6 August 2012 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 6 August 2012

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M
2
E
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S
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S
5
A
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C
7
T
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I
9
C
10
A
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S
12
A
13
A
N
T
E
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C
O
O
N
15
G
A
L
E
N
16
C
R
A
P
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S
H
O
O
T
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E
L
L
E
N
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H
O
T
T
I
E
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F
E
21
A
T
22
A
T
E
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O
N
S
E
T
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B
A
L
L
O
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T
B
O
X
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T
E
27
L
L
S
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A
V
E
O
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A
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S
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S
32
S
I
T
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S
34
E
N
A
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C
36
T
37
B
A
N
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K
39
R
U
N
40
C
41
O
R
N
R
O
W
42
S
W
I
N
E
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I
44
C
E
S
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D
N
A
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F
E
D
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S
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A
N
S
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E
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L
51
L
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I
F
E
C
Y
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C
L
E
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R
O
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A
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S
57
T
58
E
N
S
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E
S
S
O
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S
I
N
N
E
R
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A
T
O
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L
L
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P
R
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I
C
E
D
I
V
E
65
C
R
U
E
L
66
A
I
D
A
67
O
M
E
N
68
H
A
T
E
69
N
E
O
N
70
N
E
R
D

Hints & Clues

Across
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What a slob makes : MESS
5
Start of a play : ACTI
9
House, in Havana : CASA
13
Poker pot starter : ANTE
14
Animal used for Davy Crockett's cap : COON
15
Ancient doctor known for his work on anatomy : GALEN
16
*Big gamble : CRAPSHOOT
18
Daytime host DeGeneres : ELLEN
19
Good-looker : HOTTIE
20
Impressive accomplishment : FEAT
22
Scarfed down : ATE
23
Commencement : ONSET
24
*Election Day receptacle : BALLOTBOX
26
Blabs : TELLS
28
Former Chevy subcompact : AVEO
29
Doofus : ASS
32
Poses (for) : SITS
34
Pass, as a law : ENACT
37
*Result of a financial panic : BANKRUN
40
*Tight braid : CORNROW
42
Hogs : SWINE
43
Desserts good for a hot day : ICES
45
"CSI" evidence, often : DNA
46
D.C.-based agents : FEDS
48
Adams who photographed Yosemite : ANSEL
51
*Series of changes from birth to death : LIFECYCLE
54
Criticize in good fun : ROAST
58
Low-ranking U.S.N. officer : ENS
59
Petrol brand : ESSO
60
Visitor to a confessional : SINNER
61
Lagoon encircler : ATOLL
63
*Precipitous drop in cost : PRICEDIVE
65
Like Cinderella's stepsisters : CRUEL
66
Verdi's opera slave girl : AIDA
67
Sign of things to come : OMEN
68
Loathe : HATE
69
Gas in a DINER sign : NEON
70
Uncool sort : NERD
Down
1
Like he-men : MACHO
2
Energy giant that went bankrupt in 2001 : ENRON
3
Rebounds per game and others : STATS
4
Two trios plus one : SEPTET
5
Pine (for) : ACHE
6
Murmur lovingly : COO
7
Over the speed limit : TOOFAST
8
Big maker of microchips : INTEL
9
Baseball's record-setting Ripken : CAL
10
Train conductor's shout : ALLABOARD
11
Take care of : SEETO
12
Building wing : ANNEX
15
Recover from : GETOVER
17
Web locale : SITE
21
Pie ___ mode : ALA
24
Russian pancakes : BLINI
25
It's south of Ky. : TENN
27
Baton Rouge sch. : LSU
29
Belly muscles : ABS
30
Tool a magician uses in a woman-in-a-crate act : SAW
31
Detects like a bloodhound : SNIFFSOUT
33
Movie snippet : SCENE
35
Pro's opposite : CON
36
Old "We're up to something good" carrier : TWA
38
Leg joint : KNEE
39
Blood component that contains hemoglobin : REDCELL
41
W.W. II spy org. : OSS
44
___ counter (dieter) : CALORIE
47
Part of CBS: Abbr. : SYS
49
Lake between Ohio and Ontario : ERIE
50
2012 Olympics locale, with a hint to the ends of the answers to the six starred clues : LONDON
51
Dissolve and wash away, as minerals : LEACH
52
The "I" of IM, sportswise : INTRA
53
Network for political junkies : CSPAN
55
Genre of the "Pokémon" TV series : ANIME
56
Break off : SEVER
57
General way things are going : TREND
60
Read carefully : SCAN
62
General at Appomattox : LEE
64
Words that have a certain ring to them? : IDO