5 December 1997 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 5 December 1997

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F
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E
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M
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A
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J
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A
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C
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K
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I
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E
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C
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H
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A
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N
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A
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O
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E
V
A
N
G
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L
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Z
E
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S
T
U
D
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R
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P
E
L
L
E
N
T
S
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T
O
R
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B
O
R
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E
O
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A
D
E
S
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P
U
N
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J
A
B
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O
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P
T
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C
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A
R
I
O
S
O
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J
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O
S
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E
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C
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N
E
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A
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J
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X
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E
D
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I
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T
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S
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E
G
G
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M
A
N
E
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S
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V
E
T
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D
E
S
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K
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S
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C
I
N
Q
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J
A
N
E
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L
A
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R
K
S
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U
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G
A
N
D
A
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D
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I
E
G
O
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A
M
B
L
E
R
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S
U
R
E
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V
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A
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P
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O
R
S
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E
R
A
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O
P
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N
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S
E
S
A
M
E
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S
N
I
T
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L
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N
E
D
R
I
V
E
S
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A
D
Z
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I
N
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X
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S
T
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N
T
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O
L
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Hints & Clues

Across
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Disaster relief org. : FEMA
5
Actor known for his stunts : JACKIECHAN
15
"Primary Colors" author, for short : ANON
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Attempt a conversion? : EVANGELIZE
17
Tire part : STUD
18
Debuggers? : REPELLENTS
19
___ Books (paperback publisher) : TOR
20
Where Brunei is : BORNEO
21
Drinks with vitamin C : ADES
22
Land south of Kashmir : PUNJAB
24
Eye doctor's lens : OPTIC
26
Melodic composition : ARIOSO
27
Actress Bissett of "Melrose Place" : JOSIE
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Soundly beat : CANE
30
Sophocles tragedy : AJAX
32
Makes the cut? : EDITS
36
Frangipane ingredient : EGG
37
Long tresses : MANES
39
Doc of the bay? : VET
40
Secretaries : DESKS
43
Rouge roulette number : CINQ
44
One of Spot's masters : JANE
45
Escapades : LARKS
47
British Commonwealth member : UGANDA
49
Artist Rivera : DIEGO
51
Stroller : AMBLER
52
"Why not?" : SURE
53
Some decongestants : VAPORS
57
Elizabethan ___ : ERA
58
Entry words? : OPENSESAME
60
Pet : SNIT
61
They may be good for singles : LINEDRIVES
62
Cooper's tool : ADZE
63
Only hypothetical : INEXISTENT
64
Encouraging words : OLES
Down
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Brisk : FASTPACED
2
Bodyguards, personal hairdressers, etc. : ENTOURAGE
3
Periods of grief : MOURNINGS
4
"What else...?" : AND
5
Oversize wine bottle : JEROBOAM
6
State : AVER
7
Informal title of respect : CAPN
8
Kind of socks : KNEE
9
Block houses? : IGLOOS
10
Sniggler's wriggler : EEL
11
Like soccer shoes : CLEATED
12
Language in 22-Across : HINDI
13
___ Ruins National Monument, N.M. : AZTEC
14
Monster's home : NESS
20
Many college grads : BAS
23
Drink at a diner : JOE
25
USA Today chart : PIE
27
Singer Ian : JANIS
28
Conestoga haulers : OXEN
31
It's an honor : JACK
33
Three-time U.S. Open champ : IVANLENDL
34
Pound, perhaps : TENDERIZE
35
Chemical salts : STEARATES
38
Most conservative : SQUAREST
41
Tear sheet? : KLEENEX
42
Decline : SAG
44
Left or right : JAB
46
Players without fixed positions : ROVERS
48
Ford alternatives : GMS
49
"The Purloined Letter" detective : DUPIN
50
Hit 1919 musical revived in 1973 : IRENE
52
Arias, usually : SOLI
54
"___ happens..." : ASIT
55
Asphalt : PAVE
56
Sudden break in the clouds, say : OMEN
59
80's military inits. : SDI
60
Paulo or Pedro, e.g. : SAO