24 July 2018 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 24 July 2018

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G
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H
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O
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S
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T
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C
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H
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A
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T
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C
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H
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E
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W
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P
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R
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V
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A
X
L
E
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H
U
L
A
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S
T
R
A
W
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S
H
E
A
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I
M
A
X
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B
I
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O
C
H
E
M
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I
C
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L
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A
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R
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C
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F
L
A
X
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U
D
O
N
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R
E
H
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E
E
L
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H
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O
P
E
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B
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S
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A
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M
A
R
X
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A
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D
H
D
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E
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P
E
E
S
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A
P
O
P
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S
I
X
E
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R
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L
I
P
S
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D
E
M
O
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N
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T
H
A
I
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A
N
T
E
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A
D
O
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L
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A
S
H
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G
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A
N
G
E
S
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S
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R
F
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X
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M
E
N
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S
T
S
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D
O
U
B
L
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E
H
E
L
I
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X
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C
O
M
B
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C
O
H
N
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M
E
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T
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E
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D
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D
R
E
I
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I
N
X
S
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U
N
I
O
N
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C
A
S
E
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O
S
H
A
72
S
A
L
S
A

Hints & Clues

Across
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Classic Halloween costume : GHOST
6
Gossip, e.g. : CHAT
10
___ the fat (gossip, e.g.) : CHEW
14
Tag for the "Friday the 13th" film subtitled "A New Beginning" : PARTV
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One of a pair on a car : AXLE
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Dance in a festive skirt : HULA
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Addition to a soda, but not to a beer : STRAW
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Onetime Queens stadium : SHEA
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Format much used for action films : IMAX
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What 7-Down is : BIOCHEMICAL
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Extended story line : ARC
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Spun fiber : FLAX
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Thick Japanese noodle : UDON
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Fix, as the back of a shoe : REHEEL
30
What you might do when you cross your fingers : HOPE
32
Den grp. : BSA
35
See 10-Down : MARX
36
Condition that causes fidgeting, informally : ADHD
38
Sporting blades : EPEES
40
For each item : APOP
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Philly basketballer : SIXER
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Pair that's kissing? : LIPS
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Evil spirit : DEMON
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Cuisine with tom yum soup : THAI
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Prefix with chamber : ANTE
48
Stir : ADO
49
Cat-o'-nine-tails component : LASH
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Its head is in the Himalayas : GANGES
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One bound to the land : SERF
55
Some Marvel superheroes : XMEN
57
Urban grid: Abbr. : STS
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Shape of 7-Down : DOUBLEHELIX
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Carefully search : COMB
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McCarthy aide Roy : COHN
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Gave (out) : METED
67
Eins + zwei : DREI
68
Band with the 1988 #1 hit "Need You Tonight" : INXS
69
Common name for a central rail station : UNION
70
Detective's assignment : CASE
71
Govt. org. for whistle-blowers : OSHA
72
Dance or dip : SALSA
Down
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One talking to a driver? : GPS
2
Fashion statement at the Kentucky Derby : HAT
3
Hockey great Bobby : ORR
4
Try : STAB
5
Lucy Ricardo, to Ricky : TVWIFE
6
One of Caesar's assassins : CASCA
7
When the ends of each of its letters are connected to those above and below, a simplified schematic of a famous structure : HXHHXHHXHHXHHXH
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Downwind : ALEE
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Ally (with) : TEAMUP
10
With 35-Across, actor who said "You can't fool me, there ain't no Sanity Clause" : CHICO
11
Creatures with 23 pairs of 25-Down : HUMANBEINGS
12
Carrier to the Mideast : ELAL
13
Linoleum cover : WAX
21
Spanish stews : OLLAS
22
Nice thought? : IDEE
23
Spanish ___ : ARMADA
24
Gathered : REAPED
25
Genetic bundles : CHROMOSOMES
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Brand of dry-erase markers : EXPO
31
Ancient theaters : ODEA
33
Quidditch team, e.g. : SEPTET
34
Evaluate : ASSESS
37
Morse units, informally : DITS
39
Architect's drawing : PLAN
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Brightest star in Orion : RIGEL
45
Workers' rights agcy. : NLRB
50
Big workers' grp. since 1955 : AFLCIO
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Ill will : ANIMUS
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Jazzman Blake : EUBIE
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Smart society : MENSA
58
Picasso muse ___ Maar : DORA
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They go to great lengths : EONS
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Lucy Lawless title role : XENA
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Flu-fighting org. : CDC
64
Up to, informally : TIL
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Goddess whom Homer called "rosy-fingered" : EOS
66
Subject of this puzzle : DNA