23 October 2014 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 23 October 2014

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Hints & Clues

Across
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"Attack!" : CHARGE
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They're often dipped in wasabis : SASHIMIS
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Best at a buffet, say : OUTEAT
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Tabasco turnover : EMPANADA
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Camry competitor : ALTIMA
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___ Brewster, "Arsenic and Old Lace" role : MORTIMER
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Classic Jag : XKE
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Common street name : ELM
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The French way? : RUE
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Spanish pronoun : ESA
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Competitor of Clark and Emerson in coll. athletics : MIT
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Range wear? : OVENMITTS
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"Give me a break already!" : OHPLEASE
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Chat : GAB
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Sacrifice, e.g. : RITE
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Griffin who created "Jeopardy!" : MERV
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Under cover? : INBED
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Michael of "Weekend Update" on "S.N.L." : CHE
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Go for a quick cruise, say : DAYSAIL
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One of 17 on a Monopoly board: Abbr. : AVE
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Copycat's comment : SODOI
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___-serif : SANS
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Comment often after "Hmm ..." : ISEE
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Cricket club : BAT
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Holds : CITADELS
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Bosom buddies : INTIMATES
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Where the ball drops on New Year's Eve ... as depicted literally in four places in this puzzle : TIMESSQUARE
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___-eyed : DOE
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Want-ad abbr. : EOE
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Speed : HIE
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California's ___ River : EEL
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Bounding : LIMITING
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One of the Brothers Karamazov : DMITRI
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Brewed beverage : ESPRESSO
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Laudanum, e.g. : OPIATE
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Ran out on : DESERTED
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Dirty : SOILED
Down
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Sweet-talk : COAX
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Any Mr. Olympia : HULK
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Went for : ATTEMPTED
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Big name in camping gear : REI
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Life starter : GAMETE
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Library indexing abbr. : ETAL
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Part of a sch. year : SEM
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2006 million-selling Andrea Bocelli album : AMORE
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Out, in a way : SPRUNG
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Letters that are hard to read? : HATEMAIL
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Pasta name ending : INI
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"American Buffalo" playwright : MAMET
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Cousin of "exempli gratia" : IDEST
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Singers Bareilles and Evans : SARAS
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Strolls : MOSEYS
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Paris's ___ Saint-Louis : ILE
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Milan-based fashion house : VERSACE
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Arabic "son of" : IBN
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Tolkien's Gorbag and Bolg : ORCS
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Old Ritz rival : HIHO
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Org. backing Obamacare : AMA
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Go poof : VANISH
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Lead, e.g. : BASEMETAL
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First name in daredevilry : EVEL
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Odd couple? : DEES
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Pipe measure : DIAMETER
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"Was ___ passiert?" (German "What happened?") : IST
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Strip of paper around a Japanese book : OBI
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Uganda's ___ Amin : IDI
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White Cloud Temple worshiper : TAOIST
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"Resume speed," musically : ATEMPO
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Lollygagged : IDLED
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Clue for a car mechanic : NOISE
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Some subs : TEMPS
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Jittery : TENSE
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Merger agreements? : IDOS
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Designer who wrote "Things I Remember" : ERTE
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Wasn't veracious : LIED
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Tick off : IRE
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Prayer object : GOD
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Trailer for "Rocky" or "Rambo"? : III