22 December 2019 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 22 December 2019

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L
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C
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D
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A
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L
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E
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L
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O
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P
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N
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A
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W
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O
R
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S
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C
A
L
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P
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M
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K
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R
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B
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M
U
L
T
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N
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V
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B
L
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R
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G
W
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D
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E
C
H
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C
K
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L
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R
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P
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S
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M
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M
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D
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R
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U
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R
I
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A
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V
A
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S
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A
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D
R
E
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W
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T
E
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T
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O
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T
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L
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R
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S
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P
O
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Y
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I
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D
O
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N
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M
A
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H
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X
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R
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U
S
C
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G
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N
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G
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R
L
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P
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O
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R
K
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H
O
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P
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L
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P
A
S
S
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D
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G
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O
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A
M
O
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B
A
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B
I
E
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R
U
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E
E
K
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S
A
G
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A
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B
R
I
O
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A
L
M
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S
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I
L
S
A
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T
H
E
T
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H
E
O
R
Y
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O
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F
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R
E
L
A
T
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I
V
I
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Y
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A
R
M
A
R
K
S
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N
O
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A
I
R
W
A
V
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F
A
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R
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M
A
U
L
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S
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N
O
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N
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O
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H
E
N
R
Y
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F
O
R
R
E
A
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L
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S
N
A
R
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F
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S
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N
O
D
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P
A
R
R
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A
M
E
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S
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Y
O
N
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A
M
E
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N
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T
U
T
T
I
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F
R
U
T
T
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E
R
N
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J
A
R
O
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M
I
R
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O
V
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N
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A
L
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A
M
O
D
E
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G
E
N
D
E
R
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N
A
V
E
L
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G
L
A
M
O
U
R
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G
E
R
A
L
D
S
114
S
L
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D
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S
E
S
A
M
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S

