24 August 2020 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 24 August 2020

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

Across
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State of irritability : SNIT
5
Oaf : BOOR
9
Undercoat of an oil painting : GESSO
14
Cabernet, e.g. : WINE
15
Opening stake : ANTE
16
"Oh, no, not ___!" : AGAIN
17
Stress between you and your former lover? : EXTENSION
19
Carried : BORNE
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"In excelsis ___" : DEO
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One of a pair of Old Testament books with female names : ESTHER
23
Place for a baseball team's insignia : CAP
24
Canada's Prince ___ Island : EDWARD
26
Thing your former lover said about you? : EXCLAIM
29
Straight up on a compass : NORTH
32
The Beatles' "___ Leaving Home" : SHES
33
Historian's concern : PAST
36
"QB VII" author Leon : URIS
38
Halved : INTWO
41
Former lover's text, e.g.? : EXCOMMUNICATION
44
What alumni do on important anniversaries : REUNE
45
Write with a chisel on stone : ETCH
46
Cold summer treats : ICES
47
Something Santa makes (and checks twice) : LIST
49
Aptitude : SKILL
51
Former lovers' stances in photos? : EXPOSES
54
Absolutely everything : COSMOS
58
See 27-Down : PET
59
Juneau's home : ALASKA
62
Singer Grande, informally : ARI
63
Busy, as a restroom : INUSE
66
Current lover who seems suspiciously preoccupied? : EXPENDING
68
Chef's item for preparing apples : CORER
69
Panache : ELAN
70
Author unknown, for short : ANON
71
Arrogant look : SNEER
72
Things janitors keep on rings : KEYS
73
Wagers : BETS
Down
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Neighbor of a Norwegian : SWEDE
2
Vetoed : NIXED
3
Dragging behind : INTOW
4
Prop for a golf ball : TEE
5
Percussion instrument in a marching band : BASSDRUM
6
Hop ___ (get to work) : ONIT
7
Texter's transition : OTOH
8
Actress Zellweger : RENEE
9
Gift of ___ : GAB
10
Latin "I" : EGO
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Like "Yeah, that'll ever happen" : SARCASTIC
12
Mideast's ___ Peninsula : SINAI
13
End of a lunch hour, maybe : ONEPM
18
Emperor just before the Year of the Four Emperors : NERO
22
Prescriptions, for short : RXS
25
Villain in Shakespeare's "The Tempest" : ANTONIO
27
With 58-Across, 1980s fad that "sprouted" : CHIA
28
Soup legumes : LENTILS
30
Factual : TRUE
31
Clues : HINTS
33
The "p" of b.p.s. : PER
34
It can chop a tree down ... and then chop a tree up : AXE
35
Three-dimensional art : SCULPTURE
37
Ailing : SICK
39
Tale of ___ : WOE
40
Come-___ (enticements) : ONS
42
Target of a cleanup : MESS
43
Fraidy-cats : CHICKENS
48
Throat soother : TEA
50
Money to tide you over : LOAN
51
Long stories : EPICS
52
Arc lamp gas : XENON
53
Aerodynamic : SLEEK
55
Augusta's home : MAINE
56
"Believe It ___!" : ORNOT
57
Yield and Right Turn Only, e.g. : SIGNS
60
Connector of a pair of wheels : AXLE
61
Fix, as a dog : SPAY
64
"Get it?" : SEE
65
Go wrong : ERR
67
Smidgen : DAB