16 January 2022 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 16 January 2022

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T
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H
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P
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R
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R
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K
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M
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Y
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Hints & Clues

Across
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Symbol of authority, informally : THEMAN
7
Compañero : AMIGO
12
Delhi issue : SMOG
16
Reaction to puppy pics : AWW
19
Water buffalo, for one : BOVINE
20
French ___ (trick-taking game) : TAROT
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Land of blarney : EIRE
22
Pass during the N.F.L. playoffs : BYE
23
THE LADY VANI_ _ _ _ (#2, 1964) : SHESNOTTHERE
25
Who infamously boasted "They can't collect legal taxes from illegal money" : ALCAPONE
27
Luxurious : POSH
28
Suffix in some pasta names : INI
29
BILLE (#3, 1972) : ILLBEAROUND
31
He gave Starbuck's orders : AHAB
34
NATO members, e.g. : ALLIES
35
Adorable sort : CUTEY
36
x0 (#1, 1985) : THEPOWEROFLOVE
41
Barnyard baby : CALF
42
Keep one's mouth shut? : HUM
43
Porky Pig's girlfriend : PETUNIA
44
It cost 5¢ in 1965 : POSTAGE
47
Home of Iowa State : AMES
49
Help with a crime : ABET
50
Google web browser : CHROME
53
Laser pointer chaser : CAT
54
Like the Balkans in the 1990s : WARTORN
57
Certain peaceful protest : LIEIN
58
Country singer McEntire : REBA
59
Captivate : ENGAGE
60
VAUDEVILLIAN (#2, 1988) : DEVILINSIDE
65
Become more complicated, say : DEEPEN
66
Getting together : UNITING
67
Sheen : LUSTER
71
LOST, E.G. (#1, 1984) : LETSGOCRAZY
73
Glacier-scaling tool : ICEAXE
74
Yard tool : RAKE
77
Private student : TUTEE
78
Figure it out : CATCHON
79
___ Lilly (pharmaceutical giant) : ELI
80
"Jeez!" : CRIPES
82
Actress Garr : TERI
85
Beach shaper : TIDE
86
Only player to win the U.S. Chess Championship with no losses or draws : FISCHER
88
Darling : SWEETIE
91
Harbor helper : TUG
92
___ story (tale of a car company's bankruptcy?) : SAAB
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CHAN_E _PPEA_ANCE TO CONCEA_ _ _D MISLEA_ (#1, 1968) : JUDYINDISGUISE
97
Islamic spirit : DJINN
99
Brand of insecticide strips : NOPEST
100
Madhouses : ZOOS
101
TITTLE-TATTLE (#16, 2011) : RUMOURHASIT
103
Opposite of post- : PRE
105
Airline posting : FARE
109
Furnace for calcium oxide production : LIMEKILN
110
ENTICEMENT (#1, 1983) : COMEONEILEEN
114
Big club in Las Vegas? : ACE
115
The final word : AMEN
116
Give a lift : ELATE
117
Know-it-all : SMARTY
118
"___ Como Va" (Santana hit) : OYE
119
Female Olympian of note : HERA
120
Palindromic battlers : SEXES
121
Place of worship whose third, fourth and fifth letters are appropriate : PAGODA
Down
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One of eight in a stick of butter: Abbr. : TBSP
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Jolly laugh : HOHO
3
Dec. 24 and 31, e.g. : EVES
4
Minor accident : MISHAP
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Mary ___ Evans a.k.a. George Eliot : ANN
6
Opposite of paleo- : NEO
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Memo abbr. : ATTN
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When doubled, Hawaiian food fish : MAHI
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Pique : IRE
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Terk in Disney's "Tarzan," e.g. : GORILLA
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Opera with the aria "Ave Maria" : OTELLO
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Naval engineer : SEABEE
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Air traveler's accumulation : MILES
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Quint's boat in "Jaws" : ORCA
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Enclosure for a bike chain and sprockets : GEARCASE
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180 : ABOUTFACE
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Arthur who invented the crossword puzzle (1913) : WYNNE
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Overgrown, say : WEEDY
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Kind of terrier : TIBETAN
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Young chicken, e.g. : POULT
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Actress Tyler : LIV
32
Move barefoot across a scorchingly hot beach, maybe : HOP
33
Shock's partner : AWE
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Throw ___ (rant and rave) : AFIT
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No longer frozen : THAWED
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Kind : HUMANE
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Crop up : EMERGE
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Chafe : RUB
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Out of gas, informally : ONE
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Internet ending that's also an ending for inter- : COM
44
Part of the brainstem : PONS
45
Chatter : GAB
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Greek letter that might follow "z" : ETA
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Affix, in a way : STAPLE
50
Eyelashes : CILIA
51
Ketchup brand : HEINZ
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"One ___-dingy" (Ernestine the operator's catchphrase on "Laugh-In") : RINGY
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Arch type : OGEE
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Landlord's due : RENT
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Petrol unit : LITRE
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Surgically remove : RESECT
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Unearthed : DUGUP
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Mi, in a C major scale : ENOTE
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Number twos : VICES
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Pelvic bones : ILIA
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Air carrier : DUCT
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Island where Paul Gauguin painted : TAHITI
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Book that's the source of the phrase "a land flowing with milk and honey" : EXODUS
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Go back (on) : RENEGE
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Instruction in an oatmeal recipe : STIR
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"Zebra" : REF
75
Slugger from Louisville : ALI
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Florida city whose name has three pairs of doubled letters : KISSIMMEE
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Upscale watch brand : CITIZEN
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Annual eight-day celebration : CHANUKAH
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Basketball stat: Abbr. : REB
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Numbskull : TWIT
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Poetic dusk : EEN
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Color of traffic on a GPS : RED
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Craft carried over a portage : CANOE
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Rhythmic part of a heartbeat : SYSTOLE
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Same: Prefix : ISO
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Sense of self : EGO
93
Protagonist in "The Stepford Wives" : JOANNA
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FedEx competitor : UPS
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Clears for takeoff? : DEICES
96
Old Glory : USFLAG
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1964 Tony Randall title role : DRLAO
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Like oranges and some gossip : JUICY
99
Duck or Penguin : NHLER
102
Frost : RIME
103
Davidson of "S.N.L." : PETE
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Richard and Jane in court : ROES
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Commercial prefix with postale : AERO
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Out of office?: Abbr. : RETD
108
One-named Irish hitmaker : ENYA
111
Tops : MAX
112
Madrid's country, in the Olympics : ESP
113
Song lead-in to "Believer," "Loser" or "Survivor" : IMA