New York Times - Nov 12 2016

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Clues Answers
'Dirty snowballs,' to some astronomers COMETS
'Just wondering' NOREASON
'That's tough' TOOBAD
'The art of making a point without making an enemy' TACT
6'11' Kanter of the N.B.A ENES
Acting willfully? TESTATE
America East Conference town ORONO
Application ending EXE
Aussie critters ROOS
Back space? REARSEAT
Beam RAY
Blissful EDENIC
Code part GENE
Comment upon hearing good news IMGLAD
Common database system program REPORTGENERATOR
Comparable to a strawberry ASRED
Conceptualized DREAMT
Dad-blamed DERN
Deal breaker? NARC
Died (down) CALMED
Director of the first film to win all five top Oscars (Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress and Screenplay) CAPRA
Dub ... or rub ANOINT
Emergency contact info HOMEPHONENUMBER
End of a match, in rugby NOSIDE
Eponymous scent ESTEE
Front desk collection KEYCARDS
Grant and Adams AMYS
Has a brush with the law GETSINTOTROUBLE
It's for starters ANTE
It's west of the Indian O AFR
Knocked silly AWED
Lachrymatory agent TEARGAS
Literary terror ORC
Liverpool-to-Leeds dir ENE
Clues Answers
Marine ___ (presidential helicopter) ONE
Monarch-related REGNAL
Moscow Olympics boycotter USA
Moved quickly aside DODGED
Newport rival KOOL
Not even ASLOPE
Old city in Kyrgyzstan OSH
One getting tipped at a fancy supper club? TOPHAT
Overnight letter? INN
Pacific SERENE
Part of a blue book? SEXSCENE
Possible recipient of hand-me-downs, informally SIB
Precept about idol worship SECOND,NDMENT
Prefix with -tonic ISO
Protected, in a way ALEE
Rap's Flo ___ RIDA
Riled (up) HET
Ring sport SUMO
Sea spirits GROG
Security Council vote NYET
Seeming APPARENT
Sinatra/Bennett duet on the 1993 album 'Duets' NEWYORK,NEWYORK
Some DVRs RCAS
Something to take for a break TEN
Stable environment? BARN
Start to fight OPENFIRE
The first thing to try (and hope for the best) PLANA
Traditional White House visitors SUPERBOWLCHAMPS
Trim NEAT
Works in a conservatory? OPUSES
Wound LESION
___ car (British station wagon) ESTATE
___ lion MGM
___ Miller, 'Ah, Wilderness!' woman ESSIE