25 September 2012 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 25 September 2012

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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Formless lump : BLOB
6
"Chop-chop!" : ASAP
10
Vague sense : VIBE
13
Opera set in Egypt : AIDA
14
H.S. health course : SEXED
16
To be, to Bernadette : ETRE
17
Fraternity party purchase : BEER
18
City where 13-Across debuted : CAIRO
19
Blacken, in cooking : CHAR
20
Supposed evidence of the 38-Across : SURGEONSPHOTO
23
Year of the ___ (what 2008-09 was) : RAT
24
Game piece on a Stratego board : SCOUT
26
Green figure, briefly : STPAT
29
1999 Frank McCourt memoir : TIS
32
Fungus that affects cereal : ERGOT
34
24-hour place to hit the links? : IHOP
35
Pre-euro money : PESETA
37
Medieval Eur. domain : HRE
38
Subject of this puzzle : LOCHNESSMONSTER
41
Biblical sanctuary : ARK
42
Feel in one's bones : INTUIT
43
"Your guess ___ good ..." : ISAS
44
Utterly tired : SPENT
46
"You called?" : YES
47
100 smackers : CNOTE
48
French states : ETATS
50
Marty's scientist pal in "Back to the Future" : DOC
51
Field of study that includes the 38-Across : CRYPTOZOOLOGY
58
Voting alliance : BLOC
60
All lit up : AGLOW
61
Lotion additive : ALOE
62
In-tray item : MEMO
63
DEER XING and others : SIGNS
64
Quaint literary work : IDYL
65
Some Halloween décor : WEBS
66
What some consider the 38-Across to be : FAKE
67
What some consider the 38-Across to be : REAL
Down
1
Poetic contraction : NEER
2
Streisand, familiarly : BABS
3
In ___ of : LIEU
4
Baltic Sea feeder : ODER
5
Chart in many a PowerPoint presentation : BARGRAPH
6
Cousin of a neckerchief : ASCOT
7
Reggae artist ___ Paul : SEAN
8
Pivotal line : AXIS
9
Crook, to a cop : PERP
10
Missile heading : VECTOR
11
"My suspicions were right!" : ITHOUGHTSO
12
Item offering support : BRA
15
Homer Simpson outbursts : DOHS
21
"___ your heart out!" : EAT
22
The Atlantic, e.g. : OCEAN
25
Tried to claw open : TOREAT
26
Miserly Marner : SILAS
27
2000 and 2004 swimming gold medalist Ian : THORPE
28
Grooming item for one on the go : POCKETCOMB
29
Peckish : TESTY
30
Debate topic : ISSUE
31
Haulers on the highway : SEMIS
33
Hardly wandering : TERSE
35
Confident solver's tool : PEN
36
Rug rat : TOT
39
___-gritty : NITTY
40
Upton who wrote "Oil!" : SINCLAIR
45
Bust figures : NARCOS
47
Whisper sweet nothings : COO
49
Five-star hotel offerings : SPAS
50
Search for water, in a way : DOWSE
52
"Whew! What a long week!" : TGIF
53
Korbut on a balance beam : OLGA
54
Fall dead asleep, with "out" : ZONK
55
Adjective for a shoppe : OLDE
56
Prado artist : GOYA
57
Hoot and holler : YELL
58
Maker of the 7 Series : BMW
59
Spike behind a camera : LEE