16 December 2020 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 16 December 2020

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T
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O
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P
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S
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S
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K
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H
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P
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R
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A
B
L
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R
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C
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R
R
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R
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C
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A
M
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E
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H
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R
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R
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A
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Y
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N
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P
S
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E
R
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C
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L
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N
Y
Y
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A
T
T
A
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C
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H
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T
W
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R
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L
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C
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E
N
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V
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R
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H
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V
O
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L
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R
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C
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K
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R
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K
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D
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M
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T
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H
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L
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Hints & Clues

Across
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Dreidels, e.g. : TOPS
5
Little bit : SKOSH
10
Fancy-schmancy : POSH
14
Mother of Zeus : RHEA
15
Home with a smoke flap : TEPEE
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Up to it : ABLE
17
Place to land that's not on land : AIRCRAFTCARRIER
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Nasdaq listings: Abbr. : COS
21
"___ the only one?" : AMI
22
Amateur sports level : PEEWEE
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2002 musical that won eight Tonys : HAIRSPRAY
27
Quick pics : SNAPS
28
Gaelic language : ERSE
29
Deli counter device : SCALE
31
The Bronx Bombers, briefly : NYY
32
Include on an email : ATTACH
35
Spin : TWIRL
37
Very picture of idleness? : SCREENSAVER
40
Father of ___ (epithet for Toussaint L'Ouverture) : HAITI
41
Rise up : REVOLT
44
Canine breeders' org. : AKC
47
Plastic-like clogs : CROCS
49
Offshore : ASEA
50
Pfizer competitor : MERCK
52
Felix of "The Odd Couple," for one : NEATFREAK
55
How Russia ranks first among all countries : INAREA
57
Shakespeare's "Richard ___" : III
58
Suffix with lemon or lime : ADE
59
Treasury notes ... or what the two sides of 17-, 23-, 37- and 52-Across are joined with? : GOVERNMENTBONDS
63
Help with a heist : ABET
64
Something you grin and bare? : TOOTH
65
Beyond regulation, briefly : INOT
66
Kind of wave : SINE
67
Pick up : SENSE
68
Toy celebrated at Brickworld conventions : LEGO
Down
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Windpipe : TRACHEA
2
Toy company that made Etch A Sketch a success : OHIOART
3
Fights through adversity : PERSISTS
4
Pouch : SAC
5
Part of a philatelist's collection : STAMP
6
Fermented milk drinks : KEFIRS
7
Elect (to) : OPT
8
Brief moment : SEC
9
Disorganized pile : HEAP
10
), briefly : PAREN
11
With 45-Down, Luke Skywalker's mentor : OBIWAN
12
Dopey co-worker : SLEEPY
13
Martin Luther's crime : HERESY
18
Dorm monitors, for short : RAS
19
Wildlife sanctuary : RESERVE
24
Get through to : REACH
25
Show decorum : ACTNICE
26
Oscillates about a vertical axis : YAWS
30
Mythomaniac : LIAR
33
Cheese plate staple : CRACKER
34
Next in line : HEIR
36
"Reading Rainbow" host Burton : LEVAR
38
School founded by Henry VI : ETON
39
Hit TV show rebranded as "The Conners" in 2018 : ROSEANNE
42
Iditarod pace setter : LEADDOG
43
Develops a liking for : TAKESTO
44
Female friends, in Spain : AMIGAS
45
See 11-Down : KENOBI
46
Cowardly : CRAVEN
48
New Orleans team : SAINTS
51
Home of the Minoan civilization : CRETE
53
Give 10% : TITHE
54
Make stuff up : FIB
56
Parts of black widow spiders' diets : ANTS
60
One of the Three Stooges : MOE
61
Long, long time : EON
62
Need for making latkes : OIL