10 December 2023 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 10 December 2023

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M
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U
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M
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K
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M
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B
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B
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U
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R
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P
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K
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L
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K
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G
R
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O
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M
O
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V
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M
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T
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L
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P
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L
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B
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K
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C
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T
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O
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C
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G
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V
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D
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L
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B
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P
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Hints & Clues

Across
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Whiskered bottom-dweller : MUDCAT
7
Workout focus, informally : CARDIO
13
Tube traveler? : OVUM
17
BOGO or YOLO : ACRONYM
19
Ten-spot : SAWBUCK
20
Like Jabba the Hutt : OBESE
21
The club's bouncer earned a living … : ALONGPARTYLINES
23
Subjects of some cautionary tales : NONOS
24
Things with keys : MAPS
25
Org. overseeing workers' well-being : OSHA
26
Treatment site : SPA
27
Insurance giant acquired by CVS in 2018 : AETNA
28
Bump on a log, say : NUB
30
The fashion magazine's editor focused on fasteners in her … : HOTBUTTONISSUES
35
Hubbub : CLAMOR
38
The Coyotes, on N.H.L. scoreboards : ARI
39
Leader of a flock : PASTOR
40
The veterinarian specialized in mending … : LAMEDUCKBILLS
45
Most wan : PALEST
48
Wrath : IRE
49
Obnoxious sort : BOOR
50
Seaside retreat? : EBB
53
Event that might have "mutton busting" : RODEO
54
Japanese maker of watches and mobile phones : CASIO
57
"Little ol' me?" : MOI
58
Online command denoted by an arrow inside a cloud : UPLOAD
61
"___ Day Will Come" (1963 #1 hit) : OUR
62
The sound engineer was obsessed with the … : SPEAKERSOFTHEHOUSE
67
Big name in filters : BRITA
69
Unagi or anago : EEL
70
Family on TV's "Smallville" : KENTS
71
The groundskeeper spent years studying … : GRASSROOTSMOVEMENT
78
Besson who directed "The Fifth Element" : LUC
79
Food critic's asset : PALATE
80
Ex-Giant Manning : ELI
81
Extreme lethargy : SOPOR
85
Inner self, in Jungian philosophy : ANIMA
88
Business card abbr. : TEL
89
Instrument heard at the conclusion of "Bohemian Rhapsody" : GONG
91
Courtroom affirmation : IDO
92
French term of endearment : MONAMI
94
The weary general sat in his … : CAMPAIGNCHAIR
100
Orange sources : GROVES
103
Item of clothing patented by Mary Phelps Jacob in 1914 : BRA
104
Niche : CRANNY
105
The carpenter measured twice for the ideal … : CABINETPOSITION
111
Emmy winner Aduba : UZO
112
It's done in barrels : AGING
113
Salted ___ (margarita option) : RIM
114
Natural hairstyles, informally : FROS
116
Green region on a Risk board : ASIA
119
Swelters : BAKES
120
The paid escort was fined for … : ANACTOFCONGRESS
125
Stave off : AVERT
126
How subway cars are packed during rush hour : DENSELY
127
Place of birth, education, work history, etc. : BIODATA
128
What a haggler hopes to pay : LESS
129
Exchanged words? : EDITED
130
Like some rehab : POSTOP
Down
1
Polite term of address : MAAM
2
Where Carol Burnett studied theater arts, for short : UCLA
3
"Just happen to" mention some famous people : DROPNAMES
4
Eat : CONSUME
5
Director Lee : ANG
6
An eye for an aye, say? : TYPO
7
Low island : CAY
8
Hole puncher : AWL
9
19-Down for a cleanup hitter : RBI
10
Kirsten of 1995's "Jumanji" : DUNST
11
Summer cooler : ICEPOP
12
___ Baiul, Olympic figure-skating gold medalist : OKSANA
13
Musical feature in "Swan Lake" and "Peter and the Wolf" : OBOESOLO
14
Went trekking, say : VENTUREDOUT
15
Hwy. that runs from Key West to Maine : USONE
16
Flat earth? : MESAS
18
Whiskey ingredient : MASH
19
See 9-Down : STAT
20
One way to wish : ONASTAR
22
P, to Plato : RHO
29
Physique, slangily : BOD
31
Beverage brand with antioxidants : BAI
32
Something with a preview in a social media post : URL
33
Up to : TIL
34
AOL, e.g. : ISP
35
___ Stic (pen brand) : CLIC
36
Name hidden in "I smell a rat" : LARA
37
Coat for a cookout : RUB
41
Plot device for many a soap opera : COMA
42
Eccentric : KOOK
43
Relative of Camembert : BRIE
44
Lead-in to service or sacrifice : SELF
46
Dr. who wrote "I like nonsense. It wakes up the brain cells" : SEUSS
47
Rent : TORE
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Customer service "assistant," at times : BOT
52
Cry of frustration : BAH
55
Goddess depicted at the foot of King Tut's coffin : ISIS
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Goes (for) : OPTS
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"I'm at your disposal" : USEME
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Game divided into periods called chukkers : POLO
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Hockey fake : DEKE
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Virgil at the O.K. Corral : EARP
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Kick back : REST
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Brooding bunch : HENS
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Strongly suspecting : ONTO
67
Singer Mars : BRUNO
68
Velodrome vehicles : RACINGBIKES
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___ rock, genre for T. Rex : GLAM
72
Kind of milk : OAT
73
Encouraging shout : OLE
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Soft powder : TALC
75
Fifth-brightest star in the night sky : VEGA
76
Race in H. G. Wells's "The Time Machine" : ELOI
77
Chinese dynasty : MING
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Where one might store sheet music : PIANOSEAT
83
So-called "All-Father" of myth : ODIN
84
Golf champ McIlroy : RORY
86
Salts : MARINERS
87
In and between : AMONGST
90
The Vitamin Shoppe competitor : GNC
93
"___ had it!" : IVE
95
Obliques, e.g. : ABS
96
Reason to remove metal accessories : MRI
97
Butter bit : PAT
98
Grand finale? : CRU
99
Things indicated by yellow signage : HAZARDS
101
Company acquired by Morgan Stanley in 2020 : ETRADE
102
Having needles, as a cactus : SPINED
105
Secret clique : CABAL
106
Southwestern syrup source : AGAVE
107
Muscat native : OMANI
108
Dicey : IFFY
109
Foe in the Elder Scrolls video games : ORC
110
Neophyte, informally : NOOB
115
Small cut : SNIP
117
Analogy words : ISTO
118
"Pronto!" : ASAP
121
Winter hrs. in Chi-Town : CST
122
Undershirt, maybe : TEE
123
Tired : OLD
124
Melted mess : GOO