20 October 2021 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 20 October 2021

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E
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M
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L
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M
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U
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F
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L
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O
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J
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H
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L
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R
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W
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L
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Hints & Clues

Across
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Museum wings? : EMS
4
"Wonder Woman" actress Gadot : GAL
7
Novelty brand with the slogan "Watch it grow!" : CHIAPET
14
Got hitched : SAIDIDO
16
Jimi in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame : HENDRIX
17
"Who's your favorite roguish 'Star Wars' character? Han ___?" : ORLANDO
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"How famous is that actress? Is she unknown ___?" : ORALIST
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Partner of born : BRED
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AOL, e.g., in brief : ISP
22
Actor Wilson : OWEN
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One, in Berlin : EINS
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Fashion line : SEAM
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Have a fight : ARGUE
29
One of several in a Venn diagram : SET
30
Genre of the "Broken Earth" trilogy by N. K. Jemisin : FANTASY
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Permissive : LAX
33
Fixing a faucet or mending a fence, say : ODDJOB
35
Dramatic segment : ACT
36
Running event : MEET
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"How do you handle losing? Do you feel calm ___?" : ORANGERED
40
Flu fighter : SHOT
43
2018 Pixar short about a dumpling boy : BAO
44
Plaza de la Raza locale in SoCal : EASTLA
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"Mazel ___!" : TOV
49
Most prone to preening : VAINEST
51
Unedited : RAW
52
Work of art : PIECE
54
Flippers : FINS
55
Polynesian crop with medicinal properties : KAVA
56
Where to find lots of Letts : RIGA
58
Hound sound : ARF
59
Declare : AVER
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"What's the best way to spend less on shopping? Coupons ___?" : ORDEALS
63
"What kind of greens do you want? Spinach ___?" : ORCHARD
65
Active during the day : DIURNAL
66
Like the king of the jungle : LEONINE
67
Envoy's workplace : EMBASSY
68
Latin law : LEX
69
Director Spike : LEE
Down
1
1962 Paul Anka hit : ESOBESO
2
Got hitched : MARRIED
3
Handsome trait? : SILENTD
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Drink flavored with juniper berries : GIN
5
Capital of Ethiopia : ADDISABABA
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Let out a notch, perhaps : LOOSEN
7
Actor John who plays Sulu in "Star Trek" films : CHO
8
Knight in shining armor : HERO
9
"Ish" : INAWAY
10
Irene who's central to the scandal of "A Scandal in Bohemia" : ADLER
11
Chip in a tube : PRINGLE
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German winter hazard : EIS
13
Palindromic alternative to .exe : TXT
15
Root beer brand : DADS
21
Southern part of South America : PATAGONIA
25
Weapon with a heavy head : MACE
27
Home of the Burj Khalifa, for short : UAE
28
Office no. : EXT
30
In favor of : FOR
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Like a day off, ideally : STRESSFREE
34
Write (down) : JOT
36
Some O.R. and E.R. staffers : MDS
38
Credulous sort : NAIF
39
Swallow : EAT
40
Valvoline rival : STP
41
___ polloi : HOI
42
Augment, as a musical track : OVERDUB
45
Labor : TRAVAIL
46
With 64-Down, noted trans activist and actress : LAVERNE
47
One accepting an Oscar, e.g. : AWARDEE
49
Ones unlikely to enjoy the land of milk and honey? : VEGANS
50
Register : ENROLL
53
Olds of old : CIERA
55
"Blazing Saddles" actress Madeline : KAHN
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"So it goes" : ALAS
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Bobbie Gentry's "___ to Billie Joe" : ODE
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Salted part of a margarita glass : RIM
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Crafty : SLY
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See 46-Down : COX