The Crossword Answers NYT - December 17, 2009

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• Gulf competitor Crossword Clue

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  ESSO

• "What Do You Do With ___ in English?" ("Avenue Q" song) Crossword Clue

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  ABA

• Preserved, in a way Crossword Clue

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  DRIED

• Canaanite deity Crossword Clue

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  BAAL

• Forename meaning "born again" Crossword Clue

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  RENEE

• Hipster Crossword Clue

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  CAT

• Tractor make, briefly Crossword Clue

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  CAT

• No holds barred Crossword Clue

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  ALLOUT

• Finish behind Crossword Clue

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  TRAIL

• "___, sing America": Langston Hughes Crossword Clue

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  ITOO

• It may get food away from a canine Crossword Clue

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  FLOSS

• National frozen dessert chain Crossword Clue

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  TCBY

• Viking foe? Crossword Clue

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  LION

• A Previn Crossword Clue

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  SOONYI

• Physical sound Crossword Clue

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  AHH

• ___ Haskins, 1960s-'70s N.B.A. player Crossword Clue

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  CLEM

• PX, e.g Crossword Clue

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  STORE

• Kind of board Crossword Clue

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  COOP

• Paris's Rue de ___ Crossword Clue

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  RIVOLI

• Frank Crossword Clue

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  DOG

• Penguin from Antarctica Crossword Clue

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  ADELIE

• Excellence Crossword Clue

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  MERIT

• Withdrawn Crossword Clue

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  SHY

• Vat waste Crossword Clue

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  LEES

• More sumptuously furnished Crossword Clue

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  POSHER

• Subject of "Hofmann's Potion" Crossword Clue

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  LSD

• ___ Americano Crossword Clue

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  CAFFE

• Line to Penn Sta Crossword Clue

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  LIRR

• Marilyn's mark Crossword Clue

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  MOLE

• Had eggs, e.g Crossword Clue

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  ATE

• Mercury and Gemini astronaut, informally Crossword Clue

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  GORDO

• Group of pin-heads?: Abbr Crossword Clue

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  PBA

• Follow relentlessly Crossword Clue

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  DOG

• Louis VIII nickname, with "the" Crossword Clue

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  LION

• Customarily Crossword Clue

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  OFTEN

• United hub Crossword Clue

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  OHARE

• Spicy sauce Crossword Clue

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  MOLE

• Old-fashioned "Sweet!" Crossword Clue

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  NEATO

• Brute Crossword Clue

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  ANIMAL

• How the passengers went in 21-Across Crossword Clue

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  TWOBYTWO

• Craft that's the subject of this puzzle Crossword Clue

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  NOAHSARK