12 August 2011 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 12 August 2011

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Hints & Clues

Across

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Officers : BRASS

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Award show category : DRAMA

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In haste : RUSHING

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Derided : FLEERED

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It might help you catch your breath : INHALER

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Kind of pickup : LONGBED

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"St. Martin and the Beggar" painter : ELGRECO

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Tenth Commandment subject : AVARICE

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"Just this time ..." : FORONCE

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Upbraided : BERATED

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Lascivious sorts : WANTONS

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Beans and others : SIDES

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Go on : YAK

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Having more bites, say : ITCHIER

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Word from a waiter : ENJOY

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Language with no word for "hello" : KLINGON

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Sloven : PIG

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Enthusiast : FIEND

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One wiping out : EFFACER

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Pitt athlete : PANTHER

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Mercurial : ERRATIC

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Former : OLDTIME

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Subject of the Fujita scale : TORNADO

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British dish with an American version called a Hot Brown : RAREBIT

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Polka relative : TWOSTEP

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Fathers, of a sort : CLERICS

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Lachrymose : INTEARS

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Attacked : HADAT

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What the cogent make : SENSE

Down

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Summary : BRIEF

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Need replenishing : RUNLOW

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Silverish : ASHGRAY

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"My" girl in a 1979 hit : SHARONA

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Knee cap? : SILENTK

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Coins for Cicero : DENARII

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College student's request : REGRADE

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Judge : ARBITER

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Varmints, in a classic cartoon line : MEECES

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Extra : ADDED

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Big name in wafers : NECCO

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Creator of "The Simpsons" : GROENING

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Blubber : FLAB

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Having a hard time connecting? : LOVESHY

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Missouri metro : STJOE

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It may come down after a win : CONFETTI

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Native to a certain region : ENDEMIC

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Like some spirits : KINDRED

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It's typed with the left pinkie : LETTERA

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Check : INHIBIT

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Echoes : PARROTS

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"That makes 50-Across" : ICANSEE

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Lie in the sun : GETATAN

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Start of a Christmas refrain : FALALA

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:-( : FROWN

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Equestrians : RIDERS

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It may be screened : PORCH

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Softens in water, in a way : RETS

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Thicket of trees : COPSE