5 January 2022 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 5 January 2022

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H
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E
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C
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H
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T
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B
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E
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F
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A
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S
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T
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R
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D
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W
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M
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H
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L
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F
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L
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Y
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E
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T
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W
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C
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O
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M
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T
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L
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Z
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E
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N
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H
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L
A
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W
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N
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P
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G
O
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E
M
I
T
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P
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E
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C
E
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E
R
G
O
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S
P
R
Y
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P
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R
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L
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I
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B
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N
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H
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S
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T
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N
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A
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D
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O
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P
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R
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O
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P
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M
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T
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R
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N
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Hints & Clues

Across
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Screenwriter Ben who wrote "Angels Over Broadway" : HECHT
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"Wanna ___?" : BET
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*One of two extremes in a saying : FEAST
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Loud, as a crowd : AROAR
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Firefighter's tool : AXE
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Grace's last name on "Will & Grace" : ADLER
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Directive before "You're on 'Candid Camera'" : SMILE
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Medium at Madame Tussauds : WAX
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Prefix with aggression : MICRO
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*Description of a glass, maybe : HALFFULL
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"Suppose ..." : IFSAY
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Long, long time : EON
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Lion-colored : TAWNY
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Perpetrate, as a crime : COMMIT
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"Thanks, it's just what I've always wanted," often : LIE
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Kind of state : ZEN
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Fuss : HOOPLA
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___ Jiabao, 2003-13 premier of China : WEN
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Kind of stick : POGO
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Put out : EMIT
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*Word in a classic Tolstoy title : PEACE
40
Thus : ERGO
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Moving well for one's age : SPRY
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Number it's good to be under : PAR
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Home of the Vasco da Gama Bridge, over 7.5 miles long : LISBON
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"___ sells seashells by the seashore" : SHE
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Finalized : SET
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Not at all reasonable : INSANE
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Thus : ANDSO
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Grade sch. subject : SCI
51
Italian cheese city : PARMA
54
One who identifies with the answers to the starred Across clues : OPTIMIST
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Carrier name until 1997 : USAIR
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Aduba of "Mrs. America" : UZO
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Certain church gift : TITHE
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*Certain forecast : SHINE
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After tax : NET
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These: Sp. : ESTOS
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Church council : SYNOD
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Face cards, for short? : IDS
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Ocular woes : STYES
Down
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This-and-that dish : HASH
2
Humorist Bombeck : ERMA
3
Helix : COIL
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*Description of a glass, maybe : HALFEMPTY
5
Girl Scout emblem : TREFOIL
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Cry like a baby : BAWL
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Lift up : EXALT
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Nickname for a wrangler : TEX
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*One of two extremes in a saying : FAMINE
10
Enlighten : EDIFY
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Oct. contest for a pennant : ALCS
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Word sung twice after "Que" : SERA
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Ancient siege site : TROY
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Not being utilized, say : UNTAPPED
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Eldest of the Baldwin brothers : ALEC
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Sommelier's handout : WINELIST
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The mating game? : CHESS
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Energy, informally : OOMPH
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Wavy fabric pattern : MOIRE
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"The Greek" of film : ZORBA
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Goad : EGGON
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Nary a soul : NOONE
35
*Word in a classic Tolstoy title : WAR
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One who identifies with the answers to the starred Down clues : PESSIMIST
39
Grub : EATS
44
Stirs up : INCITES
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Caught in a trap : SNARED
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___ acid : AMINO
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Moved like molasses : OOZED
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Kisser : PUSS
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Cinder-covered : ASHY
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*Certain forecast : RAIN
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Some kitchenware : POTS
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Teeny-tiny : ITTY
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Place for a lace : SHOE
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___ Gerritsen, author of romantic thrillers : TESS
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Place of higher education, to Brits : UNI