23 November 2008 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 23 November 2008

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S
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A
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M
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I
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M
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L
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T
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R
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W
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E
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A
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R
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A
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B
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L
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E
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A
R
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O
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N
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E
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A
L
L
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T
T
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D
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H
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R
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M
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T
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S
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L
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B
A
T
E
A
U
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I
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K
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T
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R
A
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M
O
D
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L
A
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R
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N
R
C
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B
A
S
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S
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E
A
R
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L
A
P
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T
O
N
N
E
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W
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A
X
B
E
A
N
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S
I
P
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O
D
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I
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U
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M
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S
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L
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O
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W
I
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H
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S
C
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E
N
C
E
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S
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P
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R
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A
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N
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D
A
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R
A
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F
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O
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O
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L
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B
A
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D
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U
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O
P
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S
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C
O
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M
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T
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A
R
E
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P
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T
A
S
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M
A
T
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A
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R
U
E
D
E
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C
A
R
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D
S
T
O
R
E
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S
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T
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G
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H
T
D
R
E
S
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S
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M
M
I
I
I
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E
R
T
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E
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F
R
A
Y
S
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D
E
W
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P
E
R
S
O
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N
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S
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X
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F
I
L
S
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C
O
C
A
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J
A
D
E
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N
O
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S
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N
E
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T
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L
E
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D
A
W
A
Y
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E
G
I
S
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B
A
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N
K
S
H
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O
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T
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V
A
U
N
T
S
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N
E
A
T
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E
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R
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L
O
O
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R
O
O
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M
E
R
S
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D
A
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V
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D
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P
I
P
P
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N
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E
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S
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A
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S
112
A
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F
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B
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I
V
A
N
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M
A
V
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I
N
D
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C
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K
I
A
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P
A
I
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N
T
I
N
G
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F
R
E
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N
C
H
A
R
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T
I
S
T
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A
M
B
I
E
N
C
E
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A
T
R
I
A
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Y
E
A
R
L
Y
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R
E
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N
D
E
E
R
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S
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S
A
L
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S
E
T
T
E
R

