31 August 2014 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 31 August 2014

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M
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U
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R
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O
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B
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V
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D
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T
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G
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C
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O
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F
B
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M
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H
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O
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D
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W
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A
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T
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F
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F
R
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T
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S
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B
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P
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S
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M
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C
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M
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W
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V
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G
R
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O
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P
A
Y
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L
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L
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C
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R
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L
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J
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G
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T
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H
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G
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D
D
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F
O
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R
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L
R
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Y
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A
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W
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U
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H
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P
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C
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M
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W
A
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D
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H
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A
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P
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P
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J
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M
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T
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G
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H
H
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V
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A
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L
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A
M
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B
E
A
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O
T
O
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N
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L
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A
S
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Z
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B
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T
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P
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C
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W
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Hints & Clues

Across
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Halle Berry was once runner-up for this : MISSUSA
8
Foreheads : BROWS
13
Hanes competitor : BVD
16
Identify on Facebook : TAG
19
Ties up : ENLACES
20
French filmmaker who led the Cinéma Pur movement : RENECLAIR
22
When Earth Day is celebrated: Abbr. : APR
23
Jewish bread/Played, as a violin/Throw (1950) : CHALLAHBOWEDHEAVE
25
Tan line producer, maybe : BRA
26
Ring material : CANVAS
27
___ cloud (source of comets) : OORT
28
Org. in "The Sopranos" : FBI
29
Spend time in idle reverie : MOON
30
One quarter of a quartet : ALTO
31
Toyota rival/Measure of power/Insult (1954) : HONDAWATTAFFRONT
36
Parisian possessive : SES
37
Sound units : BELS
38
Strip club fixture : POLE
39
Anagram - and synonym - of 71-Across : AYES
40
Peace in the Middle East : SALAAM
42
Forbes competitor : INC
44
Ca, Ce, Co or Cu : ELEM
47
Reside/Savage/Puzzle (out)/Wash (2013) : DWELLFIERCESUSSLAVE
53
Greatly desired objects : GRAILS
54
Any of the "South Park" characters : TOON
55
Strike concern : PAY
56
Kiss's partner : TELL
58
Bananas : NUTSO
59
Number by a door? : CAROL
61
Islamic spirit : JINN
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Inner: Prefix : ENTO
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Dating service datum : AGE
64
Hooligan/Strange/Silo contents (1972) : THUGODDFODDER
68
Only non-U.S. M.L.B. team: Abbr. : TOR
69
Some cameras, for short : SLRS
71
See 39-Across : YEAS
72
Like a milquetoast : WUSSY
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Complete reversal : UTURN
75
Comedian Kevin : HART
76
Seed : PIT
77
Obama follower? : CARE
78
Sad news : ASHAME
79
Wildlife protector/Difficult/Hotel door feature (1980) : WARDENHAIRYPEEPHOLE
84
Have the lead : STAR
85
"Chances ___ ..." : ARE
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Load bearer? : HAMPER
87
Memo opener : INRE
90
California roll ingredient : CRAB
93
"That's what she ___" : SAID
94
Road block? : JAM
97
"In what way?"/Like overcooked steak/Possess/European capital on a gulf (1985) : HOWTOUGHHAVERIGA
102
Get whipped : LOSE
103
British author who wrote "The Old Devils" : AMIS
104
"___ man!" : BEA
105
Oklahoma tribe : OTOE
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Brave group, informally? : NLEAST
108
Kind of garden : ZEN
109
What you get when you say 23-, 31-, 47-, 64-, 79- or 97-Across out loud : BESTPICTUREWINNER
113
Meringue ingredient : EGG
114
P.O.W.'s, e.g. : INTERNEES
115
Rush-hour subway rider, facetiously : SARDINE
116
___ Islas Filipinas : LAS
117
"Inglourious Basterds" org. : OSS
118
___ nous : ENTRE
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Holes in shoes : EYELETS
Down
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Shopping malls on Black Friday, e.g. : MECCAS
2
Scarf down : INHALE
3
Some wide receiver routes : SLANTS
4
Round of shots : SALVO
5
Campus attended by Elle in "Legally Blonde" : UCLA
6
Beach homes? : SEASHELLS
7
Kind of blond : ASH
8
Ponder, with "on" : BROOD
9
Prepare to put back in the fridge, say : REWRAP
10
Pair of socks? : ONETWO
11
Unite : WED
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Duke, e.g.: Abbr. : SCH
13
Start of a children's rhyme : BAABAA
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Make more intense, as colors : VIVIFY
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Rap mogul, briefly : DRE
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Prohibited : TABOO
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Where a golf fairway transitions into a green : APRON
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President after Johnson : GRANT
21
One half of a 10-Down : LEFT
24
Growing art form? : BONSAI
29
Fred Flintstone's boss : MRSLATE
32
Minnesota's St. ___ College : OLAF
33
Strange : ALIEN
34
Heavenly bodies? : TENS
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Mood : FEEL
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Plebiscite, e.g. : BALLOT
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Número of Mexican states that border the U.S. : SEIS
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Subway systems : METROS
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Figures on some Valentine's Day cards : CUPIDS
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Ultimate : EVENTUAL
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"Careless Hands" crooner : MELTORME
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Narcs enforce them : DRUGLAWS
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Marsh rodent : WATERRAT
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Cross : ROOD
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It was satirized in "Dr. Strangelove" : COLDWAR
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Kind of blond : SANDY
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Last word of an annual holiday song : SYNE
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Grind : GNASH
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"S.N.L." producer Michaels : LORNE
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Bring up to speed : CUEIN
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First name in mysteries : AGATHA
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Rachel's firstborn, in the Bible : JOSEPH
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Build up : HYPE
66
Alecto, Megaera or Tisiphone : FURY
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Made haste : RUSHED
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Some shipping routes : STRAITS
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One of the superheroes in 2012's "The Avengers" : THOR
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Former Oldsmobile model : CIERA
78
Road starting at the Porta Capena : APPIANWAY
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Film villain with prosthetic hands : DRNO
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Cheeky : ARCH
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Less puzzling : EASIER
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Kindle purchase, in brief : EMAG
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"Daniel in the Lions' Den" artist : RUBENS
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Discharges : EGESTS
91
Long-legged shorebird : AVOCET
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Surpass : BETTER
94
"Happy Days" girl : JOANIE
95
Green light : ASSENT
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96 for Big Ben, heightwise : METRES
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Eye shade : HAZEL
98
Symbol for ohms : OMEGA
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Common bar food : WINGS
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Kind of mail : HATE
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Get up : ROUSE
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Three-time French Open champ : LENDL
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Euros replaced them : LIRE
109
Work for Plutarch, informally : BIO
110
Not post- : PRE
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Hog's Head, in the Harry Potter books : INN
112
Tip of the tongue? : ESE