31 January 2023 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 31 January 2023

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P
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D
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O
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H
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L
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M
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C
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G
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N
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L
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Hints & Clues

Across
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Enlivens : PEPSUP
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Salutes with flutes? : TOASTS
13
Tried really hard : STROVE
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"Leading us off ..." : FIRSTUP
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W.N.B.A. All-Star Alyssa : THOMAS
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Crushed-ice dessert with a reduplicative name : HALOHALO
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"___ been wondering ..." : IVE
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Suffix for a long fund-raiser : THON
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La Brea substance : TAR
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Three-___ sloth : TOED
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Study of insects, for short : ENTO
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Item that might be left on a hotel pillow : MINT
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One-named "Queen of All Media" : OPRAH
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Counterpart of sow : REAP
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Scores 100 on : ACES
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Its capital is Tripoli : LIBYA
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Shellfish that may be served cooked or raw : OYSTER
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Curd-based drink : LASSI
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Aviate : FLY
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Rosters : LISTS
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Black-and-white breakfast cereal : OREOOS
40
Language in which "hello" is "kia ora" : MAORI
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"___ está usted?" : COMO
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Black-and-white whale : ORCA
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"No idea" gesture : SHRUG
46
Country that borders Yemen : OMAN
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"The Color Purple" character ___ Avery : SHUG
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Hartford's state: Abbr. : CONN
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Went unused : SAT
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"Yeah, that didn't escape my notice" : ISAW
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Curved path : ARC
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"Ow!" : THATHURT
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Pre-cable TV appurtenance : AERIAL
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Establishment that serves "purr"-over coffee? : CATCAFE
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"Living Single" creator ___ Lee Bowser : YVETTE
62
Not being manually operated : ONAUTO
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Agree to something : SAYYES
Down
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Winter clock setting in Calif. : PST
2
Addis Ababa's land : ETHIOPIA
3
"A closed mouth doesn't get fed" and others : PROVERBS
4
Not too long from now : SOMEDAYSOON
5
Campus setting in the story collection "My Monticello," in brief : UVA
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Nuisance : PEST
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Up to, informally : TIL
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Spanish for "gold" : ORO
9
___ Wednesday : ASH
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Cause of some cling : STATIC
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New Orleans university : TULANE
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Cricket and squash, for two : SPORTS
14
Giant narrative that may be about giants (and elves as well) : FANTASYSAGA
16
Tree whose pods contain a sweet-tasting pulp : HONEYLOCUST
19
Luke Cage's title in his first comics appearance : HEROFORHIRE
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Turnpike payment : TOLL
23
Choose : OPT
24
Chanteuse with chart-topping hits found at the tops of 4-, 14-, 16- and 19-Down : MARIAHCAREY
26
Eyebrows and beards : HAIR
31
Stately trees : ELMS
35
Delta Sigma Theta, for one : SORORITY
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Shorten : TRUNCATE
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Exit or Yield : SIGN
39
Dawn goddess : EOS
41
Rival of Sam's Club : COSTCO
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Resident of Nebraska's largest city : OMAHAN
43
Hakuna ___ (Swahili phrase meaning "no problems") : MATATA
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Methods : WAYS
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Fort Worth sch. whose mascot is SuperFrog : TCU
55
All ___ and no cattle : HAT
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Mysterious sky sighting : UFO
58
"Deliver Us From ___" (2003 rom-com) : EVA
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Plural article in French : LES