12 January 2020 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 12 January 2020

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Hints & Clues

Across
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Some Japanese cars : MAZDAS
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Judean king, in Matthew : HEROD
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Medical insurance grp. : HMO
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Freedom of the ___ : SEAS
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Like a short play : ONEACT
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Brick material : ADOBE
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Sushi fish that's never served raw : EEL
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School with its own ZIP code - 90095 : UCLA
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Voice box? [Wolverine State] : ANSWERINGMACHINE
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33-Across's sound : ROAR
27
"Dang!" : NUTS
28
Like a soufflé : EGGY
29
___ Kea : MAUNA
30
2014 film with the tagline "One dream can change the world" : SELMA
31
Losers : ALSORANS
33
Safari sighting [Golden State] : AFRICANLION
35
Captain of science fiction : NEMO
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Spleen : IRE
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Wiggle room : LEEWAY
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Rehearsed : PAT
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Device that keeps fish alive : AERATOR
44
Pay a brief visit : SWINGBY
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Stashed for later [Blue Hen State] : SQUIRRELEDAWAY
53
Whom a warrant officer might report to, informally : LOOIE
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"___ Lang Syne" : AULD
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Letters on an ambulance : EMS
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Times before the present? : EVES
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Revealer of the Wizard : TOTO
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Following, as a detective might : TAILING
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Gave up the ghost : CROAKED
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It's condensed : DEW
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Editorialist's skill [Mountain State] : PERSUASIVEWRITING
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Banned pollutant, for short : PCB
74
West Coast birthplace of John Steinbeck : SALINAS
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Like some candles : TAPERED
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"No way, José!" : UHUH
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Fairy tale prince, perhaps : FROG
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"There it is!" : AHA
84
Big Island city : HILO
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Events for socialites : GALAS
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Knight's accouterments [Ocean State] : SWORDANDSHIELD
92
Brother or sister : SIBLING
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School : EDUCATE
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___ Schwarz (toy company) : FAO
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Like some wallpaper patterns : FLORAL
100
In which a single raised pinkie is an "i": Abbr. : ASL
101
Wilbur's partner in an old sitcom : MRED
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Sushi bar offering [Centennial State] : AVOCADOROLL
107
Cockney and others : DIALECTS
111
Pilots' flights just after training is finished : SOLOS
112
Face-planted : ATEIT
113
Detach slowly (from) : WEAN
114
Hit playfully on the nose, slangily : BOOP
115
Rights-defending org. : ACLU
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Has been around the block [Evergreen State] : KNOWSATHINGORTWO
119
What locks are made of : HAIR
120
Hawaiian word that's also a common Chinese surname : LEI
121
Layers : PLIES
122
Ready for publication, say : EDITED
123
"Like that'll ever happen" : IBET
124
Lead-in to Brown or Robinson in #1 song titles : MRS
125
Sport on a range : SKEET
126
Not for ___ (sign) : RESALE
Down
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Disney heroine of 2016 : MOANA
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Invalidate : ANNUL
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Cocktail garnishes : ZESTS
4
___ City, Yukon Territory : DAWSON
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Nail : ACE
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Bit of party decoration : STREAMER
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Puts up : HANGS
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Pushing the envelope : EDGY
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Letters after CD : ROM
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Most of the 2010s : OBAMAERA
11
Insomniac's order : DECAF
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Tush : HEINIE
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Poses a danger to : MENACES
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Cry with an accent : OLE
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Emphatic rejection : SURELYNOT
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Food inspectors test for it : ECOLI
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Thrifty competitor : ALAMO
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Sticky roll : SARAN
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Snub : IGNORE
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Let fly : HURL
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One leaving a trail : SNAIL
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What scared horses do : REAR
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"That's so sweet!" : AWW
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Article : ITEM
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40 make up a furlong : RODS
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Exam for the college-bound : PSAT
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___ fortis (another name for nitric acid) : AQUA
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Noted export from Holland : TULIPBULB
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Something North Carolina's Alcohol Law Enforcement regulates, aptly : ALE
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Charlie Brown catchphrase : GOODGRIEF
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Ask the obvious question, so to speak : BITE
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"Ouch!" : YEOW
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Indolent : IDLE
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"___ here!" : WERE
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Maintain : AVOW
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Reading on the dashboard of the DeLorean in "Back to the Future" : YEAR
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Improv offering : SKIT
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Fed. agency that helped take down Al Capone : IRS
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Secretive org. : NSA
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Wide gap : GULF
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Walgreens rival : CVS
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Symbol for viscosity, in chemistry : ETA
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Short swim : DIP
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What phonies put on : AIRS
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Word before cap or shoe : SNOW
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Shakespearean schemer : IAGO
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Classic pop brand : NEHI
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Flat-faced dogs : PUGS
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Kind of tea : CHAI
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"___ Minnow Pea," 2001 novel with an alphabetically punny title : ELLA
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Dummy : DODO
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Setting for some pickup basketball : HALFCOURT
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Uses sigma notation, in calculus : ADDS
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Tow : HAUL
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Nelson Mandela's org. : ANC
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George Eliot's "___ Marner" : SILAS
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It's no bull : REALTALK
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Musician Marley, son of Bob : DAMIAN
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Outlander : STRANGER
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Command to a dog : HEEL
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Go-ahead : NOD
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Many a dad joke : GROANER
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Stella ___ (imported beer) : ARTOIS
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Big name in theaters : LOEW
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Flotsam and jetsam : DEBRIS
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Japan's largest brewer : ASAHI
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English class quiz subject, informally : VOCAB
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Skateboard jump : OLLIE
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Imitates Daffy Duck, in a way : LISPS
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Many a founding father, religiously : DEIST
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Terra ___ : COTTA
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Dry (off) : TOWEL
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Fine china : SPODE
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"This is fun!" : WHEE
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Airline with a crown in its logo : KLM
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1-1, for one : TIE
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Something that might accompany a dedication : ODE