5 August 2008 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 5 August 2008

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A
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D
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Z
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E
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T
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L
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R
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L
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T
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K
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B
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J
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M
O
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Q
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U
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C
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M
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E
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V
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K
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T
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M
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W
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G
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M
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M
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E

Hints & Clues

Across
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Woodworking tool : ADZE
5
Real-life scientist played by David Bowie in "The Prestige," 2006 : TESLA
10
Dwarf or giant, maybe : STAR
14
Perjured oneself : LIED
15
Work that begins "Sing, goddess, the wrath of Peleus' son ..." : ILIAD
16
Older brother of Michael Jackson : TITO
17
Writer who created the character Vivian Darkbloom : VLADIMIRNABOKOV
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Edgar ___ Poe : ALLAN
21
Suffer : AGONIZE
22
Keep ___ on : TABS
26
Spleen : IRE
27
Singer who nicknamed himself Mr. Mojo Risin' : JIMMORRISON
32
Sine ___ non : QUA
35
Words said with a nod : ISEE
36
Unwakeful state : COMA
37
Newspaperman Harold : EVANS
39
The 40 of the Top 40 : HITS
40
"Saturday Night Live" bits : SKITS
42
End of an illness? : ITIS
43
Mr. T series, with "The" : ATEAM
45
Inter ___ : ALIA
46
"Toodles!" : TATA
47
Talk smack about : DIS
48
Author/illustrator who used the pseudonym Ogdred Weary : EDWARDGOREY
51
Caustic cleansing agent : LYE
52
Stagger : REEL
53
Unidentified man : MISTERX
57
Upper crust : ELITE
62
What the clues for 17-, 27- and 48-Across all contain : ANAGRAMMEDNAMES
66
Teeming (with) : RIFE
67
Besmirch : TAINT
68
Shake alternative : MALT
69
British gun : STEN
70
Adlai's 1956 running mate : ESTES
71
Revolutionary car part? : AXLE
Down
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Thomas ___ Edison : ALVA
2
Salmon garnish : DILL
3
Fervor : ZEAL
4
Snorri Sturluson work : EDDA
5
Late newsman Russert : TIM
6
With 10-Down, ABC series starring Jonny Lee Miller : ELI
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Walter Scott title : SIR
8
Superboy's crush : LANA
9
Samuel Barber's "___ for Strings" : ADAGIO
10
See 6-Down : STONE
11
"Kon-___" : TIKI
12
All-inclusive : ATOZ
13
Travel the country : ROVE
18
Preoccupied with : INTO
19
Carried : BORNE
23
They may be drawn with compasses : ARCS
24
Tom who wrote "The Greatest Generation" : BROKAW
25
Akin : SIMILAR
27
Fanatics wage it : JIHAD
28
Last Supper query : ISITI
29
Doles (out) : METES
30
Badlands sight : MESA
31
"Saturday Night Live" genre : SATIRE
32
Doha's land : QATAR
33
Hook up : UNITE
34
Analyze, as ore : ASSAY
38
Don Corleone : VITO
41
Marquis de ___ : SADE
44
"The Great Gatsby" gambler Wolfsheim : MEYER
49
Lower the allowed electrical capacity of : DERATE
50
Narrow valley : GLEN
51
Three-star officer: Abbr. : LTGEN
53
Location of Olympus Mons : MARS
54
Still alive : INIT
55
Out's opposite : SAFE
56
Brief holiday? : XMAS
58
One-L person, in an Ogden Nash poem : LAMA
59
Big movie fan's option? : IMAX
60
Distinguish : TELL
61
Dirección from which the sun rises : ESTE
63
Cambridge sch. : MIT
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Suffix with ethyl : ENE
65
The shakes, for short : DTS