8 August 2014 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 8 August 2014

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

Across
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"___ Style," first video with a billion YouTube views : GANGNAM
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Goes for enthusiastically : LEAPSAT
15
Home to "alabaster cities" : AMERICA
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Like Saudi Arabia : OILRICH
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"Hmmmmm ..." [as hinted at by the three groups of black squares in the middle of the grid] : SOMETHINGSFISHY
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It may contain mercury : ORE
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One of its flavors is Mud Pie : EDYS
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Starwort, e.g. : ASTER
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Sounds from some mall temps : HOS
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Those south of the border? : ESOS
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___ soup : MISO
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Medical suffix : OSIS
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Bests : ONEUPS
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"___ am your father" (classic "Star Wars" line) : NOI
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Things that ties never have : LOSERS
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Last part : TAILEND
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Mythical predator : ROC
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Vietnam's ___ Dinh Diem : NGO
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Excellent, in slang : ALLTHAT
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Quintet comprising "Ode to the West Wind" : SONNETS
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See 51-Across : LEE
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"It was you," operatically : ERITU
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Dictator's beginning : INRE
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___ angle : ATAN
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With 45-Across, Thor's co-creator : STAN
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Many a base player : CAD
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Like 19-Across : MINED
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No sophisticate : RUBE
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Ovid's others : ALIA
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Best Picture of 1954 [see 17-Across] : ONTHEWATERFRONT
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Hardly the assertive type : DOORMAT
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Gander : LOOKSEE
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As part of a series : ENSUITE
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A wild card is unlikely to beat one : TOPSEED
Down
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Hybrid on the road? : GASOHOL
2
Lovingly, on a music score : AMOROSO
3
Greek goddess of vengeance : NEMESIS
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170 is its max score : GRE
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Minute beef : NIT
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Really long? : ACHE
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First : MAIDEN
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Closes a session : LOGSOUT
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Rostock bar stock : EIS
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"Bravo" preceder : ALFA
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Optical separator : PRISM
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Like some famous frescoes : SISTINE
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Secretary of state before Dulles : ACHESON
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Neighbor of the Adam's apple : THYROID
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Where Sotheby's is BID : NYSE
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"NCIS" actor Joe : SPANO
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Spanish muralist : SERT
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They're clutched during some speeches : OSCARS
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Sharp or flat : SIGN
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Mies van der ___ : ROHE
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Anderson of "Nurses" : LONI
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Dessert preference : ALAMODE
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Told, as a secret : LETINON
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Rough housing : LEANTOS
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Test the strength of, in a way : TITRATE
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Where snowbirds flock : SUNBELT
42
Corral : ENCLOSE
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Cadet, e.g. : TRAINEE
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Under : SEDATED
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Like a guitar string : TAUT
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Indian chief, once : NEHRU
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Prefix with john : DEMI
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Suffix with switch : EROO
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Refuges : ARKS
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Southeast Asian temple : WAT
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Metrosexual sort : FOP