8 December 2014 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 8 December 2014

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Hints & Clues

Across
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Paintings and statues : ART
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Carriage driver's tool : WHIP
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Archie Bunker type : BIGOT
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Rocky peak : TOR
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Vietnam's capital : HANOI
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"... and ___ grow on" : ONETO
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Nickname for Willie Mays : SAYHEYKID
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Square dance group, e.g. : OCTET
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Glue brand : ELMERS
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Chunk of cement, say : SLAB
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"... good witch ___ bad witch?" : ORA
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Grammy winner for 2011's "Someone Like You" : ADELE
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Catchphrase for a monkey with its eyes covered : SEENOEVIL
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Labyrinth : MAZE
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Certain vacuum tube : DIODE
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Cousin of a chickadee : TIT
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O. Henry's "The Gift of the ___" : MAGI
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Peeves : IRKS
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Where Darth Vader might meet Captain Kirk : SCIFICONVENTION
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Reebok rival : PUMA
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"Fiddling" Roman emperor : NERO
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Up to, briefly : TIL
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Tinker to ___ to Chance (classic double play) : EVERS
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Ayn who wrote "Atlas Shrugged" : RAND
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Carole King hit from "Tapestry" : SOFARAWAY
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Small crown : TIARA
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Nothing : NIL
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Armstrong who said "The Eagle has landed" : NEIL
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Groups chasing outlaws : POSSES
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Wonderland girl : ALICE
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Iowa port on the Missouri River : SIOUXCITY
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Coal and natural gas : FUELS
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Artist Matisse : HENRI
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"Diamonds ___ a Girl's Best Friend" : ARE
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Unexpected win : UPSET
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Antidrug cop : NARC
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"Fat chance!" : NOT
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Befuddled : ATSEA
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Dahl who wrote "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" : ROALD
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"Go ahead, I'm listening" : TRYME
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Dazed inquiry : WHEREAMI
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"Airplane!" star Robert : HAYS
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Pen filler : INK
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Coolness under pressure : POISE
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Little mistake : BOOBOO
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Abbr. at the end of a co. name : INC
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"You have to move on!" : GETOVERIT
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Cheri formerly of 37-Down : OTERI
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Utterly wreck : TOTAL
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Twiddled one's thumbs : IDLED
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Captain's place : HELM
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Vowel that's missing from "dangerously" : ANI
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Lily with bell-shaped flowers : SEGO
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Blue-pencil : EDIT
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Efron of "High School Musical" : ZAC
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Cookbook meas. : TSP
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Hospital area with many IVs : ICU
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What happens when you're having fun? : TIMEFLIES
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Quaint hotel : INN
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Japanese pond fish : KOI
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See 11-Down : SNL
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___ bean : FAVA
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Extremely : VERY
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Period in history : ERA
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Harmless, as paint : NONTOXIC
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Hemingway or Borgnine : ERNEST
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Charlotte of "The Facts of Life" : RAE
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Sound of a perfect basketball shot : SWISH
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Tiddlywink or Frisbee : DISC
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Big mistake : SNAFU
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Prepare for a bodybuilding contest, maybe : OILUP
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Otherworldly : ALIEN
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Japanese or Javanese : ASIAN
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Old-fashioned, yet hip : RETRO
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Up to now : ASYET
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What cats and some engines do : PURR
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The Indians, on scoreboards : CLE
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Go ___ diet : ONA