22 December 2023 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 22 December 2023

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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Numbers can be read in this : TORAH
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Org. that offers free at-home hearing tests : AARP
10
Scholz of German politics : OLAF
14
Spanish count : UNODOSTRES
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Make it up? : RISE
17
Making headlines, say : NEWSWORTHY
18
Bed cover : SOIL
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Emphatic suffix : ASS
20
Big name in vegan cheese : DAIYA
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Like conventional music : TONAL
22
Children's TV character whose last name is Márquez : DORA
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Big break : SCHISM
25
Some break dancers, informally : BBOYS
27
Plays the wrong way : CHEATS
28
Telenovela profession : TEAMO
29
Rama is one, in Arthur C. Clarke's sci-fi novel "Rendezvous With Rama" : ALIENSHIP
32
Locale dubbed the "Las Vegas of the East" : MACAU
33
Knock hard : PAN
34
Who wrote "Beauty is truth, truth beauty" : KEATS
35
Words from someone who doesn't want to be taken seriously : IMKIDDING
37
Deservingness : MERIT
38
Elitists : SNOOTS
39
Riffs on, modernly : MEMES
40
Lovely, in Spanish : BONITA
41
Buds : PALS
42
Tackles : HASAT
43
Lewis who played Grizabella on Broadway : LEONA
45
Texter's "Ta-ta!" : CYA
48
Little bit of make-up? : ATOM
49
One working on a keynote : PIANOTUNER
51
Card-dealing casino device : SHOE
52
Last-ditch remedies for computer problems : HARDRESETS
53
Authors : PENS
54
Cloverleaf cluster? : INNS
55
Fix, as a bowline : RETIE
Down
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Bigeye, for one : TUNA
2
Gender-neutral possessive : ONES
3
Parts of tables : ROWS
4
Stream interrupters : ADS
5
Question expressing amazement : HOWDOYOUDOIT
6
They may have glass ceilings : ATRIA
7
Appealing to an indie audience, maybe : ARTY
8
Meeting extender : REHASHING
9
___.D (therapist's deg.) : PSY
10
"… apparently" : ORSOITSEEMS
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Largest part : LIONSSHARE
12
Exactly the way you see me : ASIAM
13
Was defeated : FELL
15
Skyrockets : SOARS
21
"Take my word for it, you're going to love this" : THANKMELATER
22
Address components : DOMAINNAMES
24
Acrylic finish? : CEE
25
Support piece : BEAM
26
"Didn't you just leave?" : BACKSOSOON
27
Family units : CLANS
28
Letters that might make a long story short? : TMI
29
Course that may cover Dante and Ferrante, familiarly : APITALIAN
30
Terse affirmation : ITIS
31
Setting for most Laker home games: Abbr. : PST
36
One of three in Fiji? : DOT
39
Misselthwaite ___, setting of "The Secret Garden" : MANOR
40
Soak (in) : BATHE
41
Scummy locales : PONDS
42
Gate feature : HASP
44
Get on the job : EARN
45
"Your guide to a better future" website : CNET
46
Figure in Sherpa folklore : YETI
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19-Across, to a Brit : ARSE
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Preantepenultimate letter : PHI
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Single-___ : USE