20 September 2017 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 20 September 2017

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N
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J
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Hints & Clues

Across
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Wall Street index, for short : SANDP
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Things in jewel cases [3] : CDS
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Vena ___ (major vessel) : CAVA
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County north of Limerick : CLARE
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Painter Paul [11] : KLEE
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Patron saint of Norway : OLAF
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Witch hazel or bay rum : AFTERSHAVE
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Scrapped, to NASA : NOGO
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Cry from Scrooge : BAH
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Hindu ascetics : SWAMIS
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Gloomy : DOUR
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Bird-related : AVIAN
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Book borrower's penalty [5] : LATEFEE
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Green Monster's ballpark : FENWAY
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Wenders who directed "Buena Vista Social Club" : WIM
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"Last one ___ a rotten egg!" : INIS
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Marmalade bit : ZEST
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Pear variety : ANJOU
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Diner cupful, slangily : JOE
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Some trackgoers [18] : BETTORS
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Eur. distance measures : KMS
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"How about that!" : ILLBE
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Capital of 26-Down [21] : SUVA
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Scottish hillside : BRAE
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What A.L. pitchers normally don't do : BAT
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Interior designs : DECORS
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Classroom surprise [15][16] : POPQUIZ
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Muscular strength : SINEW
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Off in the distance : AFAR
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Curator's workplace : MUSEUM
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Fleur-de-___ : LYS
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Citrus named for its appearance : UGLI
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Line of upscale German autos [23] : BMWXSERIES
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Bausch & ___ (lens maker) : LOMB
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"Buy It Now" site : EBAY
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Salvage ship's detection system : SONAR
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Fruity quaffs : ADES
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Sleazy newspaper : RAG
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Euphoric states [8][7] : HIGHS
Down
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Persona non grata to a striker [1] : SCAB
2
Letter before bravo : ALFA
3
Hawthorne who created Hester Prynne : NATHANIEL
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Rap's Dr. ___ : DRE
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Shah's domain until 1935 : PERSIA
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Chowder flavor : CLAM
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He "made me do it," with "the" [4] : DEVIL
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Like games with several lead changes : SEESAW
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Mark for demolition [13] : CONDEMN
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Distant : ALOOF
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Like the description "somewhere in the U.S." : VAGUE
12
Prior to, poetically : AFORE
14
Wrathful "Star Trek" villain : KHAN
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Patrick of "Dirty Dancing" [25] : SWAYZE
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Golfs, e.g. [22] : VWS
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Aunts, in Andalusia : TIAS
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Part of Oceania [9] : FIJI
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Hydroxyl group compound [14] : ENOL
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"Star Wars" extras, for short : ETS
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Early Beatle Sutcliffe [19][20] : STU
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"Mazel ___!" : TOV
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Creator of Hogwarts [10] : JKROWLING
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Stickup man on "The Wire" : OMAR
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Plays for a sap : USES
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Steady guy : BEAU
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Wheel spoke, essentially : RADIUS
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Pitmaster's offering [17] : BBQRIBS
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Pre-A.D. [2] : BCE
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Cry before a fall : TIMBER
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Catch in a web : ENMESH
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TV journalist Zahn : PAULA
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Act ___ [6] : OFGOD
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___ d'Or (Cannes award) [12] : PALME
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Fitness program done to Latin music : ZUMBA
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Like Playboy models [24] : SEXY
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___ bag (event handout) : SWAG
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"You betcha!" : YEAH
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They became independent in 1991: Abbr. : SSRS
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Le ___ Soleil (Louis XIV) : ROI