21 September 2014 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 21 September 2014

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Hints & Clues

Across
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Coping mechanisms? : SAWS
5
Dog for a "gentleman detective" : ASTA
9
White, informally : ANGLO
14
"Germinal" novelist : ZOLA
18
Ton : HEAP
19
Drama critic John of The New Yorker : LAHR
20
Teeing off : RILING
22
Popular children's "find it" book series : ISPY
23
Rescue film of 2012 : ARGO
24
It's normal for NASA : ONEG
25
Comedy classic of 1978 : ANIMALHOUSE
27
"Hey, what did you think when you missed that last pit stop?" [The Who, 1971] : WONTGETFUELEDAGAIN
30
___ rating system (world chess standard) : ELO
31
Ken of "thirtysomething" : OLIN
32
Surgically remove : RESECT
33
"Who, me?" : MOI
36
Bogs down : MIRES
38
Hydroxyl compound : ENOL
40
Fanny : REAREND
42
"Did you do anything for luck before today's race?" [Katy Perry, 2008] : IKISSEDAGRILLE
48
Scrumptious : TASTY
49
"Like this" : DOASIDO
50
Seth of "Late Night" : MEYERS
52
Rock's Everly or Collins : PHIL
53
Stopover spot : INN
54
Summoned, in a way : PAGED
57
Perform some magic : CASTASPELL
60
Okla. City-to-Dallas direction : SSE
62
4 letters : GHI
63
Gen ___ : XER
64
Exams for some coll. applicants : APTESTS
65
"How did that new car handle out there on the track?" [Maroon 5, 2011] : MOVESLIKEJAGUAR
70
Soft-shell clam : STEAMER
73
Steinful, maybe : ALE
74
Article in Aachen : EIN
75
Orly bird, once? : SST
78
Tend : MINISTERTO
80
Giant in heating and air-conditioning : TRANE
83
Hack : CAB
85
City SSW of Moscow : OREL
86
Toy company on track to success? : LIONEL
89
Unacceptable to polite society : NOTDONE
91
Late disc jockey Casey : KASEM
93
"What did you try to do after the caution flag came out?" [The Doors, 1967] : BRAKEONTHROUGH
96
Cover with a hard outer surface : ENCRUST
99
Dame ___ : EDNA
100
Cast part : ACTOR
101
Ming of the N.B.A. : YAO
102
Relatively up-to-date : NEWISH
106
Beauties : GEMS
108
Slow-witted : DIM
109
"Are you enjoying your time out on the Nascar circuit?" [Ricky Martin, 1999] : LIVINLAVEHICLELOCA
114
Movie with the line "Old age. It's the only disease, Mr. Thompson, that you don't look forward to being cured of" : CITIZENKANE
117
Lend a dirty hand to : ABET
118
"___ do" : ITLL
119
George Will piece : OPED
120
Someone a little short? : NEEDER
121
The Swedish Nightingale : LIND
122
Sporty option : TTOP
123
Love letter sign-off : XOXO
124
Outfit : DRESS
125
Antoine Domino Jr., familiarly : FATS
126
Ditz : YOYO
Down
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Only Literature Nobelist also to win an Oscar : SHAW
2
Dynamic start? : AERO
3
"Ring" lovers : WAGNERIANS
4
Impeccable : SPOTLESS
5
Succulent plant : ALOE
6
___ Domingo : SANTO
7
Posthumous John Donne poem that includes "It suck'd me first, and now sucks thee" : THEFLEA
8
At it : ARGUING
9
___-Caspian Depression : ARAL
10
Bay Area gridder : NINER
11
Skate : GLIDE
12
Green beans : LIMAS
13
Asian wild ass : ONAGER
14
Jerusalem : ZION
15
Big Ten sch. : OSU
16
Old track holders : LPS
17
Reply to a captain : AYE
21
Candied, as fruit : GLACE
26
Assail : HITAT
28
Yenta : GOSSIP
29
Huge, in poetry : ENORM
33
Semitransparent fabrics : MESHES
34
Suffering a losing streak, in poker : ONTILT
35
Rustic poems : IDYLLS
36
Noon, in Nantes : MIDI
37
Sacred images: Var. : IKONS
39
Not be straight : LIE
41
"___ Delight," pioneering song by the Sugarhill Gang : RAPPERS
43
Writer LeShan : EDA
44
Almost any poem that starts "Roses are red ..." : DOGGEREL
45
Élève's destination : LYCEE
46
High-speed ride : LEARJET
47
Sounds of equivocation : ERS
51
Still : STAGNANT
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"So-so" responses : EHS
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Eye opener? : DILATOR
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Kwik-E-Mart guy : APU
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Stop: Abbr. : STA
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Spammer, e.g. : EMAILER
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Classic sports car : XKE
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Words of retreat? : OMS
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Nov. honoree : VET
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Actress Massey : ILONA
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Travel option : AIR
70
Poster bear : SMOKEY
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European capital : TIRANA
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"Romanian Rhapsodies" composer : ENESCO
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"Be prepared" : SCOUTMOTTO
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Sierra follower, in code : TANGO
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Needle : RIB
81
Drama with masks : NOH
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Online investment option : ETRADE
84
Big name in house paint : BEHR
87
Squeeze (out) : EKE
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Place to dangle one's legs : LEDGE
90
Tameness : DOCILITY
92
Frankie who starred on "Malcolm in the Middle" : MUNIZ
94
See 97-Down : ONEHALF
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Home of some Bushmen : NAMIBIA
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94-Down x 14 : SEVEN
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Coiled about : TWINED
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Tattoo artist : INKER
104
Glam band with six #1 hits in Britain : SLADE
105
Brief name? : HANES
107
Trail : SCENT
109
"Death in Venice" locale : LIDO
110
___ libre (poetry style) : VERS
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Old Fords : LTDS
112
Get old : CLOY
113
Dog Chow alternative : ALPO
114
Crew member : COX
115
One means of corp. financing : IPO
116
Okla. neighbor : TEX