8 October 2010 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 8 October 2010

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S
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T
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E
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E
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R
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C
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A
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N
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I
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C
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K
R
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O
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H
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V
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C
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G
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B
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T
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L
M
O
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D
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J
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Y
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S
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W
A
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L
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F
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J
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B
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P
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L
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R
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F
O
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L
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W
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G
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R
S
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C
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H
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R
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S
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D
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P
L
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S
N
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P
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H
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R
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E
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A
C
U
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E
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S
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T
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R
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R
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M
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L
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R
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O
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M
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U
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S
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D
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O
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W
E
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D
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Hints & Clues

Across
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Use a joystick : STEER
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Biblical figure who received the curse of Ham : CANAAN
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Somewhat astringent, as wine : TANNIC
14
What a yo-yo might make : NOSENSE
15
City where A.A. was founded : AKRONOH
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Like collision avoidance systems : AVIONIC
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"Driving Miss Daisy" setting : GEORGIA
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Conservative pundit with a daily morning radio show : BENNETT
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Popular bar since 1946 : ALMONDJOY
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"I never ___ moor": Emily Dickinson : SAWA
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Delivery that may floor you : LEFTJAB
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One doing laundry, often : PILER
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Wrap in sheets : FOIL
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They're on the books : WAGERS
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The great Pretender? : CHRISSIEHYNDE
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Things to come to grips with? : PLIERS
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Sound made while working on a mop : SNIP
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Basketball shooting game : HORSE
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Maximally intense : ACUTEST
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"Alice ___ It Again" (Noel Coward song) : ISAT
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Pantry : STOREROOM
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What a compact often lacks : LEGROOM
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Green : ENVIOUS
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Reply to a pushy person : ISAIDNO
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Think worthy of doing : DEIGNTO
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Change, at times : PENNIES
47
Turned down : DENIED
48
What big projects are usually done in : STAGES
49
Tough row to hoe? : WEEDS
Down
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One way to go to a party : STAG
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Lead-in to bath or powder : TAKEA
3
Join : ENROLL
4
Massive, in Marne : ENORME
5
Country standard that begins "Love is a burning thing" : RINGOFFIRE
6
Quail flock : COVEY
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Words of clarification : ASIN
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Strip teaser? : NEONSIGN
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Toughened : ANNEALED
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Seemingly : ASITWERE
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Workers may be drawn to them : NECTARS
13
What can give you a heads-up? : COINTOSS
14
Big shot : NABOB
16
Some pilgrims : HADJIS
21
Lake Chapala's state : JALISCO
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Ordered programming : PAYPERVIEW
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Bleached : WHITENED
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Like an owl's eyes : CLOSESET
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Set of cursive Japanese symbols : HIRAGANA
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Fix, as a bow : RESTRING
30
Toughened : ENURED
31
Big name in home theaters : PHILIPS
34
___ Energy (big natural gas utility) : ATMOS
35
Elegantly groomed : SOIGNE
36
It's worth a couple of bucks in Canada : TOONIE
38
Acoustics measures : SONES
39
Soft, now : MUTED
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His vet is Liz Wilson : ODIE
43
Rolls out for sale at a nursery : SODS