14 December 2022 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 14 December 2022

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

Across
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Word with straw or exit : POLL
5
Kept in the loop, in a way : CCED
9
Org. originally founded to protect carriage horses : SPCA
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Oregon-based shoe company : AVIA
14
Ring light? : HALO
15
Broken up : APART
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Atingle, maybe : NUMB
17
Gaelic language : ERSE
18
The hate in hate mail : VENOM
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Name in price lists? : ELI
20
Larson who won Best Actress for 2015's "Room" : BRIE
21
___ Heights : GOLAN
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Instruct for a new job, say : RETRAIN
24
Unfashionable unisex hairstyle : BOWLCUT
26
Burros : ASSES
27
Black-tie affairs : GALAS
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Projection from the fashionably late : ETA
30
Short life? : BIO
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Groove : RUT
33
Fresh talk : SASS
34
Fortunate circumstances … or a punny hint to the shaded letters : LUCKYBREAKS
37
Some tap offerings, in brief : IPAS
39
Susan of "L.A. Law" : DEY
40
Cousin of a cassowary : EMU
41
Like some of the mil. : NAV
42
Actress Thompson of "Sorry to Bother You" : TESSA
44
Super-super- : ULTRA
48
John who wrote "The Pelican Brief" : GRISHAM
50
More up-and-down, as a relationship : ROCKIER
52
Up : ASTIR
53
Guitarist's accessory : PICK
54
Surveillance org. : NSA
55
Really hate : ABHOR
56
Short meeting? : SESH
57
French breakfast item that sounds like a response to a gut punch : OEUF
58
A little of this, a little of that : BLEND
59
One who may need credentials : USER
60
Avatar of Vishnu : RAMA
61
Give up : CEDE
62
A moose has a big one : NOSE
63
"Less Than Zero" writer ___ Easton Ellis : BRET
Down
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Big bakery/cafe chain : PANERA
2
Seeds-to-be : OVULES
3
Caps : LIMITS
4
Place to conduct forensics : LAB
5
French beloved : CHERI
6
What sharing is, per a rhyming expression : CARING
7
Otherwise : ELSE
8
Mommie deer-est? : DOE
9
Something you need to do to solve crosswords : SPELL
10
Universal solutions : PANACEAS
11
Pastries with a portmanteau name : CRONUTS
12
Where bills get passed, for short : ATM
15
Swears : AVOWS
20
Meat-and-potatoes : BASIC
21
Colonel Sanders feature : GOATEE
23
"U R A Q-T!," e.g. : REBUS
24
"It was all a ___" : BLUR
25
Some Ph.D. students : TAS
28
Fast-food chain with a cowboy hat in its logo : ARBYS
31
"Whatever you say, hon" : OKDEAR
33
Move furtively : SKULK
34
Showered, as with gifts : LAVISHED
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Quaint response of agreement : YESM
36
"Duck ___" (classic Warner Bros. cartoon short) : AMUCK
37
Gerund suffix : ING
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Bit of preachy prose : PARABLE
42
Left base? : THIRD
43
Emerges : ARISES
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Lack of musical skill : TINEAR
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Take up again : RESUME
47
Oslo Accords figure : ARAFAT
49
Gem : STONE
51
Earthy hue : OCHRE
53
Philippine currency : PESO
55
Start of a kindergarten ditty : ABC
56
Good picnic forecast : SUN
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56-Down, e.g. : ORB