17 December 2020 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 17 December 2020

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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Needing some kneading, say : ACHY
5
Language in which a nutty person might be told "Yer bum's oot the windae" : SCOTS
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Hunting store purchase : AMMO
14
Hook's henchman : SMEE
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Stamp holder : ALBUM
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Birthday ___ : WISH
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Basic idea : GIST
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Items that are hard to throw away? : BOOMERANGS
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Remedy : ANTIDOTE
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Troublemaker of 1-Down : LOKI
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Important piece in échecs : ROI
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Money-collecting org. : IRS
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Word included to prevent libel, say : ALLEGED
28
Rough write-up : DRAFT
30
Ballet basic : PLIE
31
Losing tic-tac-toe row : OXO
32
Cry of dismay in 5-Across : ACH
34
Singer/songwriter Corinne Bailey ___ : RAE
35
Landed : ALIT
36
Work suggested by this puzzle's circled and shaded squares : BEETHOVENSFIFTH
41
Strongly advocate : URGE
42
-: Abbr. : NEG
43
One of the Kennedys : TED
44
Pudding flavor : FIG
45
Big name in in-flight internet : GOGO
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___ Nadu (Indian state) : TAMIL
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America ___, star of TV's "Ugly Betty" : FERRERA
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Extinct flightless bird : MOA
54
Lead-in to puncture : ACU
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Actress Chaplin : OONA
56
Like an unused air mattress : DEFLATED
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That's gnus to me! : WILDEBEEST
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Shortcoming : FLAW
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Word before rich or talk : IDLE
63
Rent : LEASE
64
Swiss Alp next to Lake Lucerne : RIGI
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Just OK : SOSO
66
Small and pointy-eared, perhaps : ELFIN
67
What "exaggerated" is sometimes misspelled with : ONEG
Down
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Mythical realm accessible only by the rainbow bridge Bifrost : ASGARD
2
Key to this puzzle's theme? : CMINOR
3
Greek goddess of the hearth : HESTIA
4
Sight on Disney World's Expedition Everest ride : YETI
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Flavor: Sp. : SABOR
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Sticks together : CLOTS
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Instrument featured in 36-Across : OBOE
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Rum ___ Tugger ("Cats" cat) : TUM
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Most foul : SMELLIEST
10
Up : AWAKE
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Puttering around? : MINIGOLF
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Flavor enhancer : MSG
13
Exclamations of surprise : OHS
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Credit line? : ROLE
21
Leave behind : DITCH
25
___ Freed, early radio personality who coined the term "rock 'n' roll" : ALAN
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It takes people out : EXIT
27
Biblical verb : DOTH
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What the opening motif of 36-Across is said to represent : FATE
30
Response to "Grazie!" : PREGO
33
Epithet for a judge : HONORABLE
35
Lover of Radames, in opera : AIDA
36
Muscly : BUFF
37
Tribe that fought the Iroquois : ERIE
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Servings with sweet-and-sour sauce : EGGROLLS
39
Summer Triangle star : VEGA
40
___ position : FETAL
45
Something editable using CRISPR technology : GENE
47
Oscar winner Marlee : MATLIN
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Cooling-off period? : ICEAGE
49
First name of this puzzle's dedicatee, born December 1770 : LUDWIG
51
Copland ballet with a hoedown : RODEO
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Longtime star of F.C. Barcelona : MESSI
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A lot : OFTEN
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What 49-Down became in later life : DEAF
57
Prefix with Cuban : AFRO
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Ill. neighbor : WIS
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Formal "yes" : IDO
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Reef predator : EEL