21 September 2008 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 21 September 2008

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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Drapery material : CHINTZ
7
Lumber supplier : WOODLOT
14
Item marked in pounds : CHEQUE
20
City and county of central California : MADERA
21
Rushing : ONATEAR
22
Hair color : AUBURN
23
School in Madison, N.J. : DREWUNIVERSITY
25
Cause of worry lines : STRESS
26
Poet whose last words were "Of course [God] will forgive me; that's his business" : HEINE
27
"Beau ___" : GESTE
29
Coup d'___ (quick glance) : OEIL
30
Bank postings : CDRATES
33
Don't believe it : FISHSTORY
37
Seward-to-Fairbanks dir. : NNE
38
___ rancheros : HUEVOS
39
Levelheaded : SANE
40
Raw bar offering : STEAMER
42
Officer in "Alice's Restaurant" : OBIE
43
Launches : DEBUTS
45
Classic theater name : RIALTO
46
"The Divine Comedy," for Dante : MAGNUMOPUS
49
1950s-'70s TV host : PAAR
51
Petrol purchase : LITRE
54
It's often punched on a keypad : PIN
55
Reader's goal : PART
56
Online reading : EZINE
58
Redeem : CASHIN
59
Wife, informally : MISSUS
61
Fraternity member : ELK
62
Difficult situation : HOTSEAT
63
Sitting with one's hand on one's chin, e.g. : POSE
66
Track-and-field event : HAMMERTHROW
69
Google results : URLS
70
Duds : APPAREL
72
Record producer who published the diary "A Year With Swollen Appendices" : ENO
73
Appetite whetter : SAMPLE
75
Favored one side or the other : LEANED
76
Kon-Tiki material : BALSA
78
Turned right : GEED
79
What eds. read : MSS
82
Get divorced : ENDIT
83
___ avis : RARA
84
Dropped off : FELLASLEEP
87
More spooky : EERIER
89
Work site? : INTRAY
91
German river : EDER
92
Trig angle : ARCSINE
94
Salad morsel : BEAN
95
"On Language" columnist : SAFIRE
97
Mens ___ (guilty mind) : REA
98
Pantry array : MASONJARS
102
Enzyme in some yeasts : LACTASE
103
There's one for dance : MUSE
105
Prefix with centric : HELIO
106
Only U.S. vice president born in Maryland : AGNEW
107
San Luis ___ : OBISPO
109
Ones in charge of a case ... or a literal hint to the eight other longest answers in this puzzle : LEADDETECTIVES
116
Vacation arrangement : RENTAL
117
Big name in auto parts : ACDELCO
118
French subjects? : TENSES
119
Alarm clock button : SNOOZE
120
Psychiatric visit : SESSION
121
Major diamond exporter : ANGOLA
Down
1
Mil. authority : CMD
2
Laugh start : HAR
3
Suffix with cyan- : IDE
4
City with the world's first telephone directory (1878) : NEWHAVEN
5
Loyally following : TRUETO
6
Nuts : ZANIES
7
Had work looming? : WOVE
8
Combined : ONE
9
Blade in sports : OAR
10
The shakes : DTS
11
"The Da Vinci Code" scholar Sir ___ Teabing : LEIGH
12
Novelist who wrote "The Gravedigger's Daughter" : OATES
13
No-tell motel visit : TRYST
14
Italy's Reggia di ___ (royal palace) : CASERTA
15
Pizza ___ : HUT
16
River that rises in Cantabria : EBRO
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Beloved figure in England : QUEENMOTHER
18
Bearlike : URSINE
19
Eve ___, "The Vagina Monologues" monologist : ENSLER
24
Connections : INS
28
Quaint letter opener : TOSIR
30
Eating sound : CHOMP
31
Persian Gulf emirate : DUBAI
32
Cover many subjects? : REIGN
33
Extremely pleasing, in slang : FABU
34
Occupied : INUSE
35
Word with smart or mind : SET
36
Upbraid : YELLAT
39
Biological dividing wall : SEPTUM
41
Being debated : ATISSUE
43
Kind of fin : DORSAL
44
Dumped out : SPILT
45
Singer Corinne Bailey ___ : RAE
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Longtime news inits. : UPI
48
Potato choice : MASHED
50
Egyptian crosses : ANKHS
52
Yemeni money : RIAL
53
Tolkien creatures : ENTS
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Nobodies : ZEROS
58
Southern legume : COWPEA
59
Scoundrels : MEANIES
60
Window washer's boo-boo : SMEAR
62
Unlikely to be Miss America : HOMELY
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Ghostlike : PALE
64
Big tournament : OPEN
65
Card game played to 61 : SPADECASINO
67
China's Zhou : ENLAI
68
Loose overcoat : RAGLAN
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Condense again, as an article : RETRIM
74
The Mormons, initially : LDS
76
High jump need : BAR
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Certain photo caption : AFTER
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Broadcasters, e.g. : MEDIA
80
Predictors : SEERS
81
Brief indulgence : SPREE
83
"Malcolm in the Middle" boy : REESE
85
Cy Young candidates' stats : ERAS
86
Liberal : LEFTWING
88
Behind : INAHOLE
90
Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy org. : NBA
92
Safeguards : ARMORS
93
Deli order : REUBEN
95
Sacred places : SANCTA
96
Winning hand in blackjack : ACETEN
99
Stewpots : OLLAS
100
Certain flower girl : NIECE
101
"The Grapes of Wrath" family : JOADS
102
T-shirt size: Abbr. : LGE
104
"___ perpetua" (Idaho's motto) : ESTO
106
Lots : ATON
108
Opposite of guerra : PAZ
110
Paris's Parc ___ Princes : DES
111
Sixth-century year : DLI
112
Prefix with freak : ECO
113
Letters on a brandy bottle : VSO
114
Marine predator : EEL
115
Org. that has its benefits : SSA