16 October 2000 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 16 October 2000

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P
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I
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P
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S
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C
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L
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A
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P
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B
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E
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R
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E
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T
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S
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P
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N
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C
E
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A
R
O
M
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Y
A
L
E
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O
G
R
E
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S
U
M
U
P
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C
R
A
C
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K
T
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W
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H
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P
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H
U
T
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N
E
T
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E
A
S
T
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E
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R
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N
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S
T
E
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N
O
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E
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Y
E
R
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C
O
O
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I
W
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A
S
A
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A
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I
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R
O
U
T
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S
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P
L
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T
T
H
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E
S
C
E
N
E
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D
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L
E
T
E
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O
L
S
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N
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N
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O
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A
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L
O
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A
D
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D
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T
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O
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P
P
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E
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E
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C
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O
G
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I
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N
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B
R
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A
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K
T
H
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N
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W
S
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O
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F
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F
E
R
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P
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R
A
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S
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A
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L
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B
R
A
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I
T
O
R
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T
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L
L
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D
E
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T
Y
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N
O
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E
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E
L
S
E

Hints & Clues

Across
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Card spots : PIPS
5
Thunder sound : CLAP
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Special Forces cap : BERET
14
Polaroid : SNAP
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Jim-dandy : NICE
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Fragrance : AROMA
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George Bush's alma mater : YALE
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Monster of a boss? : OGRE
19
Put in a nutshell : SUMUP
20
Act like a slave-driver : CRACKTHEWHIP
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Tribesman's home : HUT
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Fisherman's profit? : NET
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Oriental : EASTERN
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Shorthand writer, for short : STENO
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Beholder : EYER
33
Whisper sweet nothings : COO
34
"___ Teen-age Werewolf" (1957 film) : IWASA
36
Ventilate : AIROUT
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Leave, in 60's slang : SPLITTHESCENE
42
Computer key : DELETE
43
Merlin of TV's "Father Murphy" : OLSEN
44
Prefix with classic or natal : NEO
45
Skin soother : ALOE
47
Build on : ADDTO
51
Pacify : APPEASE
54
Small worker in a big organization : COG
56
Elementary particle : ION
57
Reveal for the first time : BREAKTHENEWS
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"I'll give you $500 for this old car," e.g. : OFFER
63
Prefix with legal : PARA
64
Far from shore : ASEA
65
The Scales, astrologically : LIBRA
66
"Like ___ not" : ITOR
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Be a snitch : TELL
68
Receiver of prayers : DEITY
69
Zero : NONE
70
Otherwise : ELSE
Down
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Intimidates mentally, with "out" : PSYCHS
2
Stuck and not going anywhere : INARUT
3
Sense of taste : PALATE
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Not guaranteed, after "on" : SPEC
5
$100 bill : CNOTE
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Least heavy : LIGHTEST
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Farm measure : ACRE
8
Teeny-tiny : PEEWEE
9
Groundwork : BASIS
10
Blow up : ERUPT
11
CD-___ : ROM
12
Ostrich's cousin : EMU
13
Item on a dancer's heel : TAP
21
Be positive : KNOWIT
22
Give a hard time : HARASS
26
Supply-and-demand subj. : ECON
27
Casanova type : ROUE
28
"___ to worry" : NOT
30
World's longest river : NILE
32
Country bumpkin : YAHOO
35
"Relax, soldier!" : ATEASE
37
When glaciers advanced : ICEAGE
38
Tear to bits : REND
39
Ooze : SEEP
40
Alka-Seltzer sound : PLOP
41
Subatomic bit : ELECTRON
42
Gene component : DNA
46
One way to get wet : LEAPIN
48
Fuel for big rigs : DIESEL
49
Steam bath garb : TOWELS
50
Bargain-hunter's favorite words : ONSALE
52
Film critic Roger : EBERT
53
Large grouping : ARRAY
55
Chicago hub : OHARE
58
Green Hornet's aide : KATO
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Basketball Hall-of-Famer Archibald : NATE
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Worn out : OLD
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"Fee ___ foe fum" : FIE
62
Hoover's org. : FBI