16 September 2020 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 16 September 2020

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P
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A
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C
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E
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L
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A
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P
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S
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M
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A
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R
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T
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S
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A
R
O
D
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E
P
E
E
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U
S
U
A
L
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W
E
A
K
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S
A
U
C
E
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L
I
B
B
Y
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S
A
L
O
O
N
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S
Y
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L
L
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B
L
E
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C
L
I
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O
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O
U
I
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E
A
R
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N
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O
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T
H
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N
G
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B
U
R
G
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E
R
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I
S
R
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G
R
U
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K
A
V
N
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E
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R
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P
L
A
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S
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M
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E
R
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R
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N
E
E
D
Y
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S
O
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R
E
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E
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M
O
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E
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C
I
E
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N
O
G
R
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E
A
T
S
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H
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A
K
E
S
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M
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O
W
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A
M
S
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S
C
A
T
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A
C
R
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O
B
A
T
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S
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A
Z
O
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R
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E
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S
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L
E
E
R
Y
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H
A
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P
P
Y
M
E
A
L
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T
A
C
E
T
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E
L
S
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N
T
O
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A
N
K
L
E
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R
E
A
D
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C
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Hints & Clues

Across
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With 5-Across, warm-up circuits for race car drivers : PACE
5
See 1-Across : LAPS
9
Shoppers' stops : MARTS
14
Youngest M.L.B. player to hit 500 homers : AROD
15
Sports sword : EPEE
16
Established : USUAL
17
Negative fast-food review? : WEAKSAUCE
19
Scooter ___, former White House adviser convicted in the Plame affair : LIBBY
20
Where shots might be served (or fired) in a western : SALOON
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One of 14 in "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" : SYLLABLE
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Madison Avenue award : CLIO
25
Arles affirmative : OUI
26
Droopy feature of a cocker spaniel : EAR
27
Negative fast-food review? : NOTHINGBURGER
32
Home of Mount Carmel: Abbr. : ISR
33
"Despicable Me" supervillain : GRU
34
Julie ___, voicer of Marge Simpson : KAVNER
37
Ending with cyto- or proto- : PLASM
40
Make a boo-boo : ERR
42
Emotionally demanding : NEEDY
43
Do after dark : SOIREE
45
Nickname for Maurice : MOE
47
Inc., in France : CIE
48
Negative fast-food review? : NOGREATSHAKES
52
Charge (through) : MOW
54
Early hrs. : AMS
55
"Get outta here!" : SCAT
56
Cirque du Soleil stars, e.g. : ACROBATS
59
Archipelago that's a part of Portugal : AZORES
63
Guarded : LEERY
64
Certain fast-food offering ... or what 17-, 27- and 48-Across certainly don't add up to? : HAPPYMEAL
66
Musical direction for silence : TACET
67
"Anyone ___?" : ELSE
68
Keen on : INTO
69
Spot for a sprain : ANKLE
70
Inbox label counterpart of "New" : READ
71
Number written in parentheses on an income statement : COST
Down
1
Print sources, maybe : PAWS
2
Surveyor's calculation : AREA
3
Rock around the Christmas tree? : COAL
4
N.Y.C. mayor of the 1970s-'80s : EDKOCH
5
Like Pisa's tower : LEANING
6
"The Simpsons" storekeeper : APU
7
Chest muscles, informally : PECS
8
"Later!" : SEEYOU
9
Do-over : MULLIGAN
10
Polo grounds? : ASIA
11
Gawk : RUBBERNECK
12
Drum used in Indian music : TABLA
13
More Machiavellian : SLYER
18
Divas' deliveries : SOLI
22
Browse online without commenting, informally : LURK
24
Folklore fiend : OGRE
27
Cheese ___ (snack) : NIPS
28
City called a "kommune" by its inhabitants : OSLO
29
Complete disaster : TRAINWRECK
30
Myanmar, formerly : BURMA
31
The "E" of N.Y.E. : EVE
35
Falco with four Emmys : EDIE
36
Choices at bakeries and liquor stores : RYES
38
Theater sign letters : SRO
39
Storage unit : MEGABYTE
41
Doesn't keep : ROTS
44
Singer Franklin, Aretha's older sister : ERMA
46
Got out : ESCAPED
49
Purim heroine : ESTHER
50
Indistinct : HAZY
51
Kind of number in chemistry : ATOMIC
52
Country from which the name "Buttigieg" comes : MALTA
53
Vast expanse : OCEAN
57
1988 Cy Young winner Hershiser : OREL
58
Attention-getting store sign : SALE
60
Western home of the National Automobile Museum : RENO
61
Grub : EATS
62
Opening for a time ... or a dime : SLOT
65
Free ad, for short : PSA