31 August 1996 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 31 August 1996

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P
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R
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E
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F
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A
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C
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E
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F
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L
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A
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C
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R
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G
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L
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T
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O
B
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T
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O
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G
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Y
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T
O
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Y
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K
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O
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A
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R
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U
K
E
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H
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D
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N
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G
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L
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D
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T
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L
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A
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R
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G
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R
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T
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L
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R
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S
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A
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C
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M
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D
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H
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R
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O
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K
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S
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M
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Hints & Clues

Across
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Prologue : PREFACE
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Beats : FLAILS
14
Cracks : CREVICES
15
Greet, in a way : RINGIN
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Courting chair : LOVESEAT
17
Slow-witted : OBTUSE
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Easily seen : OVERT
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Soaked : SOGGY
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Wore away : ATE
22
Major, for example : TORY
23
Game from the French for "five winning numbers" : KENO
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"The Bronx Zoo" star of 80's TV : ASNER
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"A Song of Old Hawaii" accompaniment : UKE
27
Masking : HIDING
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Chaps : LADS
30
Beachhouse, often : RENTAL
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Home on a height : AERIE
34
Whirling : EDDYING
36
Ornamental badge : ROSETTE
40
The Mets, but not the Yankees, for short : NLERS
42
Zero : CIPHER
43
Crown : ACME
46
They may be wild : DEUCES
48
Reproductive necessity : RNA
49
Singes : CHARS
51
Winter comment : BRRR
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Payments : FEES
53
Blackguard : CUR
54
Crinkled fabric : CREPE
56
Sweetheart : FLAME
57
Uncut : ENTIRE
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Outfit : ACCOUTER
61
Porter : SKYCAP
62
Takes up : SHORTENS
63
Diner table staples : SYRUPS
64
Part : SEGMENT
Down
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Angry, and not by accident : PROVOKED
2
King's title : REVEREND
3
1922 Ted Lewis hit "___ Day" : EVERY
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Show of anger : FIST
5
Close friend, in slang : ACE
6
Broke off : CEASED
7
Land on Lake Peipus : ESTONIA
8
Kind of kick : FROG
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Where dinars buy dinners : LIBYA
10
Army member : ANT
11
Baja creature : IGUANA
12
On the Big Board : LISTED
13
Says with scorn : SNEERS
14
Parliamentary procedure : CLOTURE
20
One done for : GONER
23
Baked in an oven : KILNED
25
To Milton it was "dewy-feathered" : SLEEP
27
Huzzah : HAIL
28
Certain store owner : GROCER
31
Jazz pianist McCoy ___ : TYNER
33
Veil of ___ (mystery) : ISIS
35
Cousin of the loon : GREBE
37
Menace : THREATEN
38
Ghetto sight : TENEMENT
39
Stationer's supplies : ERASERS
41
Outdo : SURPASS
43
Get to : ACCESS
44
Thickset : CHUNKY
45
Saint, maybe : MARTYR
47
Nativity representation : CRECHE
50
Free-for-all : SCRAP
52
Tall, slender wineglass : FLUTE
55
Capitol Hill workers, for short : REPS
56
Word with tax or free : FORM
58
Hospital sect. : ICU
60
Sprocket : COG