9 April 2015 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 9 April 2015

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C
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H
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I
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C
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H
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O
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P
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E
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S
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T
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A
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G
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E
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L
A
N
E
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L
E
P
E
R
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A
H
M
E
D
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E
T
A
L
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L
A
T
T
E
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T
R
I
M
S
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A
C
N
E
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O
D
I
E
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L
I
O
N
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T
H
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B
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O
Y
FIRST
C
R
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I
E
D
W
O
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L
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F
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R
A
D
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O
R
A
L
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A
A
A
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S
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P
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R
I
T
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B
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L
U
E
P
E
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N
C
I
L
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W
H
E
T
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G
U
E
S
S
SECOND
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E
I
N
S
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E
A
S
Y
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T
A
R
G
E
T
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H
E
D
G
E
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E
S
E
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O
M
N
I
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S
A
D
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T
E
L
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L
M
E
S
O
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M
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E
T
H
I
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N
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G
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THIRD
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L
E
T
S
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N
O
S
E
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N
A
I
R
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N
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U
E
V
O
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C
A
U
S
E
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E
D
N
A
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I
N
R
E
M
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E
R
R
E
D
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S
I
S
I
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B
A
S
E
S
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L
Y
N
X
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S
A
U
L

Hints & Clues

Across
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In : CHIC
5
Cynic's lack : HOPE
9
Larva, e.g. : STAGE
14
Strike zone? : LANE
15
Biblical outcast : LEPER
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"Arabian Nights" prince : AHMED
17
Citation abbr. : ETAL
18
Iced ___ : LATTE
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Decorates : TRIMS
20
Bad marks in high school? : ACNE
21
Brown-eared comics character : ODIE
22
One jumping through hoops, maybe : LION
23
One of Aesop's fables : THEBOYWHOCRIEDWOLF
28
Nuclear plant unit : RAD
29
Like some contracts : ORAL
30
Notable tower, for short : AAA
31
Diagonal spar : SPRIT
34
Edit : BLUEPENCIL
37
Make keen : WHET
38
Lead-in to some surprising news : GUESSWHAT
39
One, in Austria : EINS
40
It gets more than its fair share of jokes : EASYTARGET
42
Not be definitive : HEDGE
43
Lagos-to-Dar es Salaam dir. : ESE
44
Prefix with science : OMNI
45
Down : SAD
46
"Well, obviously" : TELLMESOMETHINGIDONTKNOW
53
Instances when service isn't perfect? : LETS
54
You might hold it by a trash can : NOSE
55
Veet rival : NAIR
56
___ León (Mexican state) : NUEVO
58
Lead to : CAUSE
59
Woman's name that's an anagram of a man's name : EDNA
60
Against a thing, legally : INREM
61
Dropped the ball : ERRED
62
"They say" it in Spain, in an old Andrews Sisters hit : SISI
63
Contents of three squares in this puzzle, per an old comedy routine : BASES
64
Cat with tufted ears : LYNX
65
For whom David played the harp : SAUL
Down
1
Point on the field? : CLEAT
2
Originate : HATCH
3
Dumb : INANE
4
Star : CELEBRITY
5
How most babies come out : HEADFIRST
6
Part of FiOS : OPTIC
7
White House chief of staff after Rahm Emanuel : PETEROUSE
8
Poetic preposition : ERE
9
Did nothing : SATIDLE
10
Peg : THROW
11
Tryptophan or leucine : AMINOACID
12
Thing on a ring : GEM
13
Dict. versions : EDS
15
Frank ___, two-time Best Director Oscar winner : LLOYD
22
Tiny adjustment to an atomic clock : LEAPSECOND
24
Quaker ___ Bran : OAT
25
Start of an attorney's conclusion : IREST
26
Psychiatry writer R. D. ___ : LAING
27
"F" on a test : FALSE
31
"Awesome!" : SWEET
32
Half-moon, e.g. : PHASE
33
Pawnshops and such : RESELLERS
34
"Auld Lang Syne" writer : BURNS
35
Roman soldier : LEGIONARY
36
Poverty : NEEDINESS
38
Darts and hearts : GAMES
41
The Indians regularly beat them : TOMTOMS
42
"In your dreams!" : HAH
45
General transportation? : STEED
47
Surge protector? : LEVEE
48
Feel the loss of : MOURN
49
Clacton-on-Sea's county : ESSEX
50
Petrova of tennis : NADIA
51
Kind of knife : GINSU
52
Subway power source : THIRDRAIL
56
Pen part : NIB
57
Andean article : UNA
58
Image of Pluto, say : CEL