7 October 2022 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 7 October 2022

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

Across
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"How fast does a ___ have to run before it looks gray?": Demetri Martin : ZEBRA
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Sharp divide : CLEAVAGE
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They come with strings attached : APRONS
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Sycophant : HANGERON
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Words from a witness : ISAWIT
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Like some colleagues : ESTEEMED
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Go around : ROVE
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Takes care of for the family? : OFFS
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Lozenge target, maybe : RASP
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___ City, nickname for Seattle : EMERALD
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"Yikes!" : OMG
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___ makhani (buttery dish) : DAL
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Steve with four N.B.A. coaching championships : KERR
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Foe of the Roman Empire : ATTILA
33
With 38- and 43-Across, history-making SCOTUS appointee : KETANJI
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With calmness and self-control : COOLLY
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Sale incentive, informally : BOGO
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See 33-Across : BROWN
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"___ Coming," 1969 Three Dog Night hit : ELIS
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Fluffy fur source : ANGORA
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See 33-Across : JACKSON
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Tangled mess, maybe : CABLES
46
Lead-in to a Southern "-ville" : ASHE
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Chill : ICE
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Lexicographic bit, in brief : DEF
50
Spot for a spot : TEASHOP
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Bagful purchased at a nursery : LOAM
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Sports event with many touching moments : EPEE
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Big player : TUBA
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Second half of a doubleheader : LATEGAME
63
Disgraces : SHAMES
65
Entry requirement, often : USERNAME
66
At 18, the youngest person to sweep the four main Grammy categories (Song, Album, Record, Best New Artist) in a single year : EILISH
67
Crumbly topping : STREUSEL
68
Priestess of Hecate : MEDEA
Down
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Former name of the second-largest country in Africa : ZAIRE
2
English derby site : EPSOM
3
Withstand : BRAVE
4
One in a galley : ROWER
5
Nickname in "Star Wars" : ANI
6
One in a galley : CHEF
7
What's thrown for a loop? : LASSO
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Med. specialist : ENT
9
Dating app info : AGE
10
Zig or zag : VEER
11
Animal that the Aztecs called ayotochtli, or "turtle-rabbit" : ARMADILLO
12
Fully commits : GOESALLIN
13
Some bridge maneuvers : ENDPLAYS
15
One has to make a run for it : STOLENBASE
21
First chairman of the E.E.O.C., familiarly : FDRJR
24
Connector of two names : AKA
26
Comfort food with shortening? : MACNCHEESE
27
Car modified into the Monkeemobile : GTO
30
Dry wine of Spain : RIOJA
32
Base ten? : TOES
33
Coffee-growing region on the Big Island : KONACOAST
34
Helicopter, in slang : EGGBEATER
35
Jerkwad : TOOL
37
Tiny rod-shaped organism : BACILLUS
39
Scrap : WASTE
42
Stop sign : RED
44
Mauna ___ : KEA
49
French woman : FEMME
51
Like some unpleasant air : STALE
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Like some unpleasant air : HUMID
53
Falstaffian, in a way : OBESE
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Title bestowed by a sultan : PASHA
56
Just : MERE
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Chemical ___ : PEEL
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Companion of a 1-Across, maybe : GNU
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Some batteries, for short : AAS
64
Vikki Carr's "It Must Be ___" : HIM