8 December 2022 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 8 December 2022

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Y
2
E
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N
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S
5
M
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A
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Y
8
S
9
M
10
A
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L
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L
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S
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A
V
O
W
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I
N
A
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C
A
M
E
I
N
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K
I
W
I
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D
N
C
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U
R
B
A
N
E
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L
O
N
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G
J
O
H
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N
S
L
V
E
R
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R
E
N
U
25
T
E
E
N
I
E
S
T
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E
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A
R
F
U
L
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S
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O
M
E
N
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T
A
I
L
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Y
A
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W
N
E
R
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S
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O
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L
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T
H
E
U
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S
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M
E
G
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S
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C
H
W
A
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A
S
S
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T
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H
E
B
A
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T
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S
A
I
D
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P
A
I
D
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S
H
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R
I
K
E
S
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T
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V
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S
I
G
N
A
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L
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R
I
M
E
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W
E
I
R
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D
Y
S
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T
O
P
I
A
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N
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E
N
C
A
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S
E
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A
H
A
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A
P
O
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P
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E
M
O
T
E
R
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T
A
T
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M
E
G
A
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N
O
N
E
W
S
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S
T
Y
69
I
G
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Hints & Clues

Across
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Hankerings : YENS
5
About seven or eight weeks before 5-Down : MAY
8
Rapper Biggie ___ : SMALLS
14
State : AVOW
15
What can precede heartbeat or nutshell : INA
16
Arrived : CAMEIN
17
Aucklander, e.g. : KIWI
18
Blue grp. : DNC
19
Suave and sophisticated : URBANE
20
Literary character with an eponymous chain of seafood restaurants : LONGJOHNSILVER
24
Big name in contact lens care : RENU
25
Most itsy-bitsy : TEENIEST
27
Talking-tos : EARFULS
30
Harbinger : OMEN
31
What a monkey has that an ape doesn't : TAIL
32
Snoozefest : YAWNER
34
Roman equivalent of the Greek Helios : SOL
37
Country that lacks an official language, informally : THEUS
39
One of the women in "Little Women" : MEG
40
Beginning or end for Alexa? : SCHWA
42
Dunderhead : ASS
43
Nickname for Gotham City's protector : THEBAT
46
Expressed : SAID
47
Ponied up : PAID
48
Butcher birds : SHRIKES
50
You might see snow when it's disrupted : TVSIGNAL
54
Winter coat : RIME
55
Grateful Dead founding member Bob : WEIR
56
Like "Blade Runner" and "Fahrenheit 451" : DYSTOPIAN
59
Cocoon : ENCASE
61
"So clever!" : AHA
62
Each : APOP
64
One who's far from stone-faced : EMOTER
65
Beauty that's only skin deep, for short? : TAT
66
___ Millions : MEGA
67
"Nothing to report" : NONEWS
68
Absolute dump : STY
69
Misnomer for the character Fritz in the original "Frankenstein" (1931) : IGOR
Down
1
Shaggy, horned beast : YAK
2
Word with twin or grin : EVIL
3
"It's all good" : NOWORRIES
4
Pandemic cause of 2009 : SWINEFLU
5
Time in the dog days of summer : MIDJULY
6
365 giorni : ANNO
7
An extravagant one might have a swimming pool : YACHT
8
"Uh, what was that?" : SCUSEME
9
Seafarers : MARINERS
10
Film production company founded by Steven Spielberg : AMBLIN
11
Bail, so to speak : LEAVE
12
What an actor studies : LINES
13
Hägar the Horrible's dog : SNERT
21
Shaggy, horned beast : GNU
22
It glows orange-red when placed in an electric field : NEONGAS
27
"___ Kett" (old comic strip that taught teens manners) : ETTA
28
Sounds at a fireworks show : AAHS
29
Expensive shipping option : SAMEDAY
33
It's a trap! : WEB
34
"Come on, move it!" : SHAKEAPEG
35
Toddler's boo-boo : OWIE
36
Blokes : LADS
38
John Deere logo animal : STAG
41
Hit CBS series that, despite its name, was filmed primarily in California : CSIMIAMI
44
Impedes : HINDERS
45
Like Louis Armstrong's singing : THROATY
47
One with an "eye patch," hook hand and peg leg, as represented in this puzzle's grid : PIRATE
49
Grave letters : RIP
50
One getting "the talk," say : TWEEN
51
Modern payment method : VENMO
52
Order to attack : SICON
53
Hurdles for aspiring D.A.s : LSATS
57
"Top ___!" : THAT
58
Scuttled : NOGO
60
Fix a hole, in a way : SEW
63
Double eagle plus three : PAR