17 September 2017 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 17 September 2017

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Hints & Clues

Across
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Naval engagements : SEAWARS
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Setting a world record, e.g. : FEAT
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"The Hallucinogenic Toreador" artist : DALI
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Evidence in an arson investigation : ASH
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"No point arguing with me!" : IMRIGHT
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Some rounds : AMMO
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"The only beauty that never fades," per Audrey Hepburn : ELEGANCE
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Fancy French shellfish dish : LOBSTERTHERMIDOR
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Beer parlor : BEVERAGEROOM
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"Then again ...," in a tweet : OTOH
27
Collection of Hindu aphorisms : SUTRA
28
Palindromic bird : TIT
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It's got you covered : ATTIRE
31
Tennis's Novak Djokovic, by birth : SERB
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Rex Tillerson's alma mater, for short : UTAUSTIN
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Proteins responsible for mad cow disease : PRIONS
35
Special ___ : OPS
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It's got you covered : SHELTER
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Carved emblem : TOTEM
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Keys for Keys? : PIANO
44
German pronoun : SIE
46
South American plains : LLANOS
48
Tikkanen who won five Stanley Cups : ESA
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All together, as a family : UNDERONEROOF
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Classroom item : BLACKBOARDERASER
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Schoolboy : LAD
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More chichi : TONIER
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Get a bite? : TEETHE
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Team finale? : STER
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Hot spot, both literally and figuratively : MIDEAST
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Roman philosopher who wrote "All cruelty springs from weakness" : SENECA
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Buenos ___ : AIRES
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Central Park's SummerStage, e.g. : CONCERTSERIES
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At the limit, with "out" : MAXED
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Save from disaster : RESCUE
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The same as : EQUALTO
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"Homer and ___ Exchange Cross Words" (2008 episode of "The Simpsons") : LISA
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Music genre for Weezer or the Shins : ALTPOP
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Catch like Spider-Man : ENMESH
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Child's seat, maybe : LAP
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Tech overseer : COMPUTEROPERATOR
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Reason to stop reading : SPOILERALERT
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Stranded cellular stuff : RNA
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___ plane : ASTRAL
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Addis Ababa's country: Abbr. : ETH
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Claim deposits : LODES
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"I rock!" : YAYME
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Backup group for Gladys Knight : THEPIPS
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Mahmoud Abbas's grp. : PLO
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Quarter deck? : SPADES
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Tiny conductor of heat or electricity : NANOTUBE
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Email best not replied to : SPAM
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Mulled wine ingredient : CLOVES
113
Extra periods at TD Garden : OTS
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Mythical beast with goatlike features : SATYR
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Jazzy Fitzgerald : ELLA
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Premise of the film "Freaky Friday" : ROLEREVERSAL
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Some positives and negatives : BATTERYTERMINALS
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Welcoming diners at midnight, say : OPENLATE
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Singer India.___ : ARIE
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Adds water to : DILUTES
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Director Anderson : WES
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Surveys : EYES
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"Darn it!" : RATS
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A good place to start : STEPONE
Down
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Grain containers : SILOS
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Theatricalize : EMOTE
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National ___ Day (last Friday in April) : ARBOR
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Football formation : WISHBONE
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007, for one: Abbr. : AGT
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___ monkey : RHESUS
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Cocky walk : STRUT
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Copyright concern : FAIRUSE
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Symbol for a break : EMDASH
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___, amas, amat : AMO
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Taquito wrap : TORTILLA
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What may grow with interest : DEBT
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Barley wine, e.g. : ALE
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Burton of "Reading Rainbow" : LEVAR
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"Totally understood" : IGETIT
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Blessed : ANOINTED
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Frequent director of De Niro : SCORSESE
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Pigment in red blood cells : HEME
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"Star Wars" droid : ARTOO
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Letters on N.Y.C. trains : MTA
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Together : INTACT
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Swiss folk hero with a crossbow : TELL
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Dig for answers : PROBE
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After-dinner drink : PORT
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Speed skater Karin who won eight Olympic medals : ENKE
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Scratch : MAR
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Celestial object that emits radio waves : PULSAR
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Drawn : INATIE
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Poisonous snakes : ADDERS
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Anthropomorphic hedgehog of gamedom : SONIC
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"Don't mind ___!" : IFIDO
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Elbow-benders : SOTS
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___-pah-pah : OOM
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Pair : BRACE
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"Excuse me" : AHEM
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Kidney-related : RENAL
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Dark time, in poesy : EEN
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Wrap-up : RECAP
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1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13 ..., e.g.: Abbr. : SEQ
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Less mendacious : TRUER
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Like the Dalai Lama : EXILED
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One of the Borgias : CESARE
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Evolves : ADAPTS
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The Philippines' ___ Sea : SULU
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Author Rankin : IAN
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1428 ___ (horror film address): Abbr. : ELMST
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The N.B.A.'s Curry, informally : STEPH
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Singer James : ETTA
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Baja bear : OSO
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Vermin : PESTS
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Straight: Prefix : ORTH
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Signer of many a permission form : PARENT
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Congress, with "the" : HILL
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___ wolf : CRY
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Not level : ONASLOPE
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Old outdoor dance sights : MAYPOLES
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Place to try patatas bravas : TAPASBAR
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Actress Lena : OLIN
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"Relax!" : LOOSENUP
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Trusts and ___ (law school class) : ESTATES
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Authority : MAVEN
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Gertrude who swam the English Channel in 1926 : EDERLE
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Brand of note? : POSTIT
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Teen driver's acquisition : PERMIT
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The New Yorker piece : ESSAY
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Western tribe : UTE
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"Turn! Turn! Turn!" band, with "the" : BYRDS
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One-named philosopher : PLATO
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Paul ___, Microsoft co-founder : ALLEN
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En ___ (as a group) : MASSE
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Boast : CROW
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Bullfight chorus : OLES
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Homophone for the atomic number of oxygen : ATE
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Altar constellation : ARA
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St. Pierre, par exemple : ILE