23 August 2005 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 23 August 2005

1
F
2
L
3
E
4
C
5
K
6
T
7
E
8
E
9
S
10
A
11
H
12
A
13
B
14
S
A
T
I
E
15
A
X
L
E
16
L
O
L
A
17
T
R
A
V
E
18
L
V
I
S
A
19
B
R
E
T
20
O
V
I
21
P
O
E
T
22
L
23
A
U
N
C
H
24
P
A
L
25
O
M
A
R
26
P
E
R
M
S
27
T
U
N
N
28
E
L
V
I
S
I
29
O
30
N
31
S
32
L
I
M
33
L
I
E
D
34
N
B
A
35
B
O
A
S
36
H
37
O
V
E
L
38
H
O
O
P
39
A
H
S
40
B
A
L
I
41
G
E
N
E
42
H
O
T
43
E
L
V
I
S
44
I
45
T
O
R
46
P
R
E
E
N
47
N
O
T
A
48
B
49
I
50
T
51
S
52
A
L
A
D
A
53
S
L
O
E
54
A
R
E
55
E
R
A
S
56
S
57
T
E
E
L
V
58
I
S
O
R
59
R
A
C
E
60
A
R
A
T
61
E
D
E
N
S
62
F
L
E
D
63
Y
A
M
S
64
N
O
R
S
E

Hints & Clues

Across
1
Bit of dandruff : FLECK
6
Drivers' aids : TEES
10
Captain of the Pequod : AHAB
14
Debussy contemporary Erik : SATIE
15
Cart part : AXLE
16
"Damn Yankees" vamp : LOLA
17
Document shown at border patrol : TRAVELVISA
19
Writer Harte : BRET
20
Prefix with duct : OVI
21
Yeats or Keats : POET
22
Cape Canaveral event : LAUNCH
24
California observatory : PALOMAR
26
Salon jobs : PERMS
27
Fixation indication : TUNNELVISION
31
Meager : SLIM
33
Served up a whopper : LIED
34
Magic org. : NBA
35
Feathery scarves : BOAS
36
Very humble home : HOVEL
38
Score for a 34-Across player : HOOP
39
Satisfied sighs : AHS
40
1952 Hope/Crosby "Road" destination : BALI
41
Pool part? : GENE
42
Rubbernecker at the Ritz, perhaps : HOTELVISITOR
46
Fuss with feathers : PREEN
47
Zilch : NOTABIT
51
Celestial Seasonings alternative : SALADA
53
Gin flavorer : SLOE
54
"So there you ___!" : ARE
55
Long stretches : ERAS
56
Part of a suit of armor : STEELVISOR
59
Derby : RACE
60
"I smell ___!" : ARAT
61
Perfect places : EDENS
62
Took it on the lam : FLED
63
Candied tubers : YAMS
64
Like Vikings : NORSE
Down
1
Shutterbug's setting : FSTOP
2
Caterpillar, for one : LARVA
3
Internet commerce : ETAIL
4
Opposite of military: Abbr. : CIV
5
Button one's lips : KEEPMUM
6
Pub : TAVERN
7
Off-ramp : EXIT
8
Raised railroads : ELS
9
Denver is way above it : SEALEVEL
10
Philatelists' books : ALBUMS
11
Interrupts : HORNSINON
12
Knighted Guinness : ALEC
13
The Wife of ___ (Chaucer story teller) : BATH
18
Credit union offering : LOAN
23
Like the Kalahari : ARID
25
Elevator pioneer Elisha : OTIS
26
Ballerina's bend : PLIE
28
The King (subject of four "sightings" elsewhere in this puzzle) : ELVIS
29
Cousin of an English horn : OBOE
30
Catch a few Z's : NAP
31
Arty Manhattan district : SOHO
32
The cellar : LASTPLACE
35
"Balderdash!" : BAH
36
Participate in decision-making : HAVEASAY
37
Lena of "Chocolat" : OLIN
38
Sister and wife of Zeus : HERA
40
Ran in the wash : BLED
41
Settled a score : GOTEVEN
43
Rubbed out or off : ERASED
44
Estuaries : INLETS
45
Labor saver : TOOL
48
More despicable : BASER
49
Steam items : IRONS
50
Abrupt : TERSE
51
Lowly laborer : SERF
52
Asia's fast-shrinking ___ Sea : ARAL
53
Ore deposit : SEAM
57
___-la-la : TRA
58
Words of commitment : IDO