12 September 2021 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 12 September 2021

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W
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N
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L
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D
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P
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T
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U
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M
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K
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C
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G
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L
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P
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F
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R
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V
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I
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C
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B
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M
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H
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P
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H
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O
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M
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L
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M
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M
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B
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M
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P
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L
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N
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B
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N
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P
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H
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C
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T
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N
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R
O
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L
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O
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K
W
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M
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Y
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O
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N
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Hints & Clues

Across
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They come with bouquets : WINES
6
Away : NOTIN
11
"___ put our heads together ..." : IFWE
15
Singer/drummer Collins : PHIL
19
Cell component : ANODE
20
Pal, in Peru : AMIGO
21
Put one's nose where it doesn't belong : SNOOP
22
Tilt-a-Whirl, e.g. : RIDE
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One arm held up with bent elbow and wrist, in a children's song : SPOUT
24
Move obliquely : SIDLE
25
Phenomenon such as the tendency to see human forms in inanimate objects : PAREIDOLIA
27
Any of the groupings of circled letters in this puzzle : PUNCTUATIONMARK
30
Gin product : COTTON
31
Incredible bargains : STEALS
32
"Sorry, Charlie!" : NODICE
33
Fits together : NESTS
34
Savory Chinese snacks : TEAEGGS
37
Jump over : LEAPFROG
41
Smoking and swearing, e.g. : VICES
44
They await your return, in brief : IRS
45
Have a good cry : SOB
46
Syracuse Mets and Worcester Red Sox, for two : AAATEAMS
50
"Music's most maligned genre," per critic Tom Connick : EMO
51
Word with level or lion : SEA
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"Everything happened so fast!" : ITSABLUR
54
Farm female : HEN
55
"___ Gone Wrong" (2021 film) : RONS
57
Brunch beverage : MIMOSA
59
One of the brothers on "Malcolm in the Middle" : REESE
60
Room in Clue : HALL
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Cause of undue anxiety : BUGABOO
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It may be smoked : HAM
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Hogwash : ROT
65
Munch, in modern slang : NOM
66
"___ 17" (W.W. II film) : STALAG
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One of two in a jack-o'-lantern? : HYPHEN
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Where charity begins, in a phrase : ATHOME
73
Table part : LEG
74
Title for Tussaud: Abbr. : MME
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"Midsommar" director Aster : ARI
77
Digs up : EXHUMES
78
Carpenter's wedge : SHIM
80
Does gentle stretching post-exercise, with "down" : COOLS
82
Amp knob : TREBLE
84
Die like the Wicked Witch of the West : MELT
85
Give zero stars : PAN
86
Ne'er-do-wells : LOWLIFES
88
E.R. inserts : IVS
89
By birth : NEE
90
Plant said to repel bugs : FLEABANE
93
___ Ryerson, insurance salesman in "Groundhog Day" : NED
94
French pronoun : MOI
95
Quarter ___ (when the big hand is at three) : AFTER
97
No-longer-current source for current events : NEWSREEL
99
Hot, mulled punch traditionally drunk around Christmas : WASSAIL
101
Bacteria destroyer : PHAGE
104
French port on the English Channel : CALAIS
106
Like the Minotaur legend : CRETAN
110
University of Oregon site : EUGENE
112
How to see the image formed by this puzzle's circled letters : ROTATECLOCKWISE
115
What's formed by the circled letters in this puzzle : SMILEYFACE
117
"We're live!" studio sign : ONAIR
118
Ancient land in Asia Minor : IONIA
119
Domino, e.g. : TILE
120
Martinez with a statue outside the Seattle Mariners' stadium : EDGAR
121
Makes less powerful, in video game slang : NERFS
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Domino, e.g. : SUGAR
123
"To ..." things : ODES
124
Dino's tail? : SAUR
125
Muse of love poetry : ERATO
126
Arises (from) : STEMS
Down
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Eastern cicada killers, e.g. : WASPS
2
Suggestions : INPUT
3
"... said ___ ever" : NOONE
4
School : EDUCATE
5
Resolves out of court : SETTLES
6
Org. that flew a helicopter on Mars in 2021 : NASA
7
Fail to mention : OMIT
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Information, old-style : TIDINGS
9
Rounded quarters : IGLOOS
10
Without stopping : NOEND
11
How Alaska ranks first among the states : INAREA
12
It's often left on the table : FORK
13
What "vey" of "Oy, vey!" translates to : WOE
14
___ Games, company behind Fortnite : EPIC
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Rey, to Luke Skywalker : PROTEGE
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Sword handles : HILTS
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"Einstein," sarcastically : IDIOT
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Puts pressure (on) : LEANS
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What can make men swear from menswear? : SPACEBAR
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"___ pass Go ..." : DONOT
28
Leading medal winner at the Tokyo Olympics : USA
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Forman who directed "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" : MILOS
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Farm refrain : EIEIO
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Weight of a paper clip, roughly : GRAM
38
Ancient: Prefix : PALEO
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Soul-seller of legend : FAUST
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Half-baked? : RARE
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Duck and goose, at times : VERBS
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"See ya" : IMOUT
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Group dance popularized in the U.S. by Desi Arnaz : CONGALINE
45
77-Down is on the most collected one in U.S. history : STAMP
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Epiphany : AHAMOMENT
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Voice actor Blanc : MEL
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Show with over 1,000 handwritten cue cards each week, for short : SNL
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City hazard : SMOG
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"My word!" : ISAY
53
Pol in the "I am once again asking ..." meme : BERNIE
56
City whose police cars are adorned with a witch logo : SALEM
58
Card game with a PG-rated name : OHHELL
60
Boring : HOHUM
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Purse : BAG
65
High degree : NTH
68
Not at all popular : HATED
69
Messes up : ERRS
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x, y and z : AXES
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Chaotic skirmish : MELEE
72
Fragrant compound : ESTER
74
Saturn has more than 80 of them : MOONS
75
Golf course machine : MOWER
77
He performed 636 consecutive sold-out shows in Vegas from 1969 to '76 : ELVIS
78
Burn prevention meas. : SPF
79
The future Henry V, to Falstaff : HAL
80
Fight tooth and nail : CLAW
81
One who consumes a ritual meal to absolve the souls of the dead : SINEATER
83
Bits on book jackets : BIOS
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Roc-A-___ Records : FELLA
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Part of U.C.L.A. : ANGELES
92
Fashion designer Geoffrey : BEENE
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It may run from an emotional situation : MASCARA
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[Mwah!] : AIRKISS
96
Departed by plane : FLEWOUT
98
Green vehicle : ECOCAR
99
Frank : WIENER
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Duke's org. : ACC
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Pasta topper : PESTO
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Like the dog days of summer : HUMID
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Acrobatic : AGILE
105
Make restitution : ATONE
107
Faint color : TINGE
108
"Take me ___" : ASIAM
109
Approaches : NEARS
111
Where the lacrimal glands can be found : EYES
112
Pasta topper : RAGU
113
Pump some weights : LIFT
114
Not exactly : ORSO
116
Vaccine-approving agcy. : FDA