19 August 2012 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 19 August 2012

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Hints & Clues

Across
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Polo need : MALLET
7
Some ballroom dances : CHACHAS
14
Go by again : REPASS
20
Figures in TV's "V" : ALIENS
21
Acid, e.g. : ETCHANT
22
One-two wager : EXACTA
23
Ultranationalism? : JINGOALLTHEWAY
25
Sunday best : FINERY
26
Keep on hand : STOCK
27
View from une chalet, maybe : ALPES
28
Reforms? : MUTATES
29
Scream, so to speak : RIOT
31
Gray shades : TAUPES
35
Mil. stat : MIAS
36
Dame ___ Everage : EDNA
39
"Thriller" Grammy sweep? : THEDAYOFTHEJACKO
44
Appear that way : SEEMTO
46
Zero : NIL
47
More than dislike : LOATHE
48
Speed at which the apocalypse is coming? : TEMPOOFDOOM
51
Having allegorical meanings : AESOPIC
56
43-Down follower : APOSTLE
57
Brought in : REAPED
61
Gold-compound salt : AURATE
62
Balkan native : SERB
64
Obsessive-compulsive soap purger? : RINSEPSYCHO
66
Source of indigo : ANIL
70
Kate who married a prince : MIDDLETON
73
Classic Jags : XKES
74
Big gambling loss in the Biggest Little City in the World? : RENOFAILURE
77
Venetian strip : SLAT
80
Louis Armstrong played one : CORNET
81
More gung-ho : KEENER
84
Excitement : AROUSAL
89
Former Treasury secretary Paul and former Yankee Paul : ONEILLS
91
Bad precept for U.S. foreign policy? : AMERICANEGO
93
Spa item : LOOFAH
97
L-P center : MNO
98
Non compos mentis : ADDLED
99
Not a happy ending on the yellow brick road? : TOTOANNIHILATION
105
Choice word : ELSE
106
"Are you ___ out?" : INOR
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Do a hula, e.g. : GYRATE
108
Swerve : VEER
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Goes (for) : RETAILS
112
Nastily slander : SLIME
116
Wrong : AMISS
120
What a chair may hold : AGENDA
121
TV detective with his unbalanced suspect? : HAMMERANDSICKO
125
Solemn pieces : DIRGES
126
Like the Boston Tea Partiers : ANTITAX
127
Whence the phrase "Beware of Greeks bearing gifts" : AENEID
128
Opposite of dethrone : ENSEAT
129
Big name in pasta : RONZONI
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Curses out? : BLEEPS
Down
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Some mil. brass : MAJS
2
Settled down : ALIT
3
Lead-in to type : LINO
4
Bikers' woes : LEGCRAMPS
5
Japanese mushroom : ENOKI
6
J.F.K. search party? : TSA
7
Clandestine group : CELL
8
Link letters : HTTP
9
Joint concern : ACHE
10
Opposite of flat : CHESTY
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Part of a bray : HAW
12
Santa ___ : ANA
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Dump : STY
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Dump : REFUSEHEAP
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Red-letter word : EXIT
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Article of apparel that's not made where you might think : PANAMA
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Like CH3CO2H : ACETIC
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Run : STREAK
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Asserts something : SAYSSO
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Plaster support : LATH
28
1980s New York Philharmonic maestro : MEHTA
30
Peter of "The Last Emperor" : OTOOLE
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Part of some e-mail addresses : AOL
33
Radar anomaly : UFO
34
Class action grp.? : PTA
36
Spanish 101 word : ESTA
37
Many-layered : DEEP
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"Little" comics boy : NEMO
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Rear : END
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J'adore perfumer : DIOR
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Perennial succulent : ALOE
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Religious figure : JESUS
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Sandbox frequenters : TOTS
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Manhattan Project physicist : FERMI
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Jazz vocalist Shaw : MARLENA
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Antelope related to the gemsbok : ORYX
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Cram : PACK
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"Am ___ only one?" : ITHE
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Mitt Romney and others, once : CEOS
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Pizzeria order : PIE
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"The Lord of the Rings" tree creature : ENT
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U.K. mil. decorations : DSOS
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Con : BILK
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China's Zhou ___ : ENLAI
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With the bow, in music : ARCO
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Really bright : NEON
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Memo intro : INRE
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Blonde Anderson : LONI
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Appropriate : DUE
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Death Row Records co-founder, familiarly : DRE
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Chap : FELLA
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"Finally!" : ATLONGLAST
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Like election laws, typically : ARCANE
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Ugly one : TOAD
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Watson of the Harry Potter films : EMMA
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Musical with the song "Seasons of Love" : RENT
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Sabotage : UNDERMINE
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Dump, say : SELL
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A long time : AGES
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Big vein : LODE
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Some Blu-ray players : SONYS
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Louis XIV, for one : ROI
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Wreath source : FIR
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Solution reaction : AHA
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Miss's partner : HIT
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It might result in a meltdown : TIRADE
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Tchaikovsky's "Eugene ___" : ONEGIN
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Bag handlers : TOTERS
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House of ___ : ORANGE
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Broadway smash starting in '87 : LESMIZ
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Pizzeria need : OVEN
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Chart holder : EASEL
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Spark, so to speak : IDEA
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Consort of Zeus : LETO
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Big oil exporter : IRAN
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Mini's counterpart : MAXI
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Summer cooler : ICEE
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Record problem : SKIP
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Lays the groundwork for? : SODS
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Half a laugh : HAR
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New element in each of this puzzle's theme answers : ANO
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Geog. abbreviation : MTN
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Tiny application : DAB