16 September 2012 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 16 September 2012

1
I
2
L
3
I
4
A
5
Y
6
E
7
G
8
G
9
P
10
E
11
P
12
O
13
F
14
F
15
D
16
A
17
Y
18
B
O
S
S
19
A
L
A
I
20
J
A
V
A
21
L
O
U
I
S
E
22
I
S
M
S
23
P
I
Z
Z
24
A
O
V
E
N
25
D
O
M
A
I
N
26
S
T
E
A
27
D
S
28
E
M
C
E
E
29
A
30
F
T
31
B
L
A
T
32
C
L
U
E
33
F
R
O
C
K
34
A
M
O
I
35
L
I
N
A
36
A
L
L
E
37
W
I
S
38
R
I
39
A
S
40
A
M
41
I
E
N
S
42
B
U
T
T
S
I
N
43
H
A
D
N
T
44
M
E
A
T
45
I
S
H
46
L
I
47
P
O
48
D
A
R
49
A
R
M
H
50
O
51
L
52
E
53
B
E
E
54
F
55
Y
56
T
A
C
57
T
58
E
A
59
S
T
60
B
E
F
I
T
61
B
E
E
62
P
E
R
63
H
64
E
R
65
I
T
66
T
67
B
A
N
A
68
T
69
E
L
E
P
O
R
T
70
E
E
O
71
S
H
E
72
B
A
N
G
S
73
A
T
O
B
74
P
E
I
75
L
L
B
76
K
E
T
T
L
E
77
B
O
O
L
78
A
79
S
I
80
S
I
81
E
82
L
E
M
83
U
L
N
84
A
85
S
86
U
N
D
E
R
87
G
O
88
L
O
89
A
90
A
L
O
91
E
92
G
L
O
93
A
C
L
U
94
O
N
T
95
A
P
96
U
N
97
R
98
O
L
L
S
99
D
100
E
T
O
U
R
101
T
S
A
R
102
S
T
D
E
N
I
S
103
B
A
R
T
104
E
C
105
U
S
106
T
I
107
S
C
H
108
D
E
S
E
109
A
R
N
E
110
P
E
N
111
K
U
A
L
A
112
H
A
R
H
A
113
R
114
S
E
E
M
115
S
O
116
C
117
H
A
R
L
O
T
118
T
E
119
A
M
S
O
120
I
T
S
P
A
T
121
L
A
R
K
122
S
H
A
M
123
T
A
O
S
124
L
O
T
T
O
S
125
E
L
L
126
H
E
E
P
127
E
N
N
E

