20 September 2008 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 20 September 2008

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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Agreed : JIBED
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"Only bad witches are ugly" speaker : GLINDA
12
Drama queen : EMOTER
14
They might be weaving : SPEEDERS
16
"You ___!" : BETCHA
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Asian range, with "the" : HIMALAYA
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Break by hitting : BASHIN
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Prompts : INSPIRES
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Apt to turn out badly : UNWISE
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Trademark relatives : PATENTS
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Something taken before swinging : STANCE
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Lame excuse : IFORGOT
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Opening and closing facilitator : HINGE
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Soon enough : ANON
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Loafer attachment : TASSEL
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Common household pest : REDANT
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"Sweet!" : NICE
35
Sports equipment wired for scoring : EPEES
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Bit of regalia : SCEPTER
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Mixed with something else : IMPURE
42
Separator of light and dark : TANLINE
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"Les Mains Sales" playwright, 1948 : SARTRE
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Delivered by a third person, perhaps : NARRATED
45
Snow-covered cover-up : ANORAK
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It contains the three-fifths clause : ARTICLEI
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It's typically easier to give than take : ADVICE
48
Setting one back the most : PRICIEST
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Comparatively shrewd : KEENER
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Ecclesiastical districts : SYNODS
51
Trivial stuff : DROSS
Down
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Founder of the Foundation for Florida's Future : JEBBUSH
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"That wasn't a joke!" : IMEANTIT
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Its capital is Gaborone : BOTSWANA
4
Artistic impressions? : ETCHINGS
5
Bursts open, as legume seedpods : DEHISCES
6
Set piece? : GEMSTONE
7
Ballerina, often : LEAPER
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Inactivity : IDLING
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By : NEARTO
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Least exciting : DRYEST
11
Politico Hutchinson and others : ASAS
13
Asian royal : RANEE
14
Send from abroad : SHIPIN
15
Blouse coverer : PINAFORE
25
Heirs, legally : ALIENEES
27
Licenses : ENTITLES
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Said while pounding the fist, say : DEMANDED
30
One signing off : APPROVER
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It's free of charge : NEUTRINO
32
Apartment adjuncts : TERRACES
34
It needs to be built up when it's bad : CREDIT
36
Participants in a kids' game : SEEKERS
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Like some nights and eyes : STARRY
38
Deliver by truck : CARTIN
39
Lucia's brother in "Lucia di Lammermoor" : ENRICO
40
Opposite of turbulent : PLACID
41
Singer of the 1991 hit "Wicked Game" : ISAAK
44
Refreshing things : NAPS