5 October 2007 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 5 October 2007

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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Navigation hazard : DENSEFOG
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Coolness : APLOMB
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Way off : EXITLANE
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Special delivery? : PREMIE
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Married man who had long been a bachelor : BENEDICT
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Many a monthly check writer : TENANT
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Missing the point? : SCORELESS
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Car bar : STRUT
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W.W. II agcy. : OSS
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Drawer units? : CELS
25
___ Genevieve County, Mo. : STE
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Take off : SPLIT
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When repeated, a "Funny Girl" song : SADIE
30
Utterance when pointing to a woman : HER
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Chief : LEAD
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Famously fussy pair of diners : SPRATS
33
Any of les Trois Mousquetaires : AMI
34
Acts on a gut feeling? : EATS
35
Gold rush storyteller : HARTE
36
Hardware store offering : BRAD
37
In the style of: Suffix : ESE
38
Fishing boats : DORIES
39
Island republic : EIRE
40
___ phenomenon (optical illusion) : PHI
41
Like most mammals : EARED
42
He wrote "A first sign of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die" : KAFKA
43
Top of some scales : TEN
44
Chump : CLOD
45
Univ. offerings : MAS
46
Not having as favorable a prognosis : ILLER
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Main, maybe : WATERPIPE
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Quiet craft : GLIDER
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Dangerous places for correspondents : WARZONES
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Bunny backer? : HEFNER
57
Where workers gather : APIARIES
58
Risers meet them : TREADS
59
QB who was the 1963 N.F.L. M.V.P. : YATITTLE
Down
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Five-time U.S. presidential candidate in the early 1900s : DEBS
2
One making firm decisions : EXEC
3
Hombre, once : NINO
4
Some athletes shoot them : STEROIDS
5
Like many an heir apparent : ELDEST
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Goes under : FAILS
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If ever : ONCE
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Overdoes it : GETSCARRIEDAWAY
9
Not out of place : APT
10
Importunes : PRESSES
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Carnival follower : LENT
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"Che!" title role player, 1969 : OMARSHARIF
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Watch notch : MINUTEMARK
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Alternative that should be followed : BETTERIDEA
20
Put under? : SEDATED
24
The Chi-___ (1970s R & B group) : LITES
26
"Pleasant dreams" : SLEEPTIGHT
27
Seed-separating gizmo : PEASHELLER
28
Past prime time? : LATEINLIFE
29
U.S. air-to-air missile : SPARROW
32
Navigation hazard : SHOAL
36
"C'mon, do me this favor" : BEASPORT
38
Ordained : DECREED
42
Post-Taliban Afghan president : KARZAI
45
Kind of scholarship : MERIT
47
Mrs. Turnblad in "Hairspray" : EDNA
49
Spanish hors d'oeuvre : TAPA
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Competing : INIT
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Strip : PEEL
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Forum infinitive : ESSE
54
Commuters' choices: Abbr. : RRS