20 December 2020 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 20 December 2020

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Hints & Clues

Across
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Currency of Thailand : BAHT
5
Kiss : BUSS
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U.S. city just south of Timpanogos Cave National Monument : OREM
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Minus : SANS
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Something to shoot for : IDEAL
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One who hasn't turned pro? : ANTI
20
Strong adhesive : EPOXY
21
Indiana governor Holcomb : ERIC
22
She debuted on March 9, 1959, in a black-and-white striped swimsuit : BARBIEDOLL
24
Virtual pet simulation game that won an Ig Nobel prize for its Japanese creators : TAMAGOTCHI
26
[Grrr!] : IMSOMAD
27
Glenn Miller classic : INTHEMOOD
29
Purchases on 14 de febrero : ROSAS
31
Major talent grp. representing athletes and entertainers : CAA
32
Outpourings : SPATES
36
Overplays, with "up" : HAMS
39
Toy that was originally called "L'Écran Magique" ("The Magic Screen") : ETCHASKETCH
44
"Lost ___ is never found again": Benjamin Franklin : TIME
45
Natl. Humor Month : APR
46
Mild, light-colored cigar : CLARO
47
Things found in wandering souls? : AEIOU
48
Rhodes of the Rhodes scholarship : CECIL
49
Photo finishes : SEPIAS
51
U.S./U.K. divider: Abbr. : ATL
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Loyally following : TRUETO
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Flag carrier with an alphabetically ordered name : KLM
56
Trim : ADORN
57
Game that got a big boost when Johnny Carson demonstrated it with Eva Gabor on "The Tonight Show" : TWISTER
59
Showy shrub : AZALEA
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Schlepped : TOTED
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City in north-central Florida : OCALA
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Writer Arthur Conan ___ : DOYLE
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Umpteen : MANY
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Day to play with new toys : CHRISTMAS
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Food ___ (Thanksgiving feeling) : COMA
71
Like subway walls, often : TILED
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Final authority : SAYSO
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William ___, founder of Investor's Business Daily : ONEIL
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___ area, part of the brain linked to speech production : BROCAS
78
Toy that was derived from a wallpaper cleaner : PLAYDOH
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"I'm here to help" : USEME
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Contented sigh : AAH
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Phillies div. : NLEAST
85
___ treatment : SPA
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Harlem attraction, with "the" : APOLLO
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Golf great Sam : SNEAD
89
Place for torn-off wrapping paper : TRASH
91
Combined : INONE
93
Most common day to call in sick: Abbr. : MON
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Right away : STAT
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Toy with 18 spoken phrases, including "I love you" and "May I have a cookie?" : CHATTYCATHY
97
Investment firm T. ___ Price : ROWE
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A halogen-containing salt : IODATE
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___-Locka, Fla. : OPA
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"My luck has to change at some point" : IMDUE
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Politician parodied by Dana Carvey on 1990s "S.N.L." : ROSSPEROT
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Performed a Latin ballroom dance : SAMBAED
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Puzzle toy solved in a record 3.47 seconds in 2018 : RUBIKSCUBE
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Toy that astronauts brought to space to secure tools in zero gravity : SILLYPUTTY
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Goes off : ERRS
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Grannies : NANAS
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Not on solid ground, say : ASEA
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Piece in the game go : STONE
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Strong criticism : FLAK
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Chichi : ARTY
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Spring event : THAW
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Rigging pole : SPAR
Down
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Longest-serving Israeli prime minister, familiarly : BIBI
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Driver around Hollywood : ADAM
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"And, touching ___, make blessed my rude hand": Romeo : HERS
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Small snare drums : TABORS
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Inaccurate information : BADDATA
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Game with red and yellow cards : UNO
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1904 World's Fair city: Abbr. : STL
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Flint is a form of it : SILICA
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Moonfish : OPAH
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Sacking site in A.D. 410 : ROME
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Physical, e.g. : EXAM
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"Holy cow!" : MYGOSH
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Appointment that may be hard to change : SETDATE
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Curve : ARC
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Dr. Fauci's agcy. : NIH
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Poli ___ : SCI
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Premiere arrival : LIMO
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Classic comics teen with good manners : ETTAKETT
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They can elevate art : EASELS
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Alley ___ : OOP
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Org. with boosters : NASA
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The beginning, in an idiom : SCRATCH
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By the end of 1996, one million of this toy was sold in a shopping frenzy : TICKLEMEELMO
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"South Pacific" hero : EMILE
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2014 film directed by Ava DuVernay : SELMA
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Goes after : HASAT
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Simian world : APEDOM
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First toy to be advertised on TV : MRPOTATOHEAD
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Open hostilities : HOTWAR
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St. Patrick's home : EIRE
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See the sights : TOUR
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Feed lines to : CUE
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Its box once read "A sweet little game for sweet little folks" : CANDYLAND
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Toy that sold more cars in America in 1991 than the Honda Accord or Ford Taurus : COZYCOUPE
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Promoting peace : IRENIC
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Actress Taylor of "Mystic Pizza" : LILI
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"That was Zen, this is ___" (philosophy pun) : TAO
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Smart : SASSY
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"The Tempest" king : ALONSO
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Cleanliness fixation, e.g., in brief : OCD
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Brit. military award : DSO
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Little bits : TADS
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Reason for glasses : MYOPIA
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Singer with a self-titled #1 album in 2002 : ASHANTI
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Be less than ambitious : AIMLOW
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Subj. for some aspiring bilinguals : ESL
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Sierra ___ : LEONE
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Operatic villains, often : BASSI
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Totaled : RANTO
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Legal assistant, briefly : PARA
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Future J.D.'s hurdle : LSAT
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Not just available online : ATSTORES
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Biblical ending : ETH
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Soon : ANYDAY
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With some downside : ATARISK
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Shot from a doc : HYPO
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Statement of resistance : OHMSLAW
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Big name in small planes : CESSNA
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Took care of a tabby, say : CATSAT
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Counters : REBUTS
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Tik___ (app) : TOK
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Ballpark figures : UMPS
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Lasting impression : SCAR
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Give up (on) : PUNT
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Shopping site with a "Toys" section : EBAY
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Straddling : ATOP
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Sight from the Sicilian town of Taormina : ETNA
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Textile worker : DYER
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One whistling while working in the Garden? : REF
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Address with dots : URL
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Swimsuit part : BRA
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Suffix suggested by the wiggling of one's hand : ISH
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Calf-eteria? : LEA