9 January 2019 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 9 January 2019

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Hints & Clues

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Gold, frankincense and myrrh, famously : GIFTS

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Fleet of foot : SWIFT

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Bit of bunny slope gear : MINISKI

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Pop music's ___ Vanilli : MILLI

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#1 hit for the Troggs : WILDTHING

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Finalize, as comic art : INKIN

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Pandora released them : ILLS

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Pupil's place : IRIS

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Speaks like Sylvester : LISPS

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Face cards, informally? : IDS

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N.Y.C. subway line : IRT

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Bed size : TWIN

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Bad outcome for a QB: Abbr. : INT

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Reacting to an awkward moment, perhaps : CRINGING

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Jazz improvisations : RIFFS

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Flashy accessories : BLING

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Aperitif with black currant liqueur : KIR

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Mother of Horus : ISIS

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Threshold : BRINK

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Pasta choice : ZITI

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With 38-Across, cocktail with lemon or lime : GIN

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See 37-Across : SLING

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Center : MIDST

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Oppressive : STIFLING

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Removable locks : WIG

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What Gollum calls "my precious" : RING

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Number of suspects in Clue : SIX

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J. Edgar Hoover's org. : FBI

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Parsley portion : SPRIG

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J. Edgar Hoover used one: Abbr. : INIT

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Formal letter opener : SIRS

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Source of the word "whiskey" : IRISH

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Close, as a community : TIGHTKNIT

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Touch of color : TINCT

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Sounding like Big Ben : CHIMING

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Many Punjabis : SIKHS

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Quick cuts : SNIPS

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Breathers? : GILLS

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Unaffiliated voters: Abbr. : INDS

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See 14-Down : FIT

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Item shot out of a cannon at an arena : TSHIRT

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Evade : SKIRT

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Like the Cheshire cat : SMILING

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Entertaining, in a way : WINING

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Sorts : ILKS

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Go gaga (over) : FLIP

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Spam holders : TINS

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Not so hot : MILD

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Reggae singer ___ Kamoze : INI

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With 3-Down, Nintendo exercise offering : WII

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Part of a guitar that also names something you can wear : GSTRING

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Stand-___ : INS

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Instant : WINK

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Possibilities : IFS

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Static ___ : CLING

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"It's a joke" : IKID

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Petty criticisms : NITS

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Moxie : GRIT

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Oil machinery : RIGS

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"Oh, really?" : ISIT

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Over, to Odette : FINI

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"Show me your worst!" : BRINGIT

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Russian pancake : BLIN

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Start of some evasive maneuvering : ZIG

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Deliberate discourtesies : SLIGHTS

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Verb that's also a Roman numeral : MIX

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Otto who worked on the Manhattan Project : FRISCH

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Word before reach or reason : WITHIN

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Venice's Bridge of ___ : SIGHS

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Original sauna users : FINNS

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Water cooler? : BRIG

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Loyal follower? : IST

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Gathers dust : SITS

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Toyota hybrids, jocularly : PRII

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Zamboni site : RINK

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Actor Cage, to friends : NIC

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Pass on : SKIP

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"Didn't need to know that!" : TMI