12 April 2008 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 12 April 2008

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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Strip authority : PITBOSS
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Savanna bounders : IMPALAS
15
Situation early in an inning : ONEAWAY
16
Target of some soccer kicks : FARPOST
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Lipitor and such : STATINS
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State University of New York campus site : ONEONTA
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Like some glasses : THREED
20
1950s Dodgers pitcher ___ Labine : CLEM
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With 32-Down, end of an advertising pitch : GET
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Go-___ (certain motorized scooters) : PEDS
23
Ink holder : PAD
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French department that's home to the Chartreuse Mountains : ISERE
26
G.I. hangout : USO
27
Subject of a golf lesson : GRIP
29
Pulitzer-winning historian Doris ___ Goodwin : KEARNS
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Kennedyesque conquests : NEWFRONTIERS
33
Player coached by Hank Stram : KANSASCITYCHIEF
37
Mayor's introduction? : THEHONORABLE
38
Wearer of a wraparound cloth called a lavalava : SAMOAN
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Like the hoi polloi : NONU
42
With 14-Down, part of a U.S. political map : RED
43
Customary start for Wimbledon singles finals : TWOPM
44
Finish, with "up" : SEW
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Kegger cry : TOGA
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Bender : JAG
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"___ sir ..." : KIND
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Tub handle? : PARKAY
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A musician might pick it : UKULELE
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TNT ingredient? : TOLUENE
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Bouts of madness : DELIRIA
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Kindergarten admonition : ACTNICE
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Sealed : ENSURED
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Rested : TOOKTEN
Down
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Like the grunge rock movement : POSTPUNK
2
Where Neptune can be found : INTHESEA
3
Level : TEARDOWN
4
"America the Beautiful" poet Katharine Lee ___ : BATES
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Boo-boo : OWIE
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Gear impediment : SAND
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M.O. : SYS
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"Too rich for my blood" : IFOLD
9
Place for a comb : MANE
10
Top Médoc classification : PREMIERCRU
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Certain mail destination: Abbr. : APO
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More strung out : LONGER
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Not ahead : ASTERN
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See 42-Across : STATES
20
Underwritten? : CAPTIONED
23
Recipe amount : PINCH
25
Slovenian-born N.B.A. guard Vujacic : SASHA
27
The Galloping Gourmet : GRAHAMKERR
28
"Watership Down" director Martin : ROSEN
29
Defend with focus, in football : KEYON
31
Setting numbered in multiples of the square root of 2 : FSTOP
32
See 21-Across : ITNOW
34
Admission of clumsiness : IBROKEIT
35
Polish : ELEGANCE
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Palestinian fighters : FEDAYEEN
38
Hospital patron : STJUDE
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Stimulate : AWAKEN
40
Big wheels : MOGULS
44
Winner of a record 82 P.G.A. Tour events : SNEAD
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Ventriloquist's prop : TRUNK
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Tennis's Nastase : ILIE
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___ adagio (score direction) : POCO
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Word with flute or horn : ALTO
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"Lucky Number Slevin" actress, 2006 : LIU
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Reciprocal action : TAT