15 December 2023 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 15 December 2023

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Hints & Clues

Across
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Yard, nautically : SPAR
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Desire for a ski jumper : HANGTIME
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___ blue dot (Earth, in a famous photograph) : PALE
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"Knock it off!," in question form : CANYOUNOT
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Since : ASOF
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Classic airplane snack : SALTEDNUTS
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General term in a series : NTH
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Number in a count : BALLS
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Change, as a lock : REKEY
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One in a million, so to speak : RAREGEM
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Journalism inits. since 1851 : NYT
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One way to travel the world : BYSEA
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Lines from a rapper, in slang : BARS
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Milk option : OAT
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Earth-based pigment : OCHER
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Likely hyperbole from a texter : ROFL
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Equipment in hockey, lacrosse and pickleball : NET
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What one might look at the night sky with : CHILDLIKEWONDER
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___ Lingus : AER
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Badge holder : SASH
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Spanish geographical word that is an anagram of its English translation : COSTA
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"Woo-hoo!," in online shorthand : FTW
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Pronoun functioning as an object (not a subject!) : WHOM
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"Give me five!" : UPTOP
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Half full? : ELS
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"Dig in, everyone" : LETSEAT
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Tropical vine : LIANA
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Work from, as a desk : SITAT
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Purple ___, Hawaiian crop : YAM
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Bookie? : AVIDREADER
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___ bottles (popular gummy candy) : COLA
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Bad press, say : MEDIABIAS
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Event at high noon : DUEL
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Occasion to recite the Pledge of Allegiance : ASSEMBLY
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Button usually held down by a pinkie : CTRL
Down
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Word after life or C : SPAN
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One whose work might be a piece of cake? : PASTRYCHEF
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Bit of attire seldom worn with a jacket : ALOHASHIRT
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One you might beseech to get glasses : REF
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Term for an overly commercialized celebration : HALLMARKHOLIDAY
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At any one time, roughly 10,000 trillion of them roam the earth : ANTS
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Bill concerned with science communication : NYE
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Become barren : GODRY
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Synchronize with : TUNETO
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Arctic native : INUK
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Speck : MOTE
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Handmade goods site : ETSY
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One on the Israelites' journey to the Promised Land : CALEB
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Lose tautness : SAG
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What stubbles may become : BEARDS
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Lurch : REEL
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Warning letters with a Reddit link : NSFW
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___ Juniors, soccer team for which Diego Maradona once played : BOCA
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Canapé topper : ROE
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"Don't even think of coming back!" : ANDSTAYOUT
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Nephalist : TEETOTALER
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Part of a biblical plague : LOCUST
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Trick question, e.g. : TRAP
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Housework? : LAWS
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There or thereabouts : ISH
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2022 Jordan Peele film : NOPE
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Actress Malick : WENDIE
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Hands (out) : METES
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West Coast N.F.L.'er : LARAM
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Damage the reputation of : TAR
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Tibetan title : LAMA
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Experimental composer Charles : IVES
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Supports : AIDS
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Set ___ : SAIL
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Common place to see Santa : MALL
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Fade away : EBB
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Public health org. : CDC