The Crossword Answers NYT - December 25, 2017

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• Gate closer Crossword Clue

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  LATCH

• Columbus campus, briefly Crossword Clue

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  OSU

• Clobber in the ring Crossword Clue

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  KAYO

• Utter failure Crossword Clue

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  FIASCO

• Ships' direction controllers Crossword Clue

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  RUDDERS

• Something an arrested person tries to "make" Crossword Clue

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  BAIL

• Reb's foe Crossword Clue

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  YANK

• *Game-quickening timer in basketball Crossword Clue

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  SHOTCLOCK

• Lyndon Johnson and George W. Bush Crossword Clue

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  TEXANS

• Budgetary excess Crossword Clue

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  FAT

• Cartoondom's Olive ___ Crossword Clue

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  OYL

• Tie, as figure skates Crossword Clue

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  LACEUP

• Govt. of the Rebs Crossword Clue

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  CSA

• Wagner's "Liebestod," e.g Crossword Clue

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  ARIA

• Some "big" burgers Crossword Clue

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  MACS

• Adhering to old-fashioned modesty Crossword Clue

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  PRIM

• Congeal, as blood Crossword Clue

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  CLOT

• Years and years and years Crossword Clue

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  EONS

• Honolulu hello Crossword Clue

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  ALOHA

• Weirdo Crossword Clue

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  NUT

• *Long vegetable with a yellow pod Crossword Clue

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  WAXBEAN

• Mischievous Crossword Clue

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  IMPISH

• Green precious stone Crossword Clue

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  JADE

• Arabian Peninsula nation Crossword Clue

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  YEMEN

• Food unit counted by a dieter Crossword Clue

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  CALORIE

• Golf ball propper-upper Crossword Clue

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  TEE

• Wealth Crossword Clue

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  RICHES

• President saying "No!" Crossword Clue

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  VETOER

• Mel honored in Cooperstown Crossword Clue

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  OTT

• Small food fish Crossword Clue

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  SMELT

• Charlotte ___ (rich dessert) Crossword Clue

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  RUSSE

• *Snowbirds' destination Crossword Clue

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  SUNBELT

• Miss America accessory Crossword Clue

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  SASH

• Game of pursuit Crossword Clue

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  TAG

• Spunk Crossword Clue

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  MOXIE

• Playful river animal Crossword Clue

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  OTTER

• List of popular songs ... or a hint to the ends of the answers to the starred clues Crossword Clue

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  HITPARADE

• Hairlike projections on cells Crossword Clue

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  CILIA

• Take part in 49-Across Crossword Clue

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  RUN