18 December 2018 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 18 December 2018

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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Relative of Alt on a keyboard : CTRL
5
Be part of, as a play : ACTIN
10
Pull-up muscles, briefly : LATS
14
Cookie with its name on it : OREO
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One agreeing with everything you say : TOADY
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Sheltered at sea : ALEE
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Proper attire for taking fingerprints? : DUSTJACKET
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Enter : GOIN
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Dramatic "You too?" : ETTU
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Mauna ___ : KEA
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Bat for hitting practice fly balls : FUNGO
23
Red, white and blue team : USA
24
Proper attire for picking up a series of clues? : TRAILBLAZER
27
Part of m.p.h. : PER
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Took a load off : SAT
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Hicks and Judge of Major League Baseball : AARONS
30
Conveyance for Calvin and Hobbes : SLED
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Sushi garnish : ROE
34
Accomplished : DID
35
Wearers of 17-, 24-, 50- and 59-Across? : FASHIONPOLICE
40
Whose tomb was opened in 1923 : TUT
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Stop (up) : DAM
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Weaponizes : ARMS
44
Psychological wound : TRAUMA
47
Cry made with a fist pump : YES
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Job listing abbr. : EEO
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Proper attire for detaining a perp? : HOLDINGTANK
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More of an ___ than a science : ART
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Barely beat (out) : EDGED
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Massage : RUB
56
Vittles : EATS
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Sign gas : NEON
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Proper attire for shadowing a suspect? : FOLLOWSUIT
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Reynolds of "Boogie Nights" : BURT
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Gary who played Buddy Holly : BUSEY
64
Wedge, for one : IRON
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"Planet of the ___" : APES
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"You can skip me" : IPASS
67
Outbox folder : SENT
Down
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Cousin of a pollock : COD
2
Unvarnished identity : TRUESELF
3
Pull-off spot : RESTAREA
4
Former senator Trent : LOTT
5
___ loss : ATA
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Parrot with a showy crest : COCKATOO
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George who played Sulu on "Star Trek" : TAKEI
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It can't be improved upon : IDEAL
9
W.S.J. competitor : NYT
10
Alternative to John F. Kennedy : LAGUARDIA
11
Basketball Hall-of-Famer Mourning : ALONZO
12
Model Chrissy who wrote the best seller "Cravings" : TEIGEN
13
Titles with tildes : SENORS
18
Sticks (out) : JUTS
22
Thrash about : FLAIL
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Co. with brown trucks : UPS
25
New Jersey river or bay : RARITAN
26
Black cat running across your path, it's said : BADOMEN
31
Ones far from the honor roll : DSTUDENTS
33
Caboose, e.g. : END
36
Like summers in Washington, D.C. : HUMID
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Balance sheet heading : PAYABLES
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Word with comfort or feature : CREATURE
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Reappearance above water, as for a submarine : EMERSION
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Wino, e.g. : SOT
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Sports org. since 1946 : THENBA
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Became uncomfortable, as some underwear : RODEUP
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"An Inconvenient Truth" author : ALGORE
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Distort : SKEW
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Put into categories : GROUP
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Arkansas River city : TULSA
57
"No guarantees" : ASIS
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"Freeze! ___!" : FBI
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Jewish cries : OYS
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Prop for Wile E. Coyote : TNT