27 September 2016 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 27 September 2016

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

Across
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Start of a "recuperative" word ladder ending at 73-Across : SICK
5
Pres. Jefferson : THOS
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1000 or 2000, but not 0 : YEAR
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Cookies with a Double Stuf variety : OREOS
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Part 2 of the word ladder : SILK
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Singer Fitzgerald : ELLA
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Socially unacceptable : NONPC
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Cleveland's lake : ERIE
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Part 3 of the word ladder : SILT
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Morsel for an aardvark : ANT
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Seeking victory : OUTTOWIN
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Blue Jays, on scoreboards : TOR
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Switch ups? : ONS
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Place to get outta, in a saying : DODGE
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How to avoid becoming 1-Across, so they say : ANAPPLEADAY
35
60 minuti : ORA
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___-majesté : LESE
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Wires for thrill-seekers : ZIPLINES
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Palindromic band name : ABBA
41
"Are not!" retort : AMTOO
43
No. on a periodic table : ATWT
44
Come together : COALESCE
46
___-ho : GUNG
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Quaint lodging : INN
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Aid for getting 73-Across, so they say : CHICKENSOUP
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Capital of Senegal : DAKAR
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___ Lingus : AER
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General ___ (name on a Chinese menu) : TSO
57
Dunk : SUBMERSE
61
___ Pinafore : HMS
62
Part 4 of the word ladder : WILT
65
Football coach Jim : MORA
66
Really bothered : ATEAT
68
Taiwan-based computer maker : ACER
69
Part 5 of the word ladder : WELT
70
Andrea ___ (ill-fated ship) : DORIA
71
Alien: Prefix : XENO
72
Fr. honorees : STES
73
End of the word ladder : WELL
Down
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Hyundai model : SONATA
2
Attach, as a patch : IRONON
3
The Fed, for example : CENTRALBANK
4
Keystone ___ : KOP
5
Fly over sub-Saharan Africa? : TSETSE
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Trumpeter Al : HIRT
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Mélange : OLIO
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Slant : SKEW
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Answerable with a head nod or shake : YESNO
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Inventor Whitney : ELI
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The whole enchilada : ALL
12
Subway station sighting : RAT
14
Reporters' coups : SCOOPS
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Let loose : UNLEASH
23
Tranquil scene : IDYL
27
"Can we not talk about that!" : DONTGOTHERE
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Ballooned : GREW
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Heading for Marco Polo : EAST
31
Church bell sound : PEAL
32
The Mexica people ruled over them : AZTEC
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God, in Roma : DIO
34
Orbital high points : APOGEES
38
Writer Fleming and others : IANS
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If you drop this you'll trip : ACID
40
___ fide : BONA
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Former telecom giant : MCI
45
Hosiery shade : ECRU
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Not book-smart : UNREAD
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Gold standards : KARATS
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Service symbolized by a blue-and-white eagle : USMAIL
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Relating to 51-Down : POSTAL
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Houston ballplayer : ASTRO
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German autos : BMWS
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Brand of bubbly, familiarly : MOET
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Writer ___ Stanley Gardner : ERLE
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Madame Tussaud material : WAX
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Rocks or diamonds : ICE
64
Judge Goodman of "Dancing With the Stars" : LEN
67
A busy mom might keep a child in this : TOW