16 December 2021 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 16 December 2021

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

Across
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Corresponds : AGREES
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Very much : ALOT
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Hot temper : IRE
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Something often held underwater : BREATH
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Flummox : BEWILDER
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Flummox : BEMUSE
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Shakespeare, notably : SONNETEER
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Call of support : YEA
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Grazer with a bushy beard : GNU
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Joined forces (with) : SIDED
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South American arboreal snake : TREEBOA
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Laser tag equipment : GUNS
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Depictions of lands' ups and downs : RELIEFMAPS
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Seriously shortchange : ROB
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Focal points of a debate : MAINISSUES
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Offensive line : BARB
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Mind : OBEY
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Brambles with edible purple fruit : DEWBERRIES
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Resting place : BED
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Uncompromising sorts : HARDLINERS
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Small bouquet : POSY
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Setting for Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" : ILLYRIA
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Casts off : SHEDS
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Weekly 90-min. TV show : SNL
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Cowboys' grp. : NFC
50
Word with room or system : OPERATING
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Flummox ... or a classic word game represented by the central grid of shaded squares, in which 15-, 17- and 55-Across can be found : BOGGLE
55
Flummox : BEFUDDLE
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Nonchalant : CASUAL
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No. after a no. : EXT
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Drink sometimes served in a masu cup : SAKE
59
Hits the roof : ERUPTS
Down
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"Sesame Street" Muppet with magical powers : ABBY
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Hug or kiss, maybe : GREET
3
Took a second? : REMARRIED
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Three-vowel French word that sounds like a fourth vowel : EAU
5
French connections : ETS
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___-wolf : SHE
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"___ Ben Adhem" (Leigh Hunt poem) : ABOU
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"Dancing With the Stars" judge Goodman : LEN
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Comes clean : OWNSUP
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Certain marketing gimmicks : TIEINS
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Pensée : IDEE
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Liberal arts college in Portland, Ore. : REED
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Transgress : ERR
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Former Fords : LTDS
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In a real mess : SNAFUED
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Runs out of water : GOESDRY
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Start of a count-off : EENY
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Name that drops "-jah" : ELI
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Dumbbell curls build them, for short : BIS
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Monthly utility statement : GASBILL
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Sound from a crib : MEWLING
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Giving a boost : RAISINGUP
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Unrefined material : ORE
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Dangerous pellets : BBS
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Rabble : MOB
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Figure on a fiver : ABE
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Winter exclamation : BRRR
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Photo lab request: Abbr. : ENL
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Singer Lana del ___ : REY
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Surfer wannabes : HODADS
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Subordinate in the prosecutor's office: Abbr. : ASSTDA
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Its flag has vertical stripes of red-white-red : PERU
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Key just above G : AFLAT
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Glasses, informally : SPEX
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Weight : HEFT
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Old dagger : SNEE
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Collectible cartoon frames : CELS
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Award turned down by Alan Rickman: Abbr. : OBE
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Variety : ILK
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Pre-A.D. : BCE
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Piece of equipment for certain summer Olympians : OAR
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Atlanta sch. : GSU