19 August 2023 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 19 August 2023

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Hints & Clues

Across
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"Excuse me while I light my ___" (Bob Marley lyric) : SPLIFF
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Theater backers? : SCRIMS
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Ho-hum : PROSAIC
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11-sided coin, informally : LOONIE
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"Damn right!" : HELLYEAH
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Not learned : INNATE
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Word shortened from a three-word phrase that can be further shortened by dropping its first, fourth and fifth letters : EMCEE
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Ball game : BOCCE
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Very much in : HOT
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Narragansett Bay and New York Harbor, for two : RIAS
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Broadcast alternative : CABLE
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Labor demand? : PUSH
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Numbers after a no. : EXT
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"The Swedish Sphinx" : GARBO
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Uncanny : EERIE
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Coupons, e.g. : MONEYSAVERS
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Embellish something unnecessarily : GILDTHELILY
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Asian appetizer : SATAY
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Locale of van Gogh's "The Bedroom" paintings : ARLES
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Ones calling the shots, in brief? : MDS
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Ending with cyclo- : TRON
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Harsh lighting? : ARSON
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Acquiescent : MEEK
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Routine : ACT
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Component of a Zoom call : VIDEO
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Dig, say : FANCY
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"Tough cookies" : TOOBAD
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Bronze finish, maybe : SPRAYTAN
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Foolish : UNWISE
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Skeptical look : SIDEEYE
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Takes a little hair off, perhaps : SINGES
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Minimal : MEREST
Down
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Basketball, e.g. : SPHERE
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Get ready, as concrete : PREMIX
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Meme creature : LOLCAT
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Key chain : ISLES
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She played Bonnie in 1967's "Bonnie and Clyde" : FAYE
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Giant syllable : FIE
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Common golf mistake : SLICE
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It might receive scoops : CONE
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The anchorman in "Anchorman" : RON
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Rushed : INAHURRY
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Cell division : MITOSIS
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Boil : SEETHE
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Permit required of old jazz musicians : CABARETCARD
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Preoccupations : HOBBYHORSES
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They come full circle : CLOSEDLOOPS
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Risk for people with braces : CANDY
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Key's partner : PEELE
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Word after good or by : GOLLY
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Weariness, vice and want, in Voltaire's "Candide" : EVILS
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Where most of the inventions of Leonardo da Vinci are stored : MILAN
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___ Ehrenreich, Han Solo's portrayer in "Solo: A Star Wars Story" : ALDEN
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"Knock yourself out!" : GOTOTOWN
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1909 Nobelist for contributions to the invention of radio : MARCONI
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Level : STATUS
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One getting schooled : MENTEE
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Goes radioactive? : DECAYS
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N.S.A. surveillance program that shares its name with an entity in the "Terminator" movies : SKYNET
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Seconds : AIDES
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Supposed subject of Taylor Swift's "Dear John" : MAYER
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Potter's product : VASE
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Fall behind in the end : FADE
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Popular : BIG
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Swish miss? : RIM