20 December 2019 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 20 December 2019

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

Across
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Event for which participants may take the floor : SITIN
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Pestered persistently : RODE
10
Hindu love god : KAMA
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Grand Prix site : MONACO
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Boost at the gym : ENERGYBAR
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Bugs : ANNOYS
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Actress whose full name can be made from the letters of DO RE MI : DEMIMOORE
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Alternative to white : RYE
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___ Jahan, leader who commissioned the Taj Mahal : SHAH
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This might be a bust : STATUE
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Part of a dash : CARSTEREO
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Hoots : RIOTS
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Treatment that reduces wrinkles : LASERPEEL
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Boomsticks? : TNT
31
Largest steel producer in the U.S. : NUCOR
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Kind of football played indoors : ARENA
35
Greek "Mother of the Gods" : RHEA
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Inedible kind of orange : OSAGE
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Look after : MIND
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Hardly try anymore : COAST
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Column in a baseball box score : RUNS
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Sportscaster Jim : NANTZ
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50 Cent's "___ Control" : OUTTA
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Johnson's predecessor as British P.M. : MAY
43
Some ranch cattle : LONGHORNS
45
"X-Men" film spinoff starring Hugh Jackman : LOGAN
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Congressional campaign : SENATEBID
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University near the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains : FURMAN
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"Whip It" band : DEVO
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1/2 vis-à-vis 1/3, say : EVE
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In direct competition : MANOAMANO
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Home of the South by Southwest festival : AUSTIN
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Big canned soup brand : PROGRESSO
60
Irritates, with "on" : GRATES
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Tricks : GETS
62
Critic's award : STAR
63
Best Play and others : ESPYS
Down
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"Crime and Punishment" heroine : SONYA
2
Private : INNER
3
This is the way : TAO
4
Hostile look : ICYSTARE
5
Snacks : NOSHES
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Nervous witnesses in mystery novels, often : REDHERRINGS
7
"Blastoff!" preceder : ONE
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Left side, informally : DEMS
9
Country with hundreds of islands in the Red Sea : ERITREA
10
Former world capital whose name means "capital city" : KYOTO
11
"Ah, yes, I'd been meaning to tell you ..." : ABOUTTHAT
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Total mess : MARESNEST
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What "r" might signify : ARE
14
Singer Anthony : MARC
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Online service introduced in 2004 : GMAIL
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Frequent subject of headlines in The Onion : AREAMAN
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Difficult journeys : SLOGS
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"Let me in!" : OPENTHEDOOR
28
Site for some celebratory dances : ENDZONE
30
Bye line? : TATA
31
Nothing special, with "the" : NORM
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Nothing special, with "the" : USUALFARE
33
"Really, now? Really!?" : CANYOUNOT
35
Electrify : ROUSE
38
Features on topographic maps : CONTOURS
40
Walk-ons, often : NONAMES
43
Kendrick of rap : LAMAR
44
Absolutely destroy : RAVAGE
46
Pirates' potables : GROGS
48
1970s first lady : BETTY
49
Elite eight : IVIES
50
Homes in the woods : DENS
52
Early illustrator of Uncle Sam : NAST
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No. that's converted for electric cars : MPG
56
Org. that shares its HQ with Cyber Command : NSA
58
Drain : SAP