15 July 1997 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 15 July 1997

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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Top piece of a two-piece : BRA
4
Italian seaport : SALERNO
11
Timber wood : ASH
14
"Alley ___" : OOP
15
Zoom-in shot : CLOSEUP
16
Chinese principle : TAO
17
Sex determinant : XCHROMOSOME
19
___ rampage : ONA
20
Ready to go : ONTAP
21
Taste test label : BRANDX
23
200 milligrams, to a jeweler : CARAT
25
Funnyman Philips : EMO
28
Not have ___ in the world : ACARE
29
Spinks defeater, 1978 : ALI
30
Parallel bar exercises : DIPS
32
Not nude : CLAD
33
Complicated situations : MESSES
37
Debussy contemporary : SATIE
39
Treasure hunter's declaration : XMARKSTHESPOT
43
Pen : WRITE
44
Parti-colored : MOTLEY
46
Quite the expert : BUFF
49
Having conflicting allegiances : TORN
51
___ du Diable : ILE
52
Kind of fool : APRIL
54
Wood splitter : AXE
55
Quite the expert : MAVEN
57
For adults only : XRATED
59
Tickle one's fancy : AMUSE
61
Play (with) : TOY
62
Twenty-somethings : GENERATIONX
67
Jargon suffix : ESE
68
Earth, wind or fire : ELEMENT
69
Squid secretion : INK
70
Texas-Oklahoma boundary river : RED
71
Tennis volleys : RETURNS
72
Gypsy Rose ___ : LEE
Down
1
Word with band or sand : BOX
2
Dutton's sitcom role : ROC
3
"Art is long, life is short," e.g. : APHORISM
4
Astronaut Carpenter : SCOTT
5
Soprano Gluck : ALMA
6
Blotto : LOOPED
7
Suffix with lion : ESS
8
Rock's ___ Speedwagon : REO
9
Feeling the effects of Novocaine : NUMB
10
"Don Giovanni," for one : OPERA
11
Like Schoenberg's music : ATONAL
12
Bullock of "Speed" : SANDRA
13
Took in, in a way : HOAXED
18
Genetic stuff : RNA
22
Say "yes" to : ACCEPT
23
Auto shaft, slangily : CAM
24
"Family Ties" boy : ALEX
26
Anonymous man : MISTERX
27
Moonfish : OPAH
31
Fruit/tree connector : STEM
34
Deemed appropriate : SAWFIT
35
Miscalculate : ERR
36
"In Living Color" segment : SKIT
38
Prefix with propyl : ISO
40
Greek portico : STOA
41
Salad dressing ingredient : OLIVEOIL
42
Boob tube, in Britain: Var. : TELE
45
Hankering : YEN
46
Bandleader Les : BAXTER
47
Revolted : UPROSE
48
Not neat at the ends : FRAYED
50
More imminent : NEARER
53
Pioneer in Cubism : LEGER
55
Fido and friends : MUTTS
56
"___ recall..." : ASI
58
Take out : DELE
60
"Buddenbrooks" novelist Thomas : MANN
63
Surfing site : NET
64
Big bird : EMU
65
Opposite SSW : NNE
66
Classic Jaguar : XKE