Hints & Clues

Across
1
Dr. Seuss character with a red hat : SAMIAM
7
Train stop? : ALTAR
12
Not useless, as clothing : WEARABLE
20
British noble, for short : ARISTO
21
Football Hall-of-Fame coach Greasy ___ : NEALE
22
Earmarked (for) : ALLOTTED
23
Leader of the Fauvist movement : HENRIMATISSE
25
Title of a work by 23-Across : LEBATEAU
26
Publicity : INK
27
Fictional spread : TARA
28
Hip in the '60s : MOD
29
Hideout : LAIR
30
Agcy. overseeing reactor safety : NRC
31
It's deep : BASS
33
Winter protection : EARLAP
35
Metric weight : TONNE
36
Vegetable with yellow pods : WAXBEAN
38
Nurse : SIP
39
Intense aversions : ODIUMS
44
Somewhat reduced : LOWISH
47
Academic area : SCIENCES
50
Debate (with) : SPAR
51
Whirling : INASPIN
53
Nabokov novel : ADA
54
Flying grp. since 1918 : RAF
56
___ Accords of 1993 : OSLO
57
Workout target : LATS
58
"On&On" singer Erykah ___ : BADU
61
Special ___ : OPS
63
Say "Final answer," say : COMMIT
65
Will be now? : ARE
66
Double-layer breads : PITAS
67
First name in spydom : MATA
69
Paris's ___ la Paix : RUEDE
70
Suppliers of greetings : CARDSTORES
73
What Ramona wore in a 1966 Chuck Berry song : TIGHTDRESS
76
Year Super Bowl XXXVII was played : MMIII
77
Ziegfeld Follies designer : ERTE
79
Scuffles : FRAYS
80
Morning deposit : DEW
81
Individual : PERSON
83
Al Kaline, in uniform : SIX
84
Son, at the Sorbonne : FILS
85
It's cultivated in the Andes : COCA
86
Stone in a 2008 Olympic medal : JADE
87
Rejections : NOS
89
Invoice amount : NET
91
Carted off : LEDAWAY
93
Auspices: Var. : EGIS
94
Cushion user? : BANKSHOT
98
Brags about : VAUNTS
99
More cool : NEATER
102
Canterbury can : LOO
103
Boardinghouse boarders : ROOMERS
105
Florence attraction : DAVID
107
Musical for which Ben Vereen won a Tony : PIPPIN
108
Those, to Muñoz : ESAS
112
See 106-Down : AFB
115
Nobelist Pavlov : IVAN
116
Big D player : MAV
117
Visiting the U.S. capital : INDC
119
Sportage maker : KIA
120
25-Across, e.g. : PAINTING
122
23-Across, e.g. : FRENCHARTIST
125
Factor in a restaurant rating : AMBIENCE
126
Skylit areas : ATRIA
127
Like the return of swallows to Capistrano : YEARLY
128
Cupid, e.g. : REINDEER
129
Fiber-yielding plant : SISAL
130
Volleyball position : SETTER
Down
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Old term of respect : SAHIB
2
Concert venue : ARENA
3
Otter cousins : MINKS
4
Home of the Ramon Crater: Abbr. : ISR
5
Scuffling : ATIT
6
N.Y.C. cultural event : MOMAEXHIBITION
7
Brightest star in Scorpius : ANTARES
8
Tiki bar offering : LEI
9
Devil's home? : TASMANIA
10
Onetime political columnist Joseph : ALSOP
11
Sax player's need : REED
12
Cleanup hitter, e.g. : WALLOPER
13
Like the earliest Olympic festivals : ELEAN
14
Animal oddity : ALBINO
15
Had a big laugh : ROARED
16
Long-distance letters : ATT
17
Revolutionary 1930s bomber : BTEN
18
Duke of Cornwall's father-in-law, in Shakespeare : LEAR
19
Part of H.E.W.: Abbr. : EDUC
24
Show horse : ARAB
32
Like the mathematician Euler : SWISS
34
Fond du ___, Wis. : LAC
35
Personal quirk : TIC
37
Horned viper : ASP
38
Reply to irritably : SNAPAT
40
Compound variant : ISOMER
41
How 25-Across appeared at a 6-Down in 1961 : UPSIDEDOWN
42
Kipling short story, with "The" : MALTESECAT
43
Low-cost accommodations, briefly : SRO
44
Reddish purple : LILAC
45
Angrily crusading : ONARAMPAGE
46
Styles of 25-Across and the like : WATERMEDIA
48
Ancient land near the Dead Sea : EDOM
49
Pouch : SAC
52
Spain joined it in 1982 : NATO
55
How long 25-Across was 41-Down before being noticed and fixed : FORTYSEVENDAYS
59
Be bold enough : DARE
60
Web browsers : USERS
62
Unreasonable, pricewise : STIFF
64
Oozy mixtures : MUDS
66
Fraternity letters : PSIS
68
Prefix with chemical : AGRI
71
Most urgent : DIREST
72
Well-oiled : STINKO
74
Concert venue : HALL
75
Brings around : SWAYS
78
Brad and 86-Down, e.g. : EXES
82
San Francisco's ___ Hill : NOB
85
Touch off : CAUSE
86
See 78-Down : JEN
88
"The Laughing Man" author : SALINGER
90
Prospering ones : THRIVERS
92
___ es Salaam : DAR
95
Make a slip : NOD
96
"Alley ___" : OOP
97
Current : TOPICAL
100
Worked on a Life sentence? : EDITED
101
Coulee : RAVINE
104
Ho Chi ___ : MINH
106
With 112-Across, Okla. military area : VANCE
107
First installment : PARTI
109
Get around : SKIRT
110
Bridal path : AISLE
111
Butterfly variety : SATYR
112
On ___ with (equal to) : APAR
113
Celebrity : FAME
114
Andersson of "Wild Strawberries" : BIBI
116
Some 6-Down curators: Abbr. : MFAS
118
Canadian natives : CREE
121
"Ladders to Fire" writer : NIN
123
Long in films : NIA
124
Make lace : TAT