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NYT Crossword Answers for December 5, 2004

Sunday, December 5, 2004 · 144 clues

This page lists the NYT Crossword from Sunday, December 5, 2004: 144 clues, each with its answer behind a reveal button. For the newest puzzle, go to today's NYT Crossword answers.

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Across clues

  1. 1

    Sharp-billed diver

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  2. 5

    Home of Russell Cave Natl. Monument

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  3. 8

    Mediterranean resort island

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  4. 13

    Made off with

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  5. 18

    Sicilian mount

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  6. 19

    Frank Delano Roosevelt's phrase "New Deal" came from a book by …

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  7. 21

    Like the north wind

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  8. 22

    Theodore Roosevelt, who was never known as the modest type, is the only U.S. president ever to give an inaugural address ...

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  9. 25

    Homer Simpson outburst

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  10. 26

    Camera lens setting

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  11. 27

    Ocean floor

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  12. 28

    Fort Smith-to-Little Rock dir.

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  13. 29

    Target MTV viewer

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  14. 30

    Horned viper

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  15. 33

    One-armed bandit

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  16. 34

    Educational cable network

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  17. 37

    Puts through again, as paper in a copier

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  18. 39

    "When ___ hear from you?"

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  19. 41

    Extremely significant

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  20. 43

    Eggs

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  21. 44

    Kingston resident, e.g.

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  22. 46

    Self-titled WB sitcom

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  23. 47

    Together, musically

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  24. 49

    One-named singer/actress

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  25. 51

    Abound

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  26. 52

    1994 Peace Nobelist Peres

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  27. 54

    Go bad

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  28. 55

    Some fund-raisers

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  29. 57

    Global divide

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  30. 59

    911 responders, for short

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  31. 60

    Below-the-belt

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  32. 61

    Really beats

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  33. 62

    Sorority letters

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  34. 64

    Hate

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  35. 66

    Architect of Spain's Miró museum

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  36. 67

    Early sixth-century year

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  37. 68

    "Stormy Weather" singer

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  38. 70

    It's due in Venice

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  39. 71

    Love

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  40. 73

    Like weightlifters

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  41. 75

    Enter

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  42. 76

    States positively

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  43. 78

    Baroque piece

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  44. 79

    Revolutionary Trotsky

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  45. 80

    1997 Demi Moore title role

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  46. 81

    Circus reactions

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  47. 83

    Work ___ many levels (succeed)

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  48. 84

    Tracy's mom, in "Hairspray"

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  49. 85

    Needle case

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  50. 86

    Dirty Harry, e.g.

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  51. 88

    Maven

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  52. 89

    Bears, on Wall Street

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  53. 92

    Country singer Black

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  54. 93

    Some Diego Rivera works

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  55. 97

    Tax

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  56. 98

    Glove

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  57. 100

    Ushered

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  58. 101

    One going to the dogs?

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  59. 102

    Rum ___ Tugger ("Cats" cat)

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  60. 103

    It may be hard to keep

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  61. 105

    Newspapers

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  62. 106

    Road map no.

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  63. 107

    Calvin Coolidge lived up to his reputation as a man of few words when he …

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  64. 114

    Sweden's largest lake

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  65. 115

    George W. Bush, as a managing general partner of baseball's Texas Rangers, traded away ...

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  66. 116

    Without ___ (unprotected)

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  67. 117

    The only U.S. president whose vice president ran against him to succeed him was John ....

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  68. 118

    Get rid of

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  69. 119

    Ace reliever Robb

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  70. 120

    Understands

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Down clues

  1. 1

    More lascivious

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  2. 2

    Slothful

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  3. 3

    Presidents 117-Across and 44-Down both died the same day in 1826 …

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  4. 4

    "Ixnay"

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  5. 5

    Tickled

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  6. 6

    Coffee orders

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  7. 7

    Bad lighting?

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  8. 8

    Suffix with odd

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  9. 9

    Anguilla is part of it: Abbr.

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  10. 10

    Writer Fleming

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  11. 11

    Takes a jog

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  12. 12

    Pot creators

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  13. 13

    1976 uprising site

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  14. 14

    Stepped (on)

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  15. 15

    Anthem contraction

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  16. 16

    Young fellow

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  17. 17

    QB Manning

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  18. 20

    Cover, in commercial names

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  19. 21

    Cat sound?

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  20. 23

    Have a spot ___

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  21. 24

    Rock's Van ___

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  22. 30

    Object

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  23. 31

    Roofer, at times

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  24. 32

    Works at

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  25. 34

    John Quincy Adams, as U.S. secretary of state, was the man who actually drafted …

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  26. 35

    Ronald Reagan is the only U.S. president who was also president of a …

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  27. 36

    The Kennedys, e.g.

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  28. 38

    Neverthless

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  29. 39

    Peace interrupter

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  30. 40

    Rocks, so to speak

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  31. 42

    See 56-Down

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  32. 44

    A U.S. president who was also an architect, musician and inventor was …

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  33. 45

    Yanqui

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  34. 47

    Annoyed no end

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  35. 48

    A labor-saving device invented by 44-Down was the …

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  36. 49

    French vineyard

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  37. 50

    Kind of cab

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  38. 52

    Grinder

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  39. 53

    Discuss, with "over"

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  40. 56

    With 42-Down, college course, slangily

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  41. 58

    Comforters

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  42. 61

    Twist

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  43. 63

    Drug-yielding plant

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  44. 65

    Pour

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  45. 67

    Demand payment

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  46. 69

    Long lookers

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  47. 72

    Hip-hop's Dr. ___

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  48. 73

    Number five iron

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  49. 74

    N.B.A.'s ___ Ming

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  50. 77

    Go belly-up

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  51. 78

    "Relax, man!"

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  52. 80

    Medieval romance tale

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  53. 82

    Like some stocks and drugs: Abbr.

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  54. 86

    Nolan Ryan, notably

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  55. 87

    Object

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  56. 88

    "___ Porridge Hot"

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  57. 90

    Some heads of state

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  58. 91

    Costa ___

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  59. 93

    Strip off, as blubber

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  60. 94

    Look over again

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  61. 95

    Discount store

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  62. 96

    Fuses, as ore

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  63. 99

    Strained

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  64. 101

    Obsolescent refrigerant

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  65. 103

    Fruit holder

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  66. 104

    Sprint

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  67. 105

    Hoops stat: Abbr.

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  68. 107

    Robt. Byrd's home

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  69. 108

    "Far out!"

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  70. 109

    ___ roll

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  71. 110

    Diminutive, in Dundee

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  72. 111

    Type widths

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  73. 112

    Largest county of Nevada

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  74. 113

    Comic

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