17 July 2008 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 17 July 2008

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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Salt or smoke : CURE
5
Starr of the Old West : BELLE
10
Boom : SPAR
14
Type type: Abbr. : ITAL
15
Bay window : ORIEL
16
___ colada : PINA
17
Like a bell : RUNG
18
Pale purple : LILAC
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Pancake Day is the day before this begins : LENT
20
Make rustle, as foil : CRINKLE
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Writes odes to, e.g. : PRAISES
24
U.N. secretary general from Ghana : ANNAN
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Not straight up : ATILT
26
Bits : IOTAS
29
Winter melon : CASABA
33
Colorful lawn or garden fixture : WHIRLIGIG
37
Soundtrack annoyance : LAG
38
Slithering danger : RATTLER
39
Hebrews, for example : EPISTLE
43
A pitcher should keep it low : ERA
44
Something you might want to get to the heart of? : ARTICHOKE
46
Annoy : NETTLE
50
Sale day feeling : MANIA
51
They cross here : WORDS
53
___ salts : EPSOM
57
One of TV's Gilmore Girls : LORELAI
60
Unfolds : SPREADS
62
Pen pal in Paris, perhaps : AMIE
63
Agreement : UNITY
65
Exercised a legal option : SUED
66
Police protection : VEST
67
Doha's domain : QATAR
68
"___ This Last" (series of John Ruskin essays) : UNTO
69
___ place : ONES
70
Stood out, in a good way : SHONE
71
Say no : PASS
Down
1
Around : CIRCA
2
Often-illegal maneuver : UTURN
3
Entered quickly : RANIN
4
Percussion instrument in an orchestra : TRIANGLE
5
Cotton pod : BOLL
6
Pennsylvania's northwesternmost county : ERIE
7
One of TV's Rugrats : LIL
8
Bounded : LEAPT
9
Coterie : CIRCLE
10
Forks : SPLITS
11
"The Worst ___ in London" ("Sweeney Todd" song) : PIES
12
Monarch immediately after William and Mary : ANNE
13
Headliner : STAR
21
Small hill : KNOLL
23
Mobile home?: Abbr. : ALA
25
"___ see it ..." : ASI
27
Railroad crossbeam : TIE
28
Tourist city between Jaipur and Lucknow : AGRA
30
Middle range : ALTO
31
Hesitate : BALK
32
Author James : AGEE
33
Bird with speckled eggs : WREN
34
Fabled racer : HARE
35
"Take ___ face value" : ITAT
36
"___ life!" : GETA
40
Fraternity jewelry : PIN
41
More likely to cause slipping : ICIER
42
Quits misbehaving ... or a literal hint to 4-, 9-, 13-, 49- and 57-Down : SHAPESUP
45
Abbr. in real estate ads : RMS
47
Chirps : TWEETS
48
Ha-ha, nowadays : LOL
49
Unhip person : SQUARE
52
Alice's pet cat in "Alice in Wonderland" : DINAH
54
Hot spot : SAUNA
55
"The Country Girl" playwright, 1950 : ODETS
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Many PCs once ran on it : MSDOS
57
Racetrack : OVAL
58
Impending clouds, e.g. : OMEN
59
Small hill : RISE
60
Avant-garde filmmaker Brakhage : STAN
61
Funeral sight : PYRE
64
"What am ___ do?" : ITO