21 September 2011 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 21 September 2011

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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Humped ox : ZEBU
5
Indo-European language speakers : ARYANS
11
Longtime Elton John label : MCA
14
"___ (So Far Away)" (1982 hit by A Flock of Seagulls) : IRAN
15
Cut some more, maybe : REEDIT
16
"Atonement" author McEwan : IAN
17
California home of the Crystal Cathedral : GARDENGROVE
19
Something that's burned : DVD
20
Morlock's counterpart in science fiction : ELOI
21
It may be felt by a blackboard : ERASER
23
Hums : PURRS
26
California locale just south of Camp Pendleton : OCEANSIDE
29
Flightless flock : EMUS
30
Home ___ : INON
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Israeli arms : UZIS
32
Positive : UPBEAT
34
Backside : RUMP
37
Two out of nine? : ENS
38
California State University campus site : BAKERSFIELD
41
"Ere Heaven shall ___ her portals ...": Byron : OPE
43
Guy's girl : AMIE
44
Bordelaise and others : SAUCES
47
Traditional Christmas purchases : FIRS
49
They play in front of QBs : CTRS
51
Part of rock's CSNY : NASH
52
California's Sonoma County seat : SANTAROSA
55
Concise : TERSE
56
Wound up : ONEDGE
57
Shopping site : MART
59
Ocasek of the Cars : RIC
60
Urban areas (as hinted at by the circled letters in this puzzle's grid) : INNERCITIES
66
"Naughty!" : TSK
67
Rests atop : LIESON
68
"At Last" singer James : ETTA
69
Urban grid: Abbr. : STS
70
Obfuscate, in a way : ENCODE
71
Pringles alternative : STAX
Down
1
Turn one way before turning the other : ZIG
2
Prohibition ___ : ERA
3
Rare site during Prohibition : BAR
4
Like scuba diving : UNDERSEA
5
View from the Leaning Tower : ARNO
6
Neighborhood : REGION
7
"___ out!" (shout by a 24-Down) : YER
8
Hubbub : ADO
9
Skin care product name : NIVEA
10
Severe : STERN
11
Toyota Camry, e.g. : MIDSIZEDCAR
12
Collapsed : CAVEDIN
13
Ursula of "The Blue Max" : ANDRESS
18
Trains to Wrigley : ELS
22
Sch. in Jonesboro : ASU
23
Little, in Lyon : PEU
24
See 7-Down : UMP
25
Causes of some traffic slowdowns : RUBBERNECKS
27
Cousins of girdles : CORSETS
28
Sufficient, informally : ENUF
30
Thing : ITEM
33
Alias : AKA
35
The Rolling Stones' "___ You" : MISS
36
___-green : PEA
39
Puerto ___ : RICO
40
Ornamental crescents : LUNETTES
41
After a fashion : OFSORTS
42
One who deals in rags? : PIANIST
45
Last of the Mohicans? : ESS
46
Sow or cow : SHE
48
Part of S.O.P.: Abbr. : STD
50
Flintlock accessory : RAMROD
53
Nimble : AGILE
54
Kidney secretion : RENIN
55
Start of some cycles? : TRI
58
Trouble spots? : ACNE
61
Japanese supercomputer maker : NEC
62
That, in Tabasco : ESO
63
Cousin ___ of 1960s TV : ITT
64
H : ETA
65
Coltrane blew it : SAX