23 August 2012 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 23 August 2012

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K
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Hints & Clues

Across
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Director Roth : ELI
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Biblical word on a wall : MENE
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Something hidden, perhaps : AGENDA
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Edna Ferber novel : CIMARRON
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Multitude : LEGION
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Effrontery : CHUTZPAH
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A speedster may do it : EIGHTY
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About : ORSO
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Lug : SCHLEP
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N.L. East city: Abbr. : ATL
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Bat wood : ASH
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AOL, for one : ISP
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Mères' charges : BEBES
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Buddyroo : PAL
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Gossip : YENTA
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Still : EVENSO
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___ sleep : REM
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Fails to be : ISNT
40
Title on certain language videos ... with a hint to entering six answers in this puzzle : LEARNINGYIDDISH
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Digging : INTO
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Cuisine whose staple food is sticky rice : LAO
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Competition for truckers : ROADEO
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Butterfingers : KLUTZ
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Walk-___ : ONS
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Liquid fat : OLEIN
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Gift that's hard to believe : ESP
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Kind of card : ATM
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Slalom path : ESS
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Offer unwanted advice : KIBITZ
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"Now!" : ASAP
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So very very : ALLTOO
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Shoot the breeze : SCHMOOZE
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Genre for Q-Tip : HIPHOP
69
Bubble makers : AERATORS
70
Size up : ASSESS
71
Concordes, e.g. : SSTS
72
Lick, say : WET
Down
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Parrot : ECHO
2
"A ___ should have a good memory": Quintilian : LIAR
3
Some World of Warcraft figures : IMPS
4
Villain player in "Rocky III" : MRT
5
Go off : ERUPT
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Worthless, as an assistant : NOHELP
7
Abbr. on a business letter : ENCL
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Smart ___ : ALECS
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Woman with many fans? : GEISHA
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Item in a spoon race : EGG
11
Fed. research org. : NIH
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Modern address feature : DOT
13
"___ advice?" : ANY
15
Kind of dye : AZO
21
___ Joel Osment of "The Sixth Sense" : HALEY
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Part of A.M.A.: Abbr. : ASSN
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Like some pitched balls : INSIDE
25
Martial arts instructor : SENSEI
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Popular programming language : PYTHON
27
Locale of some Mayan ruins : BELIZE
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Caterers' bookings : EVENTS
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Ragged : BEATUP
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Sign up : ENROL
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.93% of the earth's atmosphere : ARGON
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Like some pools : TIDAL
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It may be struck in a field : OIL
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It spent 5,519 days in orbit : MIR
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Biblical woman who changed her name to Mara : NAOMI
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Ski-___ : DOOS
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Buzzers : KAZOOS
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Grabs : SEIZES
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Sporty car roofs : TTOPS
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Article of female tennis attire : SKORT
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Arthur and Benaderet : BEAS
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Qty. : AMT
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Look pregnant : SHOW
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Israeli port : ACRE
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"Hey you!" : PSST
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Cry made with a raised index finger : AHA
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Fleur-de-___ : LIS
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CD predecessors : LPS
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Café alternative : THE
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Alliance created in '48 : OAS