8 December 2017 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 8 December 2017

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Hints & Clues

Across
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"Get outta here!" : SCAT
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Casual cutoffs : JEANSHORTS
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Law force, slangily : POPO
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Breakout entertainment? : ESCAPEROOM
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Truth we hold to be self-evident? : FACT
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Latest thing : DERNIERCRI
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Some low clouds : STRATI
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Tupper of Tupperware fame : EARL
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Orange-soda-loving character of 1990s Nickelodeon : KEL
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Big '70s-'80s band inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017 : ELO
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Start to go out : WANE
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Point in a kitchen : TINE
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Queen hit with the lyric "So don't become some background noise" : RADIOGAGA
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Baker in a studio : CHET
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Comment from the smitten : IMINLOVE
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Kim ___-jung, recipient of the 2000 Nobel Peace Prize : DAE
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Subterranean hideout in comics : BATCAVE
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Tries to nip : BITESAT
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Sportsman whose #4 was retired : OTT
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Powerful sedative : QUAALUDE
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"We Need a Little Christmas" musical : MAME
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Frustrating thing to open : PUZZLEBOX
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___ slaw : COLE
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Female singer inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017 : BAEZ
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Withdrawal fig. : AMT
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Director Lee : ANG
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News ___ (media giant) : CORP
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"I was right!" : KNEWIT
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Rodeo event : BARRELRACE
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Indie singer ___ Case : NEKO
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"That is ..." : IMEANTOSAY
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Many a Generation Z member, now : TEEN
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Throwable weapons used by assassins : NINJASTARS
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Time at a hotel : STAY
Down
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15, 30 and 50 are common ones, in brief : SPFS
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Layer : COAT
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Reward for an accelerated course, in brief : APCREDIT
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Line on a 1040 : TOTALINCOME
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___ knight : JEDI
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San Jose-to-San Antonio dir. : ESE
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Figure that can describe a lot : ACREAGE
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Refrain syllables : NANANA
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What may be on the horizon? : SPIRE
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Cad : HEEL
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Alexander ___, pioneer and early head of New York's subway system : ORR
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Mile-high player : ROCKIE
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Sign of availability : TORENT
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"You're about to be photographed!" : SMILE
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"That ship has sailed" : TOOLATE
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Aspect of hydrodynamics : WAVE
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Weather : THEELEMENTS
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Tease : RIB
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Drs.' order? : AMA
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C-Span focus: Abbr. : GOVT
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Language banned under Franco's dictatorship : CATALAN
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Cameron of Hollywood : DIAZ
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Telephone, informally : BUZZ
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Social media post that refers to another user without directly mentioning that person : SUBTWEET
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Trouble : ADO
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Ranch moniker : TEX
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"What say, José?" : QUEPASA
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Friendly French term of address : MONAMI
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Nelson ___, author of "The Man With the Golden Arm" : ALGREN
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Mimic : PARROT
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Kind of fever : CABIN
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Parts of a Frankenstein costume : BOLTS
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W.W.E. star John : CENA
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See 52-Down : KEYS
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Store with a three-syllable name in four letters : IKEA
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High-class : TONY
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Literally, "rule" : RAJ
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With 47-Down, some frequently misplaced items : CAR