22 August 2008 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 22 August 2008

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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It has 33 letters : RUSSIANLANGUAGE
16
All-Star Game, e.g. : INTERLEAGUEPLAY
17
Optionally : ASANALTERNATIVE
18
High seats : THRONES
19
"Lucia di Lammermoor" lord and namesakes : ENRICOS
20
Oscar nominee for "My Man Godfrey" : AUER
21
Storms : RAGES
23
Field with bases : MATH
24
Wandered from the direct course : STRAGGLED
26
Actress Berger : SENTA
27
Skid's cause, maybe : SLEET
28
Protected by law : VESTED
29
Four-year sch. of higher learning in Providence : RIC
32
Condomless vis-à-vis protected : UNSAFER
34
Tacoma-to-Walla Walla dir. : ESE
35
Shows one's feelings : EMOTES
37
Rio ___, multinational coal-mining giant : TINTO
39
___ Verdes Estates, Calif. : PALOS
40
Chaotic place : MARESNEST
44
Classic 1974 role for Marty Feldman : IGOR
45
Middle: Prefix : CENTR
46
Inner opening? : ENTO
47
Gun, to Guillermo : PISTOLA
49
Ham, e.g. : RADIOER
51
Pro at protection : INSURANCEBROKER
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Health form field : NEARESTRELATIVE
54
"An Inconvenient Truth" topic : GREENHOUSEGASES
Down
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Neck ties? : RIATAS
2
Open : UNSHUT
3
Burlesque-goer, typically : STARER
4
Mantilla wearers : SENORAS
5
Setting of the 2007 animated film "Persepolis" : IRAN
6
They might make you tear up : ALLERGENS
7
Store figure : NETSALES
8
New Guinea port : LAE
9
"You're absolutely right" : AGREED
10
Ex-senator Sam of Georgia and others : NUNNS
11
Duds : GEAR
12
When computers are working : UPTIMES
13
Spanish city and province on the Mediterranean : ALICANTE
14
Baroque dances : GAVOTTES
15
Freebie on some airplane flights : EYESHADE
22
Lie in the sun : GETATAN
25
Sticks : GLUES
26
Some Rockefeller Center murals : SERTS
28
Time-honored : VENERABLE
29
Plumber's job, maybe : REPIPING
30
Idea person : IMAGINER
31
Ancient city to which Paul wrote an Epistle : COLOSSAE
33
Angels are sometimes seen over them : FIRTREES
36
"Love is reciprocal ___": Marcel Proust : TORTURE
38
At all : ONEIOTA
40
Treating badly : MEANTO
41
Japanese mushrooms : ENOKIS
42
Pack in a ship's hold : STEEVE
43
Baseball's Joe and others : TORRES
45
Battle : CLASH
48
___ Ishii, character in "Kill Bill" : OREN
50
Men might dress in this : DRAG
52
High-quality vineyard : CRU