9 October 1999 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 9 October 1999

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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Taste test subject : SODAPOP
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Bit of moisture : DROPLET
15
Staff resembling a shepherd's crook : CROSIER
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TV Guide information : AIRDATE
17
Temple offering : HIGHEREDUCATION
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Frenchman noted for his machine art : LEGER
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Mountain air : YODEL
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Air Force One passenger: Abbr. : CIC
22
"___ off?" : ONOR
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Cut : HEWED
24
Digestion aid : BILE
25
UPS delivery: Abbr. : CTN
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"___ We" (1969 Richard Harris song) : DIDNT
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Deceive : COZEN
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Not let have : KEEPFROM
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Most angry : SOREST
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Tony winner for "Enter Laughing," 1963 : ALANARKIN
33
Laugh riot : SCREAM
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Returns to a seat : REELECTS
40
"Give it ___!" : AREST
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Meteorologists' study : SKIES
42
Kind of gun : RAY
43
Arrow site : VANE
44
All gone : SPENT
45
Beef buy : LOIN
46
Word often accompanying 54-Across : AYE
47
Fifth in a series of connected works : PARTV
48
Writer Zora ___ Hurston : NEALE
49
x, y or z : LOWERCASELETTER
52
Quite ill, in Lille : ALAMORT
53
Picking up : NABBING
54
General reception? : SALUTES
55
Lacking fullness, as a voice : THREADY
Down
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Junk : SCHLOCK
2
Region of Cuba or Ecuador : ORIENTE
3
Darn : DOGGONE
4
Son of Jacob : ASHER
5
Marina sight : PIER
6
Anthem contraction : OER
7
Victimized : PREYEDON
8
French writer Alphonse or Léon : DAUDET
9
Made grain-sized : RICED
10
Kind of history : ORAL
11
LAX clock setting : PDT
12
Remove the clerical nature of : LAICIZE
13
L'Opéra performers : ETOILES
14
Like old paperback novels : TENCENT
18
Where bears fare well : DOWNMARKETS
23
Grant name : HIRAM
24
Carried : BORNE
26
Key of Prokofiev's first piano concerto : DFLAT
27
Winds : COILS
29
Bel ___ : PAESE
30
Activity that can wreck a hard disk : SKEET
32
Be original, but not first : REINVENT
33
Emmy winner for a 1970's police drama : SAVALAS
34
Classic Binney & Smith trademark : CRAYOLA
35
Playboy's request : RENEWAL
37
Modern-day locale of ancient Dalmatia : CROATIA
38
Rear : TAILEND
39
Hoped-for result of a merger : SYNERGY
41
Duo of a children's rhyme : SPRATS
44
Start of an oath : SACRE
45
Not bother : LETBE
47
Bapt. or Meth. : PROT
48
1867 admission to the Union: Abbr. : NEBR
50
Tall runner : EMU
51
"Well, ___-di-dah!" : LAH