2 December 2021 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 2 December 2021

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S
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W
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A
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T
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P
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A
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S
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T
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A
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A
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V
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I
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S
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R
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C
H
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E
L
F
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N
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M
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R
E
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I
N
T
E
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R
NALC
L
O
C
K
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A
T
O
N
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C
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O
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L
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A
T
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N
A
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J
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A
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M
A
A
L
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A
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M
E
R
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CANL
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T
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A
M
O
S
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O
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C
T
E
T
S
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I
C
E
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M
I
N
T
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N
O
E
S
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O
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R
B
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B
E
T
R
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A
Y
S
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M
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I
N
E
R
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A
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L
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R
O
W
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I
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B
E
T
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L
A
C
E
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A
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B
E
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A
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N
G
E
R
S
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A
R
M
S
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D
R
A
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G
K
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N
G
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S
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Y
Y
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S
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V
O
LCAN
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E
S
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O
A
R
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E
G
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N
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S
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A
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L
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T
S
H
A
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K
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E
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R
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R
U
D
E
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G
O
R
A
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C
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T
E
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B
E
A
R
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N
O
T
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D
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E
X
A
M

Hints & Clues

Across
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Thwack : SWAT
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Bow ties, e.g. : PASTA
10
Dollar alternative : AVIS
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Like chocolate mousse : RICH
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Puckish : ELFIN
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Lunar plain : MARE
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Circadian rhythm regulator : INTERNALCLOCK
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Heaps : ATON
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Tech executive, for short : CIO
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Labor leader Dolores Huerta or astronaut Ellen Ochoa : LATINA
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Representative Bowman, the first male member of "The Squad" : JAMAAL
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H.S. course that might have a unit on the Harlem Renaissance : AMERICANLIT
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Singer Tori : AMOS
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Mendelssohn work in E flat major, and others : OCTETS
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Make definite, informally : ICE
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Mojito ingredient : MINT
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Rejections : NOES
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Scepter topper : ORB
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Does dirty : BETRAYS
38
Word before oil or water : MINERAL
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Use a 56-Across : ROW
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"Sure, sure" : IBET
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Delicate textile : LACE
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Presidential nickname : ABE
48
Ticks off : ANGERS
50
Open ___ : ARMS
51
Performance artist portraying male characters : DRAGKING
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Agree : SAYYES
55
Hawaii is famous for them : VOLCANOES
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Boat propeller : OAR
57
Pulitzer-winning novelist Jennifer : EGAN
58
One of a pair at the dinner table ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme : SALTSHAKER
65
Like texting during a conversation, to some : RUDE
66
Ancient Greek marketplace : AGORA
67
Refer to : CITE
68
Symbol of Russia : BEAR
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"Copy that" : NOTED
70
Checkup, e.g. : EXAM
Down
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Hindu honorific : SRI
2
Success : WIN
3
One may be tough to follow : ACT
4
Historic Bay Area neighborhood with a 600-square-foot rainbow flag : THECASTRO
5
Australia, once : PENALCOLONY
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Every last one : ALL
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West Coast air hub, for short : SFO
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First X or O : TIC
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Tarsal adornment : ANKLET
10
Violin family name : AMATI
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Papal collection overseen by a bibliothecarius : VATICANLIBRARY
12
1996 hit for Alanis Morissette : IRONIC
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House mate? : SENATE
18
Narrow inlet : RIA
22
Basis of some insurance fraud : ARSON
23
Place to hang a mezuzah : JAMB
24
Bestie in Bordeaux : AMIE
25
Largest French-speaking city in North America : MONTREALCANADA
26
Consumed : ATE
27
German physician who coined the term "animal magnetism" : MESMER
30
Vouch (for), in a way : COSIGN
35
Something that's impossible to run by yourself : RELAYRACE
37
Still up, say : AWAKE
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"A pity, really" : ITSSOSAD
40
Peak : ACME
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Word often confused with "fewer" : LESS
44
Plead : BEG
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Too, for one : ADVERB
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Shoe with decorative perforations : BROGUE
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Leaf producer : NISSAN
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Hopeless case : GONER
54
Contented sigh : AAH
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Earlier : AGO
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Park place? : LOT
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L'ora della siesta, maybe : TRE
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"Parent-approved" cereal : KIX
63
GPS approximation : ETA
64
"Stand" band, 1989 : REM