17 December 2023 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 17 December 2023

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

Across
1
Delights : JOYS
5
Seesaw-powered vehicle on railroad tracks : HANDCAR
12
They may be wireless : BRAS
16
Mass approvals : AMENS
18
Bay Area start-up mecca : PALOALTO
19
Powered (by) : FUELED
21
Where Lords Byron and Tennyson studied : CAMBRIDGEUNIVERSITY
23
Site of a claw machine : ARCADE
24
Private meeting : ONEONONE
25
Add, as cilantro to guacamole : MASHIN
27
"___ of course!" : BUT
28
Alternative to Google : BING
29
Failed web venture, in slang : DOTBOMB
33
Previously, in poetry : ERE
34
Biggest club in Vegas? : ACE
35
Flabbergast : ASTOUND
36
Real dump : STY
38
Features of Russian Orthodox churches : DOMES
40
Trekker to Mecca : HAJI
43
Org. that employed W.W. II-era Donald Duck as a spokesperson : IRS
44
Murals or graffiti, e.g. : URBANART
46
How one might sing an R&B ballad : SOULFULLY
50
It might make your hair stand on end : MOUSSE
51
Whales swim in them : PODS
52
Declaration upon arrival : IMADEIT
55
Mormon Church inits. : LDS
56
Sensational reading material : PULP
60
___-repeated : OFT
61
Longstanding rivalries : FEUDS
62
Stir up : ROIL
64
Expansive : AMPLE
65
Recreational ___ : USE
66
1937 Steinbeck novella : OFMICEANDMEN
70
Pedicure target : TOE
71
Count on one hand? : SIXTY
73
Airer of the morning show "Get Up" : ESPN
74
Do the bare minimum : COAST
75
Olive in old comics : OYL
76
"You!?," whimsically : ETTU
77
Former M.L.B. left-handed pitchers Jackson and Leiter : ALS
79
Like the moon in a solar eclipse : REARLIT
81
Malicious Mr. of fiction : HYDE
82
A regular in Italian clubs? : SALAMI
85
2002 hit song for No Doubt : HELLAGOOD
87
Cry for a spell? : ALAKAZAM
90
Angsty and brooding : EMO
91
Significant piece : OPUS
92
In the heart of, poetically : MIDST
93
Due ÷ due : UNO
94
Fast-food chain with a sunrise in its logo : DELTACO
98
Call in a ring, for short : TKO
99
Dweller in a tree hollow : OWL
101
Obnoxiously fratty sort : DUDEBRO
102
"Allow me to demonstrate?" : MAYI
106
Be an ambassador for, in brief : REP
107
"It all makes sense now" : OHISEE
110
Like some economies and moisturizers : OILBASED
112
Left-wing protest group : ANTIFA
114
Past disagreements that are no longer of concern ... or each block of shaded squares in this puzzle? : WATERUNDERTHEBRIDGE
118
Don't give up on : KEEPAT
119
How ancient mariners relied on the stars : ASAGUIDE
120
Actress Witherspoon : REESE
121
Sport : WEAR
122
Apt word spelled from this puzzle's "covered" letters, top to bottom : BYGONES
123
Office monitor, in brief : OSHA
Down
1
Son of Isaac : JACOB
2
Citizen neighboring 3-Down : OMANI
3
Nation across the Bab el-Mandeb Strait from Djibouti : YEMEN
4
Make out, in London : SNOG
5
Must : HAVETO
6
Drink from the tap? : ALE
7
Negative connector : NOR
8
They often need new suits for work, for short : DAS
9
Move up : CLIMB
10
"___ girl!" : ATTA
11
"Succession" TV family : ROYS
12
Left jobs on bad terms, say : BURNEDBRIDGES
13
Remote button : REC
14
Home of the Rosa Parks Museum : ALABAMA
15
Siren, for one : SEDUCER
17
Space heater? : SUN
18
Alternative to a cab : PINOT
19
"Sounds reasonable" : FAIR
20
Abominate : DETEST
22
Go-aheads : NODS
26
"Hi there, friend" : HEYBUD
30
Practices diplomacy : BUILDSBRIDGES
31
How Reubens are made : ONRYE
32
O.R. V.I.P.s : MDS
35
Suffer : AIL
36
Put together : SUM
37
Fad figurine with colorful unkempt hair : TROLLDOLL
39
What takes a toll? : ONEPM
40
Chooses sidewalk over subway, say : HOOFSIT
41
Long story short? : ABRIDGEDTEXT
42
Au ___ (menu phrase) : JUS
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Dum-dum : ASS
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Life partner : SPOUSE
47
It's a lot for a lord to manage : FIEF
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"I mean ... uh ... it's just ..." : UMUM
49
Don Juan : LADIESMAN
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Adler who outwitted Sherlock Holmes : IRENE
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Worn ___ frazzle : TOA
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"Go ahead and decide" : UPTOYOU
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Co-star of "Airplane!" and "Hot Shots!" : LLOYDBRIDGES
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Left quickly, with "out" : PEELED
61
"The Crown" actress Claire : FOY
63
How some Cajuns converse : INCREOLE
64
Crumb lugger : ANT
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Required E.M.T. skill : CPR
68
Much of it is junk : MAIL
69
"Cómo ___ usted?" : ESTA
72
Mastodons' defenses : TUSKS
77
Taking after : ALA
78
Lapis ___, blue gem pulverized for paint during the Renaissance : LAZULI
80
"Arabian Nights" prince : AHMED
81
1950s school dance : HOP
83
Over the line, so to speak : ABRIDGETOOFAR
84
Texter's "To me ..." : IMO
86
Sludge : GOO
87
Operator of the Texas Eagle and Southwest Chief : AMTRAK
88
Perfectly refurbished : LIKENEW
89
Rescue dog, e.g. : ADOPTEE
90
School email ender : EDU
95
Some low-risk government issues, informally : TBONDS
96
Take for ___ (bamboozle) : ARIDE
97
Natalie with 12 Top 40 hits : COLE
100
"Are you serious?!" : WHAT
101
Unlink from a social media post, say : DETAG
102
California's San ___ County : MATEO
103
Barbecue leftovers : ASHES
104
"Hoo-boy!" : YEESH
105
Brainstorm : IDEA
108
Lowly deckhand : SWAB
109
What one star may mean : EASY
111
[shiver] : BRR
113
Bitter brew, in brief : IPA
115
Cause of a swollen head : EGO
116
Air ... or chair : RUN
117
Illegal car maneuver, often : UIE