21 December 2021 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 21 December 2021

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Hints & Clues

Across
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Bygone Russian ruler : TSAR
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Rock band whose name also forms the call letters for a rock radio station in San Antonio : KISS
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Like some sprays : NASAL
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"The Simpsons" character with a palindromic name : OTTO
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Part of a foot : INCH
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"The best is ___ come" : YETTO
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Capture the attention of : GRAB
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Not quite shut : AJAR
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Sing smoothly : CROON
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Hawk's home : AERIE
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Russia's ___ Mountains : URAL
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Dating ___ : APP
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Skiing and snowboarding : WINTERSPORTS
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Fulfill completely : SATE
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With special importance : NOTEDLY
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Sewing shop supply : SPOOLS
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Puts money (on) : BETS
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Lens holder : EYE
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Work hard for : EARN
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B or C of the Spice Girls : MEL
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Building with a loft : BARN
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Prominent feature of a fennec fox : EAR
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Pesky plant : WEED
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Card suit that symbolizes a medieval weapon : SPADES
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Hare ___ : KRISHNA
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Sight near an exit sign : DOOR
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Display of mentalism ... or a hint to this puzzle's shaded squares : SPOONBENDING
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www.nytimes .com, for one : URL
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Attempt, metaphorically : STAB
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Reserve : STORE
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Give away, as a story's ending : SPOIL
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Smooth (out) : IRON
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Walkie-talkie word : OVER
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Pinky and the Brain, for two : TOONS
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It may be printed on a place mat : MENU
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___-do-well : NEER
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Put into the pot : ANTED
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First place? : EDEN
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Wapitis : ELKS
Down
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Caesar dressing? : TOGA
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Scatter : STREW
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Developer of the game Breakout : ATARI
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M.L.B.'s first Rookie of the Year (1947) : ROBINSON
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Sorento automaker : KIA
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Cause harm to : INJURE
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Lasting marks : SCARS
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Explosion fragments : SHRAPNEL
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Home of the Met, the Whitney and the Frick, in brief : NYC
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Make fizzy : AERATE
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Halts abruptly : STOPSDEAD
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Crowning : ATOP
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Actor Chaney nicknamed "The Man of a Thousand Faces" : LON
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List shortener: Abbr. : ETAL
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Plundered goods : LOOT
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U.F.O. pilots : ETS
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Some N.F.L. blockers : RTS
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Orpheus' instrument : LYRE
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Urges : YENS
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Ask for : SEEK
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Talk show host Jack : PAAR
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Ingredient in perfume and potpourri : ORRISROOT
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Furniture depicted in Frida Kahlo's "The Dream" (1940) : BED
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Interim period : MEANTIME
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Singing voice meaning "heavy-sounding" : BARITONE
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Question of identity : WHO
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First and only chimpanzee to orbit Earth : ENOS
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Cronus, to Uranus : SON
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Whale groups : PODS
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Long, thin strip used in building construction : SPLINE
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Prepare, in a way, as chicken : DEBONE
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Exposed for all to see : BARED
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Work of fiction : NOVEL
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One of Cyprus's two official languages : GREEK
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"___ the housetop, click, click, click ..." : UPON
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Goofs : ERRS
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Subway stop: Abbr. : STA
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It may give you visuals : LSD
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Sister : NUN