24 December 2020 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 24 December 2020

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W
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F
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Hints & Clues

Across
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Wild party : BASH
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With 5-Down, some emergency bulletins : AMBER
10
Certain break-dancing move : SPIN
14
Piece by Puccini : ARIA
15
Lover of Giorgetta in Puccini's "Il Tabarro" : LUIGI
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Native language of 50 million citizens of India : URDU
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Spill a shipment of bowling balls? : LETTHEGOODSROLL
20
Gets down cold : MASTERS
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Kind of engine : DIESEL
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Person not to be trusted : RAT
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"I knew I was going ___ when it was taking longer and longer to wash my face": Harry Hill : BALD
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Works during a slow day at the restaurant? : WAITSFORNOONE
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Hidden drawback : CATCH
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"Paradise Lost" and others : EPICS
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Certain deposit : ORE
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"The Game of Strategic Conquest" : RISK
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Word with rule or tackle : SLIDE
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Advantage : PLUS
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Do drugs : USE
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Piece of curling equipment : STONE
39
Poker slang for three of a kind : TRIPS
40
Go on a date with a honeybun? : TAKEONESSWEET
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Body part that's also a woman's name : IRIS
44
SOS response : AID
45
A bit of resistance : STATIC
48
Gets away : ESCAPES
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Is unable to get away, say ... or a hint to 17-, 24- and 40-Across? : CANTFINDTHETIME
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One target of doxycycline : ACNE
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French setting for Puccini's "Il Tabarro" : SEINE
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"This round's ___" : ONME
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Sad sound : MOAN
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Half of a 1960s folk/pop group : MAMAS
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Run over : READ
Down
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Lip ___ : BALM
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Concentration : AREA
3
Plops down : SITS
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Series of goals : HATTRICK
5
See 5-Across : ALERTS
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Makes a duck face, say : MUGS
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Part of an Instagram profile : BIO
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Part of one's mental life : EGO
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"Good ___!" : RIDDANCE
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"You got that right about me!" : SUREDO
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Advantages : PROS
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Not going anywhere : IDLE
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Zero : NULL
18
Tract of low-growing vegetation : HEATH
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Separates, in a sense : SILOS
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There are more of these in the U.S. in October than any other month, surprisingly : BRIDES
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Pants measure : WAIST
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Adrift : ATSEA
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Cons : FELONS
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Speak out : OPINE
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"Honest!" : NOLIE
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Not hold back fury : ERUPT
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High-quality French vineyard : CRU
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Start of this clue : ESS
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Endurance of hardship without complaint : STOICISM
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Polar bear, to seals : PREDATOR
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Font flourish : SERIF
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How often Bette Davis won Best Actress : TWICE
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Baby rabbit : KITTEN
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Pageant identifiers : SASHES
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Kind of artist : SCAM
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Dish that might be seasoned with adobo sauce : TACO
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Actress Kendrick of "Pitch Perfect" : ANNA
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It destroyed the town of Mascali in 1928 : ETNA
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What benchwarmers ride, with "the" : PINE
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1815 novel made into films in 1996 and 2020 : EMMA
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Provide initial funding for : SEED
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Org. whose vision is "a great public school for every student" : NEA
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Barely perceptible, say : DIM