9 December 2012 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 9 December 2012

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T
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Y
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P
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L
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H
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L
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R
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U
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D
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L
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K
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J
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P
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Hints & Clues

Across
1
Striped pet : TABBY
6
Befuddled : ATSEA
11
Mr. ___ (old soft drink name) : PIBB
15
Variety show overseers : MCS
18
Antipasto tidbit : OLIVE
19
Simulate : FEIGN
20
Old photo's tone : SEPIA
21
Loop locale, informally : CHI
22
Entry in a metalworker's personal planner? : WELDTUESDAY
24
Roast a red-breasted bird? : COOKROBIN
26
Gall : IRK
27
Like movies and bonds : RATED
28
Pounds and pence? : LONDONJACK
29
Exercised caution : TOOKCARE
32
Copies from CD to PC : RIPS
33
Distresses : AILS
34
What misbehaving kids must have inherited from their parents? : WILDERGENE
37
Funnywoman Boosler : ELAYNE
40
Nose wrinkler : ODOR
42
They might not be on the charts : ISLES
43
Holds up : ROBS
44
Napoleon, e.g., prior to exile? : FRENCHVICTOR
48
Stuff : SATE
49
Suffix with fatal : ISM
52
W. Hemisphere alliance : OAS
53
Soprano role in "Il Trovatore" : LEONORA
54
Fishing spear? : BASSLANCE
56
Verizon forerunner : GTE
57
Where many last names start with "O" : ERIN
58
Shirt front clip-on : IDTAG
60
Like superfans : AVID
61
Has a capacity of : HOLDS
63
Timid swearword : DARN
65
Bit of news : ITEM
67
Spoke to one's flock? : BAAED
68
Small sandwich : OREO
69
"___ that" : ROGER
71
Undergo : HAVE
73
1975 TV debut, briefly : SNL
74
Moocher's most valuable acquaintance? : RICHBUDDY
78
Sent texts to, in bygone days : TELEXED
80
Hard water : ICE
81
Meaning reverser : NOT
82
Claim findings : ORES
83
The Salt, in Arizona? : PHOENIXRIVER
85
Forum wear : TOGA
86
___ Cassidy, 1970s teen heartthrob : SHAUN
87
High-flown poetry : ODES
88
Furnace worker : STOKER
90
Coffee from Big Sky Country? : MONTANAJOE
94
Coxswain's teammates : OARS
95
It's suitable for framing : PANE
96
Number one priority? : EGOMANIA
100
Smarmy preprandial blessing? : SLICKGRACE
104
California's San ___ County : MATEO
106
Filmmaker Lee : ANG
107
Official seal on a Havana cigar? : CUBANMARK
108
Beverage made by squeezing fruit-filled cookies? : NEWTONJUICE
111
Partook of : ATE
112
Wind chime location : EAVES
113
Lagoon encloser : ATOLL
114
Benevolent Narnia denizen : ASLAN
115
___ judicata : RES
116
Oklahoma city : ENID
117
Looked bad in comparison : PALED
118
"The Christmas That Almost ___" (1966 holiday film) : WASNT
Down
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Specifically : TOWIT
2
Last Oldsmobile to be made : ALERO
3
Conniving sergeant of 1950s TV : BILKO
4
Hanes competitor : BVD
5
Up to now : YET
6
Frightened, in dialect : AFEARD
7
Proctor's charge : TESTEE
8
Debating choice : SIDE
9
"Holy cats!" : EGAD
10
More than none : ANY
11
Low class : PEONS
12
Device with a click wheel : IPOD
13
Soweto uprising figure : BIKO
14
Stock holder : BARN
15
Ed who wrote the 87th Precinct novels : MCBAIN
16
Chewing gum ingredient : CHICLE
17
Goes under : SINKS
20
Checks (out) : SCOPES
23
It flows through Orsk : URAL
25
"Love Train" group, with "the" : OJAYS
28
Passenger ship : LINER
30
Tae ___ do : KWON
31
Venn diagram sets, usually : CIRCLES
32
Trade magazines? : RELOAD
35
___ law (acronymic 1970 measure) : RICO
36
Minor suit? : GSTRING
37
Timeline divisions : ERAS
38
Plenty : LOTS
39
Early fratricide victim : ABEL
40
Sacred piece : ORATORIO
41
Click again, maybe : DESELECT
44
Turn signal? : FOGHORN
45
"Have You Seen ___" (1971 hit) : HER
46
Word written across a bad check : VOID
47
Central parts : INNARDS
48
Certain female grouse : SAGEHEN
49
Like biopsies : INVASIVE
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Logical things to study? : SCIENCES
51
Busybody : MEDDLER
54
Try for a hit : BAT
55
Minor-league classification : AAA
59
Exhaust : TIREOUT
62
Cry from Homer : DOH
64
Country's Acuff or Clark : ROY
66
Ankle-length : MAXI
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Rest area : BEDROOM
70
Petroleum component : ETHANE
72
Tick off : VEX
75
Portable diversion : BOOK
76
Longing : URGE
77
Honey : DEAR
79
"Girls" creator Dunham : LENA
83
One called upon to talk? : PHONE
84
Suspicion : IDEA
85
"Vissi d'arte" opera : TOSCA
86
Loud osculations : SMACKS
88
Private action? : SALUTE
89
Iroquois factions : TRIBES
91
Source of irritation : NETTLE
92
Timeworn : AGEOLD
93
"Benny & ___" (1993 rom-com) : JOON
94
Player's trophy : OSCAR
95
Lessened : PARED
97
Barrelful at a hardware store : NAILS
98
Like Cuzco's builders : INCAN
99
Insurance seller : AGENT
101
Place to rest a guitar : KNEE
102
Fibbie : GMAN
103
Musician Shankar : RAVI
104
Carpal or tarsal starter : META
105
Unable to pass muster, say : AWOL
108
Refresher : NAP
109
Uppercut target : JAW
110
G8 nation : USA