New York Times December 21 2008 crossword clues & answers

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New York Times Dec 21 2008

Clue	Answer
'Aladdin' monkey	ABU
'Burma Looks Ahead' author	UNU
'Hooked on Classics' record company	KTEL
'Let's call ___ night'	ITA
'We've got ___!'	ADATE
1501, on a monument	MDI
2008 documentary about the national debt	IOUSA
A couple of people may work in it	TANDEM
Abscond	SKIPTOWN
Act opener	SCENEONE
Admit	LETIN
Anoint with sacred oil, old-style	ANELE
Answered the phone	SAIDHELLO
Apollo's birthplace	DELOS
Archaic verb ending	ETH
Bad sport	SORELOSER
Banquo in Verdi's 'Macbeth,' e.g.	BASSO
Barbecue sound	SSS
Basketry palm	NIPA
Begin	ORIGINATE
Beginning	ONSET
Bongo, e.g.	DRUM
Book in which the destruction of Samaria is foreseen	HSEA
Boot camp pals	MESSMATES
Bossy types?	COWS
Bother no end	EATAT
Bug-B-Gon maker	ORTH
Buried treasures	ORES
By surprise	ABACK
C.I.S. members, once	SSRS
Candied holiday serving	YAM
Cheesy snack	NACH
Choir supports	RISERS
Code-cracking org.	NSA
Country singer McCann	LILA
Cracks up	SLAYS
Cries of pain	OWS
Cry when a surprise guest arrives	LOOKWHSHERE
D.D.E. opponent	AES
December 25 answer to 69-Across?	JOLLYSTNICK
December 25 answer to 69-Across?	KRISKRINGLE
Early PC interface	MSDOS
Egypt's Mubarak	HSNI
Elizabeth Ann and others	SETONS
Father ___	CHRISTMAS
Former Toyota	CELICA
Fruitcake flavorings	AMARETTOS
Fulminate (against)	RAIL
G.M. or G.E.	CORP
Gang brawl	RUMBLE
Georges Braque, for one	CUBIST
Gets ready to go out in the cold	BUNDLESUP
Grape graspers	TENDRILS
Greases	LARDS
Greeting from 74-Down	HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Having bristles	SETAL
Hog lovers	BIKERS
Includes in an e-mailing	CCS
Invited to one's penthouse, say	HADUP
It means a lot to Jorge	MUCH
It's closed on Dec. 25	NYSE
It's worth 100 smackers	CSPOT
Javelins and Hornets, e.g.	AMCS
Joe Jackson's '___ Really Going Out With Him?'	ISSHE
K-6 sch. designation	ELEM
Kind of valve in the heart	AORTIC
Landing spot for 74-Down	HUSE
Lawyer: Abbr.	ATT
Lays off	IDLES
Leaves for a buffet?	CRESS
Like preowned cars	RESOLD
Like Silly Putty	SHAPABLE
Like some chocolat	SUISSE
Like some fireplaces	TILED
Listener	EAR
Maniacal leader?	EGO
Manners of speaking	DIALECTS
Mass production figure?	ALTARBOY
Memorable parties	BLASTS
Mild chili designation	ONEALARM
N.F.L. coach with a perfect 17-0 record in 1972	SHULA
Neat as ___	APIN
Neck wrap	BOA
Neeson of 'Rob Roy'	LIAM
Oktoberfest souvenir	STEIN
One reaching a goal?	PUCK
Open indelicately	RIP
Oslo's land: Abbr.	NOR
Pacific salmon	COHS
Paintbrushes and such	APPLIERS
Phoebe of 'Gremlins'	CATES
Plumbers' drain openers	SNAKES
Poet's foot	IAMB
Pops	OLDMAN
Potato source	IDAH
Prefix with -logy	PATH
QB Manning	ELI
Regis Philbin, e.g.	COHST
Repeat calls?	ECHES
Ring figures	TOROS
Round dances	HRAS
Rum Tum Tugger, for one	CAT
Rustic excursions	HAYRIDES
Schedule of TV programs	LINEUP
See 82-Across	BOOK
Singer James	ETTA
Single-named supermodel	EMME
Siouan speaker	OTOE
Song whose subject is encouraged to 'hurry down the chimney tonight'	SANTABABY
Sound of the Northwest	PUGET
Sound: Prefix	PHN
Spin-producing tennis shot	CHP
Stick in the water?	OAR
Stretchy	ELASTIC
Stuck, after 'in'	AJAM
Subject for Galileo	SATURN
Succeeded at musical chairs	SAT
Symbol of strength	OAKTREE
Tabs in the fridge?	SODAS
Three French ___	HENS
Throat soother	TROCHE
Top-Sider, e.g.	BOATSHE
Towers' attachments	REPOS
TV's Science Guy and others	NYES
U.F.O. fliers	ETS
U.S.N. rank	ENS
Venerable	HARY
View from a beach house	SHRE
Violent behavior, in British slang	AGGRO
Virile	MACH
Wanderers	HBOS
Warm blanket material	MOHAIR
Wave off	SHOAWAY
What remains	REST
Whom psychiatrists see	PATIENTS
With 83-Down, early learning aid	ABC
Without delay	IMMEDIATE
Witnesses giving written testimony	DEPONENTS
Wrap fully	SWATHE
Wrap up by	ENDAT
___ cit. (footnote abbr.)	LOC
___ Na Na	SHA

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