12 October 2003 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 12 October 2003

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L
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G
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H
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Y
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L
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L
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M
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L
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L
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C
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H
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M
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Hints & Clues

Across
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Hang back : LAG
4
Shot in the arm : HYPO
8
Like tigers and yaks : ASIAN
13
Employer of many scientists : NASA
17
___ Miss : OLE
18
Cape Province settlers : BOERS
19
Toothpaste introduced in 1915 : IPANA
20
Kind of position : FETAL
21
Creator of 47-Across : CERVANTES
23
"Don't tell a soul" : MUMSTHEWORD
25
Individually : APIECE
26
Apple products : CIDERS
28
38-Down's home : ARABIA
29
"Don't do me any favors" : THANKYOUFORNOTHING
33
Historic Italian family name : ESTE
34
___ alcohol : BUTYL
35
Faith: Abbr. : REL
36
"Aeneid" figure : EROS
40
Send on : REFER
42
Red, for one : NLER
44
Set up : FRAME
45
Ornamental shrub : SPIREA
47
Classic saga from which the expressions at 23-, 29-, 63-, 83-, 100-, 111- and 114-Across all originated : DONQUIXOTE
52
Patriotic org. : DAR
53
Quirk : TIC
54
Can openings? : BREAKOUTS
56
Straying : ERRANT
58
Lucie's dad : DESI
60
In ___ (seething) : ARAGE
61
Rosary recital : AVEMARIA
63
"Anything you want" : THESKYSTHELIMIT
68
Coolers : ICEBOXES
71
Basketball defenses : ZONES
72
Evasive : EELY
76
Reconciled : MADEUP
77
Involved : ELABORATE
81
Mamie Eisenhower ___ Doud : NEE
82
Newlywed in '68 headlines : ARI
83
Bad feeling : NOLOVELOST
86
Onetime Missouri tribe : OSAGES
88
Flogged : CANED
90
62-Down rival, for short : AMEX
91
Chewy treat : SMORE
92
With 74-Down, Marvel Comics founder : STAN
93
"Wheel of Fortune" request : ANI
94
Desserts baked in muffin tins : BABAS
97
Short distance : INCH
100
Be fair to a fault : GIVETHEDEVILHISDUE
106
Wish, with "to" : ASPIRE
109
Long John Silver feature : ONELEG
110
Nips and tucks : ALTERS
111
Short distance : STONESTHROW
114
Be suspicious : SMELLARAT
116
47-Across and the like : TALES
117
Haile Selassie follower : RASTA
118
See 18-Down : TAXES
119
W.W. II map: Abbr. : ETO
120
Ones in need of refinement : ORES
121
96-Down in 28-Across : AMEER
122
"The Naked Jungle" menace : ANTS
123
Cave : DEN
Down
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Get seated : LOCATE
2
Hebrew letters : ALEPHS
3
Old medicine? : GERIATRICS
4
Raccoonlike mammal : HONEYBEAR
5
Up to now : YET
6
Like most store-bought bread : PRECUT
7
Harden, in a way : OSSIFY
8
Archer, at times : AIMER
9
Brush off : SPURN
10
Reply to "You are not!" : IAMSO
11
Reply: Abbr. : ANS
12
Holman who was known as Mister Basketball : NAT
13
Enya, notably : NEWAGER
14
Hardly the full gamut : ATOB
15
Delhi attire : SARI
16
"Betsy's Wedding" actor : ALDA
18
With 118-Across, subject of an I.R.S. request : BACK
20
Popular house gift : FERN
22
Finish : VENEER
24
Flag down : HAIL
27
Euro competitor: Abbr. : DOL
30
Lord's Prayer start : OUR
31
Bygone terror, for short : TREX
32
Grinder : HERO
37
Kind of gun : RADAR
38
Saudi's neighbor : OMANI
39
A name that people lie about? : SERTA
41
Amethyst's mo. : FEB
42
Fruitcake : NUT
43
Fleur-de-___ : LIS
44
Manhattan Project scientist : FERMI
45
Part of C.S.T.: Abbr. : STD
46
Word with sugar or cream : PIE
47
Some clothing shades : DARKS
48
Unhurt : OKAY
49
Holiday drinks : NOGS
50
Bird with brilliant green and scarlet plumage : QUETZAL
51
Brim (with) : TEEM
55
Relative affluence : EASE
57
Figure of interest? : RATE
59
"How can ___?" : ITBE
61
Whistle, maybe : ALERT
62
Plastic producer : VISA
64
Pester : HOUND
65
Big show : EXPO
66
Wanderer : HOBO
67
"The Dukes of Hazzard" spin-off : ENOS
68
Apple products : IMACS
69
Small weight on the finger? : CARAT
70
City next to the Twin Cities : EDINA
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Gave rise to : ENGENDERED
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See 92-Across : LEE
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Agreement : YES
77
Time before : EVE
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Big Apple subway, with "the" : LEX
79
Pulitzer-winning TV critic : TOMSHALES
80
"___ Beso" (Paul Anka hit) : ESO
84
Driver's place : LANE
85
Drop : OMIT
87
Grain bristle : ARISTA
89
Some roarers : ENGINES
91
Baseball's Maglie : SAL
93
They sometimes have presidents' names: Abbr. : AVES
94
___ canto : BEL
95
Zoroastrian literature : AVESTA
96
Potentate, say : BIGMAN
98
Preacher : CURATE
99
"An Actor's Life" autobiographer : HESTON
101
Rages : IRES
102
Mount : HORSE
103
Quick Internet message : ENOTE
104
Noted name in Scotch whiskey : DEWAR
105
Pandora's release : ILLS
106
About : ASTO
107
Headline : STAR
108
Fishing need : POLE
112
Song syllable : TRA
113
It can be cured : HAM
115
Business card abbr. : EXT