21 December 2020 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 21 December 2020

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B
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L
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J
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J
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S
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G
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R
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F
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L
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N
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Y
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K
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Hints & Clues

Across
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Prattle : BLATHER
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Public square : PLAZA
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Like records stored for research : ARCHIVAL
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Popeye's profession : SAILOR
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Browser's start-up point : HOMEPAGE
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Buses, as tables : CLEARS
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Freshly : ANEW
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Nonsense : MUMBOJUMBO
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Second letter after epsilon : ETA
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Tic-tac-toe win : OOO
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Prohibit : BAN
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Worthless talk : JIBBERJABBER
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Fury : IRE
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Financial claim : LIEN
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Hanker (for) : YEARN
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Neighs : horses :: ___ : sheep : BAAS
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Landscaper's tool : EDGER
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Raft for a polar bear : FLOE
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= : EQUAL
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It's not odd : EVEN
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R.N.'s touch : TLC
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Unintelligible jargon : GOBBLEDYGOOK
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"So that's it!" : AHA
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Itinerary preposition : VIA
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Inexperienced reporter : CUB
57
Twaddle : BALDERDASH
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Line down the length of a skirt : SEAM
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Signing-on info : USERID
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Sudden thought that makes you go "Wow!" : EPIPHANY
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Poisons : TOXINS
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Goes through hurriedly, as during a robbery : RANSACKS
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Jacket alternatives to buttons : SNAPS
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"Huh?" ... or a possible response to 1-, 19-, 25-, 48- and 57-Across : SAYWHAT
Down
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___ Men, group with the 2000 hit "Who Let the Dogs Out" : BAHA
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Scientology founder ___ Hubbard : LRON
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Highest point : ACME
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Where spiders get their information? : THEWEB
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Way cool : HIP
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Actress Saint of "North by Northwest" : EVAMARIE
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Alternative to Prego : RAGU
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1957 title role for Frank Sinatra : PALJOEY
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In ___ of (replacing) : LIEU
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March goes out like this, as the expression goes : ALAMB
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"___ the Greek" : ZORBA
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Pyromaniac's crime : ARSON
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Old NASA moon-landing vehicle : LEM
15
Great Dane of cartoons, informally : SCOOB
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Short hairstyle : BOB
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___ Aviv, Israel : TEL
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Match up (with) : JIBE
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Baghdad's land : IRAQ
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Boyfriend : BEAU
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Bartlet of "The West Wing" or Clampett of "The Beverly Hillbillies" : JED
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Figure made by lying in the snow and waving one's arms : ANGEL
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Sports official, informally : REF
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Voice below soprano : ALTO
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Chocolate/caramel candy : ROLO
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Narrow part of a bottle : NECK
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Droop : SAG
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Christmas ___ (December 24) : EVE
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Mao Zedong was its leader : REDCHINA
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1960s hippie gatherings : LOVEINS
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Big Apple sch. : NYU
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Hawks and doves : BIRDS
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Rebuke to a dog : BAD
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"Pygmalion" playwright, for short : GBSHAW
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Borders : ABUTS
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Wears, as clothes : HASON
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Amazon's virtual assistant : ALEXA
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Icicles and burning candles both do this : DRIP
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___ Lingus : AER
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Mineral springs : SPAS
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Individually : EACH
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Singer/lyricist Paul : ANKA
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Classic computer game set on an island : MYST
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"Gangnam Style" singer : PSY