25 September 1997 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 25 September 1997

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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Checked for prints : DUSTED
7
"What fools these mortals be" writer : SENECA
13
Under close scrutiny : ONTRIAL
15
Apple variety : WINESAP
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Wee : LIL
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Lesley of "60 Minutes" : STAHL
20
Fire ___ : OPAL
21
Sweeping : EPIC
23
Put the pedal to the metal : SPED
24
Release forcibly : SPEW
26
Birthplace of Columbus : GENOA
28
Quarterback play : SNEAK
31
Sidewalk stand offering : ADE
32
Cold war grp.? : AMA
34
1963 Shirley MacLaine role : IRMA
35
Russian river in a Sholokhov title : DON
36
Skipper : GILLIGANSFRIEND
41
Bother : ADO
42
Duds : GARB
43
Scratch the surface : MAR
44
Member of 32-Across : DOC
45
Master's degree requirement : ORALS
47
Plows : TILLS
51
Snaillike : SLOW
53
Pastoral sounds : BAAS
55
What chimney sweeps sweep : SOOT
56
No-show : AWOL
58
Kipling story setting : INDIA
60
"___ Vadis?" : QUO
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64
"Driving Miss Daisy" co-star : FREEMAN
65
Like TV's Ninja Turtles : TEENAGE
66
So-called "Gateway to Australia" : SYDNEY
67
Like Felix vis-à-vis Oscar : NEATER
Down
1
Golf course feature : DOGLEG
2
Green : UNRIPE
3
Leader born in Georgia : STALIN
4
Lead-in with angle : TRI
5
One overseas : EINS
6
Pub diversion : DARTS
7
Taste : SIP
8
Within: Prefix : ENTO
9
Tidal points : NEAPS
10
Lark : ESCAPADE
11
Came to visit : CALLEDON
12
King Kong, e.g. : APE
14
Track and field attempts : LEAPS
15
Skyscraper workers : WELDERS
17
The house white, perhaps : CHENINBLANC
22
Kind of tar : COAL
25
Proceed : WEND
27
Southwest friend : AMIGO
29
___ radio : AMFM
30
Measure of purity : KARAT
33
Gelatin substitute : AGAR
36
Roams : GADS
37
Blind devotion : IDOLATRY
38
Cattle drive hazard : LOCOWEED
39
Like Scheherazade : ARABIAN
40
Tennessee's state flower : IRIS
46
1978 co-Nobelist : SADAT
48
Plumlike fruit : LOQUAT
49
Airport V.I.P. section : LOUNGE
50
He brought Dracula to life : STOKER
52
Common door sign : WOMEN
54
Police car device : SIREN
57
Citrus fruit : LIME
59
To ___ (perfectly) : ATEE
61
Qualifiers : IFS
62
Thumbs down : NAY
63
Genetic stuff : RNA