6 December 2018 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 6 December 2018

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CAT
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T
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L
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E
5
C
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A
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P
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R
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A
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F
11
A
12
T
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CAT
14
A
R
E
S
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A
I
R
E
D
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A
L
E
C
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L
I
N
T
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L
O
A
T
H
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G
A
S
H
20
O
A
T
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W
I
L
T
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D
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A
I
N
T
Y
24
G
L
O
25
R
I
F
I
E
26
S
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R
N
A
28
A
D
O
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I
30
B
M
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R
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B
33
I
34
L
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I
36
T
T
E
R
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B
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O
X
E
S
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K
I
T
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A
L
A
S
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N
A
F
T
A
42
A
I
D
E
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I
L
K
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K
I
T
T
Y
C
45
O
R
N
E
R
46
D
Y
E
47
N
A
E
48
H
O
E
49
N
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E
E
51
D
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O
53
N
T
P
A
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N
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I
56
C
57
S
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H
O
V
E
59
L
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L
O
O
S
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E
M
O
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N
O
V
A
63
E
64
N
D
O
W
65
C
H
A
P
66
O
P
E
N
67
N
O
I
S
E
68
A
R
M
Y
69
CAT
E
R
S
70
S
T
E
E
L
71
M
U
S
CAT

Hints & Clues

Across
1
Things driven on ranches : CATTLE
5
Three-time Best Director of the 1930s : CAPRA
10
Gazillionaire : FATCAT
14
Father of Deimos and Phobos, in Greek myth : ARES
15
Put on : AIRED
16
Baldwin of "The Boss Baby" : ALEC
17
You may use a roller to get rid of it : LINT
18
Reluctant : LOATH
19
Deep cut : GASH
20
Cereal bit : OAT
21
What thirsty flowers do : WILT
22
Small and delicate : DAINTY
24
Sings the praises of : GLORIFIES
27
Single-stranded building block : RNA
28
Bustle : ADO
29
Co. with a striped logo : IBM
31
Effect of a sac fly : RBI
34
Places where some house pets "go," in both this puzzle and real life : LITTERBOXES
39
Hobby shop buy : KIT
40
"So it goes" : ALAS
41
1990s commerce pact : NAFTA
42
Number two : AIDE
43
Kind : ILK
44
Diagonally ... or a hint to four of this puzzle's squares : KITTYCORNER
46
Ingredient in many a breakfast cereal : DYE
47
When doubled, dance of the 2010s : NAE
48
Row maker : HOE
49
French word that's a homophone of 47-Across : NEE
51
"Stay calm!" : DONTPANIC
57
Eat quickly, with "in" : SHOVEL
60
Johns across the pond : LOOS
61
My Chemical Romance genre : EMO
62
___ Caesarea, original name of New Jersey : NOVA
63
Create, as a chair : ENDOW
65
Fellow : CHAP
66
Premiere : OPEN
67
Squeak or creak : NOISE
68
Host : ARMY
69
Provides food for : CATERS
70
Fortify : STEEL
71
Mideast capital : MUSCAT
Down
1
Mailing from Lands' End or Williams-Sonoma : CATALOG
2
High point of "To Kill a Mockingbird" : TRIAL
3
Slowly : LENTO
4
Loose fig. : EST
5
The world's fifth-largest economy : CALIFORNIA
6
Sauce with a vowel-heavy name : AIOLI
7
Babble : PRATE
8
No longer working: Abbr. : RET
9
Reason for an Adderall prescription, for short : ADHD
10
Bad role model for Oliver Twist : FAGIN
11
Best Supporting Actor nominee for "Argo" : ALANARKIN
12
Beta ___ : TEST
13
Like the hook of a good pop song : CATCHY
21
Vast : WIDE
23
Regenerable parts of a sea star : ARMS
25
"Goshdarnit!" : RATS
26
Cruising speed, maybe : SIXTY
30
Sunbather's accessory : BEACHTOWEL
32
___ one's time : BIDE
33
Roman road : ITER
34
Put down : LAID
35
Poorly : ILLY
36
No longer independent : TAKENOVER
37
Held, as breath : BATED
38
Many times, in poetry : OFT
42
Surveyor's finding : AREA
44
Part of the body to slap : KNEE
45
"My bad!" : OOPS
50
Lily Potter's maiden name in the Harry Potter books : EVANS
52
Song from a "Best of" album, maybe : OLDIE
53
Alternative to a guillotine : NOOSE
54
Kind of jacket : NEHRU
55
Muslim leaders : IMAMS
56
Imitator : COPYCAT
57
Ski resort vehicle : SNOCAT
58
2008 political catchword : HOPE
59
It may be labeled 2x or 3x : LENS
64
"I think ___" : NOT
65
Engine part : CAM