11 April 2008 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 11 April 2008

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H
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A
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S
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A
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L
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O
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T
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G
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O
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I
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N
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G
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F
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O
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R
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I
M
P
R
O
V
E
O
N
N
A
T
U
R
E
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P
O
R
K
B
A
R
R
E
L
B
I
L
L
S
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B
E
Y
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S
T
R
I
D
E
S
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F
A
T
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O
B
E
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S
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E
I
L
A
T
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G
I
N
S
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N
A
S
A
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L
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F
L
Y
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F
A
L
D
O
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E
S
T
H
E
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S
I
A
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M
A
R
L
O
N
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A
V
E
C
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M
E
N
D
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P
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U
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R
R
E
D
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C
O
N
T
E
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S
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S
40
A
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O
N
E
A
L
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L
A
V
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A
N
I
O
N
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L
S
T
S
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T
O
T
E
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M
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A
G
H
A
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E
N
O
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C
E
R
A
M
I
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C
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N
U
L
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N
A
T
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I
O
N
A
L
E
C
O
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N
O
M
Y
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T
R
A
D
I
T
I
O
N
A
L
I
R
A
S
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A
L
L
A
L
O
N
G
T
H
E
L
I
N
E

Hints & Clues

Across
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Is blessed with many assets, before "him" or "her" : HASALOTGOINGFOR
16
Have cosmetic surgery, for example : IMPROVEONNATURE
17
Sources of government waste : PORKBARRELBILLS
18
Old Turkish title : BEY
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Significant advancement : STRIDES
20
Excess : FAT
21
Awards for J. K. Rowling and P. L. Travers: Abbr. : OBES
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Gulf of Aqaba city : EILAT
24
Traps : GINS
25
Like an "eh," maybe : NASAL
27
Something that shouldn't be left open : FLY
28
Three-time Masters winner Nick : FALDO
29
Sensitivity : ESTHESIA
31
One of the Jackson 5 : MARLON
32
"___ votre permission" : AVEC
33
Fix : MEND
34
Sounded smooth : PURRED
37
1954 title role for Ava Gardner : CONTESSA
41
Singer Jamie with the 2001 #1 country song "When I Think About Angels" : ONEAL
42
John : LAV
43
It's negative : ANION
44
D-Day sights: Abbr. : LSTS
45
Heads of a tribe? : TOTEM
47
Turkish title : AGHA
48
Onetime Bowie collaborator : ENO
49
Fired pitcher? : CERAMIC
51
Void, in Vichy : NUL
52
Gross domestic product producer : NATIONALECONOMY
55
Some bank offerings : TRADITIONALIRAS
56
At every point : ALLALONGTHELINE
Down
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Connector in a song : HIPBONE
2
Studies under a microscope : AMOEBAS
3
Most agile : SPRYEST
4
Ham's place : ARK
5
Hardly hard questions : LOBS
6
Roundish : OVATE
7
Tops : TERRIFIC
8
Thug : GORILLA
9
Sometime ahead : ONEDAY
10
Buzzards Bay, e.g. : INLET
11
Bags : NABS
12
Popular Volkswagen model : GTI
13
Carry out : FULFILL
14
"As You Like It" romantic : ORLANDO
15
Leans against : RESTSON
22
Vast arid wastes : SAHARAS
24
California city with a horticultural name : GARDENA
26
Carpenter's tool : LEVEL
28
Coca-Cola brand : FANTA
30
But, to Brutus : SED
31
See 38-Down : MEN
33
Progress in negotiations : MOVEMENT
34
Alternative to pasta : POLENTA
35
Straighten out : UNSNARL
36
Double-check, as figures : RETOTAL
37
Put in a bibliography, e.g. : CATALOG
38
Titles for Italian 31-Down : SIGNORI
39
Words before "a Brain" and "an Animal" in book titles : SOHUMAN
40
Examine, in Exeter : ANALYSE
42
Ohio city on Lake Erie : LORAIN
45
Nearing the hour : TENTO
46
Book containing a prediction of the coming of the Messiah : MICAH
49
Spring : COIL
50
Thomas ___, artist of the Hudson River School : COLE
53
Home of the Salmon River Mtns. : IDA
54
No score : NIL