12 August 2019 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 12 August 2019

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F
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L
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T
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L
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O
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G
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L
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V
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A
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W
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P
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W
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K
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C
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D
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H
O
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L
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M
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X
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B
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M
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N
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H
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R
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Hints & Clues

Across
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Sharp's counterpart, in music : FLAT
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"Livin' la Vida ___" : LOCA
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Stories with many chapters : SAGAS
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Like rain forest vegetation : LUSH
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"Ars Amatoria" poet : OVID
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Story that lets you off the hook : ALIBI
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Theatrical honor : OBIEAWARD
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Mountaineering spike : PITON
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Person to exchange letters with overseas : PENPAL
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Fortune 500 listings: Abbr. : COS
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Jane Austen novel : EMMA
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"Star Wars" role for Alec Guinness : OBIWANKENOBI
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Put into operation : ACTUATE
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They: Fr. : ILS
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Zig or zag : TURN
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Lauder with beauty products : ESTEE
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Little extra attention, as from a repairer, for short : TLC
38
Where education is pursued doggedly? : OBEDIENCESCHOOL
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"Mad ___" (Mel Gibson film) : MAX
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"It's a ___ shame" : CRYIN
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Approximately : ORSO
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"You stink!" : BOO
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Sent out, as rays : EMITTED
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Delivery people? : OBGYNDOCTORS
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Foundry detritus : SLAG
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Environmental prefix : ECO
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Inventor's quest : PATENT
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Chicken raised for cooking : CAPON
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"Hush, you!" : OHBEQUIET
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Big-time football venue : ARENA
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Honey-based drink : MEAD
66
Start to deteriorate, as a cord : FRAY
67
Put back to zero, say : RESET
68
A and Z, in the alphabet : ENDS
69
Chop down : FELL
Down
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Theatrical failure : FLOP
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Auto maintenance job, informally : LUBE
3
X ___ xylophone : ASIN
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Where stray animals are taken : THEPOUND
5
Darkish, as the interior of a restaurant : LOWLIT
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Sperm targets : OVA
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Approximately : CIRCA
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Supplemental item : ADDON
9
Weaken : SAP
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"Futurama" figures : ALIENS
11
U.S. base in 28-Down, informally : GITMO
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Detonation of 7/16/45 : ABOMB
13
Egyptian peninsula : SINAI
18
Rhyme scheme of Robert Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" : AABA
22
Irving Berlin's "Blue ___" : SKIES
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Teeny-___ : WEENY
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Certain utility: Abbr. : ELEC
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Quark's place : ATOM
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Havana's home : CUBA
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Image in the "Jurassic Park" logo, informally : TREX
33
Biol., for one : SCI
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Guiding principle : TENET
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Legal wrong : TORT
36
Misplace : LOSE
37
Lump of soil : CLOD
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Stylized "W" for Microsoft Word, e.g. : ICON
40
Wear away : ERODE
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Something extremely cool, paradoxically : HOTSTUFF
45
Past : BYGONE
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Two-wheelers : MOPEDS
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Baghdad's land : IRAQ
49
One of five for composer John Williams : OSCAR
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Sound loudly, as a trumpet : BLARE
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Registers awe : GAPES
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"___, All Ye Faithful" : OCOME
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Singer/songwriter Leonard : COHEN
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Dublin's land : EIRE
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Actress Patricia of "Hud" : NEAL
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"Bye for now," in a text : TTYL
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Singer ___ King Cole : NAT
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Deserving to get gonged : BAD