20 August 2009 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 20 August 2009

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W
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E
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S
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S
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O
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N
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L
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I
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S
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A
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L
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A
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E
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A
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T
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C
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D
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N
T
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R
A
S
A
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I
D
O
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T
D
R
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V
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E
N
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S
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S
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C
S
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ONE
S
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E
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A
G
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TWO
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T
A
K
E
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S
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FIVE
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T
R
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A
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E
R
O
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S
R
S
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A
F
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I
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R
E
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S
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O
L
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D
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E
R
O
S
E
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G
A
O
L
S
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P
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A
R
A
L
L
E
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L
O
G
R
A
M
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A
M
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N
D
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L
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G
I
T
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I
R
E
N
A
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A
S
K
O
F
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O
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V
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O
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N
O
N
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C
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A
P
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S
T
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U
P
O
R
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FOUR
D
A
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Y
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B
I
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G
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THREE
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N
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L
E
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T
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M
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B
E
O
R
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I
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G
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N
A
L
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H
E
E
P
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I
C
E
S
K
A
T
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R
S
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S
S
N
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E
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E
L
Y
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E
E

Hints & Clues

Across
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Big name in oil : WESSON
7
Easter flower, in Is-sur-Tille : LIS
10
Butterfly wings, e.g. : ALAE
14
The fool in "A fool and his money are soon parted" : ANTECEDENT
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Tabula ___ : RASA
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Excuse given for asking for a ride : IDONTDRIVE
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Humanoid trees in Tolkien : ENTS
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Ticks, say: Abbr. : SECS
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Toddler's attire : ONESIE
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Time for potty training, maybe : AGETWO
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Rests : TAKESFIVE
25
Chorus line opener : TRA
27
Handel cantata "___ e Leandro" : ERO
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Promgoers, e.g.: Abbr. : SRS
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Burning : AFIRE
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Not shaky : SOLID
34
Jagged : EROSE
35
Clinks overseas : GAOLS
36
What's revealed by connecting the special squares in this puzzle in order : PARALLELOGRAM
39
Start of the United Negro College Fund slogan : AMIND
40
Kosher : LEGIT
41
___ Szewinska, Olympic sprinting gold medalist of 1964, 1968 and 1976 : IRENA
42
Want from : ASKOF
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Ab ___ (from the top) : OVO
46
Partisan leader? : NON
47
Tube top : CAP
49
Daze : STUPOR
51
Nice kind of workweek : FOURDAY
53
G.M., Ford and Chrysler : BIGTHREE
56
Setting for an Agatha Christie novel : NILE
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Proctor's call : TIME
58
Advice for essay writers : BEORIGINAL
61
Dickens creep : HEEP
62
Eight producers? : ICESKATERS
63
Payroll dept. figs. : SSNS
64
Wiring experts: Abbr. : EES
65
Paris palace : ELYSEE
Down
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Middles that are often too big : WAISTS
2
Ingratiate : ENDEAR
3
Has on hand : STOCKS
4
Intuit : SENSE
5
When Canada celebrates Thanksgiving: Abbr. : OCT
6
Washington in the Songwriters Hall of Fame : NED
7
Hawaiian strings? : LEIS
8
You might get one before a party : INVITE
9
Direct : STEER
10
Neck of the woods : AREA
11
Tony-winning "Frost/Nixon" actor : LANGELLA
12
Constellation : ASTERISM
13
Best Director of 1992 and 2004 : EASTWOOD
15
Be an utter bore? : DRONE
23
Beer from upstate New York : SARANAC
24
Like the symmetry of a starfish : FIVEFOLD
26
Free of charge : ASAGIFT
30
Part of some chains: Abbr. : ISL
31
Walks unsteadily : REELS
33
___ cloud (region of comets far beyond Pluto) : OORT
34
Celtic land : ERIN
35
"Beauty and the Beat" band : GOGOS
36
P.D.Q. Bach's "Sanka Cantata" and such : PARODIES
37
Final words of Numbers 5:22 : AMENAMEN
38
Albanian coin : LEK
41
How mini-pizzas are usually cut : INFOURTHS
42
Each : APIECE
43
Sounds off : OPINES
44
1958 #1 song with the lyric "Let's fly way up to the clouds" : VOLARE
45
Bully's warning : ORELSE
48
Old comic strip "___ an' Slats" : ABBIE
50
Concord : UNITY
52
O.K.'s from the O.K. Corral? : YEPS
54
Exits : GOES
55
School basics : THREERS
59
Presidential nickname : IKE
60
Square dance partner : GAL