26 October 2005 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 26 October 2005

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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Auto parts giant : NAPA
5
They may be vaulted : APSES
10
Sharp or flat, say : OFF
13
Does in : ICES
14
Timely benefits : BOONS
15
Cap-___ (from head to foot) : APIE
16
Bureaus : CHESTSOFDRAWERS
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It may have electroreceptors : EEL
20
Dances with chairs : HORAS
21
Rhinestone feature : FACET
22
Gooey stuff : TAR
23
Co. that offers I.M.'s : AOL
24
It usually starts "How many ...?" : LIGHTBULBJOKE
31
Puts out of work : IDLES
32
Like "Green Acres" : RURAL
33
Bushy 'do : FRO
36
Appear : SEEM
37
Glass ingredient : SILEX
38
"Dracula" author Stoker : BRAM
39
Gunpowder, e.g. : TEA
40
Navy elite : SEALS
41
Assault on Troy, e.g. : SIEGE
42
2003 Nicolas Cage film : MATCHSTICKMEN
45
Hood's piece : GAT
46
Sr.'s exam : GRE
47
Barely enough : SCANT
50
Liquid-Plumr competitor : DRANO
53
Red-white-and-blue inits. : USA
56
Their initials can be found consecutively in 16-, 24- and 42-Across : THREEPRESIDENTS
59
Diner sign : EATS
60
1978 Peace Nobelist : SADAT
61
Some mayhem : RIOT
62
Common title : MRS
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It may be skipped : STONE
64
Fair : EXPO
Down
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"Good one!" : NICE
2
Have a hankering : ACHE
3
Floor it, with "out" : PEEL
4
Long-eared equine : ASS
5
Take in : ABSORB
6
D : POOR
7
Soft seat : SOFA
8
There are two in a loaf : ENDS
9
Part of an empire up to 1991: Abbr. : SSR
10
Crude group? : OPEC
11
Send packing : FIRE
12
Suffix with slug : FEST
15
Win in ___ (triumph easily) : AWALK
17
"___ Amore" : THATS
18
"What ___ Believes" (Doobie Brothers hit) : AFOOL
22
Classic 1954 sci-fi film : THEM
23
Comet competitor : AJAX
24
Telephone book, essentially : LIST
25
___ fixe : IDEE
26
Flash of light : GLEAM
27
Husband of Bathsheba : URIAH
28
Slow times : LULLS
29
City of Brittany : BREST
30
Violinist Zimbalist : EFREM
34
Fury : RAGE
35
Straw in the wind : OMEN
37
Sunnis, e.g. : SECT
38
Hog, so to speak : BIKE
40
Condoleezza Rice's department : STATE
41
New England catch : SCROD
43
A de Mille : AGNES
44
Set off : IGNITE
47
___ cell research : STEM
48
Reduce to carbon : CHAR
49
Word with fine or visual : ARTS
50
"Dang!" : DRAT
51
Make over : REDO
52
"___ example ..." : ASAN
53
Popular computer operating system : UNIX
54
"Hold everything!" : STOP
55
Concerning : ASTO
57
Ltr. addenda : PSS
58
"But I heard him exclaim, ___ ..." : ERE