12 July 2021 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 12 July 2021

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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Hard to understand : ARCANE
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Vegan protein source : TOFU
11
Electric guitarist's need : AMP
14
It makes an auto shine : CARWAX
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Spirited horse : ARAB
16
Luau finger food : POI
17
Song lyric before "short and stout" : IMALITTLETEAPOT
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Turn down, as lights : DIM
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"Check this out!" : LOOK
22
Out of practice : RUSTY
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"The Simpsons" character voiced by Nancy Cartwright : BART
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___ to the throne : HEIR
26
Attorney general under George W. Bush : ALBERTOGONZALES
33
Sully : TAINT
34
1960s Ron Howard TV role : OPIE
35
Eggs in a fertility lab : OVA
36
End of a cigarette or rifle : BUTT
37
Were in accord : JIBED
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Nephew of Donald Duck : HUEY
40
Number that never goes down : AGE
41
Morrison who said "A writer's life and work are not a gift to mankind; they are its necessity" : TONI
42
Some pork cuts : LOINS
43
Appeasing, idiomatically : THROWINGABONETO
47
Writes : PENS
48
Gape : GAWK
49
What designated drivers should be : SOBER
52
Taurus symbol : BULL
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Give silent approval : NOD
56
Grilled Japanese dish on skewers : CHICKENYAKITORI
60
What a dipstick measures the level of : OIL
61
Prep for publication : EDIT
62
Where this puzzle's circled letters can be found : AFRICA
63
Part of the body that's stubbed : TOE
64
Trick : DUPE
65
___ network : NEURAL
Down
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The "A" of DNA : ACID
2
Oscar-winning Malek : RAMI
3
Do some last-minute studying : CRAM
4
Leatherworker's pointed tool : AWL
5
Fancy work from a manicurist : NAILART
6
Squeeze money from : EXTORT
7
Format of much AM radio : TALK
8
Metal in a mine : ORE
9
What Jack Sprat couldn't eat, in a nursery rhyme : FAT
10
Transform using mobile technology, as a market : UBERIZE
11
TikTok and Zoom, for two : APPS
12
Not worth debating : MOOT
13
Feel sorry for : PITY
18
Band with the 1983 #1 hit "62-Across" : TOTO
19
Surrounding glow : AURA
23
Like the wire in paper clips : BENT
24
"Cross my heart and ___ to die" : HOPE
25
Oklahoma city : ENID
26
Facing the pitcher : ATBAT
27
Ha-ha : LAUGH
28
Dog to avoid : BITER
29
Pull out all the stops : GOBIG
30
Nephew of Donald Duck : LOUIE
31
100- or 200-meter, e.g. : EVENT
32
Final authority : SAYSO
37
Enlist : JOIN
38
Quaint lodgings : INNS
39
Sound of a car or goose : HONK
41
Brought up the rear? : TWERKED
42
Disreputable sort : LOWLIFE
44
International grp. with a 1970s U.S. embargo : OPEC
45
Water: Sp. : AGUA
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Southeast Europe's ___ Peninsula : BALKAN
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Person who may speak with a brogue : SCOT
50
Home of Cincinnati : OHIO
51
Ill humor : BILE
52
Unit that may be preceded by kilo-, mega- or giga- : BYTE
53
Black: Fr. : NOIR
54
Killer whale : ORCA
55
Telephone : DIAL
57
Univ. URL ending : EDU
58
___ in the bud : NIP
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___TV (cable channel with "Impractical Jokers") : TRU