21 September 2015 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 21 September 2015

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M
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E
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H
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P
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U
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K
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D
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L
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L
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C
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K
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W
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C
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D
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V
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N
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B
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R
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Z
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Hints & Clues

Across
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1969 and 1986 World Series champs : METS
5
Web address starter : HTTP
9
Overhead tennis shot : SMASH
14
Troop group : UNIT
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Little injury, to a toddler : OWIE
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Phi Beta ___ : KAPPA
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Touchy subjects : SORESPOTS
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Homeric epic : ILIAD
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4-0 World Series win, e.g. : SWEEP
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Beginning that doesn't go smoothly : SLOWSTART
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%: Abbr. : PCT
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Twin of Jacob and in-law of 30-Down : ESAU
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Prefix with realism : NEO
27
Leave port : SETSAIL
31
PX patrons : GIS
33
Like classic hospital thermometers : ORAL
34
Lighten one's portfolio, say : SELLSTOCKS
40
Texas home of Baylor University : WACO
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Towing co. name near the start of the Yellow Pages : AAA
42
"Here comes trouble!" : UHOH
43
Comes to rest too soon : STOPSSHORT
47
The "she" in the lyric "I'm not the world's most physical guy, / But when she squeezed me tight she nearly broke my spine" : LOLA
48
"Yikes!" : EEK
49
Something to take and "make it better," in the Beatles' "Hey Jude" : SADSONG
51
Boob tubes : TVS
54
Is under the weather : AILS
57
12 on a grandfather clock : XII
58
Quits fidgeting : SITSSTILL
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"Hardball" airer : MSNBC
65
Nasal stimulus : AROMA
66
Reels from a haymaker : SEESSTARS
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Get tangled up : RAVEL
69
Greek philosopher known for paradoxes : ZENO
70
Actor Morales : ESAI
71
Icy precipitation : SLEET
72
Some boxing results, for short : TKOS
73
"Darn it!" : RATS
Down
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"No ___, no fuss" : MUSS
2
Sufficient, to a bard : ENOW
3
Uniroyal product : TIRE
4
What a nearly vertical hill has : STEEPSLOPE
5
Bunny's movement : HOP
6
Noah's Ark groupings : TWOS
7
Her Royal Highness, e.g. : TITLE
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Mexican moolah : PESOS
9
Winter attire in Vail : SKISUIT
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Ice cream drink : MALT
11
Beelike : APIAN
12
Knockdown of all the pins in two bowls : SPARE
13
Couldn't say no : HADTO
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Protector of stray cats and dogs, for short : SPCA
22
Goes back and forth, as a tail : WAGS
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"___ the season ..." : TIS
27
Scatters, as seeds : SOWS
28
The "E" of Q.E.D. : ERAT
29
Tex-Mex serving : TACO
30
Wife of Jacob and in-law of 25-Across : LEAH
32
Best black female friend : SOULSISTER
35
Philosopher ___-tzu : LAO
36
Swedish version of Lawrence : LARS
37
When doubled, a child's train : CHOO
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City on the Rhine, to locals : KOLN
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Layered hairdo : SHAG
44
It's left when ocean water evaporates : SEASALT
45
Variety show segment : SKIT
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I.R.S. money : TAX
50
Loses brightness : DIMS
51
Old Russian autocrats : TSARS
52
Go ___ (spread online) : VIRAL
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Kitchen range : STOVE
55
"Hungarian Rhapsodies" composer : LISZT
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Streamlined : SLEEK
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"Peter Pan" buccaneer : SMEE
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Jay formerly of late-night : LENO
62
Apollo org. : NASA
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Young miscreant : BRAT
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Some CBS forensic spinoffs : CSIS
67
Signal from a marooned sailor : SOS