18 August 2024 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 18 August 2024

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C
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A
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R
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D
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B
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L
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C
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L
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N
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G
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T
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O
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C
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R
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O
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R
O
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Y
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B
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R
C
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R
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H
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P
P
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N
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R
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C
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N
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M
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M
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E
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T
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H
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M
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Y
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T
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E
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D
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G
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Y
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S
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N
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L
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P
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C
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R
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N
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O
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R
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N
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H
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L
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C
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W
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L
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C
H
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P
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P
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Y
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H
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D
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M
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C
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H
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U
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B
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M
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G
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L
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M
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N
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W
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D
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M
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H
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Hints & Clues

Across
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9 or 10, but not 11 or 12 : CARD
5
Forming the bottom level : BASAL
10
Metallic sound : CLANG
15
Quick second? : ASST
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Thickening substance obtained from seaweed : AGAR
20
Mega- : ULTRA
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Trash-loving Muppet : OSCAR
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Election year focus : RACE
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Its name comes from Japanese for "to fight" : SUMO
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Spacious : ROOMY
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Amusement park attraction depicted above and below this answer : BUMPERCARS
27
Cry following a countdown : HAPPYNEWYEAR
30
___ vez (this time: Sp.) : ESTA
31
Sewer scurrier : RAT
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Prof's helpers : TAS
33
Molecule studied by 2023 Nobelist Katalin Kariko : RNA
34
Be a cast member of : ACTIN
36
N.Y.C. home of "Christina's World" : MOMA
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"Three o'clock" : EAST
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Hawaiian pizza topping : HAM
42
"Fiddler on the Roof" matchmaker : YENTE
44
Titled widows : DOWAGERS
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Two thumbs up? : YESES
48
Glass tube illuminant : NEON
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Start to despair : LOSEHEART
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About 3.26 light years : PARSEC
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"Her Kind" poet Sexton : ANNE
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Capital on the Gulf of Guinea : ACCRA
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Insignificant amount : SOU
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"I've cracked it!" : AHA
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Suffix with cyclo- : TRON
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Genre influenced by calypso : SKA
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"The Shape of Water" director : DELTORO
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Consumers : EATERS
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Trip, with "off" : SET
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Amusement park attraction depicted weaving through this answer : ROLLERCOASTER
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"Kidding!" : NOT
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"Likewise!" : IDOTOO
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Appear again after being killed, in a video game : RESPAWN
73
Burnsian lead-in to body : NAE
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React to something hilarious : HOWL
76
Dweller in the cracks of a sunken ship, maybe : EEL
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A+ service? : ACE
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Ingvar Kamprad or Ingmar Bergman, e.g. : SWEDE
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Dwindle : WANE
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Canadian N.H.L. team : OILERS
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Prominent feature of Tom Selleck or David Hasselhoff : CHESTHAIR
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Total headache : PAIN
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Showy garden flower : PEONY
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Sour grapes drink? : HATERADE
90
Dating app success : MATCH
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Digs in the mud : STY
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Mega- : UBER
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Lapel attachments : MICS
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Dendrologist's study : TREES
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Letter before omega : PSI
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Egg cells : OVA
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Sub domain : SEA
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Things you might pray on : RUGS
104
Vital component of the global refugee process : RESETTLEMENT
111
Amusement park attraction depicted above this answer : WATERSLIDE
114
People that call New Zealand "Aotearoa" : MAORI
115
Crumbled dessert topping : OREO
116
Last word before eating, sometimes : AMEN
117
Nickname for the Los Angeles Angels : HALOS
118
Set of pipes? : ORGAN
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Not firm : LIMP
120
"Hey, you! Yeah, you!" : PSST
121
Does a whole lot of nothing : IDLES
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Mammal whose name is spelled using only the letters of "mammal" : LLAMA
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Biblical father of Kenan : ENOS
Down
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Take one's profits, with "in" : CASH
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Bebida en una taquería : AGUA
3
Parking garage feature : RAMP
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Amusement park attraction depicted to the right of this answer : DROPTOWER
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Participate in a Lakota smudging ceremony : BURNSAGE
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Succulent genus : ALOE
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Pack : STOW
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With 29-Down, insect that conducts raids : ARMY
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Sensible clothing for the Bay Area's climate : LAYERS
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A gilded one is seen on King Tut's crown : COBRA
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Baton Rouge sch. : LSU
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Zenith : ACME
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Goes down for a while? : NAPS
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Actress Lee of "Past Lives" : GRETA
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Part of a circumference : ARC
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Designer of noted terminals at Dulles and J.F.K. : SAARINEN
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"The Office" setting : SCRANTON
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Trial : TEST
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Risqué : RACY
28
Maker of pianos and motorcycles : YAMAHA
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See 8-Down : ANT
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Apartment dweller : TENANT
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Fruity Italian wine : MOSCATO
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Jazz pianist Garner : ERROLL
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Perceptive : ASTUTE
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Goddess whose name fills in this fact: Hephaestus once made ___ magical throne : HERA
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Equus africanus, e.g. : ASS
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Get together : MEET
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Brussels-to-Berlin dir. : ENE
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Removed, as points : DOCKED
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Oil platform? : EASEL
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Boorish sorts : YAHOOS
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Assist in a pick-and-roll : SCREEN
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Yogurt-based beverage : LASSI
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Brown paper packages tied up with strings : PARCELS
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Shell tool : OAR
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The Four Knights' genre : DOOWOP
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Solar system model : ORRERY
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Groups of nine : ENNEADS
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One hopping on the band wagon? : ROADIE
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Direct : STEER
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Pooh's pal : ROO
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Indigenous people with a First Moccasin ceremony : APACHE
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Louis who wrote "Holes" : SACHAR
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Aviary sound : TWEET
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Consequently : THENCE
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Says what isn't so : LIES
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Itty-bitty : EENY
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Fight (for) : STRIVE
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Amusement park attraction depicted in and around this answer : WHACAMOLE
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Typing stat: Abbr. : WPM
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The Albuquerque Isotopes and Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp, for two : AAATEAMS
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Compounds in cured meats : NITRATES
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Destiny : LOT
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Kind of coarse flour : SEMOLINA
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Munich "mister" : HERR
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Mileage, so to speak : USE
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Pepto-___ : BISMOL
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Part of an omakase meal : SUSHI
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Word with French or free : PRESS
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Substitute : SWAP
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Pleased : GLAD
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Common spot for a houseplant : SILL
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Title in Parliament : EARL
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Draped garment : TOGA
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Aerial transport across New York's East River : TRAM
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Actress Moriarty : ERIN
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Finding ___ Submarine Voyage (Disneyland attraction) : NEMO
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At most : TOPS
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Audiologist's colleague, in brief : ENT
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Agcy. overseeing public schools : DOE