7 December 2017 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 7 December 2017

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

Across
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1, for 45° : TANGENT
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Spotlight hog : HAM
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Circuit : LAP
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Radio component : AMTUNER
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1961 Literature Nobelist Andric : IVO
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Words of homage : ODE
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*First Supreme Court chief justice : JOHNJAY
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Bungles : GOOFSUP
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Conciliatory offering : SOP
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*It's west of Okinawa : CHINASEA
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Johnny who sang on the duet "Too Much, Too Little, Too Late" : MATHIS
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Beverage that contains taurine : REDBULL
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Part of a stage : APRON
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Bluejacket : TAR
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Draft choice : ALE
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Still competing : INIT
30
Show ___ : BIZ
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The Wildcats of the Big 12 Conference, informally : KSTATE
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Bank statement abbr. : DEP
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*Sort with a full schedule : BUSYBEE
37
Essen article : DER
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Respectful greeting : SALAAM
40
___ gun (sci-fi weapon) : ION
41
Paraphernalia : GEAR
42
Cougar prey : ELK
43
Medication-regulating org. : FDA
44
"I've seen ___" : WORSE
45
Visa problem : LATEFEE
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Obeyed an order at the dentist's : RINSED
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*Oil, jocularly : TEXASTEA
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Neighbor of Ky. : IND
50
Generally : OVERALL
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*"I don't care either way" : UPTOYOU
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Baseball great Hodges : GIL
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Sign of summer : LEO
57
Kitchen tools : PEELERS
58
Numbskull : ASS
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"Yikes!" : EEK
60
Reachable : INRANGE
Down
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___ Express (train from Delhi to Agra) : TAJ
2
Latin lover's word : AMO
3
Kind of root in math : NTH
4
Crime show sound effect : GUNSHOT
5
Legally prohibit : ENJOIN
6
Occurrences during half-moons : NEAPS
7
Test : TRY
8
Word before calling or learning : HIGHER
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Circumvent : AVOID
10
Hypothetical settlement : MOONBASE
11
Big bargains, maybe : LOSSLEADERS
12
Challenge to ___ : ADUEL
13
Hip-hop's Salt-N-___ : PEPA
19
Crack in the crust : FAULT
21
Surprisingly, it just might work : CRAZYIDEA
22
Octet in "The 12 Days of Christmas" : MAIDS
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Breathing problem : APNEA
24
Jumps rarely attempted in women's figure skating : TRIPLEAXELS
27
Christmas song contraction : TIS
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Depress, with "out" : BUM
31
Knowledge : KEN
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Rib : TEASE
33
Made a faux pas : ERRED
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Common fund-raiser : BAKESALE
36
Diva's accessory : BOA
39
Place where one is encouraged to swear? : ALTAR
41
Ski slope sight : GONDOLA
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"How ya holdin' up?" : FEELOK
44
Perpetual period in Narnia in "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" : WINTER
45
San Francisco's ___ Stadium : LEVIS
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N.J. city on the Hudson : FTLEE
47
Grow red, say : RIPEN
48
___ party : TOGA
51
Longtime news inits. : UPI
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Currency adopted after the Meiji Restoration : YEN
53
___ chart : ORG
54
Exploit : USE