
N
O
F
T
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H
E
BOAR
D
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S
L
E
P
T
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S
O
X
E
R
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T
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O
E
A
C
H
H
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I
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SOW
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N
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B
O
N
E
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A
G
O
G
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S
A
S
H
A
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B
R
A
S
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C
O
N
E
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S
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P
A
T
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T
Y
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O
D
E
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I
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Q
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S
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T
S
K
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P
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E
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R
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U
S
U
A
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L
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O
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F
U
S
E
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J
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E
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A
N
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A
R
E
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A
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S
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O
T
T
O
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U
S
M
C
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HOG
A
N
S
H
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E
R
O
E
S
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S
C
O
L
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D
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H
A
V
E
N
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T
H
R
E
E
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L
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I
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T
T
L
E
P
I
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G
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S
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S
E
A
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M
O
N
R
O
E
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A
C
R
E
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O
W
L
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I
N
C
A
N
S
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W
E
R
E

Hints & Clues

Across
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Small drafts : SIPS
5
Vice president after Breckinridge : HAMLIN
11
Govt. media monitor : FCC
14
Return from a mountain? : ECHO
15
Dreadful, old-style : UGSOME
16
Mauna ___ : LOA
17
Person making firm decisions : CHAIRMANOFTHEBOARD
20
Wasn't up : SLEPT
21
Bobby-___ : SOXER
22
"Different strokes for different folks" : TOEACHHISOWN
27
Radius, e.g. : BONE
28
Intensely interested : AGOG
29
Vujacic of the Los Angeles Lakers, who's nicknamed "The Machine" : SASHA
30
Cup holders? : BRAS
31
Alternatives to cups, in dessert orders : CONES
33
Something to throw on the BBQ : PATTY
35
Salute in stanzas : ODE
36
Mental figures : IQS
39
Click of condescension : TSK
40
On the authority of : PER
43
It's nothing new, with "the" : USUAL
45
Not worthless : OFUSE
47
Pirate Lafitte : JEAN
50
Country statistics : AREAS
53
Maestro Klemperer : OTTO
54
Parris Isl. outfit : USMC
55
1960s sitcom set at a camp : HOGANSHEROES
57
Chew out : SCOLD
59
Place to escape to : HAVEN
60
Storybook group residing in this puzzle? : THREELITTLEPIGS
66
It has a very large bed : SEA
67
"Niagara" star, 1953 : MONROE
68
Plot piece : ACRE
69
Athena's symbol : OWL
70
Pachacuti's people : INCANS
71
Be in a certain mood? : WERE
Down
1
See 58-Down : SEC
2
Potsdam pronoun : ICH
3
Multistep process starter : PHASEONE
4
Green crops cultivated for fodder : SOILAGE
5
Snorts of disdain : HUMPHS
6
She created Hercule : AGATHA
7
Alternative to AOL or Juno : MSN
8
Bath bathroom : LOO
9
Global lending org. : IMF
10
Cross-court items? : NETS
11
Limb bender : FLEXOR
12
Detroit venue for sporting events and concerts : COBOARENA
13
Training groups : CADRES
18
It's done for fun, for short : REC
19
It's done for fun : HOBBY
22
___ Bell : TACO
23
Psalm start : OGOD
24
AOL or Juno : ISP
25
"Big deal" : SOWHAT
26
D.C. diamond squad : NATS
32
Granny, to a great-aunt : SIS
34
Ref's call : TKO
37
Thick-shelled seafood selection : QUAHOG
38
Tony-winning "Spamalot" actress Ramirez : SARA
40
Shelve for a while : PUTONICE
41
City in Padua province : ESTE
42
Antique autos : REOS
43
Cry when you've had enough : UNCLE
44
"Live Free or Die Hard" director Wiseman : LEN
46
What Fido "shakes hands" with : FOREPAW
47
To a T : JUSTSO
48
Abstain from : ESCHEW
49
Unconcerned with scruples : AMORAL
51
"Punk'd" host Kutcher : ASHTON
52
Some are bituminous : SHALES
56
Brink : EVE
58
With 1-Down, moderately sweet, to a vintner : DEMI
61
Hoops coach Kruger : LON
62
Magazine with an annual "500" : INC
63
La-la lead-in : TRA
64
[Mumble, mumble] : GRR
65
"Comprende?" : SEE