19 December 2023 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 19 December 2023

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M
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K
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M
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Hints & Clues

Across
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___ 2600 (bygone console) : ATARI
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Raised : BRED
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Worker welfare org. : OSHA
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Guitar accessories : CAPOS
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___-de-camp : AIDE
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Close by : NEAR
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"This cardboard belt is a waist of paper," for example? : CLOTHESPUN
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Like the Gobi : ARID
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Capacity : ROLE
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Noon, on some clocks : XII
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Sharp increase : SPIKE
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Year abroad : ANO
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Good times doing bench presses? : PECTORALFUN
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"Canvases" for crossword constructors : GRIDS
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Bread for baba ghanouj : PITA
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Billy the Kid, for one : ALIAS
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Granola grain : OAT
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Reusable shopping bag : TOTE
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Why the pizza oven is so hard to clean? : MOZZARELLASTUCK
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Egyptian ruler from 51 to 30 B.C., familiarly : CLEO
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"Curious …" : ODD
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"I want a turn!" : LETME
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Auditioned, maybe : READ
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___ poker (bluffing game) : LIARS
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Desire in the dessert aisle? : GROCERYLUST
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Stock advice, say : TIP
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___ Horan, Irish musician : NIALL
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Summertime quaff : ADE
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Hand, in Spanish : MANO
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___-Seltzer : ALKA
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Start of some advice … or a phonetic hint to 17-, 24-, 37- and 48-Across : IFIWEREYOU
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Overflow (with) : TEEM
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It has the makings of a hero : DELI
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Took a dive : ATEIT
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Tax form figs. : SSNS
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Convention freebies : SWAG
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One way to be in love : MADLY
Down
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Capital of Ghana : ACCRA
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Prey snatcher : TALON
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Issue a mea culpa : APOLOGIZE
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Mechanical repetition : ROTE
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"Sorta" suffix : ISH
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White tees and blue jeans, e.g. : BASICS
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Hit the ball out of the park, say : RIPIT
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End of an academic address : EDU
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Fox's refuge : DEN
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How hors d'oeuvres may be served : ONAPLATTER
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Typographical embellishment : SERIF
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17-syllable verse : HAIKU
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French forest in a Shakespeare play : ARDEN
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Ticked, as a box : EXED
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Took a load off : SAT
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Where tourists might take a picture of themselves seemingly holding up a tower : PISA
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Iridescent gem : OPAL
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Singer Ora : RITA
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Mollusks named for their shape : RAZORCLAMS
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Largest movie theater chain in the world : AMC
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"Hilarious!," in a text : LOL
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Shabby, maybe : OLD
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Lasted longer than : OUTSTAYED
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Cinephile's channel : TCM
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Scrape (out) : EKE
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Shout with laughter : ROAR
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Little whirlpool : EDDY
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Bedframe piece : SLAT
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Snakelike fish : EEL
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"Black Panther" composer Göransson, who shares his first name with another famous composer : LUDWIG
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"OK, got it" : ISEE
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Nipping pests : GNATS
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Nettles : RILES
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Like some wine barrels : OAKEN
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Boxer Ali whose first name contains only the letters in "Ali" : LAILA
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How many sardines are packed : INOIL
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Petulant : POUTY
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WhatsApp owner : META
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They might be checked at the door : IDS
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Not a lot : FEW
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One that ewe can count on? : RAM