23 August 1998 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 23 August 1998

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T
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O
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P
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M
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L
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K
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B
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C
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M
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L
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E
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G
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D
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B
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B
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W
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G
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M
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W
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R
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W
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Y
Y
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R
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B
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L
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N
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L
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T
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P
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B
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O
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V
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D
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G
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L
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D
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H
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H
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R
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D
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R
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G
O
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R
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B
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O
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O
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N
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L
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Hints & Clues

Across
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Crowning : TOPMOST
8
Lawrence Welk favorites : POLKAS
14
Slope sight : TBAR
18
Kind of case : ATTACHE
19
Not set : MOVEABLE
21
Dynamic beginning : AERO
22
"You don't have to cook all night"? : GOAHEADBAKEBYDAY
24
The Vamp : BARA
25
Angle shape : ELL
26
Computerphile : USER
27
Celebrity : SUPERSTAR
29
Guard : PATROL
32
Nonplussed : THREW
34
Corker : LULU
35
Cobb and others : TYS
36
Get hoary : AGE
37
Bender : TOOT
39
Target : AIM
41
Nicotine source : PATCH
43
Idle question to a bakery chef? : WHATSTHEBATTER
48
Polish : SHEEN
50
Pun-prone poet : NASH
51
Jog : TROT
52
Bridge section : TOOTH
54
Send all over the place : SPEW
56
Hurricane or tornado : ACTOFGOD
60
Press one's suit : WOO
61
"Our Gang" member : DARLA
62
___ strip : MOBIUS
65
Jester Jay : LENO
66
Lots : BARRELS
68
W.W. II field : ETO
69
Decision for newlyweds? : BABYYESBABYNO
74
Tiny taste : SIP
75
Highway ___ : ROBBERY
77
Fashion designer Schiaparelli : ELSA
78
Some snares : NOOSES
80
Places for studs : LOBES
81
Designate : TAP
84
Dune : SANDHILL
86
Actor Baskin of "Air Force One" : ELYA
87
Party : REVEL
89
___-pointe (ballet position) : DEMI
90
Branches : ARMS
94
Develop : EDUCE
96
Jed Clampett, in Beverly Hills? : ARUBEWITHAVIEW
100
Strict : EXACT
102
Commercial prefix with vision : UNI
103
Be short of : NEED
104
It might show its face in Vegas : DIE
105
Female gametes : OVA
107
Stalk in a swamp : REED
109
Lace part : AGLET
112
Cleave : ADHERE
114
Zealot : HARDLINER
117
Starch tree : SAGO
118
Singer's syllable : TRA
119
Over the bounding main : ASEA
120
Restrict windfall profits? : PUTABANONTHEBOON
126
Break : REST
127
Exhibits fear : TREMBLES
128
Dregs : RESIDUE
129
The Charleses' canine : ASTA
130
Expunges : ERASES
131
Forthcoming : INSTORE
Down
1
It's game : TAG
2
Plains dweller : OTO
3
School org. : PTA
4
"Politically Incorrect" host : MAHER
5
Spotted cats : OCELOTS
6
Mild-flavored onion : SHALLOT
7
A Turner : TED
8
Whence the phrase "pass the buck" : POKER
9
Binge, in a way : OVEREAT
10
Neighbor of Syr. : LEB
11
Strikeout symbols, in baseball : KAYS
12
"Forever Your Girl" singer : ABDUL
13
Excellent, in British lingo : SLAPUP
14
Checks : TABS
15
What maligned celebrities would like to do? : BEATTHEPRESS
16
Collection : ARRAY
17
Laughs loudly : ROARS
19
Cattle feed : MASH
20
Narrow margin : EYELASH
23
Spitz stroke : BUTTERFLY
28
Gordon or Ginsburg : RUTH
29
Stooge : PAWN
30
Turkish leader : AGHA
31
Some parties : TEAS
33
1984-88 Olympic skating champ : WITT
38
"___ be in England..." : OHTO
40
Plaint at a door : MEOW
42
French film award : CESAR
44
Spicy cuisine : THAI
45
It's not up to par : BOGEY
46
Expiate : ATONE
47
Pooh pal : ROO
49
Oft-toasted Melba : NELLIE
53
Kunta Kinte's slave name : TOBY
55
Aristophanes play, with "The" : WASPS
57
Chops up, in a way : CUBES
58
Feodor, e.g. : TSAR
59
Drugstore dispensations : DOSES
61
Crave, with "over" : DROOL
62
Haggard of C & W : MERLE
63
"The Stunt Man" star : OTOOLE
64
Loving phrase for a British policeman? : BOBBYDEAREST
67
Years of Caesar's reign : ANNI
70
Memory unit : BYTE
71
Swordsman : BLADE
72
Good ___ : ASNEW
73
Game played for the Thomas Cup : BADMINTON
76
Swains : BEAUX
79
King Harald's predecessor : OLAV
82
Ex-wife of Mickey and Frank : AVA
83
Old Spanish viceroyalty : PERU
85
"The ___ Report" (1976 best seller) : HITE
87
Ticket stub, e.g. : RECEIPT
88
Kind of moth : LUNA
91
Harass : RIDE
92
Eshkol's successor : MEIR
93
Popeye's ___ Pea : SWEE
95
Perkins who wrote "Blue Suede Shoes" : CARL
97
Washington's Birthday event : BIGSALE
98
Infidel : HEATHEN
99
Deal with : ADDRESS
101
Professor's goal : TENURE
105
"Butterfield 8" author : OHARA
106
Wedgwood products : VASES
108
Inhibit : DETER
110
Passages : LANES
111
Hindrances to settlements : EGOS
113
Equestrian's attire : HABIT
115
Facts and figures : DATA
116
Start of a 1961 nonsense song : RAMA
121
Small ammo : BBS
122
Prefix with angle or athlete : TRI
123
"Star Trek: D.S.9" character : ODO
124
1980's TV drama "___ House" : OUR
125
Born : NEE