9 January 2018 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 9 January 2018

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J
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O
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B
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S
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S
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L
7
A
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T
9
S
10
S
11
T
12
A
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R
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O
R
A
L
15
P
O
R
E
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P
A
U
S
E
17
H
E
R
O
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R
A
P
T
19
A
N
G
S
T
20
N
O
R
T
21
H
A
M
E
R
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I
C
A
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H
A
Y
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L
I
V
E
A
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L
26
I
27
E
28
I
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O
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S
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I
C
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E
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S
E
X
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O
T
B
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A
N
T
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I
T
A
N
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K
38
S
A
A
B
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M
E
E
T
I
N
T
H
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E
41
M
42
I
D
D
L
E
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B
I
L
E
44
Z
O
O
T
S
U
I
T
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I
L
L
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T
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B
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S
49
S
N
O
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P
A
S
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C
L
A
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M
B
A
K
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E
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K
F
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C
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S
T
R
O
B
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E
E
F
F
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E
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C
60
T
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I
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N
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A
N
E
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R
O
S
Y
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L
U
L
U
66
L
I
M
B
S
67
T
O
M
E
68
A
R
A
B
69
E
X
A
C
T
70
S
K
E
D
71
T
O
N
E

Hints & Clues

Across
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Perennial campaign issue : JOBS
5
Airplane wing feature : SLAT
9
Cool, giant sun : SSTAR
14
Taken by mouth : ORAL
15
Sweat spot : PORE
16
Remote control button : PAUSE
17
Grinder : HERO
18
Totally focused : RAPT
19
Brooding worry : ANGST
20
Big part of the New World : NORTHAMERICA
23
It's pitched with a pitchfork : HAY
24
Present oneself falsely : LIVEALIE
28
Greek island in the Aegean Sea : IOS
31
Common supply for a party : ICE
33
One cause for an R rating : SEX
34
Wagering venue, briefly : OTB
35
Like some missiles : ANTITANK
38
Onetime Volvo competitor : SAAB
39
Compromise ... or a phonetic hint to this puzzle's shaded squares : MEETINTHEMIDDLE
43
Bad temper : BILE
44
Flashy 1940s men's attire : ZOOTSUIT
45
Lead-in to bred or behaved : ILL
46
Channel for "Conan" : TBS
49
___-Caps (theater candy) : SNO
50
Faux ___ : PAS
51
Seaside cookout : CLAMBAKE
54
Fast-food chain with a goateed spokesman : KFC
56
Flashing light phenomenon : STROBEEFFECT
61
Ridiculous : INANE
64
Pink : ROSY
65
Humdinger : LULU
66
Arms and legs : LIMBS
67
"The Complete Works of William Shakespeare," e.g. : TOME
68
10-Down resident : ARAB
69
On the nose : EXACT
70
What's happening and when, informally : SKED
71
Recorded message prompt : TONE
Down
1
Donald ___ Trump : JOHN
2
___ Blizzard (Dairy Queen offering) : OREO
3
Roseanne of "Roseanne" : BARR
4
Animal that hangs upside down in trees : SLOTH
5
Graffiti artist's tool : SPRAYCAN
6
Rich soil : LOAM
7
Big name in beauty products : ARPEL
8
Game craze of the late 1980s and '90s : TETRIS
9
Falcon rocket launcher : SPACEX
10
Yemen's capital : SANAA
11
Pull : TUG
12
Nativity scene figure : ASS
13
Emeritus: Abbr. : RET
21
Country to which Frederick Douglass was a U.S. ambassador : HAITI
22
Natalie Cole's "___ Got Love on My Mind" : IVE
25
Pack, as a car for travel : LOADUP
26
Napoli's nation : ITALIA
27
Field where Jackie Robinson played : EBBETS
28
Like the meter in sonnets : IAMBIC
29
Ed of "Modern Family" : ONEILL
30
Popular Belgian beer, for short : STELLA
32
Fictional tree creature : ENT
36
Carmel finish? : ITE
37
Letters on an AM dial : KHZ
38
1960s radical grp. : SDS
40
Canon model : EOS
41
Tinkered (with) : MONKEYED
42
"Knock ___!" : ITOFF
46
Intradermal diagnostic, for short : TBTEST
47
Many a lounge : BAR
48
Some tennis wear : SKORTS
52
"___ Live" (daytime news program) : MSNBC
53
Kindle material : EBOOK
55
B equivalent : CFLAT
57
Salinger dedicatee : ESME
58
Tip of France? : EURO
59
Family : CLAN
60
Idiot box : TUBE
61
___-de-France : ILE
62
Put the kibosh on : NIX
63
Operator's org.? : AMA