8 December 2019 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 8 December 2019

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J
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A
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R
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A
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S
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C
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A
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P
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A
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B
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B
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O
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T
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U
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T
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E
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S
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A
F
E
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W
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K
E
L
S
O
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T
R
U
L
Y
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F
E
T
A
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B
R
E
E
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Z
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N
E
S
S
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R
E
C
A
P
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F
A
H
D
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B
A
L
I
I
N
D
O
N
E
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S
I
A
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E
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D
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T
E
D
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E
M
E
R
G
E
S
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H
A
D
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T
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O
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E
Z
I
N
E
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R
E
D
D
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T
I
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R
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A
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D
E
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B
O
Y
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Z
I
I
M
E
N
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N
I
N
E
T
O
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D
I
N
E
A
T
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E
S
S
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I
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N
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A
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S
E
C
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S
H
O
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R
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N
G
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M
Y
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B
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N
A
D
I
A
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G
E
E
Z
E
R
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U
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S
B
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E
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C
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K
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O
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K
R
I
S
T
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E
N
W
I
I
G
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N
E
H
I
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L
O
L
Z
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E
N
D
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O
D
O
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S
E
E
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T
O
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I
A
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M
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N
E
Z
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R
I
A
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L
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I
M
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A
M
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N
I
N
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T
E
N
D
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O
W
I
I
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S
A
S
E
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F
E
M
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S
T
R
E
W
S
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P
L
A
N
E
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X
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V
I
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A
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B
U
S
I
V
E
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W
H
Y
Y
E
S
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O
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P
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S
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W
E
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E
Z
E
R
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N
E
R
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V
E
D
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J
A
C
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O
B
R
I
I
S
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A
G
R
E
E
R
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S
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P
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C
102
A
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I
L
U
V
U
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S
N
I
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P
S
106
N
E
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S
T
E
R
S
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B
E
L
U
G
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A
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E
A
S
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Y
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O
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N
T
H
E
E
Y
E
S
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W
A
L
L
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L
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U
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N
G
S
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O
V
E
R
E
X
P
O
S
E
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A
L
E
E
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A
M
I
E
S
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D
I
N
A
R
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A
T
T
N
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S
E
R
S
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S
P
A
D
E
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A
D
E
L
E
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E
S
T

