9 July 2024 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 9 July 2024

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B
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P
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L
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U
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S
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T
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E
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M
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P
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B
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A
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S
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H
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A
R
O
S
E
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A
R
I
A
16
A
L
T
O
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B
O
O
M
E
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R
B
U
S
T
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N
O
E
L
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E
M
M
A
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A
L
P
S
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T
H
E
M
E
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R
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E
S
E
T
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A
I
M
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F
I
G
H
T
E
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R
F
L
I
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G
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H
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T
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O
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R
I
N
G
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D
O
A
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R
A
H
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L
I
N
E
O
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N
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E
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T
R
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A
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P
E
Z
E
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A
C
E
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E
L
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K
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P
R
E
E
N
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F
O
R
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M
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E
R
F
A
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S
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H
I
O
N
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O
L
D
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R
O
Y
A
L
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S
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E
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O
U
L
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S
A
U
D
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I
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R
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A
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S
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O
D
D
S
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P
A
S
S
E
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R
F
A
I
L
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I
D
O
S
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G
L
E
E
65
H
I
N
D
I
66
L
Y
R
E
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A
T
A
D
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O
C
T
E
T

Hints & Clues

Across
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Average grade for a 3.3 G.P.A. : BPLUS
6
Office sub : TEMP
10
Big shindig : BASH
14
Thrice-repeated words in one of Gertrude Stein's truisms : AROSE
15
Diva's delivery : ARIA
16
Kind of sax : ALTO
17
Sting operation at a senior center? : BOOMERBUST
19
English playwright Coward : NOEL
20
Stone of "Poor Things" : EMMA
21
Mountain range along much of the France/Italy border : ALPS
22
Uniting idea : THEME
23
Button on the back of many appliances : RESET
25
Intention : AIM
26
Mission for an F-16? : FIGHTERFLIGHT
31
Circular gasket : ORING
33
Doomed from the start, for short : DOA
34
"Go team!" : RAH
35
What the first call to a receptionist might come in on : LINEONE
38
High bar at the circus : TRAPEZE
41
Base card in solitaire : ACE
42
Prey for a mountain lion : ELK
44
Tidy one's feathers : PREEN
45
Powdered wigs, petticoats, etc.? : FORMERFASHION
50
Worn, maybe : OLD
51
Like some flushes and screw-ups : ROYAL
52
Capital of South Korea : SEOUL
55
House of ___, ruling family of the Mideast : SAUD
56
SEP and Roth, for two : IRAS
60
Long things for a long shot : ODDS
61
Quarterback's interception? : PASSERFAIL
63
Altar avowals : IDOS
64
Delight : GLEE
65
Official language of India : HINDI
66
Instrument for Orpheus : LYRE
67
The smallest bit : ATAD
68
Ensemble of eight : OCTET
Down
1
Nickname for George Herman Ruth : BABE
2
Busy "season" for limo drivers : PROM
3
Weaving machine : LOOM
4
Many a role in "Jarhead" : USMARINE
5
"What you ___ is what you get" : SEE
6
One of two for the Ten Commandments : TABLET
7
Blew one's top : ERUPTED
8
___ America : MISS
9
Unit of butter : PAT
10
Vietnamese sandwich : BANHMI
11
Common ingredient in after-sun gel : ALOE
12
Hold back, as the tide : STEM
13
Bad thing to be in, in poker … or good thing to be in, in golf : HOLE
18
Impulsive : RASH
22
"Shop ___ you drop!" : TIL
24
Breakfast brand with a "Thick & Fluffy" variety : EGGO
25
Way, way off : AFAR
26
Of higher quality : FINER
27
Go bad : ROT
28
Like a newbie : GREEN
29
State of confusion : HAZE
30
After that : THEN
31
Count played by Jim Carrey in "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events" : OLAF
32
Puerto ___ : RICO
36
Jock's counterpart : NERD
37
Christmas movie starring Will Ferrell : ELF
39
Capital of Samoa : APIA
40
Like Stephen King and Isaac Asimov : PROLIFIC
43
Body of water north of Siberia : KARASEA
46
Hairstylist's foam : MOUSSE
47
Right-angled bend : ELL
48
Three sheets to the wind : SOUSED
49
Jekyll's counterpart : HYDE
52
Worm's habitat : SOIL
53
Small whirlpool : EDDY
54
Reason to say "Pee-yew!" : ODOR
55
Margarita garnish : SALT
57
Something to go off on : RANT
58
Senate helper : AIDE
59
Narrow opening : SLIT
61
Competitor of LIV Golf : PGA
62
Greek "P" : RHO