Hints & Clues

Across
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TV screen inits. : LCD
4
Steinful : ALE
7
Cut (off) : LOP
10
"Nope" : NAW
13
Lucky strikes? : ORES
15
Massage target : SCALP
17
Capital of Belarus : MINSK
19
Spa amenity : ROBE
20
24
Top type : BLOUSE
25
Hay fever irritant : RAGWEED
26
Online payment option : ECHECK
27
Record holder for the most Indianapolis 500 laps led (644) : ALUNSER
29
Lowly workers : PEONS
30
Mythical being depicted in bronze in Copenhagen Harbor : MERMAID
31
Followers of dos : RES
32
Home of the N.C.A.A.'s Rhody the Ram, for short : URI
34
Director DuVernay : AVA
36
Govt. org. often impersonated on scam calls : SSA
37
Picked a card : DREW
39
Abstainers ... or the central column's answers vis-à-vis 20-, 39-, 74- and 101-Across, respectively : TEETOTALERS
44
One in a pocketful : POSY
45
Has finished : ISDONE
47
Speed that would enable a 23-minute D.C.-to-L.A. flight : MACHSIX
48
Where fans are often placed on high? : ARENAS
50
Org. whose academy's motto in English is "The sea yields to knowledge" : USCG
52
One who might give you a shot : NURSE
53
Miss : GIRL
54
Food that Marge Simpson once served with "a whisper of MSG" : PORKCHOP
58
Big name in denim : LEE
59
Collected $200, say : PASSEDGO
63
"Te ___" : AMO
64
Former superstore chain selling diapers and strollers : BABIESRUS
67
"Egads!" : EEK
68
Quite a tale : SAGA
70
Spirit : BRIO
71
Charitable offering : ALMS
73
Film character who says "Kiss me as if it were the last time" : ILSA
74
It postulates a space-time fabric : THETHEORYOFRELATIVITY
80
Congressional budget directives : EARMARKS
81
San Francisco's ___ Valley : NOE
82
Radio medium : AIRWAVES
83
Renaissance-themed festival : FAIRE
84
Tears to pieces : MAULS
86
Who once had all 10 of the top 10 Billboard hits simultaneously : NOONE
87
"The Gift of the Magi" author : OHENRY
89
"Seriously?" : FORREAL
91
Gobbles (down) : SNARFS
94
Doze (off) : NOD
95
Mr. Incredible's actual surname : PARR
96
College town of George Washington Carver : AMES
98
Hither's partner : YON
99
"Absolutely!" : AMEN
101
Little Richard hit with "the most inspired rock lyric ever recorded," per Rolling Stone : TUTTIFRUTTI
104
Sea eagle : ERNE
105
Many-time N.H.L. All-Star Jagr : JAROMIR
107
Sheepish : OVINE
108
Fashionable : ALAMODE
110
Nonbinary identity : AGENDER
111
Focus of an egoist's gaze : NAVEL
112
Magazine with annual Women of the Year Awards : GLAMOUR
113
President Ford and others : GERALDS
114
Traditional, if bulky, presents in Santa's bag : SLEDS
115
Opening words? : SESAMES
Down
1
Super Bowl trophy eponym : LOMBARDI
2
Deep-fried doughy treats : CRULLERS
3
Picked nits : DELOUSED
4
___ tear (athlete's injury) : ACL
5
Thieves' place : LAIR
6
Yosemite attraction : ELCAPITAN
7
Hides one's true nature : LIVESALIE
8
Group with the 2012 chart-topping album "Up All Night," to fans : ONED
9
Ψ : PSI
10
"Why do you ask?" response : NOREASON
11
The 1 in (1,2), in math : ABSCISSA
12
Work times, typically : WEEKDAYS
14
Phaser setting : STUN
15
Admiral Graf ___ (German W.W. II ship) : SPEE
16
Leaf (through) : PAGE
17
Bearing : MIEN
18
One might be taken in protest : KNEE
19
Longtime NPR host Diane : REHM
21
Satellite inhabited continuously since 2000: Abbr. : ISS
22
Complement of turtledoves in a Christmas song : TWO
23
Obsolescent TV companion : VCR
28
Paris's ___ La Fayette : RUE
30
Disfigure : MAR
33
___ sleep : REM
35
Perturb : VEX
38
"The Caine Mutiny" author : WOUK
39
End of some school names, for short : TECH
40
Orbicularis ___ (eyelid-closing muscle) : OCULI
41
"We ___ Kings" : THREE
42
What fools might make of themselves : ASSES
43
"Je ne ___ quoi" : SAIS
44
Joint winner of FIFA's Player of the Century award in 2000 : PELE
46
Top-level foreign policy grp. : NSC
49
Monopoly quartet: Abbr. : RRS
51
Fold : GOBROKE
53
Fuel line : GASMAIN
54
Wallop : PASTE
55
1935 Triple Crown winner : OMAHA
56
Top-ranked professional tennis player for a record 237 consecutive weeks : ROGERFEDERER
57
Ark contents : PAIRS
59
___ fast one : PULLA
60
Labor day setting? : DELIVERYROOM
61
"Beau ___" : GESTE
62
Signs off on : OKAYS
65
"I tell ya!" : BOY
66
Charlotte of "The Facts of Life" : RAE
69
Universal self, in Hinduism : ATMAN
70
Preserves something? : BERRY
72
Houston A.L.'ers : STROS
73
Trump who wrote 2017's "Raising Trump" : IVANA
75
Tiny margin of victory : HAIR
76
When one usually goes through customs : ONARRIVAL
77
Purple pool ball : FOUR
78
Brushed up on : RELEARNED
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Lucky ticket holder's cry : IWON
84
Famed Chicago steakhouse : MORTONS
85
A couple of Bible books : SAMUELS
87
Completely unrestrained : ONAJAG
88
Tribute : HOMAGE
89
Swollen, as a lip : FAT
90
Drain, as blood : LET
92
Swiss dish : FONDUE
93
Derisive expressions : SNEERS
95
Runs smoothly : PURRS
97
They can't do without does : STAGS
100
Prefix for a polygon with 140° interior angles : NONA
101
Headed for overtime : TIED
102
A short rest, so to speak : FIVE
103
He: Lat. : ILLE
104
Top female baby name of 2014-18 : EMMA
106
Year that Michelangelo's "The Crucifixion of St. Peter" was completed : MDL
109
Things the Energizer bunny may need : AAS