Hints & Clues

Across
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Unpleasantly surprise : JAR
4
Music-licensing org. : ASCAP
9
Big brother? : ABBOT
14
Some Pac-12 athletes : UTES
18
Three or four, say : AFEW
20
Ashton Kutcher's role on "That '70s Show" : KELSO
21
"Cross my heart" : TRULY
22
Ingredient in spanakopita : FETA
23
Carefree quality : BREEZINESS
25
Synopsis : RECAP
26
Saudi king before Abdullah : FAHD
27
Popular Asian honeymoon destination : BALIINDONESIA
29
Ready for publication : EDITED
31
Comes into view : EMERGES
32
Was given no other option : HADTO
35
Online publication : EZINE
36
Funny Foxx : REDD
37
Rant : TIRADE
41
Top musical group of the 1990s, per Billboard : BOYZIIMEN
43
51 past : NINETO
44
Patronize, in a way : DINEAT
45
Slow start? : ESS
46
Momentarily : INASEC
50
Supporting, with "up" : SHORING
52
"I messed up," in slang : MYB
54
Comaneci of gymnastics : NADIA
55
One shouting "Get off my lawn!" : GEEZER
56
PC port : USB
58
Clothing designer Marc : ECKO
62
"S.N.L." alum who co-starred in 2016's "Ghostbusters" : KRISTENWIIG
64
Classic soft drink : NEHI
65
Response to a funny meme : LOLZ
66
Stopping point : END
67
Lead-in to meter : ODO
68
Manage : SEETO
70
Follower of Sam or will. : IAM
72
Pince-___ glasses : NEZ
73
Iranian currency with a 75-Across on its bills : RIAL
75
See 73-Across : IMAM
77
Game console introduced in 2006 : NINTENDOWII
80
It's often included with an R.S.V.P. card : SASE
81
Like most Italian singular nouns finishing in -a: Abbr. : FEM
82
Scatters about : STREWS
83
United way? : PLANE
84
The most recent Pope Benedict : XVI
86
Like some "#@&!" language : ABUSIVE
88
"Actually, I do" : WHYYES
89
Photo ___ : OPS
92
"Buddy Holly" band, 1994 : WEEZER
94
Braced (oneself) : NERVED
96
New York social reformer whose name is on a Manhattan housing project : JACOBRIIS
98
Amenable sort : AGREER
99
Pet lovers' org. : SPCA
103
Phrase on a candy heart : ILUVU
104
Impertinent sorts : SNIPS
106
Birds or wasps : NESTERS
108
Caviar source : BELUGA
110
Good-looking ... or a phonetic hint to a feature found five times in this puzzle : EASYONTHEEYES
114
What may follow fire or stone : WALL
115
Pulmonologist's expertise : LUNGS
118
Give too much light : OVEREXPOSE
119
One way to turn a ship : ALEE
120
Members of une sororité : AMIES
121
National currency which, if you drop its second letter and read the result backward, spells another national currency : DINAR
122
Memo header : ATTN
123
Knights' titles in "A Game of Thrones" : SERS
124
Heart topper, in bridge : SPADE
125
"Someone Like You" hitmaker, 2011 : ADELE
126
Jokey suffix with most : EST
Down
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Prattle : JABBER
2
Triangular construction : AFRAME
3
Was taken aback : REELED
4
Unable to move well : AKINETIC
5
Submits : SENDSIN
6
Former TV psychic Miss ___ : CLEO
7
The "A" of W.N.B.A.: Abbr. : ASSN
8
Ask : POSE
9
Parts of hearts : ATRIA
10
Wonderful receptacle? : BREADBIN
11
Tampa Bay N.F.L.er : BUC
12
Rock-___ (jukebox brand) : OLA
13
Romantic preference : TYPE
14
Where to see Botticelli's "The Birth of Venus" : UFFIZI
15
Three or four, say : TEATIME
16
Colorless gases : ETHENES
17
Turns blue? : SADDENS
19
"Well, that's quite a coincidence ..." : WEIRD
24
Sudden turn : ZIG
28
Ewe or sow : SHE
30
One with superhuman powers : DEITY
33
Spanish or Portuguese : TONGUE
34
"___ Como Va" (Santana hit) : OYE
38
Make alterations to : RESEW
39
State of disbelief : ATHEISM
40
Humdinger : DOOZIE
42
Lusaka native : ZAMBIAN
43
"Swell!" : NEATO
44
NNE or SSW : DIR
46
Tattoo artists : INKERS
47
Fictional land of books and film : NARNIA
48
"Impossible Is Nothing" sloganeer : ADIDAS
49
Family nickname : SIS
51
University officials : REGENTS
53
___ canto : BEL
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Part of a short race : GNOME
57
Draws back : SHIES
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Washington's Kellyanne or George : CONWAY
60
Little: Ger. : KLEINE
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Smith and Nelson : OZZIES
63
Teacher : EDIFIER
64
Emphatic denial : NONEVER
69
Arduous : TIRING
71
Degree for a research scientist : MDPHD
74
Latin law : LEX
76
New York Mets epithet : AMAZIN
78
Quaint contraction : TWERE
79
West Coast brew, for short : OLY
82
France's Boulogne-___-Mer : SUR
85
Disney's Herbie, for one : VWBUG
87
Under attack : BESIEGED
88
Visitors' announcement : WEREHERE
89
"The Song of Hiawatha" tribe : OJIBWAS
90
Sierra Nevada, e.g. : PALEALE
91
Oar : SCULLER
93
Frozen Wasser : EIS
95
Counterpart of dorsal : VENTRAL
97
Immature eggs : OVULES
98
Doofus : ASS
99
First part in an instruction manual : STEPA
100
Hallucinogen sometimes called a "divine messenger" : PEYOTE
101
Parts of waves : CRESTS
102
Give the green light : ASSENT
105
No longer in style : PASSE
107
Reason for a TV-MA rating, perhaps : SEX
109
"Say it ain't so!" : ALAS
111
Jedi guru : YODA
112
Poet who wrote "Jupiter from on high laughs at lovers' perjuries" : OVID
113
World's rarest goose : NENE
116
A count manager : UMP
117
Vardalos of "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" : NIA