26 July 2006 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 26 July 2006

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Hints & Clues

Across

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Listing : ATILT

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Where ballplayers wear gray, with "the" : ROAD

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Nae-sayer? : SCOT

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Wish granter : GENIE

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Just beat : EDGE

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Chemical defense : MACE

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With 38- and 60-Across, what the man caught taking a dip in the reservoir said : EXCUSEMEOFFICER

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LAX stat. : ETA

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Vietnam War locale : LAOS

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Pattern for a 10-Across : TARTAN

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Strike back, say : REACT

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Scrapes : SKINS

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Writer/editor Brown : TINA

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Batters' needs : HELMETS

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Pile up : AMASS

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Cartoon bear : YOGI

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Luau souvenir : LEI

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See 17-Across : BUTTHATSIGNSAYS

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Bring into play : USE

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Audio effect : ECHO

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"The People's Court" prop : GAVEL

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Some Louisianans : CREOLES

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Soufflés do it : RISE

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Very, in music : ASSAI

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Auspices : AEGIS

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Where stevedores toil : WHARFS

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Witty Bombeck : ERMA

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___ polloi : HOI

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See 17-Across : FINEFORSWIMMING

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Biblical preposition : UNTO

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Wine valley : NAPA

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Krupa portrayer in a 1959 film : MINEO

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Table expander : LEAF

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Boomers' kids : GENX

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Unsettled feeling : ANGST

Down

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"The Morning Watch" author : AGEE

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Send a message to, these days : TEXT

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Personified : INCARNATE

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Lucy of "Charlie's Angels" films : LIU

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Inventor Nikola : TESLA

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Channel surfer's need : REMOTE

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Pindar works : ODES

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Of yore : AGO

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Nimble-fingered : DEFT

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Smug looks : SMIRKS

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Desert flora : CACTI

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Poseidon's place : OCEAN

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Gulls' kin : TERNS

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For one : EACH

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Observing Ramadan : FASTING

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Steinbeck title starter : EAST

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Off-limits: Var. : TABU

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Radio jock Don : IMUS

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Disinfectant brand : LYSOL

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Cry of mock surprise : MOI

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Cackleberry : EGG

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Tin star sporter : SHERIFF

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Giving in abundance : LAVISHING

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Frosty's coals : EYES

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Marooning spot : ISLE

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Air hero : ACE

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Le Duc ___, 1973 Peace co-Nobelist : THO

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Mysore garb : SARI

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Name preceder on an envelope : CAREOF

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Swab target : EARWAX

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Teamster's rig : SEMI

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Worth no stars : AWFUL

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Distinguish oneself : SHINE

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Year-end temp : SANTA

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Beta follower : GAMMA

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MP3 download : SONG

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Armchair athlete's aid : ESPN

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Till stack : ONES

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Croce's "___ a Name" : IGOT

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Comic Charlotte : RAE

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Lowest val. : MIN