21 August 2024 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 21 August 2024

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Hints & Clues

Across
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Use a loofah : SCRUB
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Biodiverse underwater ecosystem : REEF
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Something in the air : GAS
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Cinnabon enticements : AROMAS
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___ mater : ALMA
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"So ___ heard!" : IVE
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Gathering for lathering? : RUBADUBCLUB
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Be a thorn in the side of : VEX
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Weapon for Viking warriors : AXE
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Feed, as a fire : STOKE
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Distrusting : LEERY
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Assistant who's always being questioned : SIRI
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Cheek : SASS
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Jewels for fools? : DINGALINGBLING
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Puerto ___ : RICAN
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What houses resemble from an airplane : DOTS
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Toy found in King Tut's tomb : TOP
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Universal donor's blood type, for short : ONEG
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Events at which you try not to lose track? : MEETS
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The Floor Is ___ (kids' make-believe game) : LAVA
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Browser subwindow : TAB
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Japanese noodle : SOBA
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Ancestral tales, often : SAGAS
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Fryer piled higher? : CHOCKABLOCKWOK
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Wolverine and others : XMEN
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Like wafers : THIN
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Gold coin of old Europe : DUCAT
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Apt setting for a French kiss : PARIS
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Wrath : IRE
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Outfit inspiration for a Swiftie : ERA
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Cup to drink up? : CHUGALUGMUG
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Interact with a Magic 8 Ball, say : ASK
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Not out : HOME
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What some credit cards offer rewards points for : DINING
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Issa of Hollywood : RAE
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Time machine entry : YEAR
64
Music, informally : TUNES
Down
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Fleetwood Mac song with Stevie Nicks on piano : SARA
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Heart : CRUX
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Post-shower wear : ROBE
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Actress Thurman : UMA
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Hardly a heartening harbinger : BADSIGN
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Unlikely thing off of which to buy haute couture : RACK
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She: Fr. : ELLE
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Bird that can run up to 30 m.p.h. : EMU
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Workspaces with 3-D printers and laser cutters, informally : FABLABS
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Tries something : GIVESITAGO
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Declare : AVER
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Descriptor for some Halloween costumes : SEXY
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Kama ___ : SUTRA
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Simplify, with "down" : BOIL
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Course for some new immigrants, for short : ESL
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Manage to get, as tickets : SNAG
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Pepper and others: Abbr. : SGTS
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Singer/actress Shore : DINAH
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No-bake dessert that's chilled before serving : ICEBOXCAKE
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Perfect : IDEAL
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"Why ___?" : NOT
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Most common Czech surname : NOVAK
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Figs. on college transcripts : GPAS
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Univ. program with cadets : ROTC
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Reaction upon tasting a decadent dessert : MOAN
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Fall off : EBB
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What a picket fence may enclose : LAWN
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Sus : SKETCHY
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Outfit for the mountains : SKISUIT
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Nashville-based awards org. : CMA
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Other, in Oaxaca : OTRA
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Dependent, often : CHILD
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Cherished : DEAR
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Bear of constellations : URSA
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Guinness record holder for "Mammal with the most names" : PUMA
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Golden ___ (retiree) : AGER
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"Let's do it!" : IMIN
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Mysterious character : RUNE
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Charges of male emperor penguins : EGGS
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Get into the weeds? : HOE
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Bearded beast : GNU