5 January 2023 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 5 January 2023

1
L
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I
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A
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R
5
C
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A
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T
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H
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E
10
L
11
L
12
I
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S
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I
N
C
A
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O
G
R
E
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N
A
U
R
U
17
L
EVITA
T
E
18
C
L
E
A
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S
I
N
A
I
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A
B
S
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T
HAIR
E
S
T
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A
U
R
A
N
T
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C
L
O
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S
E
S
T
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R
T
E
S
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S
E
N
N
A
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S
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P
A
R
S
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M
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A
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Y
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O
R
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C
34
A
S
I
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V
I
S
A
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C
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U
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R
B
Y
O
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U
RENT
H
U
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S
I
A
S
M
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O
N
U
S
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R
N
A
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M
A
V
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D
O
G
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S
T
O
L
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I
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T
R
48
O
49
T
50
S
51
J
E
E
P
52
S
53
O
B
E
R
U
P
54
S
55
Q
56
U
E
E
Z
E
57
P
L
A
Y
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A
L
I
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O
U
S
T
S
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N
E
A
R
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CATS
C
A
N
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P
I
E
T
A
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E
T
T
E
64
U
L
N
A
65
S
T
R
A
W
66
D
E
E
D
67
P
E
E
L

Hints & Clues

Across
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Fake news source? : LIAR
5
___ lab (hosp. location for stent placements) : CATH
9
"American Psycho" novelist : ELLIS
14
To whom Mama Cocha was goddess of the sea : INCA
15
Fantasy foe : OGRE
16
Smallest South Pacific nation : NAURU
17
Rise in the air : LEVITATE
18
"Veep" actress DuVall : CLEA
19
Biblical mount : SINAI
20
Pilates target : ABS
21
Establishment offering tom yum soup or pad woon sen noodles : THAIRESTAURANT
23
Most immediate : CLOSEST
25
GPS options: Abbr. : RTES
26
Yellow-flowered medicinal plant : SENNA
27
Goes toe to toe (with) : SPARS
29
Can alternative : MAY
32
Fantasy foe : ORC
34
"___ said …" : ASI
35
Certain entry requirement : VISA
36
Acclaimed HBO comedy series whose creator stars as himself : CURBYOURENTHUSIASM
41
Unwanted responsibility : ONUS
42
Strand in a cell : RNA
43
Dallas pro : MAV
44
Relentlessly follow : DOG
45
Vodka brand, informally : STOLI
47
Leisurely paces : TROTS
51
Wheels on a base : JEEP
52
Recover from a bender : SOBERUP
54
Risky baseball strategy that's indicated four times in this puzzle? : SQUEEZEPLAY
58
Stand-up comedian Wong : ALI
59
Boots : OUSTS
60
Within reach : NEAR
61
Body image? : CATSCAN
62
Work at St. Peter's Basilica : PIETA
63
Ending with leather or towel : ETTE
64
Body part that's an anagram of 11-Down : ULNA
65
This is for suckers : STRAW
66
One of 28 in a Monopoly box : DEED
67
Negroni garnish : PEEL
Down
1
The flowers in Amy Lowell's "Your great puffs of flowers / Are everywhere in this my New England" : LILACS
2
Certain to happen : INEVITABLE
3
Pursues, as a hunch : ACTSON
4
Good name for a marine biologist? : RAE
5
Runs together, in a way : COCHAIRS
6
Tips for shoemakers : AGLETS
7
___ leches (Latin American cake) : TRES
8
Summer eruption : HEATRASH
9
Comes after : ENSUES
10
Haunts : LAIRS
11
Roman goddess who's an anagram of 64-Across : LUNA
12
Modern-day site of ancient Persepolis : IRAN
13
Word with power or strong : SUIT
21
Lachrymose : TEARY
22
Many a fancy hotel lobby : ATRIUM
24
Self-important types : SNOBS
28
Kind of guidance : PARENTAL
29
Soccer great Hamm : MIA
30
Biblical mount : ASS
31
Agricultural item that Nigeria produces more of than the rest of the world combined : YAM
33
Nevada senator Catherine ___ Masto : CORTEZ
35
Joie de ___ : VIVRE
36
The fish in fish and chips, commonly : COD
37
Cry at a card table : UNO
38
It's cut by a dancer : RUG
39
Still sealed : UNOPENED
40
Did nothing : SATBY
45
School board? : SEESAW
46
Falls behind : ISLATE
48
Big competitor of Microsoft and IBM : ORACLE
49
University with a pelican mascot : TULANE
50
Kind of column : SPINAL
51
Compact Volkswagen : JETTA
53
Sculled, e.g. : OARED
54
Dips in gravy : SOPS
55
Give up : QUIT
56
End-___ : USER
57
Politico Buttigieg : PETE
61
Condiment for a burger : CATSUP