8 August 2006 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 8 August 2006

1
J
2
O
3
B
4
A
5
T
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T
7
A
8
C
9
K
10
S
11
R
12
A
13
F
14
A
X
E
15
B
O
W
S
H
O
T
16
E
L
L
17
P
E
T
18
I
V
E
H
A
D
A
19
B
E
E
20
E
N
A
21
C
T
22
L
I
N
23
L
24
H
A
S
A
25
P
E
26
R
F
E
C
27
T
L
Y
28
O
29
D
30
E
S
31
S
T
R
E
P
32
M
33
U
34
N
35
I
36
K
E
N
N
37
E
T
H
38
S
K
39
I
N
N
E
D
40
D
R
O
O
D
41
C
A
C
T
I
42
W
O
43
N
44
D
45
E
46
R
47
F
U
L
48
D
49
I
50
P
51
A
E
I
O
U
52
P
53
V
54
T
55
U
N
I
56
E
V
E
N
I
N
57
G
58
O
A
S
59
N
T
E
60
S
T
61
A
62
I
S
L
E
63
B
U
T
T
H
64
I
65
S
66
W
67
A
S
N
T
I
T
68
A
N
A
L
Y
S
T
69
O
P
P
R
E
S
S
70
R
E
S
O
L
E
D
71
N
O
S
I
R
E
E

Hints & Clues

Across
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Employment : JOB
4
Goes on the offense : ATTACKS
11
Churchill's "so few": Abbr. : RAF
14
Tool that's swung : AXE
15
Distance an arrow flies : BOWSHOT
16
Plumbing joint : ELL
17
Collar wearer : PET
18
Start of a Groucho quip : IVEHADA
19
Honey maker : BEE
20
Put on the books : ENACT
22
Chinese writer ___ Yutang : LIN
23
Tibet's Forbidden City : LHASA
25
Quip, part 2 : PERFECTLY
28
Lofty lines : ODES
31
Throat bug : STREP
32
Local bond, familiarly : MUNI
36
Actor/director Branagh : KENNETH
38
In need of a Band-Aid, say : SKINNED
40
Dickens's Edwin : DROOD
41
Desert bloomers : CACTI
42
Quip, part 3 : WONDERFUL
48
Ballroom dance move : DIP
51
Bit of kindergarten learning : AEIOU
52
Enlistee: Abbr. : PVT
55
Commercial prefix with vision : UNI
56
Quip, part 4 : EVENING
58
Western treaty grp. : OAS
59
SALT concern : NTEST
61
Congressional divide : AISLE
63
Quip, part 5 : BUTTHIS
66
End of the quip : WASNTIT
68
Investment firm worker : ANALYST
69
Tyrannize : OPPRESS
70
Did a cobbling job : RESOLED
71
"Forget it!" : NOSIREE
Down
1
Make fun of : JAPE
2
Yoke wearers : OXEN
3
Test model : BETA
4
Grab ___ (eat on the run) : ABITE
5
"Mazel ___!" : TOV
6
Last of a dozen : TWELFTH
7
More gray : ASHIER
8
A daredevil takes them : CHANCES
9
Walloped in the ring, for short : KOD
10
Play for time : STALL
11
Sitcom about a Texas soccer mom : REBA
12
Taproom offerings : ALES
13
Tiny jumper : FLEA
21
"Strangers and Brothers" writer : CPSNOW
24
Sunday music book : HYMNAL
26
Queue before U : RST
27
Toll hwy. : TPK
28
Assented to : OKD
29
"___ Rosenkavalier" : DER
30
Brian who composed the Windows 95 start-up sound : ENO
33
Chapel Hill sch. : UNC
34
Bottom line : NET
35
Infamous Amin : IDI
37
Tokyo, once : EDO
39
Hosp. area : ICU
43
Maritime org. : NAV
44
Actress Ruby : DEE
45
"Ich bin ___ Berliner" : EIN
46
Title for Louis XIV : ROI
47
Kicks, so to speak : FUN
48
Costner role in "Dances With Wolves" : DUNBAR
49
Perfectly pitched : INTUNE
50
Religious artworks : PIETAS
52
Medium for a picture of Uncle Sam : POSTER
53
Suitcase : VALISE
54
Feared fly : TSETSE
56
___ alcohol : ETHYL
57
Reactions to shocks : GASPS
60
D-Day campaign town : STLO
62
Cross inscription : INRI
64
Expert finish? : ISE
65
Benchmark: Abbr. : STD
66
Came in first : WON
67
G.I.'s mail drop : APO