8 December 2020 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 8 December 2020

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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9-to-5 activity : WORK
5
In heaven, say : ABOVE
10
Like a Saturday crossword : HARD
14
Person in a boardroom, informally : EXEC
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It's in the details, they say : DEVIL
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Arthur who wrote "Days of Grace" : ASHE
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Meat substitute : TOFU
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Cards in Monopoly : DEEDS
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Put the kibosh on : STOP
20
French conductor Boulez : PIERRE
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Upscale hotel facility : SAUNA
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Electrical unit : OHM
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"___ relax" ("Breathe") : TRYTO
27
Web-footed diver : OTTER
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Things that may be broken when moving? : LEASES
30
Pic picked in a parlor : TAT
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Gare de l'___, Paris railway station : EST
33
Senegal's capital : DAKAR
34
Where the sheep is in "Little Boy Blue" : MEADOW
37
One totally unlike another ... or what each answer on the edge of this puzzle has? : POLAROPPOSITE
41
Inscribed stone markers : STELAE
42
Having no toppings, as a pizza : PLAIN
44
Singer/songwriter DiFranco : ANI
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Rocks, in drinks : ICE
48
Pooh's morose friend : EEYORE
49
Complete stranger, slangily : RANDO
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Gregor ___, Kafka character who transforms in "The Metamorphosis" : SAMSA
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Put in stitches : SEW
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Unpleasant encounter : RUNIN
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Madison Square Garden team : KNICKS
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"Really?" : ISIT
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Bird whose beak inspired Darwin's theory of evolution : FINCH
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Fend (off) : WARD
64
Flying formations : VEES
65
Accustom to difficulty : INURE
66
Taiwanese electronics giant : ACER
67
Like a Monday crossword : EASY
68
In hell, say : BELOW
69
Off-hours activity : PLAY
Down
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Rainy : WET
2
Big name in kitchen utensils : OXO
3
Arena arbiter, informally : REF
4
Single-serving coffee pod : KCUP
5
Venomous snakes with zigzag patterns on their backs : ADDERS
6
Drunken, in a way : BEERY
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Not hidden : OVERT
8
Obsolescent home movie format : VIDEOTAPE
9
They loop the Loop : ELS
10
Rips into : HASAT
11
Shrewd : ASTUTE
12
Some French wines : RHONES
13
Take off, as a plane : DEPART
21
Method of successive improvement : ITERATION
22
In some sense : SOTOSPEAK
23
Like the year you ring out on December 31 : OLD
24
In a ___ of trouble : HEAP
25
Speedy shark : MAKO
29
Pizza joint in "Do the Right Thing" : SALS
31
Hubbub : ADO
34
Fancy notebook brand : MOLESKINE
35
Fuel economy org. : EPA
36
Foxlike : WILY
38
Critic's pick, for short : REC
39
Tourist city in New Mexico's high desert : TAOS
40
Dublin's land : EIRE
43
Like the year you ring in on January 1 : NEW
44
Land, as a plane : ARRIVE
45
Seasickness, e.g. : NAUSEA
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Some belly buttons : INNIES
48
Forgo : ESCHEW
50
Bubbleheaded : DITSY
52
Cancel : ANNUL
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Prefix with aggression : MICRO
57
Exchange : SWAP
59
Little lie : FIB
61
Kind of tear for an athlete : ACL
62
Stephen of "V for Vendetta" : REA
63
Not rainy : DRY