3 December 2023 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 3 December 2023

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

Across
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Sarcastic response to an unsurprising development : WHATELSEISNEW
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That makes two of us! : CLONING
21
Gold rush camp that became a state capital : HELENAMONTANA
22
Carrier out of Kuala Lumpur : AIRASIA
23
Hormone therapy product : ESTROGENPATCH
24
They're seen on the flags of Bhutan and Wales : DRAGONS
25
Alexanders I-III : TSARS
26
Legal claim : LIEN
27
Retailer headquartered in Freeport, Me. : LLBEAN
29
"___ Up Offa That Thing" (1976 hit) : GET
30
"Will be," in Spanish : SERA
31
Map out : PLAN
32
The Stepford wives in "The Stepford Wives," it seems : ROBOTS
33
Host city of the 2022 FIFA World Cup : DOHA
34
___ Vogue : TEEN
35
Acronymic devices in atomic clocks and radio telescopes : MASERS
36
Part of a woodworking joint : TENON
37
___ the Lucky Rabbit, character in early Disney shorts : OSWALD
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Much sketch comedy : SATIRE
41
"Media impressions," "influencer marketing," etc., informally : PRTALK
42
Emulate : DOLIKE
43
Diamond division : INNING
44
Sore spots for kids? : MEASLES
45
QB-protecting group : OLINE
46
Difficult : TRYING
47
San ___, capital founded in 1521 : JUAN
48
Super-sillyous? : WACKADOODLE
50
Apocalyptic scene : HELLSCAPE
55
What nocturnal polysomnography may detect : SLEEPAPNEA
56
Mainstay of a sci-fi defense system : FORCEFIELD
57
Canal inspector : EARDOCTOR
58
Most serious, in law : FIRSTDEGREE
59
It's a question of timing : WHEN
60
Metric weight units : TONNES
61
Actor Wilson of "The Office" : RAINN
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Month that goes by fast? : RAMADAN
66
"Jeepers!" : CRIKEY
67
Stops over in France? : ARRETS
68
Billionaires and such : ELITES
69
Badly injured : MAULED
70
Elegant and refined : CLASSY
71
See 81-Across : DONOR
72
Given the name : TERMED
73
Peacock show? : TAIL
74
What a token may resemble : COIN
75
Pleased as punch : SOGLAD
76
Abandon without warning : JILT
77
Figure in the Hindu trinity : SIVA
81
With 71-Across, participant in some fertility treatments : EGG
82
Picks to win : BETSON
83
"The Handmaid's Tale" airer : HULU
84
First Nations group of the Great Lakes region : HURON
85
"Let's Make a Deal" option : DOORONE
87
Prompt from the chronically forgetful : REMINDMEAGAIN
90
Accessibility concern : ABLEISM
91
Walk in place? : FRONTENTRANCE
92
Leafs : RIFFLES
93
Set of books with maps, perhaps : FANTASYSERIES
Down
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Stimulates : WHETS
2
"Siddhartha" author : HESSE
3
Where sacrifices may be made : ALTAR
4
Planet Earth : TERRA
5
Actress Mireille ___ of TV's "Hanna" and "Lucky Hank" : ENOS
6
Trail behind : LAG
7
Made scents? : SMELLED
8
Lasting for an immeasurable time span : EONIAN
9
How legal papers may be signed : INPEN
10
Die-hard fan, in modern lingo : STAN
11
Turner of American history : NAT
12
Wrapped around : ENCLOSING
13
Mark who was the world's highest-paid actor in 2017 : WAHLBERG
14
Military trainees : CADETS
15
Turkish money : LIRAS
16
Port city in Algeria : ORAN
17
Badger : NAG
18
Having equal angles : ISOGONAL
19
Like some golf courses : NINEHOLE
20
They may need fillings : GASTANKS
28
Snooze : BORE
31
Who said "Football is not about one or two or three star players" : PELE
32
Rough fabric with a loose weave : RATINE
33
Investigators: Abbr. : DETS
34
Leave hurriedly, in quaint usage : TAKEAPOWDER
35
Capital on the island of Luzon : MANILA
36
Passage from one party to another : TRANSFERRAL
37
"Va-va-voom!" : OOLALA
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It cuts the cheese (but not the mustard) : SLICER
39
Got some shut-eye? : WINKED
40
Pulitzer-winning poet Gary : SNYDER
41
Rang, as a bell : PEALED
42
Use a divining rod : DOWSE
43
Like some decals : IRONON
44
Compulsory payments of old : MULCTS
46
List of ranked favorites : TOPTEN
47
Purchase at a sports stadium : JERSEY
49
Seasonal Russian cottages : DACHAS
50
Intruded, with "in" : HORNED
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Items usually sold in boxes of 25 : CIGARS
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Mountaintop homes : AERIES
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Enough to go around : PLENTY
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Utopias : EDENS
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Played the rat : FINKED
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Outschemed, in a way : FOILED
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Period from 1945 to 1953 : TRUMANERA
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Evergreen tree with fragrant bark : REDCEDAR
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Indian dish of potatoes and cauliflower : ALOOGOBI
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Putt-putt : MINIGOLF
65
Loads : ATON
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"Carmina Burana" composer : CARLORFF
67
Landed : ALIT
69
Units of RAM, for short : MEGS
70
Character defamation : CALUMNY
72
Family emblems : TOTEMS
73
They're found beside exclamation marks on keyboards : TILDES
75
Inkling : SENSE
76
Coup group : JUNTA
77
Sweet stuff in asparagus (if you read it backward)? : SUGAR
78
Many a Shiite : IRANI
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It may be raised in an argument : VOICE
80
Auntie ___ (pretzel chain) : ANNES
82
Pasta recipe instruction : BOIL
83
Inkling : HINT
84
Largest of the lagomorphs : HARE
86
Flag thrower, informally : REF
88
Time to get back to work: Abbr. : MON
89
Otherworldly sorts, for short : ETS