12 December 2022 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 12 December 2022

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C
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A
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B
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I
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N
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P
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A
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N
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S
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B
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U
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M
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U
S
I
N
G
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F
L
O
P
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R
O
P
E
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B
A
L
L
O
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F
F
I
R
E
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E
N
D
S
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I
D
L
E
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I
T
S
M
E
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C
E
O
S
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C
A
S
A
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B
A
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T
A
C
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T
I
C
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F
E
S
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T
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H
I
P
H
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O
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P
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C
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D
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S
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A
C
I
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D
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S
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G
E
I
C
O
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H
I
T
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G
O
F
E
T
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C
H
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N
H
L
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A
R
I
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A
L
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F
A
U
L
T
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A
O
L
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D
E
C
R
E
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E
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N
O
E
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L
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K
I
S
M
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E
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T
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S
N
A
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F
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U
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S
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B
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A
T
S
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O
L
I
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V
E
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B
O
N
A
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A
L
O
E
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P
A
P
E
R
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T
R
A
I
L
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I
B
I
S
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O
T
I
S
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S
A
L
T
S
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T
A
T
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P
E
N
T
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A
T
S
E
A

Hints & Clues

Across
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Cozy home in the woods : CABIN
6
Cooking vessels for omelets : PANS
10
Ask for, as a cigarette, informally : BUM
13
Putting to work : USING
14
Box office dud : FLOP
15
Lasso material : ROPE
16
*High-energy person, metaphorically : BALLOFFIRE
18
Means justifiers, it's said : ENDS
19
Nothing doing? : IDLE
20
"Who's there?" response : ITSME
21
Corp. honchos : CEOS
22
Melon with a yellow rind : CASABA
24
Strategic maneuver : TACTIC
26
Ending with Oktober or gab : FEST
28
Rap culture : HIPHOP
31
Obsolescent music purchases, in brief : CDS
34
Low-pH liquids : ACIDS
37
Liberty Mutual alternative : GEICO
38
Single, double or triple, in baseball : HIT
39
Dog command … or a hint to the starts of the answers to the four starred clues : GOFETCH
41
Org. for Penguins and Ducks : NHL
42
Popular sans-serif typeface : ARIAL
44
Geological rift : FAULT
45
"You've got mail!" I.S.P. : AOL
46
Official order : DECREE
48
Christmas song : NOEL
50
Fate : KISMET
53
Major blunders : SNAFUS
57
Fliers that may consume thousands of insects in an hour : BATS
59
Pimiento-stuffed treat : OLIVE
61
___ fide : BONA
62
Soothing succulent : ALOE
63
*Documentation leading to proof : PAPERTRAIL
65
Hieroglyphic bird : IBIS
66
R&B great Redding : OTIS
67
Tries to deice, as winter roads : SALTS
68
Bit of skin ink, informally : TAT
69
Cooped (up) : PENT
70
Totally lost : ATSEA
Down
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Shaped like dice : CUBIC
2
Carne ___ (taco filling) : ASADA
3
Football team in Buffalo : BILLS
4
Blooming with foliage : INLEAF
5
Oxfam or Mercy Corps, e.g., in brief : NGO
6
[Gone … just like that!] : PFFT
7
Like red-carpet celebrities : ALIST
8
___ Rae (Sally Field title role) : NORMA
9
Oration : SPEECH
10
*Some fine porcelain : BONECHINA
11
Beehive or French twist : UPDO
12
Kitchen description after Spaghetti Sunday : MESS
15
A cook might have a secret one : RECIPE
17
Ludicrous failure : FIASCO
23
Snoopy and Gromit, for two : BEAGLES
25
Turn clockwise, as a screw : TIGHTEN
27
Petty kerfuffle : TIFF
29
Eight: Sp. : OCHO
30
Opinion survey : POLL
31
Country east of Niger : CHAD
32
In ___ straits : DIRE
33
*"Don't quit now!" : STICKTOIT
35
Narc's org. : DEA
36
Leave astounded : STUN
40
Pitcher sent in to seal a win : CLOSER
43
Crops up : ARISES
47
Panic! at the Disco genre : EMOPOP
49
One navigating a maze, maybe : LABRAT
51
Give joy : ELATE
52
Basketball rebound play : TIPIN
54
Newborn horses : FOALS
55
Join forces : UNITE
56
It can be verde or roja : SALSA
57
Worm on a hook, e.g. : BAIT
58
"Sin City" co-star Jessica : ALBA
60
Waistcoat : VEST
64
Airport grp. : TSA