20 September 2024 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 20 September 2024

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T
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H
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M
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R
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M
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P
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G
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M
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L
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S
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P
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A
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H
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V
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H
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M
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B
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J
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V
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Hints & Clues

Across
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Philosophy influenced by Aristotle's concept of the Unmoved Mover : THEISM
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Four-year-old in pig tales? : PEPPA
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Dog breed with a blue-black tongue : SHARPEI
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Strains : EXERTS
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Members of the family Passeridae : SPARROWS
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Upgrade, as a backsplash : RETILE
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Some flats : CONDOS
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Drenches : SOPS
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"Wowzers!" : MAN
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"The Tin Drum" protagonist : OSKAR
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Harshly criticizes : RIPS
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Pilot productions? : PENS
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Gunty who wrote "The Rabbit Hutch," winner of the 2022 National Book Award for Fiction : TESS
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Reunion attendee : AUNT
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You might sleep on it : SERTA
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Industry that emerged in the 1970s : GAMING
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Flip : LOSEIT
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Windy flight? : SPIRALSTAIRCASE
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Lays waste to : HAVOCS
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Option for a backpacker : HOSTEL
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Apt name for a successful crypto investor? : ERICH
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Farmer's market sight : TENT
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Sub : TEMP
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Safe place : BANK
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Mock : JAPE
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Brazilian soccer club named for an explorer, familiarly : VASCO
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Director Lee : ANG
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Manufacturer of minifigures : LEGO
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Like you and me : MORTAL
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Showed sleepiness : NODDED
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New member : INITIATE
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John, in Milan : GIANNI
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Unwelcome sight in musical chairs : NOSEATS
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Twosomes : DYADS
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Actress Bella of Disney's "Shake It Up" : THORNE
Down
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Part of the Detroit Lions schedule since 1934 : THANKSGIVINGDAY
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Extremely solid : HARDASAROCK
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What an "X" might mark : ERROR
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Market events, for short : IPOS
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Wrap (up) : SEW
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Failing to get it : MISSINGTHEPOINT
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Lawbreakers, informally : PERPS
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People for whom a "no contact" rule might apply : EXES
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___ food : PET
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A lot to like? : PRIMEREALESTATE
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Ancient civilization doomed by greed, in myth : ATLANTIS
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"What if ...?," informally : SPOSE
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Feeling : SENSATE
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Alexander Graham Bell, by birth : SCOT
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Elect : OPT
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Lines on a ski map : RUNS
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Kind of diet high in omega-3 fatty acids : PESCETARIAN
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Bothers : AILS
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Excel function : SORT
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Kind of number represented by the equation M = v/c : MACH
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Honor roll, e.g. : LIST
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A "whole" thing : SHEBANG
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"Being slightly ___ is like being slightly pregnant — it tends to get worse": Molly Ivins : PARANOID
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Battleship corner : AONE
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Size indicator : TAG
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Exams with a highest possible score of 528, for short : MCATS
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Vault opener? : POLE
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Plural form decried by staunch "Star Wars" fans : JEDIS
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Ticket picker : VOTER
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Advance : LEND
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Paste with an umami taste : MISO
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Kind of test that's impossible to study for? : DNA
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Japanese art form whose name means "skill" : NOH