5 August 2018 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 5 August 2018

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C
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A
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S
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A
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W
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E
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N
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T
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F
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L
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O
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R
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A
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T
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R
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I
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O
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D
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E
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A
C
E
R
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E
A
C
H
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R
I
P
U
P
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S
E
A
L
U
P
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P
A
R
T
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Y
T
R
A
Y
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A
M
I
S
S
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A
N
G
L
E
E
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N
I
E
C
E
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L
A
M
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A
Z
E
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H
E
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A
R
T
R
A
T
E
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N
E
A
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T
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E
L
I
J
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A
H
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I
S
E
E
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I
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R
A
N
G
A
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T
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E
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T
E
U
T
O
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N
S
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D
E
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A
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L
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S
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T
A
S
T
E
T
E
S
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T
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R
I
T
U
A
L
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S
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P
O
I
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A
D
L
E
R
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A
T
O
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M
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C
A
R
M
E
N
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M
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C
R
A
E
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L
I
A
R
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I
R
O
N
O
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R
E
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S
O
A
R
I
N
G
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Y
O
M
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G
R
A
N
I
T
A
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U
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S
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B
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P
U
L
S
E
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L
O
S
T
I
N
T
H
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E
S
H
U
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F
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F
L
E
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Y
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E
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A
S
T
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A
G
O
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N
O
T
T
R
U
E
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B
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A
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H
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A
T
T
A
I
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N
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S
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S
E
N
E
G
A
L
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B
A
D
U
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C
H
A
T
T
Y
C
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A
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T
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H
Y
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E
T
O
N
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A
B
N
E
R
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H
E
R
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S
A
M
H
I
L
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L
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L
O
C
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A
L
C
A
L
L
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T
R
I
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E
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D
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L
I
E
F
L
A
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T
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D
E
P
L
A
N
E
S
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M
A
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G
I
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N
I
A
C
I
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N
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P
A
R
A
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G
109
A
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M
E
R
R
A
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G
E
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B
O
X
O
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U
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T
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Y
A
R
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D
