30 January 2021 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 30 January 2021

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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Hero of Philadelphia : HOAGIE
7
IG-11 on "The Mandalorian," e.g. : DROID
12
Stereotypically arcane subject : ROCKETSCIENCE
14
Wry comment on a sorry situation : YOUHATETOSEEIT
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Decline : SAYNO
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One temporarily donning a cap : GRAD
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Spent : DONE
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Decked out : CLAD
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"Between the World and Me" author, 2015 : COATES
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Frequently flooded land : FEN
22
Team that infamously blew a 28-3 Super Bowl lead they had late in the third quarter: Abbr. : ATL
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Doctor's office, maybe : SUITE
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Piece of the pie? : CRUST
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Standard of comparison : BASELINE
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Lock holder? : MOUSSE
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Sharp feeling : PANG
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Smear : DAUB
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Shell, maybe : CASING
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Little ball of fur : KITTYCAT
38
___ change : EXACT
39
Makes clean ... or less clean : DUSTS
40
Rigmarole : ADO
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Buck, boomer, jack, flyer or jill, informally : ROO
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One might carry a torch : SCONCE
44
Like some brows and berets : KNIT
45
Longtime Sacha Baron Cohen persona : ALIG
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Was on : RODE
48
Turns over : CEDES
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Bit of encouragement for someone's success : MOREPOWERTOYOU
52
"Decision time!" : ITSNOWORNEVER
53
Spike in activity on a sports field? : CLEAT
54
Absolutely trounced : PASTED
Down
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Dog ... or a type of dog : HOUND
2
Dos y dos y dos y dos : OCHO
3
America's first historically Black sorority, in brief : AKA
4
Set the wheels in motion : GETGOING
5
Continuously improve, in tech-speak : ITERATE
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Subject of a family feud, maybe : ESTATE
7
Lead-in to belief : DIS
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Certain mouthpiece attachment : REED
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Not with "them" : ONEOFUS
10
Frosty air? : ICINESS
11
De-frosting? : DETENTE
12
Queens, e.g. : ROYALS
13
Lines in an application? : CODE
14
Setting of a 1945 conference : YALTA
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Natural cover : SCAB
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Holding up the line for? : CUING
20
Workers with talent : SCOUTS
23
Angles : SLANTS
25
Color that comes from the Latin for "red" : RUBY
27
Earth-shattering : EPIC
28
Glossy alternative : MATTE
30
Makes out : DISCERNS
31
Material that artists get all fired up about? : CERAMIC
32
Amphibian that Ogden Nash once rhymed with "bottle" : AXOLOTL
33
"Little Women" actress Ronan : SAOIRSE
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Milan ___, author of 1984's "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" : KUNDERA
35
Openness : CANDOR
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Parting word : ADIEU
37
Little 'uns : TOTS
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Singing style with African-American roots : DOOWOP
43
Say "Ta-da!," say : CROW
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Excited, with "up" : KEYED
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Actress Rowlands : GENA
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Natural recess : COVE
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Many a 31-Down piece : POT
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Banh ___ (sticky rice cake) : TET