The Crossword Answers NYT - September 17, 2021

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• Quinceañeras, e.g Crossword Clue

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  RITES

• Social protest lecture series Crossword Clue

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  TEACHINS

• Breaks off Crossword Clue

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  DETACHES

• Imperial title derived from "caesar" Crossword Clue

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  TSAR

• Twice-hyphenated ID Crossword Clue

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  SSN

• Criticize, with "on" Crossword Clue

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  RAG

• Largest U.S. union Crossword Clue

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  NEA

• Group whose name means "the people of the waters that are never still" Crossword Clue

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  MOHICANS

• Possible response to "Who took the last cookie?" Crossword Clue

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  IDID

• Pentagon bigwig Crossword Clue

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  BRASSHAT

• Ground shaking stuff? Crossword Clue

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  PEPPER

• Aspirational hashtag Crossword Clue

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  GOALS

• Showers with sparkles Crossword Clue

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  GLITTERBOMBS

• What may be considered worse when done well Crossword Clue

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  STEAK

• To boot Crossword Clue

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  ALSO

• 2014 animated film whose protagonist, aptly, is a construction worker, with "The" Crossword Clue

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  LEGOMOVIE

• It sticks out in a dance studio Crossword Clue

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  TUTU

• Instruments for Annapurna Devi and Anoushka Shankar Crossword Clue

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  SITARS

• Brand whose logo includes a schoolboy with a ball for a head Crossword Clue

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  BIC

• S___c___ ___d (time in time) Crossword Clue

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  EON

• ___ smarts Crossword Clue

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  STREET

• Reciprocally Crossword Clue

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  INRETURN

• Mountaintop home Crossword Clue

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  AERIE

• Jam-packed Crossword Clue

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  WALLTOWALL

• Musicians are often on it Crossword Clue

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  TOUR

• Comedian Notaro Crossword Clue

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  TIG

• Composes (oneself) Crossword Clue

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  STEADIES

• Ancient gathering place Crossword Clue

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  AGORA

• Muscle car acronym Crossword Clue

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  IROC

• All up in another's business Crossword Clue

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  NOSY

• Locale for bowed heads Crossword Clue

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  PEW

• Monkey head mushroom, by another name Crossword Clue

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  LIONSMANE

• Cheese whose name is a semordnilap Crossword Clue

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  EDAM

• Go against Crossword Clue

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  DEFY

• One celebrating Grounation Day, which commemorates a visit by 8-Down Crossword Clue

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  RASTA