Hints & Clues

Across
1
Hip bones : ILIA
5
Safecracker : YEGG
9
Zip : PEP
12
When things aren't going right : OFFDAY
18
Terrific, in slang : BOSS
19
Jai ___ : ALAI
20
Web app platform : JAVA
21
Title heroine of a Gustave Charpentier opera : LOUISE
22
Doctrines : ISMS
23
Domino's most important part? : PIZZAOVEN
25
Highest taxonomic rank : DOMAIN
26
Successors' spots : STEADS
28
Host : EMCEE
29
P.M. part : AFT
31
Speak raucously : BLAT
32
Game played with a rope : CLUE
33
Monk's wear : FROCK
34
French possessive : AMOI
35
Director Wertmüller : LINA
36
Grandpa Munster portrayer : ALLEWIS
38
Coastal indentations : RIAS
40
City on the Somme : AMIENS
42
Rudely interrupts : BUTTSIN
43
Wish one ___ (rue) : HADNT
44
It may be cured : MEAT
45
Suffix with peck or puck : ISH
46
Certain elective surgery, for short : LIPO
48
___ es Salaam : DAR
49
Vest opening : ARMHOLE
53
Like strongmen : BEEFY
56
Careful wording, maybe : TACT
58
The White House's ___ Room : EAST
60
Suit : BEFIT
61
Obsolescent belt attachment : BEEPER
63
Nautical pronoun : HER
65
Cousin ___ : ITT
67
Actor Eric of "Troy" : BANA
68
Beam over : TELEPORT
70
"Help wanted" inits. : EEO
71
2000 Ricky Martin hit : SHEBANGS
73
One small step : ATOB
74
It's separated from N.B. by the Northumberland Strait : PEI
75
Barrister's deg. : LLB
76
One letting off steam : KETTLE
77
Half a Yale cheer : BOOLA
79
"Of course, Señor!" : SISI
81
Kind of sch. : ELEM
83
Two long parts of the body : ULNAS
86
Experience : UNDERGO
88
Mauna ___ : LOA
90
Skin soother : ALOE
92
Day-___ : GLO
93
___ v. Ashcroft (2004 privacy case) : ACLU
94
Coming up : ONTAP
96
Opens, in a way : UNROLLS
99
Sign with an arrow : DETOUR
101
Bygone ruler : TSAR
102
First bishop of Paris : STDENIS
103
Olympic gold-medal gymnast Conner : BART
104
Coins that disappeared during the French Revolution : ECUS
106
Onetime billionaire investor Laurence : TISCH
108
Certain ones, in Brooklyn : DESE
109
"Rule Britannia" composer : ARNE
110
Write : PEN
111
___ Lumpur, Malaysia : KUALA
112
"That is so funny - not!" : HARHAR
114
Appear as such : SEEMSO
116
Eastern Conference N.B.A. city : CHARLOTTE
119
"I ___ confused" : AMSO
120
Androgynous "S.N.L." skit turned into a 1994 movie : ITSPAT
121
Escapade : LARK
122
Ersatz : SHAM
123
New Mexico county or its seat : TAOS
124
Gambling games : LOTTOS
125
Addition, of a sort : ELL
126
Dickens's Uriah : HEEP
127
Feminine suffix : ENNE
Down
1
Long-billed bird : IBIS
2
Hopeless situation : LOSTCAUSE
3
With 50-Down, cry made in [the circled letters] after the starts of 54-, 33-, 30- and 14-Down : ISMELLTHEBLOOD
4
Blitzkrieg, e.g. : ASSAULT
5
Goes on and on : YAPS
6
Biblical name meaning "high" : ELI
7
Ones with telescopes : GAZERS
8
Thingamajig : GIZMO
9
Smooth, in a way : PAVE
10
Saint Agnes' ___ (January 20) : EVE
11
Worldport airline : PANAM
12
Vet : OLDTIMER
13
Rock's ___ Fighters : FOO
14
Make a mistake : FUMBLETHEBALL
15
Try to reach headquarters, say : DIALIN
16
More than 50% of humanity : ASIANS
17
Busybody : YENTA
20
1972 Eastwood western : JOEKIDD
24
African port of 2.2 million : ACCRA
27
Couple of buddies? : DEES
30
Exhibit apoplexy : FOAMATTHEMOUTH
33
Oil, for one : FINITERESOURCE
34
Per aspera ad ___ : ASTRA
37
Actor Wheaton of "Stand by Me" : WIL
39
Septic tank worker? : ANAEROBE
41
One foot in a line : IAMB
42
Kind of overalls : BIB
43
Ad ___ : HOC
47
Sequel : PARTII
50
See 3-Down : OFANENGLISHMAN
51
Suffix with duck : LING
52
Airport data : ETAS
54
Not much of a try : FEEBLEATTEMPT
55
"You betcha!" : YEP
57
Football pride of Detroit : THELIONS
59
Half of an old film duo : SISKEL
62
Daddy-o : POP
64
California's ___ River : EEL
66
New Year abroad : TET
68
Forbidden perfume? : TABU
69
___ Dorney, locale of 2012 Olympic rowing : ETON
72
A/C meas. : BTU
78
With the bow, musically : ARCO
80
Casino draws : SLOTS
82
Common place for something to drop : LAP
84
Versatile kind of tire : ALLSEASON
85
Response to a sinking feeling? : SOS
87
Arts and crafts supplies : GLUEPOTS
89
Istanbul's ___ Airport : ATATURK
91
Wrap up : END
95
Sans-serif typeface : ARIAL
97
The scarlet letter : REDA
98
Phone billing plan : ONERATE
99
Think that maybe one can : DARETO
100
William ___ Henley, "Invictus" poet : ERNEST
102
Denounce harshly : SCATHE
103
Pesto part : BASIL
105
1960s TV spy org. : UNCLE
107
Start of a spill : SLOSH
111
Designer Lagerfeld : KARL
112
Rope material : HEMP
113
Symbol of Aphrodite : ROSE
115
___ Paulo : SAO
117
Nonhuman villain of a classic 1968 film : HAL
118
___ kwon do : TAE