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S
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A
P
A
R
N
A
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O
R
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A
L
S
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B
R
A
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S
S
B
A
R
S
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G
O
R
G
E
S
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T
V
S
E
T
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E
G
G
O
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I
M
I
N
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S
P
E
E
D
S
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H
E
S
S
E
129
L
E
S
T
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C
A
P
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Hints & Clues

Across
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Word repeated in "Mi ___ es su ___" : CASA
5
Skipped town : WENT
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Good name for a botanist? : FLORA
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Certain vacuum tube : TRIODE
20
Taiwan-based electronics giant : ACER
21
Per item : EACH
22
Shred : RIPUP
23
Make airtight : SEALUP
24
Caterer's platter : PARTYTRAY
26
Off : AMISS
27
Director of "Eat Drink Man Woman," 1994 : ANGLEE
28
Morticia, to Fester, in 1960s TV : NIECE
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Expecting help? : LAMAZE
31
Beat generation figure? : HEARTRATE
33
Tidy : NEAT
35
___ Muhammad, mentor to Malcolm X : ELIJAH
37
"Mm-hmm" : ISEE
38
Reagan-era scandal : IRANGATE
42
Old Germanic tribe : TEUTONS
44
Passes out : DEALS
48
Oral examination? : TASTETEST
50
Initiations have them : RITUALS
52
Dish made from a fermented root : POI
53
Grace's surname on "Will & Grace" : ADLER
54
Neutron's home : ATOM
56
Jazz singer who acted in the "Roots" miniseries : CARMENMCRAE
59
Whopper maker : LIAR
60
Hematite, e.g. : IRONORE
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Like 100% inflation : SOARING
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___ Kippur : YOM
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Sorbet-like dessert originally from Sicily : GRANITA
65
___ port : USB
68
Wrist watch? : PULSE
69
Like this puzzle's circled letters vis-à-vis their Across answers : LOSTINTHESHUFFLE
73
Brewer's need : YEAST
76
Long ___ : AGO
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"Nuh-uh!" : NOTTRUE
78
"Horrible!" : BAH
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Reaches : ATTAINS
84
Nearest country to Cape Verde : SENEGAL
85
Grammy winner Erykah ___ : BADU
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Talkative sort : CHATTYCATHY
90
Competitor of Rugby : ETON
91
"Li'l" fellow : ABNER
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"I'm with ___" : HER
93
Hell, informally : SAMHILL
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It might take only seven digits : LOCALCALL
97
Sampled : TRIED
100
Be rumple-free : LIEFLAT
102
Leaves for baggage claim, say : DEPLANES
103
Star followers : MAGI
105
Vitamin B3 : NIACIN
107
Prefix with normal : PARA
108
Cause of a tossed joystick, maybe : GAMERRAGE
112
Block from getting close to the basket : BOXOUT
115
Gridiron gains : YARDS
118
Comic ___ Nancherla : APARNA
119
Stage in getting a Ph.D. : ORALS
121
Some rustproof rails : BRASSBARS
123
Chasms : GORGES
124
Newsroom fixture : TVSET
125
Frozen breakfast brand : EGGO
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"Let's do it!" : IMIN
127
Risks a ticket : SPEEDS
128
"Siddhartha" novelist : HESSE
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In case : LEST
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Washington team, familiarly : CAPS
Down
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___ Crunch : CAPN
2
Smoothie flavor : ACAI
3
Tennis star's feat : SERENASLAM
4
Place for exhibitions : ARTCENTER
5
Word with noodle or nurse : WET
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Viscount's superior : EARL
7
Big scholarship awarder, for short : NCAA
8
Mint family herb : THYME
9
"Down goes ___!" (1973 sports line) : FRAZIER
10
Mojito ingredient : LIMEJUICE
11
Nail polish brand : OPI
12
When jams are produced : RUSHHOUR
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Place for an altar : APSE
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Long line in Russia : TSARS
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Let : RENTED
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"Amen to that" : IAGREE
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Earthen pot : OLLA
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What it takes two to do : DUET
19
One-on-one Olympics event : EPEE
25
Chuck in the air : YEAGER
30
Not mainstream, briefly : ALT
32
Separations at weddings? : AISLES
34
Body work, in brief : TAT
36
Lead-in to boy or girl : ATTA
38
Birthplace of the Renaissance : ITALY
39
RCA component : RADIO
40
Put claw marks in : TEARAT
41
Sharer of Russia's western border : ESTONIA
43
Setting for many G.I. stories : NAM
45
Much of Aries' span : APRIL
46
Postgraduation stressors, for some : LOANS
47
Lengthy attack : SIEGE
49
Refining, as muscles : TONING
51
Lead-in to cone : SNO
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"You only live once," for one : MOTTO
57
Baked beans flavor : MAPLE
58
Mötley ___ : CRUE
60
Schedule-keeping org. : IRS
61
Team scream : RAH
64
"10-4" : GOTIT
65
Longest American north-south rte. : USONE
66
"Fiddler on the Roof" setting : SHTETL
67
In spades : BUTGOOD
69
Future attorney's hurdle, for short : LSAT
70
Memphis-to-Nashville dir. : ENE
71
2018 World Cup champs : FRANCE
72
Prayer ending? : FUL
73
Workplace for a cabin boy : YACHT
74
Antiquated anesthetic : ETHER
75
Pong creator : ATARI
78
All-female group with the 1986 #1 hit "Venus" : BANANARAMA
79
One-named singer whose last name is Adkins : ADELE
80
Pitches : HURLS
82
Albany is its capital: Abbr. : NYS
83
Gorsuch's predecessor on the bench : SCALIA
84
Two of diamonds? : SYLLABLES
85
Trusted news source in the Mideast : BBCARABIC
87
Friend of Descartes ... or, in English, question pondered by Descartes? : AMI
88
"What chutzpah!" : THENERVE
89
Early record holder : HIFI
91
Puts to rest : ALLAYS
94
Pricey-sounding apparel brand? : LACOSTE
96
Tinder, e.g. : APP
98
Surface : EMERGE
99
"Well, I'll be" follower : DARNED
101
B'way buys : TIX
104
It covers a lot of ground : GRASS
106
Recognition for a scientist : NOBEL
108
Comic's offerings : GAGS
109
Per item : APOP
110
Stud finder? : MARE
111
One wearing black eyeliner and ripped jeans, say : GOTH
113
Desire : URGE
114
Makes out? : TAGS
116
Cause of some insomnia : DRIP
117
Application figs. : SSNS
120
Dummkopf : ASS
122
Boozehound : SOT