The Crossword Answers NYT - December 22, 2013

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• Worker with a trowel Crossword Clue

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  MASON

• Good scores in diving Crossword Clue

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  NINES

• Like many coats and tunes Crossword Clue

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  BELTED

• Special mall event Crossword Clue

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  TENTSALE

• Bride of 1981 Crossword Clue

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  LADYDI

• Some H.S. math Crossword Clue

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  ALG

• New hire, typically Crossword Clue

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  TRAINEE

• Hydrocarbon suffix Crossword Clue

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  ENE

• Fr. holy woman Crossword Clue

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  STE

• Robe closer Crossword Clue

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  OBI

• Name on a swim cap Crossword Clue

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  SPEEDO

• Giving a boost Crossword Clue

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  UPRAISING

• Nettle Crossword Clue

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  IRK

• Like a rendition of "Deck the Halls" Crossword Clue

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  SPIRITED

• Preserve, in a way Crossword Clue

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  CAN

• Part of a pharaoh's headdress Crossword Clue

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  ASP

• Mercurial Crossword Clue

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  FICKLE

• "The Caine Mutiny" captain Crossword Clue

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  QUEEG

• Many an early French settler in America Crossword Clue

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  HUGUENOT

• Special seating area in an airplane Crossword Clue

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  EXITROW

• Make calls Crossword Clue

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  REF

• It may be full of icons Crossword Clue

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  DESKTOP

• Hilarious types Crossword Clue

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  RIOTS

• Target number Crossword Clue

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  QUOTA

• [I'm mad!] Crossword Clue

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  GRR

• Idiosyncrasies Crossword Clue

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  TICS

• Nuke Crossword Clue

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  ZAP

• Chef Lagasse Crossword Clue

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  EMERIL

• Help to harm Crossword Clue

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  ABET

• Much Crossword Clue

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  FAR

• Mideast capital Crossword Clue

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  SANA

• Slanting Crossword Clue

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  ATILT

• Strain Crossword Clue

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  SIFT

• "Don Quixote" composer Crossword Clue

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  STRAUSS

• Number-crunching grp Crossword Clue

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  CPAS

• Bach's "___, Joy of Man's Desiring" Crossword Clue

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  JESU

• Greek earth goddess Crossword Clue

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  GAEA

• One ___ customer Crossword Clue

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  TOA

• Funny Anne Crossword Clue

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  MEARA

• Futuristic weapon Crossword Clue

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  RAYGUN

• Thriller writer Follett Crossword Clue

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  KEN

• Symbol of mass density Crossword Clue

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  RHO

• General ___ chicken Crossword Clue

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  TSOS

• Iowa city Crossword Clue

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  AMES

• Done: Fr Crossword Clue

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  FINI

• Lands Crossword Clue

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  DOCKS

• Without ___ (dangerously) Crossword Clue

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  ANET

• One more Crossword Clue

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  ANOTHER

• Overseas assembly Crossword Clue

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  SENAT

• He's no Einstein Crossword Clue

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  MORON

• With 63-Down, 1997 P.G.A. champ who captained the 2012 U.S. Ryder Cup team Crossword Clue

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  DAVISLOVE

• 2-Down, for one Crossword Clue

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  ORE

• More off-putting Crossword Clue

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  ICKIER

• European capital Crossword Clue

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  BERNE

• Cry from Scrooge Crossword Clue

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  BAH

• Jules or Jim in "Jules et Jim" Crossword Clue

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  AMI

• Amarillo-to-Dallas dir Crossword Clue

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  ESE

• L.G.B.T. rights advocate Crossword Clue

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  ACLU

• Tease, with "on" Crossword Clue

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  RAG

• "Say what?" Crossword Clue

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  HUH

• Words that precede "Born is the King ..." Crossword Clue

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  NOELNOEL

• House committee chairman Darrell Crossword Clue

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  ISSA

• Mexican sauces Crossword Clue

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  MOLES

• Ear-related study Crossword Clue

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  OTOLOGY

• Reproductive stock Crossword Clue

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  GENEPOOL

• British rule in India Crossword Clue

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  RAJ

• Unseen scenes Crossword Clue

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  OUTTAKES

• Taunt Crossword Clue

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  GIBE

• How-___ Crossword Clue

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  TOS

• Moneymaker for Money Crossword Clue

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  PRINTAD

• Compact Olds Crossword Clue

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  ALERO

• Boo-boos Crossword Clue

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  ERRORS

• Rural storage Crossword Clue

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  SILO

• China producer Crossword Clue

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  SPODE

• Half of a noodle dish? Crossword Clue

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  MEIN