12 October 2023 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 12 October 2023

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Hints & Clues

Across
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"She Bee Stingin'" athlete : LAILAALI
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Answer to the riddle "I have one bow but no arrows. What am I?" : ASHIP
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H.S. course taken for College-Kredit : APGERMAN
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New York county that's home to Binghamton : BROOME
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Scholar's mug collection? : YEARBOOK
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Run (to) : AMOUNT
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Groans equivalent to eye rolls : OYS
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Sugar apple, by another name : SWEETSOP
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Grade just above average : CPLUS
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___ Schwarz : FAO
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Angle symbol, in trigonometry : THETA
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What a cryptid might be : HOAX
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Ones doing some heavy lifting before retirement? : JACKS
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"___ ready as I'll ever be" : IMAS
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Spinning speed: Abbr. : RPS
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1974 John Wayne movie : MCQ
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Gentlemen of Verona, in England : SIGNORS
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Choose : OPTFOR
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Convertible : RAGTOP
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One favoring imitation over innovation : METOOER
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Vim : PEP
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"Succession" airer : HBO
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Lamar who played for the 59-Across : ODOM
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Floored : WOWED
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"Is it just ___ is it hot in here?" : MEOR
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Good field for a smooth talker : SALES
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Brief British P.M. ___ Truss : LIZ
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Donna ___, "The Goldfinch" author : TARTT
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Unrestricted audition : OPENCALL
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[It's cold in here!] : BRR
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MX-5 roadsters, e.g. : MIATAS
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N.B.A. team with a 1980s "Showtime" era : LALAKERS
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Baby eels : ELVERS
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Covert missions ... or what's covert in eight of this puzzle's answers : BLACKOPS
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Navigates a slippery slope, in a way : SLEDS
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China and environs : EASTASIA
Down
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Put (down) : LAY
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Mimic : APE
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Tennis champion Swiatek : IGA
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Gaston who wrote "The Phantom of the Opera" : LEROUX
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Restaurant chain named after its founders, the Raffel brothers : ARBYS
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"Famous" cookie guy : AMOS
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Language in which the first five numbers are nung, song, sam, si, ha : LAO
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Key part of a cephalopod's defense mechanism : INKSAC
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15th-century headgear for a knight : ARMET
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Common aloe descriptor : SOOTHING
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Sorority chaperone : HOUSEMOTHER
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Captcha test affirmation : IMNOTAROBOT
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Document that may contain a microchip number and a veterinarian's signature : PETPASSPORT
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Modern love : BAE
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Pans that sound like strolls : WOKS
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X and Y : CHROMOSOMES
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Dosed oneself : POPPEDAPILL
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Like the cleanup crew at closing time, typically : LASTTOLEAVE
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Doc to consult when confused : FAQ
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Retail apparel giant : JCREW
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Begat : SIRED
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Low in the pasture : MOO
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Interstice : GAP
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Spurred : FOMENTED
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"Just ___ with it" : ROLL
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Candy dispensed with a "nod" of the head : PEZ
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Words repeated in the title of a Doris Day hit : WILLBE
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Pre-euro currency of Finland : MARKKA
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Signs of past healing : SCARS
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It might be a lot : TRACT
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Panama's Gulf of San ___ : BLAS
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Mobile home: Abbr. : ALA
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Morning glory goddess : EOS
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Campus in Troy, N.Y. : RPI
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27- or 55-Down backward : SSA