8 December 2021 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 8 December 2021

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Hints & Clues

Across
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Sample collector : SWAB
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Banjo sound : TWANG
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Computer menu heading : EDIT
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Hookup that may get kinky? : HOSE
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Broadcaster : AIRER
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Soprano who ends up trapped in a vault : AIDA
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Leave out : OMIT
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"My name is ...," e.g. : INTRO
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Automaker that went bankrupt in 2011 : SAAB
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What intellectual rivals engage in : ABATTLEOFWITS
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Oktoberfest quaff : LAGER
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Munch Museum locale : OSLO
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Election-influencing grp. : PAC
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Like the Tower of Babel, in two ways : STORIED
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Arrogant : SNOOTY
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What chess has that bridge doesn't : BOARD
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God of passion : EROS
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"Theodore Roosevelt" or "Robert Louis Stevenson" : SARGENTPORTRAIT
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Lot calculation : AREA
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Classic gas brand : AMOCO
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Fancy drinking glass : GOBLET
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Percussion instrument that's also the name of a popular ringtone : MARIMBA
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End of a dean's address : EDU
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Sign of inactivity : RUST
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Untrustworthy sort : SNEAK
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Mid-19th-century Russian ruler described as "autocracy personified" : TSARNICHOLASI
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Initial stake : ANTE
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Get into some hot water? : BATHE
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Work without ___ : ANET
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See 68-Across : WRAP
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Edmonton athlete : OILER
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With 66-Across, director's cry ... or hint to 20-, 37- and 58-Across : ITSA
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Word after rock, sea or table : SALT
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Tons and tons : SLEWS
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Pointillism features : DOTS
Down
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Muscle ___, Ala. : SHOALS
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Marsupial with distinctive cube-shaped droppings : WOMBAT
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Italian alpine cheese : ASIAGO
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"That's more like it" : BETTER
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Comet feature : TAIL
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Rioja, for one : WINE
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"Star Wars" droid, familiarly : ARTOO
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Spongy balls : NERFS
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Speaks brusquely : GROWLS
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It's right on the map : EAST
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Population beyond the homeland : DIASPORA
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Journalist Wells or Tarbell : IDA
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Coke's first diet soda : TAB
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What many a U.S. state is named after : TRIBE
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It comes with a charge : ION
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Yours, in Arles : ATOI
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Dermatological sac : CYST
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Long time : EON
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"The world's most valuable resource," per The Economist : DATA
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'Neath's opposite : OER
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Record speed, for short : RPM
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Send to oblivion : DOOM
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"Scarborough Fair" herb : SAGE
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J.Lo's onetime beau : AROD
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Counterargument : REBUTTAL
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Actress Gadot : GAL
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Record label for D'Angelo or Doja Cat : RCA
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Midsection : TORSO
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Long time : ERA
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Engines with oomph : TURBOS
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Like some decorative wooden floors : INLAID
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Will, given a chance : MEANTO
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Most despicable : BASEST
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Dogs that were once samurai companions : AKITAS
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___ mail : SNAIL
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Line on a spine : TITLE
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Last month in the U.S. government's fiscal year: Abbr. : SEPT
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Mull, with "on" : CHEW
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Gendered pronoun : HERS
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Reactions to adorableness : AWS
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Food industry lobby, in brief : NRA