23 September 2023 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 23 September 2023

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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McTwist, for one : SKATEBOARDTRICK
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Arraignment, e.g. : COURTAPPEARANCE
17
Designation on old U.S. maps : INDIANTERRITORY
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Jimmy of "NYPD Blue" : SMITS
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Blind things : SLATS
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Love, by another name : NIL
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Stuff : SATE
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"The merciful man ___ good to his own soul": Proverbs : DOETH
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Yield : CEDE
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What might be found in a bed : ORE
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Lout : BRUTE
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Final Fantasy figures : MAGES
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Weather : RIDEOUT
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Wasted states : STUPORS
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N.L. West team : ARI
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Equal at the start? : ISO
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Sporting event that started as a religious ritual : CORRIDA
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Whirred processor? : BLENDER
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Neural transmitters : AXONS
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Slaves away, old-style : MOILS
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Dutch city with a palindromic name : EDE
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BBQ specialty : RIBS
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Sounds of success : DINGS
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Paul who founded a pet food company : IAMS
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Fruit punch : ADE
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Queen's "We Will Rock You," originally : SIDEB
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"Great" pope who negotiated with Attila the Hun : STLEO
51
Certain drink mixer : CARBONATEDWATER
54
Like the writing of Chinua Achebe and Mahatma Gandhi : ANTICOLONIALIST
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Bone breakers, perhaps : STICKSANDSTONES
Down
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Kick starter? : SCISSOR
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Decluttering method featured on Netflix : KONMARI
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Like some classes : AUDITED
4
Banal : TRITE
5
GPS guesses : ETAS
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Deodorant brand : BAN
7
Declines to participate : OPTSOUT
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Small simian … that's one letter away from a small computer program : APELET
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Upgrades or downgrades : RERATES
10
"Star Wars" title : DARTH
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Races that require a swimsuit and bike, for short : TRIS
12
Teller, perhaps : RAT
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All at once : INONEGO
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Classic song with the lyric "Girl, you made me love you / And now, now, now your lovin' man has gone" : CCRIDER
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Like some ignition systems : KEYLESS
22
Merlin was one, some say : DRUID
23
Rooster for roasting : CAPON
25
First name of Russia's leader, 1991-99, and of Britain's leader, 2019-22 : BORIS
26
Calliope and Urania, among others : MUSES
28
Makes : EARNS
30
Bill collectors : TILLS
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Simón Bolívar's birthplace : CARACAS
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Rust producer : OXIDANT
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Father of William the Conqueror : ROBERTI
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Queen of Naboo, in "Star Wars" : AMIDALA
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National park in southwest Texas : BIGBEND
38
Given a hand : DEALTIN
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Reagan attorney general : EDMEESE
40
Most hotels in Las Vegas : RESORTS
43
What a pickup might pick up? : ONETON
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Cretaceous critters : DINOS
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Author Calvino : ITALO
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Sole mate? : SOCK
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Beat the buzzer? : SWAT
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Pen name : BIC
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Trash-talk : DIS