2 December 2019 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 2 December 2019

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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Process of childbirth : LABOR
6
Mountains seen in "The Sound of Music" : ALPS
10
Adjusts lengthwise, as a skirt : HEMS
14
Manage to dodge : EVADE
15
"I'll ___" ("Try me") : BITE
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Impulse : URGE
17
Hurt in the bullring : GORED
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Scrabble or Monopoly : BOARDGAME
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Be obligated to : OWE
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Set on fire : BURN
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Curly and Shemp's fellow Stooge : MOE
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Syncopated Latin dances : SAMBAS
26
Rational selves, to Freud : EGOS
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Place to set a baby or a napkin : LAP
31
Nigerian princes offering you money, probably : LIARS
32
Craving companionship : LONESOME
34
Assn. like Oxfam or Doctors Without Borders : NGO
35
Degs. for entrepreneurs : MBAS
36
___ milk (source of Roquefort cheese) : EWES
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Pretend : FEIGN
39
High cry at doggie day care : YAP
40
High point : CREST
41
High point : ACME
42
Fearsome figure of folklore : OGRE
43
Flat tire's need : AIR
44
Prepare to take, as a test : STUDYFOR
46
Helps with a heist : ABETS
48
Piper's son who stole a pig in a nursery rhyme : TOM
49
Tennis great Roddick : ANDY
50
Morse code O's have three of them : DASHES
52
Grp. of medical providers : HMO
53
Othello, e.g. : MOOR
55
Cotton gin inventor Whitney : ELI
56
Learns about through books : READSUPON
60
Flowed out, as the tide : EBBED
62
All tidied up : NEAT
63
Painful to the touch : SORE
64
Vestige : TRACE
65
Many an Eastern European : SLAV
66
Sean Penn and Guy Ritchie, to Madonna : EXES
67
Puts into categories : SORTS
Down
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Kids' construction bricks : LEGOS
2
Statement of affirmation : AVOWAL
3
Smallest possible amount : BAREMINIMUM
4
Beethoven's "___ to Joy" : ODE
5
W.W. I fighter pilot who is Snoopy's fantasy opponent : REDBARON
6
Shortened word, for short : ABBR
7
Classic actor who played Mr. Potter in "It's a Wonderful Life" : LIONELBARRYMORE
8
School grp. for moms and dads : PTA
9
Church talks : SERMONS
10
Colossal : HUGE
11
Distinctive stretch of time : ERA
12
Film studio with a roaring lion : MGM
13
"Get it?" : SEE
19
Spoonful of medicine, e.g. : DOSE
22
Letters on some American naval vessels : USS
25
Ready to take home, as groceries : BAGGED
27
Flip out : GOAPE
28
Reduce one's standards, as illustrated, respectively, in 3-, 5-, 7-, 40- and 28-Down : LOWERTHEBAR
29
City that's home to Iowa State : AMES
30
Boll weevil, to a cotton farmer : PEST
33
World ___ of Poker : SERIES
35
"Sheesh!" : MYGOD
37
Observe Ramadan : FAST
38
Prefix with plasm : ECTO
40
Businesses like the Kit Kat Klub in a hit musical : CABARETS
42
Pointless : OFNOUSE
45
Candied Thanksgiving servings : YAMS
46
Hullabaloo : ADO
47
Opt for : SELECT
51
French fries and coleslaw, often : SIDES
52
Modern viewing for couch potatoes : HDTV
54
Change for a five, say : ONES
56
Many I.C.U. workers : RNS
57
Long-bodied fish : EEL
58
High bond rating : AAA
59
Disease that causes a skin rash : POX
61
Male buddy : BRO