5 January 2024 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 5 January 2024

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P
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L
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M
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C
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D
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J
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C
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F
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Hints & Clues

Across
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___ TV : PLASMA
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What an alley-oop is, essentially : ASSIST
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Business headache : REDTAPE
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Joint : REEFER
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Breeze for the beach, maybe : EASYREAD
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"Never attribute to ___ that which is adequately explained by stupidity" (Hanlon's razor) : MALICE
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Not stiff at all : AGILE
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One arriving tomorrow, supposedly : GODOT
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Set piece? : GEM
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Superficially clever : CUTE
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Put off : DETER
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Sport whose name means "the gentle way" : JUDO
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"Tee" follower : HEE
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The brachiocephalic trunk branches from it : AORTA
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Apple product? : CORER
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"How about that!" : ILLBEDARNED
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Innovation of the 1920s that's still spoken of with wonder today : SLICEDBREAD
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They beep when tested : SMOKEALARMS
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Tail, maybe : CHASE
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Aqua ___ : VITAE
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"Miracle Workers" airer : TBS
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Verb that becomes its opposite when its first letter is changed to an "f" : HIRE
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Fashion label founded by Rihanna : FENTY
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Converse : CHAT
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Farm creature : ANT
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Blender setting : PUREE
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Not fresh : TRITE
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John Deere product : REAPER
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Condiment sometimes mixed with mayonnaise : SRIRACHA
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Break from the band : GOSOLO
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Snatched up, in slang : YOINKED
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Eve ___, playwright who created the activist movement V-Day : ENSLER
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Fleet : SPEEDY
Down
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"Amen to that!" : PREACH
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American, for example : LEAGUE
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Pop-up destination : ADSITE
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"___ is knowing who you are, what you want to say and not giving a damn": Gore Vidal : STYLE
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Dark side of the moon? : MARE
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Mimic : APE
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Heavy coat : ARMOR
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Goal for some runners : SEAT
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Fleur de ___ (delicate crust on the surface of seawater) : SEL
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"That makes sense" : IFIGURED
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Broke off : SECEDED
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Earth-shaking event : TREMOR
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Enthusiastic sort : EAGERBEAVER
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Common spots for autographs : DOTTEDLINES
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Concern for the 1%? : DEADBATTERY
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___ far niente (pleasant idleness) : DOLCE
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Nick, Joe or Kevin of pop : JONAS
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Uniform : ALIKE
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Best, in an idiom : CREME
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Remark from one waving a white flag : ILOSE
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Ordered lineup : ARRAY
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One clever enough to win every argument … but not clever enough not to : SMARTASS
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Deceive, especially to avoid responsibility for something : SHINEON
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Word with electric or criminal : CHARGE
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Alan of "Growing Pains" : THICKE
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Got clean, in a way : BATHED
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Fixed : STEADY
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Red state : FUROR
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Towering sight at a site for a tower : CRANE
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Name added to a Brazilian dictionary in 2023 as an adjective meaning "incomparable" : PELE
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Set off : TRIP
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Campaigner, informally : POL
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What some smartphones run on : IOS