28 July 2014 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 28 July 2014

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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Squander : WASTE
6
Like a cat in need of a firefighter, stereotypically : TREED
11
N.Y.C. alternative to JFK : LGA
14
Notions : IDEAS
15
Mandel of "America's Got Talent" : HOWIE
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Galley propeller : OAR
17
Chance of an impossibility : ZEROPERCENT
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666, for the numbers on a roulette wheel : SUM
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In the manner of : ALA
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Fraidy-cat : WUSS
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Portent : OMEN
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Cutters that cut with the grain : RIPSAWS
27
Innocent's opposite : GUILTY
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Watery abysses : DEEPS
30
Nickelodeon show whose protagonist has a football-shaped head : HEYARNOLD
33
From ___ Z : ATO
35
Note between fa and la : SOL
36
Functions : USES
37
Classical music group ... or what the four sets of circled letters make up? : STRINGQUARTET
41
Yank : JERK
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___ de cologne : EAU
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___ the pants off : SUE
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For even a second more : ANYLONGER
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Insipid : BLAND
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Observed : BEHELD
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Nineveh's land : ASSYRIA
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Indian dress : SARI
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___ mater : ALMA
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Critical hosp. department : ICU
58
A.T.M. co. : NCR
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Component of a language class, informally : VOCABLESSON
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Mattress's place : BED
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Weasley family owl : ERROL
65
Prepared to be knighted : KNELT
66
Coupon bearers, often : ADS
67
Baseball's Pee Wee : REESE
68
Somebody ___ problem : ELSES
Down
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___ of Menlo Park (Thomas Edison) : WIZARD
2
Penguin variety : ADELIE
3
Mexican wrap : SERAPE
4
"___ Te Ching" (classic Chinese text) : TAO
5
Psychic's "gift," briefly : ESP
6
Plump songbird : THRUSH
7
Birds in the "Arabian Nights" : ROCS
8
Rams' mates : EWES
9
German article : EIN
10
Roundabout route : DETOUR
11
Like a catch-22 situation : LOSELOSE
12
Knight's glove : GAUNTLET
13
One of eight on an octopus : ARM
18
"Gross!" : EWW
23
With great attention to detail : MINUTELY
25
Hand-held Fourth of July firework : SPARKLER
26
___ Spumante : ASTI
27
Black-tie parties : GALAS
28
N.F.L. lengths: Abbr. : YDS
31
Suffix with Kafka : ESQUE
32
Word pronounced the same when its first two letters are removed : YOU
34
Upright, as a box : ONEND
37
Grew old : SENESCED
38
Those who put a lot of effort into social climbing, in modern lingo : TRYHARDS
39
Joke : GAG
40
Chafes : RUBS
41
Short boxing punch : JAB
45
Dickens's "___ Twist" : OLIVER
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Talk on and on and on : RAMBLE
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Comes up : ARISES
49
Kidman who is neither a kid nor a man : NICOLE
50
Intimidates : DAUNTS
53
Mule on a canal, in song : SAL
55
Unit of farmland : ACRE
56
Thailand/Vietnam separator : LAOS
58
Org. for LeBron James : NBA
60
Rock with gold or silver, say : ORE
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Squeeze (out) : EKE
62
Sketch comedy TV series since '75 : SNL