2 September 2016 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 2 September 2016

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F
2
R
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I
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S
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B
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E
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E
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S
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T
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I
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C
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K
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S
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B
R
A
S
T
R
A
P
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T
U
L
A
N
E
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G
O
T
L
O
O
S
E
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P
R
E
R
E
Q
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A
L
I
E
N
A
T
E
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A
N
D
R
E
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M
I
N
T
E
D
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B
U
S
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A
C
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E
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E
C
G
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W
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H
27
E
E
L
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A
D
A
Y
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G
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R
A
I
L
S
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A
P
I
P
E
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T
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H
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I
R
T
Y
T
W
O
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A
C
R
O
S
S
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H
E
M
I
S
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M
E
R
I
T
S
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E
R
I
N
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L
A
S
E
R
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I
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M
42
S
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O
H
S
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J
A
N
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D
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A
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T
S
U
N
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O
S
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C
A
R
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B
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O
R
N
I
N
T
O
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A
N
Y
O
N
E
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R
I
O
T
G
E
A
R
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R
O
O
K
E
D
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A
S
P
I
R
A
N
T
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T
R
U
E
T
O
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D
E
S
S
E
R
T

Hints & Clues

Across
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Ultimate necessity : FRISBEE
8
Needs grease, maybe : STICKS
14
Cup holder : BRASTRAP
15
School whose mascot is Riptide the Pelican : TULANE
16
Became untied : GOTLOOSE
17
Intro to Comp Sci, for Data Structures, e.g. : PREREQ
18
Push away : ALIENATE
19
Giant in sports entertainment : ANDRE
20
Made new? : MINTED
21
Something you might take a pass on : BUS
22
Valuable diamond : ACE
24
Hosp. readout : ECG
25
Bigwig : WHEEL
28
One ___ (multivitamin) : ADAY
29
Highly sought-after things : GRAILS
31
Foucault's "This Is Not ___" : APIPE
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36
Certain powerful engines, briefly : HEMIS
37
Warrants : MERITS
38
Newswoman Burnett : ERIN
39
Guiding light? : LASER
40
Writes to briefly? : IMS
43
Replies of understanding : OHS
44
Month with two natl. holidays : JAN
45
Auto name discontinued in 1986 : DATSUN
48
One is a prize for scoring : OSCAR
50
Endowed with from the start, as money : BORNINTO
52
Nobody special : ANYONE
53
Mace and shield, e.g. : RIOTGEAR
54
Took for a ride : ROOKED
55
Hopeful : ASPIRANT
56
Closely following : TRUETO
57
Order that's rarely followed? : DESSERT
Down
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Play : FROLIC
2
Fair, e.g. : RATING
3
Key : ISLET
4
Gem : STONE
5
Place for a long run, maybe : BROADWAY
6
Big ___ Conference : EAST
7
Summer Olympics event : EPEE
8
"A Prairie Home Companion" broadcast site : STPAUL
9
Becomes a traitor : TURNS
10
"Where Is the Life That Late ___?" ("Kiss Me, Kate" number) : ILED
11
One with connections to traveling speakers? : CARRADIO
12
Largest sesamoid bones : KNEECAPS
13
Et ___ (footnote abbr.) : SEQ
14
Not one's best effort, in coachspeak : BGAME
21
Ache : BESORE
23
They can turn red in a flash : EYES
26
Contract employee? : HITMAN
27
Actor with the title role in "Robin Hood: Men in Tights" : ELWES
28
Loan figs. : APRS
29
Beam : GRIN
30
Some linemen: Abbr. : RTS
31
Just do it : ACT
32
Baseball exec Epstein : THEO
33
What to call Judge Judy : HERHONOR
34
Words of longing : IMISSYOU
35
Some help from above : AIRDROPS
39
Southernmost city on I-35 : LAREDO
40
Looms : ISNEAR
41
Wolverine of Marvel Comics, e.g. : MUTANT
42
Derisive reaction : SNORT
44
Reno, for one : JANET
46
They're not pros : ANTIS
47
Animal in un parc zoologique : TIGRE
49
Old "Red, White & You" sloganeer : COKE
50
Small nail : BRAD
51
River to the Seine : OISE
52
"What you can get away with," according to Andy Warhol : ART