9 December 2018 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 9 December 2018

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N
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P
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D
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R
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L
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M
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Hints & Clues

Across
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Cranky baby's need : NAP
4
"Inspector Gadget" antagonist : DRCLAW
10
Eschew : AVOID
15
Starbuck's order giver : AHAB
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Brown ___ : ALE
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Best seller subtitled "The Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in Plain English" : WOEISI
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Pomme de ___ (French for "potato") : TERRE
22
Part (of) : SOME
23
Part of U.C.S.F. : SAN
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Cryptid of the 91-Across : ABOMINABLESNOWMAN
27
Cordial relations : AMITY
29
Gave two big thumbs down : PANNED
30
Pluck : TWEEZE
31
Cryptid of the 115-Across : LOCHNESSMONSTER
36
Kids' TV character who speaks in a falsetto : ELMO
37
Adler in Sherlock Holmes stories : IRENE
38
Freshly painted : WET
39
Talk like one smitten : COO
41
Singer Del Rey : LANA
43
Cabinet selection? : FILE
45
When crepuscular animals are active : DAWN
48
Cryptid of 105-Across : THEKRAKEN
50
Jersey and others : ISLES
52
Asian territory in Risk : URAL
54
Traitor : RAT
55
Surgically remove : RESECT
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Inventor Otis : ELISHA
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"Am not!" rejoinder : ARETOO
60
Smallish batteries : AAS
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P : RHO
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With 68- and 74-Across, J. K. Rowling's first screenplay, with a hint to three pairs of answers in this puzzle : FANTASTICBEASTS
65
Indulges in to an unhealthy degree, briefly : ODSON
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Dispense : ALLOT
68
See 62-Across : AND
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Of service : UTILE
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"___ bleu!" : SACRE
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See 62-Across : WHERETOFINDTHEM
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Northeast state sch. : UNH
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Meas. in a T.S.A. carry-on rule : OZS
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Failed the class : GOTANF
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Perfumery oil : NEROLI
85
Barbie's strawberry blond sister : STACIE
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Kingston bro : MON
88
Stagger : REEL
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Real Madrid vis-à-vis F.C. Barcelona : RIVAL
91
Creation after the Indian and Eurasian plates collided : HIMALAYAS
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Total hunk : STUD
95
Tape or patch : MEND
96
"Happy Birthday" writer, maybe : ICER
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It's not your fault : LET
98
___ rap (music subgenre) : EMO
101
Word before and after "say" : NEVER
103
Penne ___ vodka : ALLA
105
It borders Iceland's eastern coast : THENORWEGIANSEA
111
Event not intended to be repeated : ONEOFF
113
Bricklayer's tool : TROWEL
114
Weather-controlling "X-Men" character : STORM
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Gaelic's home : SCOTTISHHIGHLANDS
120
One with a backstage pass : VIP
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Fast time : LENT
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Sort with a stiff upper lip : STOIC
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Capital of Kazakhstan : ASTANA
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Squeeze (out) : EKE
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"... ___ they say" : ORSO
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Cupboard with open shelves at the top : HUTCH
127
What old army buddies might discuss : THEWAR
128
"Far out!" : RAD
Down
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Like Bob Dylan's voice : NASAL
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"Remember the ___!" : ALAMO
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Medical discovery of 1928 : PENICILLIN
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___ Johnson a.k.a. The Rock : DWAYNE
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Burgle : ROB
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Corp. mogul : CEO
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Hobbles : LIMPS
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2007 #1 Alicia Keys album : ASIAM
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Narrow down : WINNOW
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In a perfect world : ATBEST
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African grassland : VELDT
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Cent : U.S. :: ___ : Sweden : ORE
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Return letters? : IRS
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Blue Book value decreaser : DENT
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Also : ASWELLAS
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Housewives and househusbands : HOMEMAKERS
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Voice-activated device since 2014 : AMAZONECHO
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Nota ___ : BENE
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Mother of the Virgin Mary : ANNE
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Be beholden to : OWE
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Like a top-rated Michelin restaurant : THREESTAR
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Demise : END
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Junior in the Football Hall of Fame : SEAU
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Real: Ger. : ECHT
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Shad delicacy : ROE
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Gumbo ingredient : OKRA
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Playwright Chekhov : ANTON
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Feudal domain : FIEF
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Actress Fisher : ISLA
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Ghost : WRAITH
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Person who's happy to go bust? : NARC
48
___ Ski Valley : TAOS
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Repair, as a metal joint : RESOLDER
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Certain product of pyrolysis : SHALEOIL
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Classic Chrysler : LEBARON
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Highway gunk : ROADTAR
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Silent communication, for short : ASL
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The golden rule, e.g. : TENET
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Italian wine town : ASTI
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Carries away : TOWS
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Nursery rhyme seat : TUFFET
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Harm : DETRIMENT
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Motor ___ : INN
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It can come in rolls : SUSHI
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Like chemotherapy drugs : ANTICANCER
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Adaptable sorts : CHAMELEONS
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Big things for megalomaniacs : EGOS
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Telephone buttons that lack letters : ONES
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Acts like a helicopter parent to : HOVERSOVER
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Panache : ELAN
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___-mannered : MILD
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Enthusiasm : ZEAL
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Massimo who wrote "The Goodbye Kiss" : CARLOTTO
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Adding and subtracting : MATH
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Breather : LUNG
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Until now : YET
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Opus ___ : DEI
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Make wealthy : ENRICH
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Robert who pioneered in electronic music : MOOG
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"And if I don't?" : ORWHAT
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Poughkeepsie campus : VASSAR
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Rearward : AFT
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Value system : ETHIC
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From Swansea, say : WELSH
108
Tickle : ELATE
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Eleniak of "Baywatch" : ERIKA
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Psyched : AMPED
111
Capital on the same parallel as Seward, Alaska : OSLO
112
Angle : FISH
116
Original Beatle Sutcliffe : STU
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Having many fans ... or needing a fan? : HOT
118
"Fuhgeddaboudit!" : NAW
119
Bit of forensic data : DNA