9 December 2016 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 9 December 2016

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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Little rascals : SCAMPS
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Man ___ : FRIDAY
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Joined the fray : HADATIT
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Like some roars : LEONINE
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Say, say, say? : ITERATE
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Web feed? : INSECTS
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Player of Molly on "Mike & Molly" : MELISSAMCCARTHY
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Some hosp. tests : MRIS
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Excessively tan : BAKE
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Like tritium and triplets : RARE
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Thirsts : YENS
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Suddenly changes direction : ZAGS
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Received high marks : GOTAS
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Change affiliations : REALIGN
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Flask material : PYREX
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Gist of a Dear John letter : ITSOVER
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Mont Cervin and others : ALPES
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Tennis star nicknamed Le Crocodile : LACOSTE
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Unearthly : ALIEN
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See 53-Across : PICK
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Annoyance : PEST
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Take off : SOAR
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Sender of a billet-doux : BEAU
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"Ish" : ORSO
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Where Roger Ebert's reviews appeared for 47 years : CHICAGOSUNTIMES
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Gets one's feet wet : EASESIN
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Team "spawned" in 1993 : MARLINS
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Certain trysts : NOONERS
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"The great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition," per Adam Smith : SCIENCE
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With 39-Across, teeth-cleaning aid : DENTAL
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Registered, as a complaint : LODGED
Down
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Shake on the dance floor : SHIMMY
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One serving a function : CATERER
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Virginia Woolf's given name at birth : ADELINE
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___ Mayer, Yahoo C.E.O. beginning in 2012 : MARISSA
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Ed promoters : PTAS
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Goes unused : SITS
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Cross swords : FENCE
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Gift on el 14 de febrero : ROSA
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Mistakenly : INERROR
10
State for the record : DICTATE
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One of the "Big Four" thrash metal bands : ANTHRAX
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"All right already!" : YESYES
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Things steeped in tradition? : TEABAGS
15
Affection from a pooch : LICKS
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Pair on Mississippi's state quarter : MAGNOLIAS
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Dreaded dermal development : ZITS
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Street cart offering : GYRO
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Home security measure : LIEN
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Hit with the bill? : PECK
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Suckers : VACUUMS
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Song sung to Lilo in "Lilo & Stitch" : ALOHAOE
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Intermediary : LIAISON
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Kind of yield : PERCENT
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Like a rained-on parade : SPOILED
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Giving a name : TERMING
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Pith : ESSENCE
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Move up the ranks : ASCEND
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Drones : PEONS
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Got rid of : TOSSED
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Female hip-hop fan : BGIRL
46
Between ports : ASEA
47
It reacts with H2SO4 : NACL
48
The Magi, e.g. : TRIO