15 September 2010 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 15 September 2010

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R
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O
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T
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C
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K
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N
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O
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T
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S
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A
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G
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A
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S
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A
S
E
A
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A
C
N
E
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P
L
A
T
E
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P
L
U
M
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B
T
R
E
E
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A
L
G
E
R
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T
O
T
E
R
M
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S
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A
M
I
A
M
B
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L
O
A
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F
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S
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S
S
N
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L
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L
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D
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C
N
O
T
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E
S
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A
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B
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B
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A
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A
A
A
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A
D
R
A
W
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P
L
E
A
S
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D
U
M
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B
D
U
M
B
B
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U
L
L
E
T
S
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E
R
N
I
E
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A
L
A
N
A
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P
I
A
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S
A
S
S
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S
T
E
N
T
S
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S
K
Y
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C
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L
U
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S
K
I
T
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S
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B
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E
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Q
U
I
E
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T
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M
E
A
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N
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I
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E
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L
I
E
I
N
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P
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A
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P
E
R
J
A
M
B
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E
R
I
T
U
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K
I
E
L
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A
S
I
A
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W
E
I
S
S
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E
D
G
Y
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K
A
T
Y

Hints & Clues

Across
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Org. known for drilling? : ROTC
5
Masseur's target : KNOT
9
Soap operas, essentially : SAGAS
14
Offshore : ASEA
15
What adolescents may fight : ACNE
16
Bit of dental work : PLATE
17
Where lead weights grow? : PLUMBTREE
19
Horatio who wrote about down-and-out boys : ALGER
20
How babies may be carried : TOTERM
21
Bit of a Coleridge poetry line? : SAMIAMB
23
Takes it easy : LOAFS
26
Nine-digit ID : SSN
27
Harvard degree earned by J.F.K. in 1956 : LLD
30
10 of them make a thou : CNOTES
32
"Take a Chance on Me" group : ABBA
36
Little battery : AAA
37
"Let's call it ___" ("We're even") : ADRAW
38
S O S's, essentially : PLEAS
39
Ammo for idiots? : DUMBDUMBBULLETS
42
Bert's "Sesame Street" buddy : ERNIE
43
Actress Stewart : ALANA
44
___ mater (brain cover) : PIA
45
Cheeky chatter : SASS
46
Surgical inserts : STENTS
47
What's up? : SKY
48
Gulager of "The Virginian" : CLU
50
"Saturday Night Live" segments : SKITS
52
"Shut up!" ... or a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme : BEQUIET
56
No-good sort : MEANIE
60
___ wait : LIEIN
61
Toy house door support? : PAPERJAMB
64
Verdi aria : ERITU
65
German port : KIEL
66
___ Minor : ASIA
67
"Marat/Sade" playwright Peter : WEISS
68
Pushing the envelope : EDGY
69
Singer Perry with the 2010 #1 hit "California Gurls" : KATY
Down
1
Enthralled : RAPT
2
Munch Museum's locale : OSLO
3
German: Abbr. : TEUT
4
Certain cigarette : CAMEL
5
Capital of Nepal : KATMANDU
6
Big name in A.T.M.'s : NCR
7
Single : ONE
8
Ball supporters : TEES
9
Sends cyberjunk : SPAMS
10
Everything considered : ALLINALL
11
Lady ___ : GAGA
12
"Lemme ___!" : ATEM
13
Balkan native : SERB
18
Wedding gown fabric : BROCADE
22
Long-eared farm animal : ASS
24
Layout : FORMAT
25
Equine areas : STABLES
27
Works as a stevedore : LADES
28
Object of Petrarch's passion : LAURA
29
Curses : DAMNS
31
Only coach to win both N.F.L. and A.F.L. championships : EWBANK
33
Prompts on answering machines : BEEPS
34
Hand-dyed fabric : BATIK
35
Analyze : ASSAY
38
Bandage, across the pond : PLASTER
40
Dog treats : BISCUITS
41
Not expected : UNTIMELY
46
Take to court : SUE
49
"Peanuts" boy with a blanket : LINUS
51
Pat of "Wheel of Fortune" : SAJAK
52
Muffed : BLEW
53
Homeland of Joyce and Yeats : EIRE
54
Helen Mirren's crowning role, informally? : QEII
55
It takes a toll: Abbr. : TPKE
57
Astronaut's letters : NASA
58
Cry during a recess game : IMIT
59
Web site with a "Buy It Now" option : EBAY
62
Help : AID
63
Accurate throw : PEG