27 August 2014 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 27 August 2014

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Hints & Clues

Across
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Showing hopelessness : ABJECT
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"West Side Story" weapon : SHIV
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Do Not Call Registry org. : FTC
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Truckers' contest : ROADEO
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Colombian city of 2+ million : CALI
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Dig this! : ORE
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Libretto for "Eel Trovatore"? : CONGERLINES
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FEMA offering : AID
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Green-light : OKAY
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Want ad abbr. : EEO
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Lightning setting : TAMPA
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Microwave for hot dogs? : FRANKZAPPER
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Sequel to "Twilight" : NEWMOON
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90 degrees from sur : OESTE
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Sound of an allergic reaction : ACHOO
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___ factor : ICK
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Porter's cousin : ALE
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Actor Sheen after starting a new career in piano maintenance? : CHARLIETHETUNER
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"Salem's ___" : LOT
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DVR brand : RCA
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Subject of King Abdullah : SAUDI
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Union station? : ALTAR
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Lacking the traditional comforts : SPARTAN
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One who knows the earnings report by heart? : SALESQUOTER
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Get the lead out? : ERASE
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Hauler's choice : VAN
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Once, quaintly : ERST
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Lucy of "The Man With the Iron Fists" : LIU
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Actor in a Mr. Potato Head costume? : TUBERPLAYER
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Gig part : MEG
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Scrape, in a way : SKIN
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Make bubbly : AERATE
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Wood used to make the original Stratocasters : ASH
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Neurosurgeons' readouts, for short : EEGS
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George's friend in "Of Mice and Men" : LENNIE
Down
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Oil giant that's part of the Tesoro Corporation : ARCO
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Reserve : BOOK
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1998 Wimbledon champ Novotna : JANA
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Pushing the boundaries of propriety : EDGY
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Daycare center? : CEE
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Fighter in a ring : TORERO
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Descendant : SCION
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Solo on the big screen : HAN
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Land in la mer : ILE
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Prospects : VISTAS
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Bit of packaging detritus : FOAMPEANUT
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Horsefeathers : TRIPE
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Chest wood : CEDAR
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Like ostrich meat : LEAN
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Abbr. in some addresses : APT
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Hornswoggle : FOOL
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___ brothers, noted political donors : KOCH
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First name of the wolf in Disney's "The Big Bad Wolf" : ZEKE
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Salt, chemically : NACL
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Parrot : ECHO
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"That is SO stupid!" : WHATALAUGH
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Country on the Strait of Gibraltar: Abbr. : MOR
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"Keep ___ secret" : ITA
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Helen of Troy's mother : LEDA
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Hibernia : ERIN
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Early 2000s war zone : IRAQ
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Color similar to almond : ECRU
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Winter Palace resident : TSAR
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Political alliance of 1958: Abbr. : UAR
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"___ Girls," 1957 musical comedy : LES
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Sub-Saharan menace : TSETSE
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Badge shape : STAR
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One who might have a collection of foreign stamps : PENPAL
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1965 civil rights march site : SELMA
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Curious, action-oriented sort, supposedly : ARIES
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Pizzeria needs : OVENS
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Pull in : EARN
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Romney's 2012 running mate : RYAN
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___ Institute, org. that makes use of the Allen Telescope Array : SETI
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Family ___ : TREE
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Relative of a cuatro, informally : UKE
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All over the news : BIG
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Victor at Chancellorsville : LEE