17 August 2012 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 17 August 2012

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F
2
L
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A
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K
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J
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A
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C
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K
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E
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T
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R
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A
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J
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S
E
N
I
O
R
H
I
G
H
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H
E
R
O
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T
I
D
A
L
R
A
N
G
E
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O
A
T
H
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O
L
E
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L
A
N
K
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F
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I
L
L
I
N
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P
A
S
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S
I
N
G
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C
A
R
S
I
C
K
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V
E
T
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Y
A
T
I
T
T
L
E
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W
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A
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G
E
S
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S
A
V
E
S
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Y
E
R
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H
O
R
N
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H
A
Y
E
S
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S
T
I
R
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A
X
E
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S
I
M
M
S
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D
I
V
V
Y
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T
O
E
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T
O
T
O
E
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D
I
Z
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A
M
N
E
S
I
A
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D
I
G
E
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S
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T
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S
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J
O
B
L
O
T
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W
A
L
T
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T
A
P
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E
X
E
C
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O
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P
E
R
A
H
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O
U
S
E
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R
O
L
O
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F
E
L
T
T
I
P
P
E
N
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K
A
T
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F
A
L
S
E
S
T
A
R
T

Hints & Clues

Across
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Modern mail? : FLAKJACKET
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British ___ : RAJ
14
It ends at 12 : SENIORHIGH
15
Main part, often : HERO
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The Bay of Fundy has the largest one in the world : TIDALRANGE
17
Judicial administration? : OATH
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Estadio call : OLE
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Tall and thin : LANK
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Complete, as a crossword : FILLIN
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Like A through D : PASSING
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Having a bad trip, maybe : CARSICK
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Examine carefully : VET
26
QB who threw a record-tying seven touchdown passes in a single game (1962) : YATITTLE
27
W-2 figure : WAGES
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Pitcher's stat : SAVES
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"___ out!" : YER
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Somalia's locale in Africa : HORN
33
Compromise of 1877 figure : HAYES
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To-do : STIR
35
Split, in a way : AXE
36
Southern writer William Gilmore ___ : SIMMS
37
Split (up) : DIVVY
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Fighting directly : TOETOTOE
40
Nickname in classic jazz : DIZ
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"The Bourne Identity" plot device : AMNESIA
42
Makes sense of : DIGESTS
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Commercial miscellany : JOBLOT
47
Cartoonist Kelly : WALT
48
Bug : TAP
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Director-type : EXEC
50
View from the Sydney Harbour Bridge : OPERAHOUSE
53
Hershey brand : ROLO
54
What a drawer may hold : FELTTIPPEN
55
Animal in a comic strip title : KAT
56
Running too quickly? : FALSESTART
Down
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It controls the amount of light admitted : FSTOP
2
"The Pearl Fishers" soprano : LEILA
3
Altiplano locale : ANDES
4
Soul producer : KIA
5
Kicks : JOLLIES
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Downright : ARRANT
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Cho ___, romantic interest for Harry Potter : CHANG
8
Twist : KINK
9
___-shaped : EGG
10
Moirai, in Greek myth : THEFATES
11
"Big Brother," for example : REALITYTV
12
It includes provision for the admission of new states : ARTICLEIV
13
"A stronger America" sloganeer : JOHNKERRY
15
"The Planets" composer : HOLST
21
It controls the amount of light admitted : IRIS
23
___ Kramer, 2010 Dutch speed-skating gold medalist : SVEN
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Gives in under pressure : CAVES
26
"Lookie what I did!" : YAYME
27
"Can you believe that guy?!" : WHATAJERK
28
Grateful Dead album whose title reads the same forward and backward : AOXOMOXOA
29
Intermediate level in karate : GREENBELT
30
Navigator Islands, now : SAMOA
33
Clicked : HITITOFF
34
One criterion for sorting : SIZE
36
Fair : SOSO
37
"Dude, I got something to tell you ..." : DIGTHIS
39
Verizon, e.g. : TELCO
40
Widen : DILATE
42
Short-range missiles : DARTS
43
Buddhist shrine : STUPA
44
Big stinger : TASER
45
Dog-tired : SPENT
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"Now that you mention it ..." : WELL
51
Sugar ___ : PEA
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Vote (for) : OPT