17 August 1998 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 17 August 1998

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Hints & Clues

Across
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Help at a heist : ABET
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Calls to a shepherd : BAAS
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Deadly : FATAL
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Easy gait : LOPE
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Qualified : ABLE
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Functional : UTILE
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Trebek of "Jeopardy!" : ALEX
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Spot on a radar screen : BLIP
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Fancy British car, informally : ROLLS
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Walt Disney's first sound cartoon : STEAMBOATWILLIE
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Aria, e.g. : SOLO
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Wriggly fish : EEL
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TV adjunct : VCR
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Unbeatable rival : NEMESIS
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Downward bend : SAG
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Lose underpinnings : ERODE
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Time delay : LAG
37
Catherine ___, wife of Henry VIII : PARR
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Life of the party : GOODTIMECHARLIE
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Pinnacle : ACME
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Mystery writer Deighton : LEN
44
Lend-___ Act : LEASE
45
Shade of blue : SKY
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Late, great crooner : SINATRA
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Reading room : DEN
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One ___ time : ATA
51
Surrounds, with "in" : HEMS
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Show girl's suitor : STAGEDOORJOHNNY
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Inner circle : CADRE
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"Peek-___!" : ABOO
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Puerto ___ : RICO
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Durant who co-wrote "The Story of Civilization" : ARIEL
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Singer Braxton : TONI
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List shortener : ETAL
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Greenbacks : MONEY
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In the public eye : SEEN
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Watered-down : WEAK
Down
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Word of regret : ALAS
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Length of fabric : BOLT
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Blunted blade : EPEE
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Lone Star State : TEXAS
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Talk nonsensically : BABBLE
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Flowering : ABLOOM
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Inter ___ : ALIA
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Labor Day's mo. : SEPT
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Avenging spirits of mythology : FURIES
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Wake Island, e.g. : ATOLL
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Cash drawer : TILL
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"___ Do Is Dream of You" (1934 hit) : ALLI
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___-majesté : LESE
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"Waterlilies" painter : MONET
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Consider the pros and cons of : WEIGH
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Golden Nugget casino locale : VEGAS
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Stew container : CROCK
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Spacious : ROOMY
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Actress Verdugo : ELENA
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Biological container : SAC
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Kind of fork : SALAD
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Come to light : ARISE
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White House's ___ Room : GREEN
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1950's White House monogram : DDE
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Ante- : PRE
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Trojan War epic : ILIAD
40
Fraternity members : MEN
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Site of Crockett's last stand : ALAMO
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Blue-gray : STEELY
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Royal seat : THRONE
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Counterreply : REJOIN
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Jibe : AGREE
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Woman with a temper : SHREW
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Con game : SCAM
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Hawaiian tuber : TARO
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Score after deuce, in tennis : ADIN
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Feed bag fill : OATS
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Cousin of a bassoon : OBOE
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Nick at ___ : NITE
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Org. with eligibility rules : NCAA
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The sunny side, in sunny side up : YOLK