20 April 2008 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 20 April 2008

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Hints & Clues

Across
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Thing in a case : RES
4
1960s-'80s Red Sox legend, informally : YAZ
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In the cellar : LAST
11
Org. that promotes adoption : SPCA
15
"Poor venomous fool," in "Antony and Cleopatra" : ASP
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Pumpkin-picking time: Abbr. : OCT
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"Sons and Lovers" Oscar nominee Mary : URE
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Expected : USUAL
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King of comedy : ALAN
23
Going rate?: Abbr. : MPH
24
1941 Henry Luce article that coined a name for an era : THEAMERICANCENTURY
28
Barcelona Olympics prize : ORO
29
Tevye creator ___ Aleichem : SHOLOM
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Eight-time Norris Trophy winner : ORR
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Protein acid, informally : AMINO
32
Have ___ to pick : ANIT
33
Celine Dion's "I'm Your Angel" duet partner : RKELLY
34
Closeout come-on : EVERYTHINGMUSTGO
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Designated driver's drink : SODA
40
Badges, e.g., in brief : IDS
41
___ candy (some pop tunes) : EAR
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Work of Seigneur de Montaigne : ESSAI
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"Your Moment of ___" ("The Daily Show" feature) : ZEN
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Truncated cones, in math : FRUSTA
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Streaming : AFLOW
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Novel that ends "Don't ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody" : THECATCHERINTHERYE
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Not to mention : ALSO
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Atlas section : EUROPE
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"Roll Over Beethoven" band, for short : ELO
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1990s-2000s English tennis star Tim : HENMAN
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Rocky Mountains resort : VAIL
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Wide-eyed : AGOG
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First principles : AXIOMS
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"I'm king of the world!," e.g. : BOAST
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Exceeded the speed limit? : ODED
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"Tancredi" composer : ROSSINI
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Artful deception : SMOKEANDMIRRORS
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State quarters? : DORM
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Actress Ullmann : LIV
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Suffix with billion : AIRE
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1972 Harry Nilsson hit : JUMPINTOTHEFIRE
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Windsor, e.g. : NECKTIE
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Switch finish? : EROO
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Absorb a loss : EATIT
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1984 Heisman winner : FLUTIE
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Orient : EAST
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Chickadees' kin : TITS
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Laughing gas and water, chemically : OXIDES
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Mess up : ERR
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Lover in "The Merchant of Venice" : PORTIA
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Genuine: Ger. : ECHT
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Prime eatery : FIVESTARRESTAURANT
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Sloughs off : SHEDS
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You can't take it with you : ESTATE
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Upstate N.Y. sch. : RPI
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Tribute in jest : ROAST
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Managed : RAN
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Sneak a peek : SPY
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Boot part : HEEL
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Stanley Cup finalists of 1982 and 1994 : VANCOUVERCANUCKS
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Couple : PAIRUP
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Long-legged wader : IBIS
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He played Krupa in "The Gene Krupa Story" : MINEO
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"You did it!" : YAY
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Lorenz Hart specialty : LYRICS
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Pricey sports car, informally : JAG
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Head of a special government inquiry : INDEPENDENTCOUNSEL
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Hard wood : ASH
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Math. class : GEOM
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Actress Watts : NAOMI
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Home on "Gilligan's Island" : HUT
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Inflation meas. : CPI
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On the other hand : YET
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Charles de Gaulle alternative : ORLY
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Varsity QB, e.g. : BMOC
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Sign at a smash : SRO
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Possessed : HAD
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"Number 10" Abstract Expressionist : ROTHKO
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Made a comeback? : ECHOED
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"A Streetcar Named Desire" role : STELLA
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"Dee-lish!" : YUMMY
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"These ___ the times that ..." : ARE
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Closed (in on) : ZEROED
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Money : LUCRE
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Botanist Gray : ASA
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Center of many revolutions : SUN
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Certain X or O : TAC
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Subbed (for) : SATIN
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Dive : PLUNGE
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Glances : CAROMS
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"___ takers?" : ANY
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Spanish sherry : AMONTILLADO
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Offshoot : SPRIG
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Snap : PHOTO
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Mother of Judah : LEAH
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Popular portal : AOL
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Kupcinet and Cross : IRVS
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Application letters : NMI
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Some namesakes: Abbr. : SRS
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Without obligation : ASAFAVOR
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Change of a mortgage, slangily : REFI
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Paul Bunyan story : YARN
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Ministry of ___, in "1984" : TRUTH
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Ryder Cup team : USA
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Time ___ : INC
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Tase : ZAP
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When many get a St.-Tropez tan : ETE
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Biblical queendom : SHEBA
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Joint part : TENON
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Royal Navy foe of 1588 : ARMADA
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Willow used in basketry : OSIER
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Hills of Yorkshire : WOLDS
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Spree : TEAR
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Monster hurricane of 1989 : HUGO
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Libido : EROS
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Lowly workers : COGS
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Do voodoo on : HEX
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Skull and Bones members : ELIS
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Latitude : ROOM
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Bleeth of "Baywatch" : YASMINE
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Unabridged : ENTIRE
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Executive's charter, maybe : AIRTAXI
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Infiltrator : MOLE
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Flat-bottomed boat : SKIFF
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Despot ___ Amin : IDI
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Lead-in to "the above" or "your business" : NONEOF
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Like some twins : EVIL
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___ center : REC
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Mystery element : MOTIVE
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Leaps across the ballet stage : JETES
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"Vega$" star Robert : URICH
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Nick Nolte movie based on a Kurt Vonnegut novel : MOTHERNIGHT
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Some advanced researchers, for short : POSTDOCS
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Traditional almanac data : TIDES
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Bikini blast : HTEST
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Sorry sort : RUER
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Parisian "to be" : ETRE
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Jean who wrote "Please Don't Eat the Daisies" : KERR
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"So long, dahling" : TATA
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"The fix ___" : ISIN
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Virginie ou Pennsylvanie : ETAT
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Subject of the book "Many Unhappy Returns": Abbr. : IRS
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___ Zagora, Bulgaria : STARA
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Infant's food : PAP
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"Certainement!" : OUI
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Mussorgsky's "Pictures ___ Exhibition" : ATAN
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Contact lens solution brand : RENU
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Venture : TRY
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___ Miguel, Azores island : SAO
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Sting's last name : SUMNER
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"Hannah Montana" star Miley Cyrus, for one : TVIDOL
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32-card game : SKAT
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Charges (up) : PSYCHS
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"Into the Wild" actor Emile : HIRSCH
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Home of Gannon Univ. : ERIEPA
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Author of the "Elements," ca. 300 B.C. : EUCLID
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Past records? : LPS
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Singh on the links : VIJAY
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Demean : ABASE
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Bad guys : ENEMY
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Name : REP
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Filmmaker Joel or Ethan : COEN
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Jaded figure : CYNIC
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2006 neologism meaning "to demote" : PLUTO
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Author Rand : AYN
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"May ___ now?" : IGO
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Bust : NAB
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___ Pérignon : DOM
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Comic Philips : EMO
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"___ Father ..." : OUR