23 September 2020 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 23 September 2020

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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Kitchen item on a roll : TOWEL
6
Serum vessel : VIAL
10
End of a "happy" simile : CLAM
14
The Pequod and others : WHALEBOATS
16
University of New Mexico mascot : LOBO
17
Like an illustrator's fingertips, maybe : INKSTAINED
18
Milk sources for feta cheese : EWES
19
One of 10 when one "hangs ten" : TOE
20
Philosopher who posited that the simplest explanation is the most likely one : OCCAM
21
Tongue ties? : LACES
22
Microwave : NUKE
23
Classroom missile that might be grounds for detention : PLANE
25
Minor injury for an office clerk : CUT
26
Major attack : BROADSIDE
30
Musical riffing from Ella Fitzgerald : SCAT
32
"Kitchy-kitchy-___!" : KOO
33
Number on a yarn skein : DYELOT
34
Mtn. measure : ALT
35
Some Japanese luxury cars : LEXUSES
37
They: Fr. : ILS
38
Need for a sobfest : TISSUE
40
Whole load : TON
41
Start for the Top 40 song titles "Sixteen," "Time" and "You" : ONLY
42
Focal point of an earthquake : EPICENTER
44
Lunch carrier, often : BAG
45
One making empty threats : TIGER
46
Furry Endor resident : EWOK
48
Primer libro del Nuevo Testamento : MATEO
50
"___ a doctor, but ..." : IMNOT
52
Audio brand Beats by ___ : DRE
55
Environmental activist Brockovich : ERIN
56
Series of documents that trace a path, as suggested by this puzzle : PAPERTRAIL
58
Immunity-boosting element : ZINC
59
Bouncy strips that test one's balance : SLACKLINES
60
Fringe : EDGE
61
"Out of Africa" writer Dinesen : ISAK
62
Bird on the Mexican flag : EAGLE
Down
1
Ninny : TWIT
2
"Ai-yi-yi!" : OHNO
3
What's aft a ship's aft : WAKE
4
Chicago trains : ELS
5
Make less tight, as a waistband : LETOUT
6
Larynx : VOICEBOX
7
Ending with Louis : IANA
8
At the previous speed, in scores : ATEMPO
9
It's dropped before a trip : LSD
10
Detox : CLEANSE
11
Feature of a crawl space : LOWCEILING
12
Have ___ in one's bonnet : ABEE
13
Something soft to sit on : MOSS
15
Lower-priced edition of a book : BACK
21
___-slipper : LADYS
22
Granola bit : NUT
24
Full of cargo : LADEN
25
Activity that might involve setting out saucers of milk : CATSITTING
27
Old-fashioned newsboy's assignment : ROUTE
28
Toy with tabs and interchangeable outfits : DOLL
29
Handicraft e-tail site : ETSY
30
Fulfill : SATE
31
Alternative to a staple : CLIP
32
Writer Carolyn, the pen name of more than 10 authors of the Nancy Drew series : KEENE
35
"Hasta ___!" : LUEGO
36
Result of whiplash, maybe : SORENECK
39
Something that's "true whether or not you believe in it," per Neil deGrasse Tyson : SCIENCE
41
Flavor imparter to chardonnay : OAK
43
Tests : TRIALS
44
Hide, with "up" : BOTTLE
47
Forms to process : WORK
48
Mediterranean appetizer : MEZE
49
Desertlike : ARID
51
Longtime film rating org. : MPAA
52
"Oh, fudge!" : DANG
53
Cambodian currency : RIEL
54
Otherwise : ELSE
56
Letters on a tire : PSI
57
Coastal inlet : RIA