23 August 2021 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 23 August 2021

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

Across
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Molten rock in a volcano : MAGMA
6
Opposite of tight-fitting, as jeans : BAGGY
11
Does needlework : SEWS
15
Native Americans originally of the Plains : OTOES
16
State one's views : OPINE
17
Welsh "John" : EVAN
18
"Siskel & Ebert & the Movies" catchphrase : TWOTHUMBSUP
20
Designer Wang : VERA
21
"There! I did it!" : TADA
22
Grp. with a Most Wanted list : FBI
23
Typographical flourish : SERIF
24
Alternative to .com and .edu : ORG
25
"Seinfeld" catchphrase : NOSOUPFORYOU
29
Manipulates : USES
31
Break down grammatically : PARSE
32
Lofty ambition : DREAM
34
Headdress for the archbishop of Canterbury : MITRE
36
Relatives, informally : FAM
39
"Columbo" catchphrase : JUSTONEMORETHING
43
Ave. crossers : STS
44
The fact that the Bible is the most shoplifted book in America, e.g. : IRONY
45
Brings in, as a salary : EARNS
46
Vowel sound heard twice in "true blue" : LONGU
48
What aspirin helps alleviate : ACHE
49
"The Jackie Gleason Show" catchphrase : HOWSWEETITIS
54
West Coast winter hrs. : PST
57
Battery terminal : ANODE
58
Scoundrel : CAD
59
Tiny bit : IOTA
60
Pond amphibian : NEWT
61
"Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" catchphrase : FINALANSWER
65
Largest city in the Palestinian state : GAZA
66
Aged Grimm character : CRONE
67
Opposite of drowsy : ALERT
68
Thick slice : SLAB
69
The "99" in $2.99, e.g. : CENTS
70
Shore birds : TERNS
Down
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"Be Prepared," for Boy Scouts : MOTTO
2
Battling : ATWAR
3
"You were close with that response" : GOODGUESS
4
Self-referential, in modern lingo : META
5
Campfire waste : ASH
6
Gets an F on a test, say : BOMBS
7
Tough H.S. science course : APBIO
8
Ones with A.P.O. addresses : GIS
9
Wildebeest : GNU
10
Slangy affirmative : YEP
11
Harsh, as a storm or criticism : SEVERE
12
Each and ___ : EVERY
13
Nintendo antagonist with a "W" on his cap : WARIO
14
Mess of a mistake : SNAFU
19
Interplanetary craft, for short : UFOS
23
"Help!" : SOS
25
Verne captain : NEMO
26
Model Kate : UPTON
27
Ward off, as a sword : PARRY
28
Gratis : FREE
30
Took a chair : SAT
32
Record spinners, in brief : DJS
33
Groove it's hard to get out of : RUT
34
Sign at the end of an entrance ramp : MERGE
35
"See ya!" : IMOUT
36
Military muscle : FIREPOWER
37
___ Arbor, Mich. : ANN
38
Classic British sports cars : MGS
40
The sum of the digits of any multiple of ___ is a multiple of ___ (arithmetic curiosity) : NINE
41
Sleuths, in old slang : TECS
42
"Fat chance!" : HAH
46
'60s drug dose : LSDTAB
47
Have debts : OWE
48
Verdi opera : AIDA
49
Is suspended : HANGS
50
Shaquille of the N.B.A. : ONEAL
51
"Surprisingly impressive!" : WOWZA
52
Words from one who's defeated : ICANT
53
Many works of Edgar Allan Poe : TALES
55
Back of a ship : STERN
56
Fruit desserts : TARTS
59
Castaway's site : ISLE
61
TV-monitoring agcy. : FCC
62
Ill temper : IRE
63
Parisian denial : NON
64
___ King Cole : NAT