21 August 2017 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 21 August 2017

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Hints & Clues

Across
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Won every game : SWEPT
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Fast-food chain with a red-haired girl in its logo : WENDYS
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Unhappy : SAD
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2008 Pixar film about a robot : WALLE
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Dolts : IDIOTS
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Comedian Philips : EMO
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Feet in the city? (3 wds.) : URBANLEGENDS
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PC part, for short : CPU
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Signify : MEAN
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Baldwin famous for his Donald Trump impersonation : ALEC
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Something screwed into a lamp : BULB
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Friendly Communist ghost? (3 wds.) : KINDREDSPIRIT
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Singer Midler : BETTE
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"Sure thing!" : YOUBET
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Angels' headwear : HALOS
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Close tightly : SEALUP
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Adore, cutesily : LUV
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"Can you give an example ...?" : ASIN
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Something to mind ... in 18-, 24-, 47- and 58-Across : THEGAP
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___ one's time : BIDE
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Tree whose name sounds like a letter of the alphabet : YEW
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City in southern France : TOULON
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Principal principle : TENET
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___ monkey : RHESUS
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Mopes : SULKS
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Slim monarch who gets around fast? (3 wds.) : QUICKTHINKING
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"Do ___ others ..." : UNTO
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Containers for cookies or sewing supplies : TINS
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Equipment for a motorcycle jump : RAMP
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Word after Holiday or Comfort : INN
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Head off to stare at some pictures? (3 wds.) : GOOGLEIMAGES
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General who's 34-Down spelled backward : LEE
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With nothing omitted : INFULL
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Scents : ODORS
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Sample : TRY
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Patronize, as a hotel : STAYAT
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Engender : BEGET
Down
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Done the backstroke, e.g. : SWUM
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Ending with silver or soft : WARE
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"Able was I ere I saw ___" : ELBA
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Food for whales : PLANKTON
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Hamilton's bill : TEN
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Brandish, as a weapon : WIELD
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Lawn tool : EDGER
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Sister's daughter : NIECE
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___ Juan (lover) : DON
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Financial spreadsheet column: Abbr. : YTD
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Air-escaping-from-a-tire sound : SSS
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It's safe to click on a computer : SECURELINK
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Wave measurements : AMPLITUDES
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"But what if I'm wrong?" feeling : DOUBT
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Narrow street : LANE
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It guards a dribbler : BIB
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"___ a long story" : ITS
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2016 Nobel laureate Bob : DYLAN
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Vichyssoise or borscht : SOUP
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Young pooch : PUP
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Player on first, second or third : BASERUNNER
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Inventor of the cotton gin : ELIWHITNEY
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Bales in a loft : HAY
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"Oh, be quiet!" : SHUSH
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Fish that's 62-Across spelled backward : EEL
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"A long time ___ in a galaxy far, far away ..." : AGO
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Dog doc : VET
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Praise highly : TOUT
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Serbia's capital : BELGRADE
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Disapproving syllable : TSK
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Wine cask : TUN
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___-friendly : ECO
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Mexican's emphatic assent : SISI
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Bedcover made of patches : QUILT
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Computer-savvy office fellow : ITGUY
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Wafer brand : NILLA
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Prepared to pop the question, perhaps : KNELT
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Wide-eyed : AGOG
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___ mortal : MERE
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"Hey you!" : PSST
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Audience members for a U.S.O. show : GIS
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Toronto's province: Abbr. : ONT
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"Son ___ gun!" : OFA
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Group carrying torches and pitchforks : MOB