18 September 2017 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 18 September 2017

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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The Times or the Daily News, e.g. : PAPER
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Gorillas : APES
10
Mark permanently : ETCH
14
Ogden Nash's "two-l" beast : LLAMA
15
Seized car, for short : REPO
16
You, in the Bible : THOU
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___ nerve (retina attachment) : OPTIC
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Guitarist Clapton : ERIC
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Chopped : HEWN
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Visibly tense : WHITEKNUCKLED
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___ Paulo, Brazil : SAO
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Crucial biological molecule : DNA
25
Figure in Greek myth after whom a continent is named : EUROPA
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Compete (for) : VIE
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___ and starts : FITS
31
Opposite of oui : NON
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Extremely jealous : GREENEYED
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Characteristic : TRAIT
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Convent residents : NUNS
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Rich ore sources : LODES
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Counterpart to "if," in computer science : ELSE
42
Aids in crime : ABETS
44
In the very act : REDHANDED
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Lancelot's title : SIR
47
Highest point : APEX
49
Qty. : AMT
50
Truss up : HOGTIE
52
Letters before a pseudonym : AKA
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Golf teacher : PRO
56
Deplorably cowardly : YELLOWBELLIED
60
Spheres : ORBS
62
Holder of a cafeteria meal : TRAY
63
Like some wealthy neighborhoods : GATED
64
In apple-pie order : NEAT
65
Things in an Easter basket : EGGS
66
In the slightest : ATALL
67
Agile for one's age : SPRY
68
Supplies for Easter 65-Across : DYES
69
Antonym of 64-Across : MESSY
Down
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Snow clearers : PLOWS
2
Start or end of the Greek spelling of "Athena" : ALPHA
3
Place between a house and a backyard : PATIO
4
Give off, as rays : EMIT
5
Entered quickly : RACEDIN
6
Place of gladiatorial battle : ARENA
7
Lima's land : PERU
8
Three-hour-plus movie, maybe : EPIC
9
Holder of an eye or a light bulb : SOCKET
10
Heavens, poetically : ETHER
11
Ex of Marla and Ivana, informally : THEDONALD
12
Dairy animal : COW
13
Attila, for one : HUN
21
Prepare to be knighted : KNEEL
22
One of the seven deadly sins : LUST
26
Graceful bearing : POISE
27
Threw some chips in the pot : ANTED
28
Item under a suit jacket : VEST
29
Company that bought Kinko's : FEDEX
30
Picked out of a lineup, informally : IDED
32
Grind, as the teeth : GNASH
33
Florida senator Marco : RUBIO
34
Snack for an athlete : ENERGYBAR
35
Times long, long ago : YORE
37
$250, for Mediterranean Avenue, even with a hotel on it : RENT
40
Ice cream drink : SHAKE
43
Go yachting : SAIL
45
Blend : AMALGAM
48
Bombarded, as with snowballs : PELTED
51
Irritable : TESTY
52
Bottomless pit : ABYSS
53
Breads served with hummus : PITAS
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Staggers : REELS
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"Strangely enough ..." : ODDLY
57
Unrestrained revelry : ORGY
58
Salary : WAGE
59
Running behind schedule : LATE
60
Walk-___ (unrecruited athletes) : ONS
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Member of Cong. : REP