15 July 2006 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 15 July 2006

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G
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E
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L
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L
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E
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D
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A
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B
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L
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E
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S
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T
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A
Q
U
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V
I
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T
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C
R
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M
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A
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S
U
M
M
O
N
E
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R
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R
O
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S
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J
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P
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E
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E
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E
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T
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A
T
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E
T
E
R
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I
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Y
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A
D
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S
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E
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T
E
R
R
E
N
C
E
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G
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N
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S
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A
S
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B
E
S
T
O
S
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C
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O
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S
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T
S
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A
S
T
O
N
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M
A
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T
R
E
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D
S
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V
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L
L
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E
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R
E
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D
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S
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T
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A
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R
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T
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I
R
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S
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A
P
O
L
O
G
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A
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A
L
B
E
R
T
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W
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T
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R
L
O
O
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C
E
R
E
A
L
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L
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O
N
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G
E
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R
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V
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R
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S
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M
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S
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D
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R
T

Hints & Clues

Across
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Became semirigid : GELLED
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Most likely to be hired : ABLEST
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Liquor flavored with caraway seeds : AQUAVIT
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Combat site of 1853-56 : CRIMEA
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His tale follows the Friar's in "The Canterbury Tales" : SUMMONER
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Bow applications : ROSINS
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Whence the word "futon" : JAPANESE
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Bothers : EATSAT
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"A moment is a concentrated ___": Emerson : ETERNITY
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Carol starter : ADESTE
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Playwright McNally : TERRENCE
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Canadian film awards : GENIES
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Litigation-prompting mineral : ASBESTOS
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What businesses try to minimize : COSTS
31
___ Villa (English football club) : ASTON
32
Two-seaters or four-seaters, e.g.? : MAITREDS
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Leader of the Connecticut Yankees in 1920's-40's music : VALLEE
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Bird named for its colorful breast and tail : REDSTART
42
Contacts go over them : IRISES
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Written work that explains one's actions : APOLOGIA
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Prince ___ (frock coat) : ALBERT
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Undoing : WATERLOO
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Life at a grocery store : CEREAL
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Reading group : LITERATI
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Keyed up : ONEDGE
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Holds high : REVERES
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Big jobs for a maid : MESSES
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Dry land : DESERT
Down
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Nozzle connected to a Bunsen burner : GASJET
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Consider comparable : EQUATE
3
One arranging things in large categories : LUMPER
4
"Blazing Saddles" villain Hedley ___ : LAMARR
5
First name in 1970's women's tennis : EVONNE
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Eat home cooking : DINEIN
7
Farmers' holdings : ACREAGES
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Least subtle : BROADEST
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Heed : LISTENTO
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Release : EMISSION
11
Country houses? : SENATES
12
Has a bit of : TASTES
14
Precedent setter : TESTCASE
17
California's Point ___ : REYES
26
DNA sequence unit : BASEPAIR
27
Round numbers in England? : CALIBRES
28
Peanuts and castor beans, e.g. : OILSEEDS
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Cheapest traveling option : STEERAGE
30
Roller coaster structures : TRESTLES
32
1984 Maximilian Schell biopic : MARLENE
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John Wayne had a little one : DRAWL
34
MTV owner : VIACOM
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Like some notes on a music sheet : DOTTED
37
Record keeper : SLEEVE
38
___ Strait (water separating Australia and New Guinea) : TORRES
39
Shining brightly : AGLARE
40
Water cannon target : RIOTER
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Chuang-tzu, for one : TAOIST