2 October 2024 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 2 October 2024

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F
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I
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N
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E
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S
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T
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B
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A
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R
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K
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E
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R
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U
S
U
R
E
R
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A
N
T
E
A
T
E
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R
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D
O
M
I
N
I
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N
E
M
A
T
O
D
E
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G
U
I
N
E
A
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P
I
G
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D
A
N
D
Y
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E
T
S
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C
L
A
M
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S
S
N
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M
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B
A
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C
A
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R
P
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A
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B
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E
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S
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A
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C
A
I
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L
I
O
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N
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A
X
E
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P
R
T
E
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A
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M
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C
A
R
D
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I
N
A
L
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R
E
I
N
D
E
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E
R
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T
A
C
K
L
E
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O
P
S
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D
O
D
O
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A
R
T
S
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N
E
T
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S
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W
A
S
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P
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A
N
O
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U
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H
S
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S
E
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A
L
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B
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A
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M
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A
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M
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I
N
O
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K
I
N
G
C
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O
B
R
A
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M
A
S
T
O
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D
O
N
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L
O
M
E
I
N
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T
R
E
E
F
R
O
G
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E
V
E
R
S
O
70
T
E
A
S
E
L
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T
E
N
S
E
R

Hints & Clues

Across
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Best of the best : FINEST
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Show advertiser : BARKER
13
Loan shark : USURER
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U.C. Irvine athlete : ANTEATER
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Anno ___ : DOMINI
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Worm found in every ecosystem on Earth, even the deepest oceans : NEMATODE
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Experiment subject : GUINEAPIG
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Natty dresser : DANDY
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Some foreigners who have yet to make contact, for short : ETS
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Dollar, informally : CLAM
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ID created in 1936 : SSN
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Wharton deg. : MBA
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Complain (about) : CARP
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Fivers : ABES
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Smoothie berry : ACAI
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Literary ___ : LION
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Body spray brand : AXE
37
Image-cultivating group, informally : PRTEAM
40
Religious figure in red : CARDINAL
42
Cupid, e.g. : REINDEER
44
Deal with, as a problem : TACKLE
45
Special ___ : OPS
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Airhead : DODO
47
Section of The New York Times : ARTS
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Brooklyn ballers : NETS
50
Member of a historically privileged U.S. group : WASP
52
"So, is that ___?" : ANO
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A public speaking coach might tell you to avoid these : UHS
55
Close tightly : SEAL
57
Sudden loud noise : BAM
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Kind of acid that forms proteins : AMINO
63
World's largest venomous snake : KINGCOBRA
65
State fossil of Indiana : MASTODON
67
Chinese noodle dish : LOMEIN
68
Jungle peeper : TREEFROG
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Very, very : EVERSO
70
Spiny plant : TEASEL
71
More on edge : TENSER
Down
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"Phooey!" : FUDGE
2
Has no more : ISOUT
3
Nickel-and-dimer? : NUMISMATIST
4
News anchor Burnett : ERIN
5
Iroquois nation : SENECA
6
Word with lawyer or balloon : TRIAL
7
Rare blood type, for short : BNEG
8
It often has "Card" and "Receipt" slots : ATM
9
Interprets, as a defense does a quarterback : READS
10
Samurai sword : KATANA
11
George Orwell's alma mater : ETON
12
Comic actor Chris : REDD
14
Nintendo video game series suggested by every answer running through this one? : ANIMALCROSSING
15
Aspiring Jedi from the planet Jakku : REY
19
Tax-exempt campaign org. : PAC
23
Bucko : SPORT
25
"Très ___!" : BIEN
27
Narrow inlet : RIA
29
Bonnie and Clyde, e.g. : BANKROBBERS
30
Glorify : EXALT
31
Tennis star Monica : SELES
32
Protector against stains : APRON
33
Thin, crimped fabric : CREPE
35
Confidentiality contract, familiarly : NDA
38
Sum thing to do? : ADD
39
Feline lines : MEOWS
41
Words from a volunteer : ICAN
43
LeShan who wrote "When Your Child Drives You Crazy" : EDA
49
Beverage brewed outdoors : SUNTEA
51
It might need to be recapped : PEN
52
Niche : ALCOVE
54
Goes on foot, with "it" : HOOFS
56
Small shoelace sheath : AGLET
58
Come up : ARISE
59
Ferndean ___, Mr. Rochester's residence at the end of "Jane Eyre" : MANOR
60
Qty. : AMT
61
Shopper's stop : MART
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"Ah, OK" : ISEE
63
___-Aid : KOOL
64
Portent : OMEN
66
"Dr." from Compton : DRE