21 September 1997 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 21 September 1997

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Hints & Clues

Across
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In a fog : SPACED
7
Fattening sites : STIES
12
School founded by a brewer : VASSAR
18
Comic Judy : TENUTA
19
Fusilli's shape : SPIRAL
20
Delta, for one : AIRLINE
21
John Knowles book about the tortoise's winning strategy? : ASEPARATEPACE
23
Paper launched in 1944 : LEMONDE
24
Its setting is a setting : GEM
25
Color close to aqua : TEAL
26
Makes sound : HEALS
28
Slumber party guest : GIRL
29
Public outcry : STINK
32
Frasier's brother : NILES
35
Debate position : PRO
36
Diamond corners : BASES
37
John Kennedy Toole book about a desert union? : ACONFEDERACYOFDUNES
41
Luke's sister : LEIA
42
"Whip It" singers : DEVO
43
Wrong : AMISS
44
Parkers plug them : METERS
46
Peruvian coin : SOL
47
Musical based on "La Bohème" : RENT
48
"___ So Fine" : HES
51
Discussion groups : PANELS
52
Sine, cosine and tangent : RATIOS
55
Recess : ALCOVE
57
Duke is part of it, for short : ACC
58
Henry James story about a mutiny? : THETURNOFTHECREW
62
Minimal swimwear : THONG
65
Tour-planning org. : AAA
66
Island ring : LEI
67
Islam's largest branch : SUNNI
68
Jane Austen book about Rosa Parks? : RIDEANDPREJUDICE
74
Moral misdeed : SIN
75
Ring combo : ONETWO
76
Patch sort : IRONON
77
Strasberg subject : ACTING
80
Was a pioneer : LED
81
Door feature : KNOB
84
Horror director Craven : WES
85
Kite-flying need : STRING
86
Be cyclical : RECUR
87
Writer Tarbell and others : IDAS
89
Superwide shoe specification : EEEE
90
Thomas Hardy book about a taxpayer's deductions for groceries? : THERETURNOFTHENAIVE
96
Prophets : SEERS
97
City on Guanabara Bay : RIO
98
Pianist Peter and family : NEROS
99
Doughy snack : KNISH
101
Robust : HALE
102
Start of many Latin American place names : SANTO
104
Dubai native : ARAB
106
Filing asst. : CPA
107
It's not wall-to-wall : AREARUG
109
John Grisham book about fashion show critics? : THERUNWAYJURY
114
Ordinary : MUNDANE
115
Sheathe : ENCASE
116
Frosh topper : BEANIE
117
Sudden contractions : SPASMS
118
TV event of January 1977 : ROOTS
119
Baseball card number : ATBATS
Down
1
Harts : STAGS
2
Coin of Córdoba : PESETA
3
Lacking in substance : ANEMIC
4
Trophy : CUP
5
Pilot's projection: Abbr. : ETA
6
Blowgun ammo : DART
7
Relieved : SPELLED
8
Service award : TIP
9
401(k)'s kin : IRA
10
Singly : EACH
11
Happy colleague : SLEEPY
12
Competes : VIES
13
Radius setting : ARM
14
Campaign poster inscriptions : SLOGANS
15
Gary of "Forrest Gump" : SINISE
16
Guitarist Segovia : ANDRES
17
Cassette parts : REELS
19
Sobersided : STAID
20
1984 Steve Martin/Lily Tomlin film : ALLOFME
22
Dido's love : AENEAS
27
Like appreciative fans : AROAR
30
"Jefferson in Paris" star : NOLTE
31
Use a prie-dieu : KNEEL
33
1974 foreign-language hit : ERESTU
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Knowledge, in France : SAVOIR
36
Stirs : BUSTLES
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Historic event : FIRST
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Upended umlaut : COLON
40
Alice's cat : DINAH
44
Kind of shop or language : MACHINE
45
Prepared for transmission : ENCODED
48
Meddles : HORNSIN
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Vespers time : EVENING
50
Ross's forte : SEWING
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Recon unit : PATROL
52
Win : REAP
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"Computers for people" company : ATARI
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Old five-centesimi coin : SOLDO
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Heart ward, for short : CCU
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Swindled : HAD
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Sinn ___ : FEIN
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Behavioral quirk : TIC
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Clear : NET
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Rubbernecks : GAWKERS
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Time being : NONCE
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Field marshal Rommel : ERWIN
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Actor Baker : JOEDON
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Precarious : UNSAFE
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Corroded : EATEN
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Floorboard sound : CREAK
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Soundtrack album, e.g. : TIEIN
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Scandal reaction : OUTRAGE
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Bobby Orr, from 1966 to 1976 : BRUIN
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It has its ups and downs : SEESAW
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Enjoys a favorite book : REREADS
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"Die Fledermaus" composer : STRAUSS
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Shred : TEARUP
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"All's Well That Ends Well" heroine : HELENA
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Cad : ROTTER
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"Deed I Do" singer : HORNE
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Andean beast : VICUNA
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Morale : ESPRIT
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Pillow covers : SHAMS
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He introduced the Easter egg roll on the White House lawn : HAYES
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Stars : SUNS
103
Cry of despair : OHNO
105
Rum cake : BABA
108
Fishes-Bull go-between : RAM
110
"The Island of the Day Before" author : ECO
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Snitch : RAT
112
In addition : YET
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Quick punch : JAB