4 December 2018 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 4 December 2018

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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Commonly sprained joint : ANKLE
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Smurf with a white beard : PAPA
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Sounds when settling into a hot bath : AAHS
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Good name for a dyslexic neurosurgeon? : BRIAN
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Each : APOP
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Four Corners state : UTAH
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Clothing store event to get rid of excess merchandise : SAMPLESALE
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Sitarist Shankar : RAVI
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French writer who refused the 1964 Nobel Prize in Literature : SARTRE
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Evita of "Evita" : PERON
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Government agency charged with protecting the first family : SECRETSERVICE
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Tolerate : ABIDE
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Prefix with -phyte : NEO
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Participate in a prizefight : BOX
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Nursery rhyme character who met a pieman : SIMPLESIMON
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Old Russian autocrat : CZAR
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Prank : CAPER
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Steakhouse specification : RARE
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In the near future : SOMEDAYSOON
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Word before sells or cells : SEX
44
Exclamation on "The Simpsons" : DOH
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Admission of defeat : ILOST
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Brooke Shields sitcom set at a trendy magazine : SUDDENLYSUSAN
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"Hurray!" or "Olé!" : CHEER
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Really small, informally : TEENSY
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Destruction : RUIN
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Nightclub singer who was given the nickname "Buddha" by Frank Sinatra : SYLVIASYMS
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Strong desire : URGE
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___ Stanley Gardner of detective fiction : ERLE
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Christmas carols : NOELS
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Hot Chocolate or Vanilla Fudge : BAND
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Professional org. : ASSN
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Plumber's device : SNAKE
Down
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"Washboard" muscles : ABS
2
Org. opposed by Everytown for Gun Safety : NRA
3
North Korean leader : KIM
4
Expired, as a membership : LAPSED
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Intertwines : ENLACES
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Cut's partner in word processing : PASTE
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Separately : APART
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Firehouse fixtures : POLES
9
Orangutan, for one : APE
10
Bye at the French Open? : AUREVOIR
11
Company that created Pong : ATARI
12
Destruction : HAVOC
13
Bootblack's job : SHINE
18
Drop the ball : ERR
21
Air Force One passenger: Abbr. : PRES
22
Schoolteacher's wake-up time, perhaps : SIXAM
23
First month of el año : ENERO
24
Basic facts : ABCS
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Nincompoop : BOZO
29
Billionaire Carl : ICAHN
30
Last full month of spring : MAY
31
Second addendum to a letter, for short : PPS
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Summer zodiac sign : LEO
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One who works with bricks : MASON
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Bonanza discoveries : ORES
35
Barbershop call : NEXT
37
Blushed or flushed : REDDENED
41
Active person : DOER
42
Popular Japanese cars : NISSANS
46
Applies, as a thick coat of paint : LAYSON
47
Second-stringer : SCRUB
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Communications officer on the Enterprise : UHURA
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Condescend (to) : DEIGN
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Distance units in astron. : LTYRS
51
Shouts : YELLS
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Commonest craps roll : SEVEN
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Prefix with cellular : UNI
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Where the buoys are : SEA
58
Affirmative vote : YEA
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Jan. honoree : MLK
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NNW's opposite : SSE