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If you’re having trouble completing today’s NYT Crossword, we’re here to help. We’ve got all the answers for today’s clues down below.

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1 Stuff in Santa’s footprints: ASH 4 Exchanged for cash, in a way: PAWNED 10 West Coast wine valley: NAPA 14 Buffett or Cook, for short: CEO 15 Words after “Because” in a parent’s explanation: ISAYSO 16 “Metamorphoses” poet: OVID 17 A.F.C. South team (“Look in the lake! It’s … ah, never mind”): TENNESSEETITANS 20 Triumphant shout: HOORAH 21 Spot for abs or apple seeds: CORE 22 Time spent in a seat: TERM 23 Investigative journalism (“What was that in the sea?! I must be imagining things”): MUCKRAKING 28 Staggering this way and that: AREEL 30 Fe, to chemists: IRON 31 1/16 of a gallon: CUP 32 Napoleon Dynamite’s best friend: PEDRO 33 Asia’s disappearing ___ Sea: ARAL 34 Creates, as a goal: SETS 35 Imperial unit of volume (“There’s another one! I swear he just slipped into those trees …”): CUBICFOOT 38 Agile: SPRY 41 Good old-fashioned butt-kicking: ROUT 42 Corporate emblems: LOGOS 46 Rage: IRE 47 Place for ham-handed workers?: DELI 48 Window dressing: DRAPE 49 Professional proofreader (“Over there, in the snow! That had to be something, right?!”): Read more on digitaltrends.com

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