12 August 2012 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 12 August 2012

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Hints & Clues

Across
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Tsp. or tbsp. : AMT
4
Tax expert, briefly : CPA
7
Slow-cooked dish : STEW
11
"Star Trek: T.N.G." character Geordi ___ : LAFORGE
18
Coin of little value : SOU
19
Mine layer : ORE
20
Iditarod endpoint : NOME
21
Short, light musical piece : SONATINA
22
"Talking isn't going to reseal that wine bottle!" : PUTACORKINIT
25
"Quit trying to make a paper doll by ripping the paper!" : CUTITOUT
26
"I can see why shoppers avoid this off-brand white bread!" : ITSNOWONDER
27
One of England's Cinque Ports : DOVER
28
Dinette set : CHINA
29
Cry for : NEED
30
Zookeeper's injuries, maybe : BITES
31
Beverage that's graded : MILK
35
"Do the Right Thing" pizzeria : SALS
36
"I already know my homemade cold cream is useless!" : DONTRUBITIN
38
"So you finally got the gist of that Stephen Hawking book!" : ITSABOUTTIME
44
Response to feeble excuses : SPAREME
45
Scrammed : GOTLOST
46
Semitransparent curtain : SCRIM
49
Carnival dance : SAMBA
50
Faulkner's "A Rose for ___" : EMILY
51
Seat seeker : POL
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Hard workers : SERFS
56
Lawn starter : SOD
57
Actress Russo : RENE
58
Furry feller? : BEAVER
61
Spree stops : STORES
63
"Of course this car isn't voice-controlled!" : ITGOESWITHOUTSAYING
68
Go by : ELAPSE
69
IHOP order : OMELET
70
Hold up one's end? : MOON
72
Field authority : UMP
75
Wood nymph : DRYAD
76
Drink name suffix : ADE
77
Saintly quality : PIETY
78
Peabody Essex Museum city : SALEM
80
Old Testament section : TORAH
83
Slow and steady : ANDANTE
85
Lucky charms : AMULETS
88
"This tippy Christmas tree is driving me crazy!" : ICANTSTANDIT
91
"Stop dillydallying and use your boarding pass!" : GETONWITHIT
94
Apiece : EACH
95
Old school : ETON
96
Mechanical engineer Howe : ELIAS
97
Grotesque giant : OGRE
98
Practices wearing gloves : SPARS
103
Underside of a ship : BELLY
104
"How dare you climb a barbed-wire fence wearing my sweater!" : THATTEARSIT
106
"I'm in a hurry to see that bug squashed!" : STEPONIT
110
"Yeah, I'm asking for people's impression of this inkblot -- so?!" : WHATSITTOYOU
111
Annual Academy list : NOMINEES
112
"Catch!" : HERE
113
U-Haul driver's place : CAB
114
Abbr. for an unlimited number? : ETC
115
They take stock during an emergency : LOOTERS
116
Senatorial agreements : YEAS
117
Rooting area : STY
118
[How shameful!] : TSK
Down
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Gelatin made from consommé : ASPIC
2
Conversation opener? : MOUTH
3
Rwandan people : TUTSI
4
Truffle coating : COCOA
5
Boat tip : PROW
6
Pilot who makes vertical takeoffs : AERONAUT
7
Most snarky : SNIDEST
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In good shape : TONED
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Kuwaiti ruler : EMIR
10
Ready to go through the wringer : WET
11
Slatted windows : LOUVERS
12
Kicks in one's share : ANTESUP
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Barometer reading : FAIR
14
1951 Baseball Hall of Fame inductee : OTT
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Kia subcompact : RIO
16
Bearded beast : GNU
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Partake of : EAT
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"Great" guy : SCOTT
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"Maisie" star Sothern : ANN
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Honored a king, perhaps : KNELT
27
Peace disrupter : DIN
30
It means "farmer" in Afrikaans : BOER
31
Binary star in Cetus : MIRA
32
Bullet points : ITEMS
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First circle of hell in Dante's "Inferno" : LIMBO
34
Work in a bakery : KNEAD
35
Castaway's message : SOS
36
Hip-hop's Run-___ : DMC
37
Shirley who sang "Goldfinger" : BASSEY
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Eisner's successor as Disney chief : IGER
39
Marisa of "The Wrestler" : TOMEI
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Really economize : STINT
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Claim : ALLEGE
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Approximately one out of every two deliveries : BOY
43
Sea gull nesting site, maybe : ISLET
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Gave out : ISSUED
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Fighting spirit : METTLE
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Handles badly? : PAWSAT
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Besieged city during the Spanish Civil War : OVIEDO
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Pinkish red : ROSE
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Single-sex house, usually : FRAT
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Symbol on California's flag : BEAR
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Spot : ESPY
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55-Down letter : RHO
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Like Tarzan's mannerisms : SIMIAN
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Whitebeards : OLDMEN
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D-Day code name : OMAHA
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Incessantly : NOEND
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The Teflon Don : GOTTI
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Opposite of "da" : NYET
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Employment : USAGE
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"Speed-the-Plow" playwright : MAMET
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Demotion victim of 2006 : PLUTO
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Palmtop, e.g., in brief : PDA
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North Carolina college town : ELON
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Muckraker Jacob : RIIS
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Vegas attraction : ACT
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Hedonists' opposites : ASCETICS
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___ degree : NTH
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Kid aged 10-12 : TWEENER
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Goofballs : SILLIES
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Renders invalid : NEGATES
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Dainty desserts : TARTS
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Inclines : TILTS
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Stable supply : HAY
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John who wrote "Appointment in Samarra" : OHARA
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Didn't get involved : SATBY
99
Skilled hand : PRO
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Up until now : ASYET
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Joins the mob : RIOTS
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Unable to leave : STUCK
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Paleontological find : BONE
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Quaker pronoun : THEE
105
Coup d'___ : ETAT
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NBC offering, briefly : SNL
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Besides : TOO
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Alt-rock genre : EMO
109
Animal trap : PIT
110
It's asked for a reason : WHY