23 October 2011 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 23 October 2011

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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Onetime propaganda source : TASS
5
Portmanteau : BAG
8
Obstruct : DAMUP
13
Brings in : REAPS
18
Funny Johnson : ARTE
19
See 6-Down : AGO
20
Queen City of the Rockies : HELENA
21
Prefix with light or sound : ULTRA
22
Holiday purchase, informally : XMASTREE
24
Tone setters for conductors : OPENINGNOTES
26
Item in a certain e-mail folder : SENTMESSAGE
28
A couple of Spaniards? : DOS
29
E-mail alternatives : IMS
30
Source of the Amazon : ANDES
31
South Carolina's state bird : WREN
32
Neurotic Martin Short character : EDGRIMLEY
35
Not discounted : LIST
36
Give up : QUIT
38
Start of a 1957 hit song : DAYO
40
Press and fold, say : KNEAD
41
Pecking order? : EAT
42
Oxidized : RUSTY
43
Agree (with) : SIDE
44
Cousin who's "altogether ooky" : ITT
45
Vague early afternoon time : ONEISH
47
Like certain investments : NORISK
49
Soaked : HOSED
53
To the point, to lawyers : ADREM
55
Times ___ : ROMAN
57
Succeed : ENSUE
59
Bridge expert Culbertson : ELY
60
Go back and forth : SEESAW
62
Some are cohesive : UNITS
64
Territory : TURF
65
1985 film based on "King Lear" : RAN
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How some games finish : INATIE
67
How some cars screech : TOAHALT
69
Plant known as "seer's sage" because of its hallucinatory effect : SALVIA
71
Loser : ASS
72
Skinny : NEWS
74
Screenwriter Ephron : DELIA
75
Somme place : AMIENS
76
Prefix with magnetic : GEO
77
Old fishing tool : SPEAR
79
An instant : SANKA
81
Blowup, of a sort : INSET
82
"... but possibly untrue" : ORNOT
84
Peeper protector : EYELID
86
Wield : EMPLOY
88
Uncorking noise : POP
90
His debut album was "Rhyme Pays" : ICET
91
Grating : RASPY
92
W. Hemisphere grp. : OAS
95
Queen's land : SHEBA
97
Like average folks, in Britain : NONU
98
Enthralled : AGOG
99
___ Park, classic Coney Island amusement locale : LUNA
100
V formation? : PEACESIGN
102
Shop chopper : ADZE
104
Bounce (off) : CAROM
105
Mil. officers : LTS
106
Avg. level : STD
107
Change quickly : TURNONADIME
110
Incredibly nice : ASSWEETASPIE
115
Matter in statistical mechanics : IDEALGAS
116
Bulldog : YALIE
117
Dispatch boats : AVISOS
118
Neighbor of Oman: Abbr. : UAE
119
"Pride and Prejudice" actress Jennifer : EHLE
120
9-Down holder : STEIN
121
Pickup line? : GETIN
122
One of the Chaplins : SYD
123
Underworld route : STYX
Down
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Transference of property to pay assessments : TAXSALE
2
Asian republic : ARMENIA
3
Gets up for the debate? : STANDSTOREASON
4
Certain poetic output : SESTET
5
Reveal : BARE
6
With 19-Across, far back : AGES
7
Beats it and won't explain why? : GOESWITHOUTSAYING
8
Proof that a "Jersey Shore" character has an incontinence problem? : DEPENDSONTHESITUATION
9
Heady stuff : ALE
10
Entire "Reservoir Dogs" cast, e.g. : MEN
11
Athlete's attire, informally : UNI
12
Pampers maker, informally : PANDG
13
Arrests an entire crime syndicate? : RUNSINTHEFAMILY
14
Inits. in '70s and '80s rock : ELO
15
Slayer of his brother Bleda : ATTILA
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Like some majors : PREMED
17
Impudent : SASSY
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Longtime ESPN football analyst Merril ___ : HOGE
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Protected images, for short : TMS
25
Russian novelist Maxim : GORKI
27
Fancified, say : ARTY
32
Singer Gorme : EYDIE
33
Eschews Mensa material when going to parties? : DOESNTTAKEAGENIUS
34
"Drag ___ Hell" (2009 movie) : METO
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"Star Wars" character ___-Gon Jinn : QUI
37
SALT party : USSR
39
Dashboard choice : AIR
42
Contents of Lenin's Tomb, e.g.? : REMAINSTOBESEEN
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Settle in : NEST
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Aquatic nymph : NAIAD
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The Wildcats of the N.C.A.A. : KSU
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Merits at least a 20% tip? : SERVESYOURIGHT
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"Airplane!" woman : ELAINE
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King or queen : DYNAST
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Hard Italian cheese : ASIAGO
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Slower to pick up : DENSER
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Phone button trio : MNO
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___ Minor : URSA
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Break down : WEEP
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A bar may offer it : SALAD
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One-dimensional: Abbr. : LIN
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Flat flooring : LINO
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Minute : WEE
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Scout's mission : RECON
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Assertive comeback : AMSO
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118-Across is in it : OPEC
85
Super Bowl IV M.V.P. Dawson : LEN
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Scoring stat for N.B.A.'ers : PPG
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Wallop : PASTE
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Motorola phone line : RAZR
93
Departure from the norm : ANOMALY
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Untraditional, as some marriages : SAMESEX
95
Charges : SETSAT
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Give a hard time : HASSLE
99
Soup kitchen implements : LADLES
100
They're shown by X's, O's and arrows : PLAYS
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Luggage attachment : IDTAG
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Some annual bills : DUES
104
Major org. representing entertainers and athletes : CAA
108
Anita of jazz : ODAY
109
Desideratum : NEED
111
___ Fit : WII
112
Brooklyn's Flatbush, e.g.: Abbr. : AVE
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Go unused : SIT
114
Symbol for electric flux : PSI