19 December 2022 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 19 December 2022

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H
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D
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M
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Hints & Clues

Across
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With it : HIP
4
Curving flight paths : ARCS
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Dodos : ASSES
13
Within : AMID
15
Yellow ingredient left out of some omelets : YOLK
16
Not sharp, as a pencil or knife : BLUNT
17
Built-in lag time to allow bleeping during a live broadcast : TAPEDELAY
19
Big maker of calculators and digital watches : CASIO
20
Landscape, e.g. : SCENE
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Shiny item of fishing tackle : LURE
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Scorch : CHAR
24
Part of a swimmer's sidestroke : SCISSORSKICK
27
"Get over it" : MOVEON
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Part of a Superman costume : CAPE
31
Roman love god : AMOR
32
Boat wood : TEAK
35
Chimp's cousin : ORANG
39
Hawaiian garland : LEI
40
Good vantage point at an opera house or stadium : BOXSEAT
42
Seven on a grandfather clock : VII
43
Delhi's land : INDIA
45
Consumes : EATS
46
Massage deeply : ROLF
47
Wetlands critter with snapping jaws : CROC
49
Small piano : SPINET
51
Like a puppy who's learned where to "go" : PAPERTRAINED
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Minnesota's St. ___ College : OLAF
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27th U.S. president and 10th chief justice : TAFT
58
Intuit : SENSE
62
Prime bird-watching spots for indoor cats : SILLS
64
Archer's arrow launcher : BOWSTRING
66
Island nation in Polynesia : SAMOA
67
Hawaiian party : LUAU
68
Cozy : SNUG
69
English county at one end of the Thames : ESSEX
70
"Will there be anything ___?" : ELSE
71
"Washboard" muscles, informally : ABS
Down
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Beanies and bonnets : HATS
2
Something in an office that's not PC? : IMAC
3
Sink attachment : PIPE
4
"Yes, captain" : AYE
5
___-Royce : ROLLS
6
Mrs. ___ (year-round North Pole resident) : CLAUS
7
Soar : SKYROCKET
8
1970 Jackson 5 hit with the line "Easy as 1, 2, 3" : ABC
9
Goof-off : SLACKER
10
Some Japanese cuisine : SUSHI
11
Giant computer of the 1940s : ENIAC
12
Bird on many a birth announcement : STORK
14
More tightly packed : DENSER
18
Empire State Building style, for short : DECO
22
Victorian ___ (1837-1901) : ERA
25
"What's gotten ___ you?" : INTO
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Smudge : SPOT
27
Timbuktu's country : MALI
28
Predictive sign : OMEN
29
Like a canceled check : VOID
33
Unspeakably awful : EXECRABLE
34
Hungry ___ bear : ASA
36
Stratford's river : AVON
37
Cairo's river : NILE
38
Something that can be wrapped using the starts of 17-, 24-, 40-, 51- and 64-Across : GIFT
40
Roseanne of "Roseanne" : BARR
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Org. : ASSN
44
Drifting platform for polar wildlife : ICEFLOE
46
Subway patrons : RIDERS
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Baseball Hall-of-Famer Mel : OTT
50
Nuisance : PEST
51
Crew : POSSE
52
Pen name, e.g. : ALIAS
53
Coconut trees : PALMS
54
Run ___ of (conflict with) : AFOUL
55
"___ all a dream!" : ITWAS
59
"Backlash Blues" singer ___ Simone : NINA
60
Give the cold shoulder : SNUB
61
Things usually sold by the dozen : EGGS
63
Instrument often used as the "J" in a "Jazz Club" sign : SAX
65
Seek damages : SUE