26 December 2019 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 26 December 2019

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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Bind : JAM
4
It's not much work : ERG
7
Short : SHY
10
Average name : DOW
13
Talk show medium : AMRADIO
15
Quite an accomplishment : COUP
17
Señora Perón : EVA
18
Secret headquarters for Bruce Wayne : BATCAVE
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Not be oneself? : ROLEPLAY
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"I've heard everything I need to hear" : SPAREMETHEDETAILS
23
Relative of a haddock : COD
25
Moon of Saturn named for a Titaness : RHEA
26
Instant : SEC
27
Black-and-white predators : ORCAS
29
Martin ___, "London Fields" novelist : AMIS
32
Comic strip title character who is Beetle Bailey's sister : LOIS
35
Winter D.C. setting : EST
36
Quite an accomplishment : FEAT
38
Do some underground exploring : SPELUNK
40
Find an ideal compromise : STRIKETHERIGHTBALANCE
43
Transitional zone between two biomes : ECOTONE
44
Early Cuzco resident : INCA
45
Pull : TUG
46
End notes : CODA
47
Highland tongue : ERSE
49
Aunt ___ of "Oklahoma!" : ELLER
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Estadio exclamation : OLE
53
Pie hole : TRAP
55
Places where people may have the knives out for you, in brief : ORS
56
Classic tune often played by ice cream trucks : TURKEYINTHESTRAW
61
Adjust : REJIGGER
62
Sport that is the key to interpreting the answers to 21-, 40- and 56-Across : BOWLING
66
Consist of : ARE
67
Get to : RILE
68
Temporarily inactive : ABEYANT
69
"That really hurt!" : YOW
70
Waitress at Mel's Diner : FLO
71
Magic 8 Ball response : YES
72
Prefix with -phyte : NEO
Down
1
Snarky remark : JAB
2
Residents' org. : AMA
3
Muscleman with a mohawk : MRT
4
Eponymous Dutch town : EDAM
5
Subject of several Georges Seurat paintings : RIVERSEINE
6
Doth proceed : GOETH
7
Horror movie staple : SCREAM
8
Part of a parka : HOOD
9
Winter season : YULE
10
Place for cold cuts : DELICOUNTER
11
Like skating rinks, typically : OVAL
12
Manners : WAYS
14
Rock group from Sydney : AC/DC
16
Vets' charges : PETS
20
Dish seasoned with saffron : PAELLA
22
Uncultivated tract : HEATH
23
Bulk-purchase retailer : COSTCO
24
One who closely adheres to the Torah : ORTHODOXJEW
28
Picked locks? : AFRO
30
Some library catalog info, for short : ISBN
31
Magellan, e.g. : SPACEPROBE
33
Runs up, as expenses : INCURS
34
Surfboard stabilizer : SKEG
35
Higher-up : EXEC
37
Golden ___ : AGER
39
Carrier that offers only kosher meals : ELAL
41
Bibliographer's phrase of inclusion : ETALII
42
Levels : TIERS
48
Something no single speaker provides : STEREO
50
Menial : LOWLY
52
Certain B.S. holder: Abbr. : ENGR
54
Cornered : ATBAY
56
Letter in the NATO alphabet : XRAY
57
Prefix with -phyte : XERO
58
"What a long week!" : TGIF
59
"___ is other people": Sartre : HELL
60
Commands respect from : AWES
63
Swimming gold medalist Thorpe : IAN
64
Columbus-to-Cleveland dir. : NNE
65
Old Pontiac with a V8 engine : GTO