1 September 2018 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 1 September 2018

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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Lively dances in 2/4 time : SAMBAS
7
Smallest country in mainland Africa : GAMBIA
13
Had a fit? : TRIEDON
15
Indian or Mexican : CUISINE
16
Frazzled commuter's comment : ITSAZOO
17
One getting on : OLDSTER
18
How someone may be interrupted : MIDSENTENCE
20
Country club figure : PRO
21
Language with a trilled "r" : SCOTS
22
Verb in the first telegraph message : HATH
23
They're encouraged on a ketogenic diet : FATS
24
Encouraging words : OLES
25
Japanese stock holder : MISO
26
Lead-in to comic : SERIO
27
"Super" thing in games, once : NES
28
Force of nature? : CENTRIPETAL
30
Bit of belt-tightening : BUDGETCUT
31
Longtime talk show host with a degree from Harvard : CONANOBRIEN
34
Ethnic group that makes up about 18% of the world's population : HAN
37
Silly tricks : APERY
38
Ones on Telemundo : UNOS
39
Athlete known as "The Black Pearl" : PELE
40
"What, will these hands ___ be clean?": Lady Macbeth : NEER
41
Wee warbler : WREN
42
Luxurious Italian house : PRADA
43
Abbr. for those who don't like parties : IND
44
Bisector of the Fertile Crescent : TIGRISRIVER
46
Road Runners' race classification : TENMILE
48
Neighbor of an Austrian : SLOVENE
49
Part of an oven : BROILER
50
Money in the Bible : TALENTS
51
What's left : ESTATE
52
Prepare to go : GETSET
Down
1
Secretary of war to Taft, Roosevelt and Truman : STIMSON
2
First word of the Constitution after the preamble : ARTICLE
3
Messes up : MISDOES
4
Wild things : BEASTS
5
Shop shapers : ADZES
6
Any minute : SOON
7
Mean Miss of "The Wizard of Oz" : GULCH
8
Second : AIDE
9
Ed.'s inbox filler : MSS
10
Cameo : BITPART
11
Resistance to change : INERTIA
12
Kind of can : AEROSOL
14
Overhyped event, in slang : NOTHINGBURGER
15
One who gets bent out of shape : CONTORTIONIST
19
Connecticut Yankee, e.g. : EASTERNER
23
Pedal pushers : FEET
25
"Love ___" : MEDO
26
Emulated Rumpelstiltskin : SPUN
28
Hunter College is part of it, in brief : CUNY
29
Summer coolers : ICES
30
Attorney general before Reno : BARR
31
Disbeliever's question : CANITBE
32
Prelims : OPENERS
33
Is unobliged to : NEEDNOT
34
"My word!" : HEAVENS
35
Chewy, in a way : ALDENTE
36
Proximate : NEAREST
39
Dividing shrub : PRIVET
41
Toon with a middle initial : WILEE
42
Drudge : PROLE
44
List : TILT
45
Smeltery refuse : SLAG
47
Nowhere to be found, for short : MIA