20 April 2020 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 20 April 2020

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L
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P
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E
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L
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M
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O
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J
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O
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L
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N
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W
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C
O
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B
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W
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L
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T
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P
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K
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Y
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O
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U
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L
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W
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B
O
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O
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R
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Hints & Clues

Across
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Once around the track : LAP
4
Orange-nosed Muppet : ELMO
8
Bump against in a crowd : JOSTLE
14
Hospital dept. for the neediest cases : ICU
15
Document showing ownership : DEED
16
Loose, as shoelaces : UNTIED
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*Something to "take me out to," in an old song : BALLGAME
19
Hershey's coconut candy bar : MOUNDS
20
"Sounds right to me" : IDSAYSO
21
Close buddy, in a modern coinage : BFF
22
Weight watcher's plan : DIET
23
*The presidency, e.g. : HIGHOFFICE
29
Desert refuges : OASES
31
Crushing defeat : ROUT
32
Strip in a window blind : SLAT
33
Trains like Chicago's : ELS
35
Estate in "Gone With the Wind" : TARA
37
George Gershwin's brother/partner : IRA
38
*Unpleasant tidings : BADNEWS
42
*Means of locating one from the herd : COWBELL
44
Thrilla in Manila victor : ALI
45
Great ___ of China : WALL
47
Neither's partner : NOR
48
Where a nuthatch hatches : NEST
50
Circle : LOOP
52
Not watertight : LEAKY
56
*Drama department production : SCHOOLPLAY
59
Falco with Emmys for two different series : EDIE
60
"Well, what have we here?!" : OHO
61
Flicks that sometimes end in weddings : ROMCOMS
63
Prohibit : OUTLAW
66
"Wow!" ... and a hint to both halves of the answers to the starred clues : BOYOHBOY
67
Guarantee : ASSURE
68
Fox talent show winner : IDOL
69
Brian who coined the term "ambient music" : ENO
70
Performed some hip-hop : RAPPED
71
Big Board inits. : NYSE
72
Trifling amount : SOU
Down
1
Sexual appetite : LIBIDO
2
Maine's national park : ACADIA
3
Rhythmic heartbeats : PULSES
4
Uptight : EDGY
5
Dog strap : LEASH
6
Account of one's earlier days : MEMOIR
7
Keats's tribute to an urn, e.g. : ODE
8
Giant-sized TV, as in a stadium : JUMBOTRON
9
Like a two-position electrical switch : ONOFF
10
Fills tightly : STUFFS
11
Its symbol is Sn : TIN
12
Was the front-runner : LED
13
Some mag. workers : EDS
18
Triangular sail : LATEEN
24
Comprehended : GOT
25
1950s Communist-bashing grp. in Congress : HUAC
26
Nastase of 1970s tennis : ILIE
27
Astronomer Sagan : CARL
28
Latin list lopper, in brief : ETAL
30
Whole lot : SLEW
34
Gulped down : SWALLOWED
36
G.I. who's way off base : AWOL
38
Prohibits : BANS
39
Knighted actor Guinness : ALEC
40
Bowl or plate : DISH
41
Swill for swine : SLOP
43
Kind of birth with a rear-first delivery : BREECH
46
Texter's guffaw : LOL
49
Get ready for production, as a factory : TOOLUP
51
Satirical work, like "Bored of the Rings" : PARODY
53
Homes made of sun-dried bricks : ADOBES
54
"Madama Butterfly" dress : KIMONO
55
Response to "Who, me?" : YESYOU
57
Airport for a Bull or a Bear : OHARE
58
Toys on strings : YOYOS
62
Spy on the inside : MOLE
63
Boat propeller : OAR
64
___ Today : USA
65
Cough syrup amt. : TSP
66
Recycling container : BIN