31 January 2006 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 31 January 2006

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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Cheese choice : SWISS
6
It's no free ride : CAB
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Gangster gals : MOLLS
14
Like a Hitchcock audience, typically : TENSE
15
Grant opponent : LEE
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Poet T. S. ___ : ELIOT
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Hitchhikers' needs : RIDES
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Turkish chief : AGA
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Not completely white anymore : DINGY
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"Where did ___ wrong?" : IGO
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Testing, as one's patience : TRYING
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S-shaped molding : OGEE
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Fear : PHOBIA
27
Scant : SPARSE
29
Like 90 proof liquor : STRONG
30
Non-Rx : OTC
31
Four Monopoly properties: Abbr. : RRS
34
European carrier : SAS
35
Bad winner's behavior : GLOATING
37
"Who's the ___?" : BOSS
40
Peking or Siam suffix : ESE
41
Direction for a wagon train : WEST
42
Large turnip : RUTABAGA
45
___ good clip : ATA
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Valuable rock : ORE
48
Spying device : BUG
49
Reviewer : CRITIC
53
Outsiders may not get it : ACCESS
56
Put a new handle on : RENAME
57
Ticklish muppet : ELMO
59
Thick-skinned critters : RHINOS
61
33 1/3 r.p.m. spinners : LPS
62
Many a pope : SAINT
64
Before, in poetry : ERE
65
California team [and 18 letters in the grid to circle ... and then connect using three lines] : THEAS
67
Lightly burn : SINGE
68
N.Y.C. ave. between Park and Third : LEX
69
Red Square notable : LENIN
70
Gang's slanguage : ARGOT
71
Allow : LET
72
Newsboy's shout of old : EXTRA
Down
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Comic page offerings : STRIPS
2
Scale reading : WEIGHT
3
Not outside : INDOOR
4
Memphis-to-Mobile dir. : SSE
5
Troubadour's six-stanza verse : SESTINA
6
Pot composition : CLAY
7
Sponsorship : AEGIS
8
Gardener's vine support : BEANPOLE
9
Dr.'s field : MED
10
Stews : OLIOS
11
Common Valentine's Day gift : LINGERIE
12
Theater section : LOGE
13
Eye ailment : STYE
22
Lively piano pieces : RAGS
23
Córdoba cat : GATO
26
___ nova (1960's dance) : BOSSA
28
Zenith competitor : RCA
32
Surgical assts. : RNS
33
___ Snorkel : SGT
35
Fed. purchasing org. : GSA
36
Wit who wrote "When in doubt, tell the truth" : TWAIN
37
Sis's sib : BRO
38
Your and my : OUR
39
Hot under the collar : STEAMING
40
Shade of white : EGGSHELL
43
U.K. radio and TV inits. : BBC
44
Violinist Leopold : AUER
45
Prefix with 25-Across : ACRO
46
Railroad support : TRESTLE
50
Skill : TALENT
51
Damage : IMPAIR
52
Business jet maker : CESSNA
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Zaire, now : CONGO
55
"Yes ___, Bob!" : SIREE
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She, in Roma : ESSA
58
Bandit's refuge : LAIR
60
Call in a bakery : NEXT
63
Holiday in Vietnam : TET
66
Bewitch : HEX