17 August 2015 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 17 August 2015

1
B
2
E
3
A
4
M
5
D
6
I
7
O
8
R
9
J
10
E
11
S
12
S
13
E
14
A
L
F
A
15
E
T
N
A
16
O
Z
A
W
A
17
H
A
R
D
18
Y
B
O
Y
S
19
S
E
R
I
E
S
20
S
N
O
C
A
T
21
X
C
I
22
A
L
E
E
23
A
L
O
24
E
25
A
L
26
F
27
H
28
A
29
R
P
E
R
V
30
A
L
L
E
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Y
32
P
33
T
34
A
35
A
L
I
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S
I
L
37
S
E
E
R
E
D
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R
O
S
39
I
40
E
41
L
O
42
S
43
D
R
A
N
O
44
S
H
E
R
R
45
I
46
N
A
47
P
48
D
E
B
49
H
A
R
V
A
R
50
D
G
R
A
51
D
52
U
A
T
E
53
T
A
R
54
I
S
O
N
55
E
56
T
57
T
58
U
59
Q
U
60
A
61
T
I
P
62
T
63
O
64
P
65
L
A
U
G
66
H
I
N
G
67
O
U
T
L
O
U
D
68
K
U
B
L
A
69
K
E
R
R
70
U
R
S
A
71
S
T
A
Y
S
72
S
E
R
E
73
G
E
T
S

Hints & Clues

Across
1
Smile broadly : BEAM
5
Fashion designer Christian : DIOR
9
Outlaw ___ James : JESSE
14
___ Romeo (Italian car) : ALFA
15
Sicilian peak : ETNA
16
Seiji ___, former Boston Symphony director : OZAWA
17
Mysteries starting with "The Tower Treasure" and "The House on the Cliff" : HARDYBOYSSERIES
20
Ski resort vehicle : SNOCAT
21
91, to Nero : XCI
22
Sheltered at sea : ALEE
23
Soothing stuff : ALOE
25
Furry TV extraterrestrial : ALF
27
1968 hit song that spawned a 1978 movie and a 1981 TV show : HARPERVALLEYPTA
35
"Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee" boxer : ALI
36
"Répondez ___ vous plaît" : SIL
37
Become enraged : SEERED
38
Comedian/TV host once called the "Queen of Nice" : ROSIE
41
The "L" of U.C.L.A. : LOS
43
Liquid-Plumr rival : DRANO
44
"The View" co-host ___ Shepherd : SHERRI
46
Forty winks : NAP
48
Belle of the ball, for short : DEB
49
Crimson alumnus : HARVARDGRADUATE
53
Driveway topper : TAR
54
"Help ___ the way!" : ISON
55
Accusation to Brutus : ETTU
59
Sine ___ non : QUA
61
Acme : TIPTOP
65
Bit of textspeak, unshortened ... or a hint to the starts of 17-, 27- and 49-Across : LAUGHINGOUTLOUD
68
Coleridge's "___ Khan" : KUBLA
69
Deborah who was nominated for a record six Best Actress Oscars without ever winning : KERR
70
Bear in constellation names : URSA
71
Death row reprieves : STAYS
72
Very dry : SERE
73
Comprehends : GETS
Down
1
Exclamations from Scrooge : BAHS
2
Pizazz : ELAN
3
Retro hairstyle : AFRO
4
Wild and crazy : MADCAP
5
Ones owing money : DEBTORS
6
"Who am ___ judge?" : ITO
7
Jet-black gem : ONYX
8
Little troublemaker : RASCAL
9
Baseball's DiMaggio : JOE
10
Biblical prophet : EZRA
11
Go wherever the wind blows? : SAIL
12
___'Pea (Popeye's kid) : SWEE
13
Military order, after "at" : EASE
18
Where Bill and Hillary Clinton met : YALE
19
Window ledges : SILLS
24
Wicked : EVIL
26
Oats, for a horse : FEED
27
Like Siberian winters : HARSH
28
2015 rom-com set in Hawaii : ALOHA
29
Staircase part : RISER
30
"I knew it all ___!" : ALONG
31
"So's ___ old man!" : YER
32
Gucci alternative : PRADA
33
Founding principle : TENET
34
Pueblo brick : ADOBE
39
___ Cross, first African-American full-time sports analyst on national TV : IRV
40
The "E" of Q.E.D. : ERAT
42
Hindu dress : SARI
45
Baghdad native : IRAQI
47
Grazing land : PASTURE
50
Sots : DRUNKS
51
"Just ___" (Nike slogan) : DOIT
52
Go acoustic, informally : UNPLUG
55
Antlered animals : ELKS
56
Like a rope during a tug-of-war match : TAUT
57
Marching band instrument : TUBA
58
Hideous : UGLY
60
"A Death in the Family" writer James : AGEE
62
Shredded : TORE
63
Remove, as in a coup : OUST
64
Multipurpose hand-held devices, for short : PDAS
66
"Elvis ___ left the building" : HAS
67
Bobby of the N.H.L. : ORR