14 December 2021 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 14 December 2021

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Hints & Clues

Across

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Policy nerd : WONK

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P.F. ___ (restaurant chain) : CHANGS

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Query : ASK

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Gaelic language : ERSE

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Actor Pattinson : ROBERT

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Actress Farrow : MIA

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Northern European region : SCANDINAVIA

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Cozy lodging : INN

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Kind of beef from Japan : KOBE

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Like the richest soufflé : EGGIEST

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County of Newark, N.J. : ESSEX

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Oil-drilling structure : RIG

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Feeling of dejection : LOWNESS

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Its flag has a blue 61-Across : FINLAND

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Lyrical dedication : ODE

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Scare off : DETER

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Play dirty : GOLOW

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"Star Wars" racing vehicles : PODS

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Flier with a tail : COMET

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Fiona or Shrek : OGRE

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Swords with blunted ends : EPEES

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Radium discoverer : CURIE

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Mr. ___ (Tootsie Pop's avian mascot) : OWL

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Its flag has a white 61-Across : DENMARK

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Beguile, to Brits : ENTHRAL

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"___ been meaning to mention ..." : IVE

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Military helicopters, colloquially : HUEYS

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2021 Elizabeth Warren book : PERSIST

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Two kings or two queens, e.g. : PAIR

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Chopper : AXE

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Flag symbol seen twice in this puzzle's grid : NORDICCROSS

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Rapper ___ Wayne : LIL

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Novelist Graham : GREENE

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Opera highlight : ARIA

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It's a mess! : STY

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Was in a state of suppressed agitation : STEWED

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Actor Jon of "Good Omens" : HAMM

Down

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Director Anderson : WES

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Tolkien monster : ORC

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Secretive org. : NSA

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Logic puzzle invented by a math teacher as a teaching tool : KENKEN

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Baby's bed : CRIB

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Refine, as a skill : HONE

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Lawyers' group, for short : ABA

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Actress Campbell : NEVE

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Climber's belaying device : GRIGRI

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Job for a play director : STAGING

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Female friend in France : AMIE

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Gluttony and lust, for two : SINS

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Philosopher Immanuel : KANT

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Outed maliciously online : DOXED

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Home with a northern exposure : IGLOO

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Got married in Vegas, perhaps : ELOPED

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"That's awesome!" : SODOPE

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Its flag has a yellow 61-Across : SWEDEN

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Little bit of time : SEC

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Soup starter : STOCK

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"___ Jacques, dormez-vous?" : FRERE

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Popular vote winner of 2000 : ALGORE

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Its flag has a blue-and-white 61-Across : NORWAY

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Lingers (on) : DWELLS

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Second-tallest bird on earth : EMU

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Penultimate matches : SEMIS

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10th anniversary gift : TIN

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Nest egg : SAVINGS

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Set of moral principles : ETHIC

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Vacation destination : RESORT

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"Yay!" : HURRAH

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Friends : PALS

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Sign at a highway cloverleaf : EXIT

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Depend (on) : RELY

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See 58-Down : TREE

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With 57-Down, car air freshener shape : PINE

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Got an A on : ACED

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Drops on the grass? : DEW

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Hour, in Italy : ORA

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Virtual citizen in a popular video game franchise : SIM

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Symbolic U.S. "uncle" : SAM