16 October 2010 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 16 October 2010

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B
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R
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X
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V
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F
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Y
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B
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B
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U
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Y
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K
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G
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G
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Hints & Clues

Across
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Licks : BEATSUP
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Plant production : NECTAR
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In a position of prominence : ONTHEMAP
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Hydrocarbon with two carbons : ETHANE
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City founded by Shiva, according to legend : VARANASI
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Reasons to presoak : STAINS
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Reform : AMEND
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One in a crowded delivery room : SEPTUPLET
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Soup thickener : ROUX
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It may be written in code : VIRUS
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Overdo the tanning : FRY
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Information on wine bottles: Abbr. : YRS
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Insufferable guests : BOORS
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Mobile home dweller : SNAIL
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Fish catchers : SEINES
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Puerto Rican seaport : PONCE
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Expressions of affection made with the eyes : BUTTERFLYKISSES
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First name of a 1978 Peace Nobelist : ANWAR
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Renew old connections? : REWIRE
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Shows anger publicly, say : RIOTS
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Throw in together : UNITE
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Kahn of Broadway : GUS
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1940s musical innovation : BOP
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Drill item : RIFLE
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Unhappy influence : BANE
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Not fully reliable, as evidence : ANECDOTAL
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Viola da ___ (old stringed instrument) : GAMBA
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Mideast dough : DINARS
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William Cullen Bryant poem that begins "Yet one smile more, departing, distant sun!" : NOVEMBER
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Like many songbirds : OSCINE
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It's more than just a game : TWINBILL
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Monologue writers? : STENOS
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Fill up : SATIATE
Down
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Literary adulteress's surname : BOVARY
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Bewitch : ENAMOR
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Father of Agamemnon : ATREUS
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"I appreciate it," in text messages : THANX
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Transport : SEND
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Meryl's "Prime" co-star : UMA
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It's also known as a maypop : PASSIONFRUIT
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Forest homes : NESTS
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Shakespeare rebuke : ETTU
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Get rough : CHAP
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Crayfish features : TAILFANS
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Creator of the Mayfair Witches : ANNERICE
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Makes over : RESTYLES
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Architect interred in Arlington National Cemetery : PIERRELENFANT
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Russian Orthodox substitutes for palm branches on Palm Sunday : PUSSYWILLOWS
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___ dire : VOIR
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Case load? : BEERS
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Staple of gothic architecture : SPIRE
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Slim win margin : NOSE
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"At once!" : STAT
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Island nation with a trident on its flag : BARBADOS
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Supporter of the North : UNIONIST
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British coin introduced in 1971 : TWOPENCE
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One of many lost by Charlie Brown : KITE
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Smallest republic on the African mainland : GAMBIA
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Begin disrobing, possibly : UNBELT
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English illustrator who created the "St. Trinian's" cartoon series : SEARLE
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Anniversary order : ROSES
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"___ Meets Godzilla" (classic 1969 cartoon) : BAMBI
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First son : CAIN
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1962 title film character played by Joseph Wiseman : DRNO
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Mannerly man : GENT
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Through : VIA