3 October 2018 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 3 October 2018

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T
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H
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E
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M
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G
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R
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O
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G
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Y
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A
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C
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H
13
T
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I
O
T
A
15
E
A
V
E
16
A
G
R
E
E
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D
A
H
L
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T
H
E
N
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E
R
E
I
D
S
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E
X
I
L
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E
D
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R
E
N
D
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S
G
T
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O
S
L
O
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S
O
L
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A
C
E
S
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G
28
A
P
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K
N
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E
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W
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K
I
L
O
S
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U
N
I
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X
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E
X
A
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M
I
N
E
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S
N
A
R
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F
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I
D
A
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E
X
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P
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A
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T
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A
U
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S
T
E
R
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E
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A
O
N
E
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B
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R
Y
C
E
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S
X
S
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W
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S
O
N
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L
E
A
S
H
E
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D
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T
O
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T
E
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A
H
I
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S
T
E
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M
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U
N
R
I
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P
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E
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C
A
S
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S
I
O
P
E
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I
A
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I
D
O
L
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E
V
I
T
A
68
O
M
A
R
69
C
O
P
S
70
S
E
N
D
S
71
T
O
N
Y
72
K
N
E
E

Hints & Clues

Across
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The challengers : THEM
5
Sailor's quaff : GROG
9
Presidential perk until 1977 : YACHT
14
Speck : IOTA
15
Roof feature : EAVE
16
Jibe : AGREE
17
Roald who wrote "James and the Giant Peach" : DAHL
18
Sea nymphs, in Greek mythology : THENEREIDS
20
Like Edward Snowden : EXILED
22
Tear in two : REND
23
Rank for Jay Landsman on "The Wire": Abbr. : SGT
24
Munch Museum city : OSLO
25
Gives comfort : SOLACES
27
Generation ___ : GAP
29
Had by heart : KNEW
32
1,000 in a metric ton : KILOS
33
Certain operating system : UNIX
35
Check closely : EXAMINE
37
Gobble down : SNARF
39
Muckraker Tarbell : IDA
40
An American abroad : EXPAT
44
Like Brutalist architecture : AUSTERE
47
Top-notch : AONE
48
Utah's ___ Canyon : BRYCE
50
Annual Austin festival, for short : SXSW
52
Prince George, to Prince William : SON
53
Like a dog on a walk, usually : LEASHED
55
Haul : TOTE
57
Tuna type : AHI
58
Nonhumanities subjects, for short : STEM
60
Immature : UNRIPE
63
Vain queen who boasted that she was more beautiful than 18-Across : CASSIOPEIA
66
Object of worship : IDOL
67
"Don't Cry for Me Argentina" musical : EVITA
68
Actor Epps : OMAR
69
Chasers in many a chase scene : COPS
70
Mails : SENDS
71
Upscale : TONY
72
Place to play musical spoons : KNEE
Down
1
It ebbs and flows : TIDE
2
Hoodwink : HOAX
3
Where 63-Across ruled prior to her banishment : ETHIOPIA
4
Locales for many food courts : MALLS
5
Finish : GETDONE
6
"Go, team!" : RAH
7
Finished : OVER
8
Big factor in longevity : GENES
9
Football field marking : YARDLINE
10
Mature : AGE
11
Shortening brand : CRISCO
12
Garden dividers : HEDGES
13
Lab work : TESTS
19
Long, thin mushroom : ENOKI
21
Herd at Yellowstone : ELK
26
"She" responds to voice commands : ALEXA
27
Director Van Sant : GUS
28
Writer Beattie : ANN
30
One end of a maze : EXIT
31
Moves like a heron : WADES
34
Checks for a fracture, perhaps : XRAYS
36
"Das Kapital" author : MARX
38
Purplish-red flowers : FUCHSIAS
41
God who banished 63-Across to the sky, as depicted by the constellation formed by the X's in this puzzle's finished grid : POSEIDON
42
Year abroad : ANO
43
Base ___ : TEN
45
Handle : SEETO
46
Where a river meets the sea : ESTUARY
48
Sit quietly, perhaps : BEHAVE
49
Cereal fruit : RAISIN
51
Took gold : WON
53
Gets ready to play hockey, with "up" : LACES
54
Train stop : DEPOT
56
Guessing a number an audience member has thought of, e.g. : TRICK
59
Office note : MEMO
61
Alexander who wrote "The Dunciad" : POPE
62
Besides : ELSE
64
Norm: Abbr. : STD
65
English novelist McEwan : IAN