9 December 2015 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 9 December 2015

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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Brainiac : WHIZ
5
Make a mouse hole, say : GNAW
9
One of the Baldwins : ALEC
13
With 40-Down, enter gradually : EASE
14
Give a face-lift : REDO
15
Taper off : ABATE
16
Israeli P.M. before Ariel Sharon : EHUDBARAK
18
Honda Accord, e.g. : SEDAN
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Mushy fare : PAP
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Fertility clinic cell : OVUM
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Slant skyward : UPTILT
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In a heap : PILED
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See 17-Down : TIE
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Randomizing cube : DIE
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Custard-filled treat : CHOCOLATEECLAIR
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Sometimes-pierced body part : NOSE
31
Worshiper of Jah, for short : RASTA
32
Can't do without : NEEDS
34
Play like Phish, say : JAM
35
Gladiator's weapon : SPEAR
39
Word on "Wanted" posters : ALIAS
41
World's fair, e.g. : EXPO
42
Luftwaffe attack on the British Midlands, 1940-43 : BIRMINGHAMBLITZ
48
Record producer Brian : ENO
49
Wino's affliction, for short : DTS
50
Awaken : ROUST
51
Grp. formed in a 1955 merger : AFLCIO
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Seemingly endless : VAST
54
Neckline shape : VEE
57
Female warrior in a Disney movie : MULAN
58
What the ends of 16-, 26- and 42-Across mean in Hebrew, French and German, respectively : LIGHTNING
60
Taking habitually : USING
61
Woodwind descended from the shawm : OBOE
62
Locale of many emerging markets : ASIA
63
Staples of bank counters : PENS
64
Fudge, as a rule : BEND
65
Org. advocating breath-testing ignition locks : MADD
Down
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Cry : WEEP
2
Laugh : HAHA
3
"It's possible" : ISUPPOSE
4
End of the Oxford English Dictionary : ZED
5
Driveway material : GRAVEL
6
Poet Pablo who won the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature : NERUDA
7
Old Testament patriarch : ADAM
8
Lo mein vessel : WOK
9
Partner of aid : ABET
10
Artsy-fartsy, say : LADIDA
11
And others, in footnotes : ETALII
12
Tallest player on the court, usually : CENTER
15
Things to consider : ASPECTS
17
With 24-Across, item of western haberdashery : BOLO
21
180s : UIES
23
Gutter blockage in winter : ICEDAM
24
Diamond nine : TEAM
26
Anderson Cooper's channel : CNN
27
Do a preplanting chore : HOE
28
Totally destroy : TRASH
29
Places to pin squirting flowers : LAPELS
33
Like some doors or scales : SLIDING
34
Pricey British cars, for short : JAGS
36
Permit to leave a country : EXITVISA
37
Well put : APT
38
The New Yorker cartoonist Chast : ROZ
40
See 13-Across : INTO
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Bring back to the Enterprise, say : BEAMUP
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Introduce, as flavoring : INFUSE
44
Arrive like fog : ROLLIN
45
Home to Henry VIII's Catherine : ARAGON
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Danced in a "pit" : MOSHED
47
Joke's target : BUTT
52
Sends packing : CANS
53
Intuitive feeling, informally : VIBE
55
Home of the Railroad Museum of Oklahoma : ENID
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"Great Scott!" : EGAD
58
Arcing shot : LOB
59
Where Forrest Gump fought, for short : NAM