24 June 2010 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 24 June 2010

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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Find out what's wrong : DIAGNOSETHEPROBLEM
6
Squad leader, e.g.: Abbr. : NCO
9
Oft-talked of : FAMED
14
Like Moses' wife, per Numbers 12:1 : ETHIOPIAN
16
Cawdor title : THANE
17
Loot in an old train robbery : MAILSACKS
18
"A great flame follows a little spark" writer : DANTE
19
Monogram of 1964's Nobel Peace laureate : MLK
22
Regards : EYES
24
Downhill : TOSEED
25
Sports seasons: Abbr. : YRS
26
Wind up : COIL
28
Coffin nails : CIGS
30
34
___ acting : METHOD
38
Key combination : CHORD
39
"Batman" sound effects : OOFS
41
Ignition system expert? : PYRO
42
Augur : BODE
43
Jug handle, in archaeology : ANSA
44
Turn off : REPEL
45
U.S.S. Enterprise crewman, to Kirk : MRSULU
49
Qualm : PANG
51
"Scream" actress Campbell : NEVE
52
Doo-wop syllable : SHA
55
Nicks of rock : STEVIE
57
Blow a gasket : RANT
61
Plummet ... or what this puzzle's theme answers do? : TAKEASTEEPNOSEDIVE
64
Deg. held by George W. Bush : MBA
65
Senescence : AGING
66
Robert Langdon's field in "The Da Vinci Code" : SEMIOTICS
68
Period before après-midi : MATIN
69
Conducts, as business : TRANSACTS
70
Milan-based fashion label : PRADA
71
Sugar suffix : OSE
Down
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"Philadelphia" director Jonathan : DEMME
2
"A Farewell to Arms" setting : ITALY
3
"Take ___!" : AHIKE
4
Jazz great Evans : GIL
6
Actor in the Best Picture winners of 1975, 1983 and 2006 : NICHOLSON
7
They're sometimes upside-down : CAKES
8
Without assignment : ONSPEC
9
Old Army base on the Santa Fe Trail, briefly : FTDODGE
10
I Kings king : AHAB
11
Butch : MANLY
12
Welcome word : ENTER
13
Regards : DEEMS
15
Peppermint ___ : PATTIE
21
Site of Germany's surrender in W.W. II : REIMS
23
Get ahold of with effort : SCAREUP
27
Having a permit : OKD
29
Subject in many a joke : STPETER
30
Part of the U.S. arsenal : ICBM
31
Onetime part of the U.S. arsenal : THOR
32
Some '60s hipsters : MODS
35
Needle, informally : HYPO
36
City near Provo : OREM
37
Republican candidate between Bush and Bush : DOLE
40
Mortgage giant founded in 1938 : FANNIEMAE
43
Clara and Harriet, in 1960s TV : AUNTS
44
Short circuit? : REV
46
"Mangia!" dish : LASAGNA
48
Come through slowly : SEEPIN
50
Bugs : GETSTO
52
Perforation site : STAMP
53
Viking in a Dik Browne strip : HAGAR
54
Dog breed Helen Keller introduced to the U.S. in 1937 : AKITA
56
Changes course : VEERS
58
Friends of Florence : AMICI
59
"More colorful" sloganeer : NBCTV
60
Café cup : TASSE
62
Children's author Blyton : ENID
67
Whisper : TAD