9 September 2007 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 9 September 2007

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Hints & Clues

Across
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Talk follower : QANDA
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Twinge : SPASM
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Bit of info : DATUM
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Memory unit, for short : MEG
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Horse genus : EQUUS
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Dantean division : CANTO
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About to explode, maybe : IRATE
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Botheration : ADO
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"Marie Antoinette" star, 2006 : DUNST
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Put the touch on : HITUP
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*One who gets beaten badly? : SORELOSER
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*Sticks in the medicine cabinet? : ANTIPERSPIRANTS
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Crow's-nest sighting : LAND
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Dodge pickup : RAM
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Some R.S.V.P.'s : YESES
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Hub-to-rim lines : RADII
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Hammett's canine creation : ASTA
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Battle of Britain grp. : RAF
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*Forbidding countenance : HATCHETFACE
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Roe source : SHAD
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Render difficult to find : STASH
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High-quality : DELUXE
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*Lacking compassion : HARDHEARTED
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Recharge one's batteries : REST
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Tire swing supporter : LIMB
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Holmes who married Tom Cruise : KATIE
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Typewriter brand : ROYAL
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Song that Elvis's "It's Now or Never" was based on : OSOLEMIO
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Man in a sombrero : SENOR
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Baseball star Maglie : SAL
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"Sketches by ___," 1836 : BOZ
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Losing ground : ERODING
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Lid : HAT
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*"It's true, like it or not" : IFTHESHOEFITS
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___ up (get dressed) : TOG
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Former coeds, maybe : ALUMNAE
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Blue expanse : SEA
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Half of a cartoon duo : REN
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Practices for a bout : SPARS
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Inundating : DELUGING
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Belgian painter James, known for bizarre fantasies with masks : ENSOR
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Former N.F.L. QB Rodney : PEETE
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"Holy moly!" : EGAD
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Sonogram, e.g. : SCAN
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*British motorist's right? : DRIVERSSIDE
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Serve : WAITON
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"The Princess Bride" character ___ Montoya : INIGO
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Electromagnet component : COIL
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*1999 romantic comedy based on "Pygmalion" : SHESALLTHAT
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Doughnut shop qty. : DOZ
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They have guests : INNS
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Moderated, with "down" : TONED
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The Big Aristotle, in the N.B.A. : ONEAL
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Key above Caps Lock : TAB
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Part of I.M.F.: Abbr. : INTL
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*It's taken by doctors : HIPPOCRATICOATH
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*Follow-up to a potential insult : NOOFFENSE
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Works magic on : HEXES
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Go further than : ONEUP
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Tooth holder : GUM
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Bug-repelling wood : CEDAR
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Like noble gases : INERT
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Near East hotel : SERAI
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Eyeball : ORB
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Stops flowing : CLOTS
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Brings in : EARNS
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The Process of Elimination: In the answer to each starred clue, cross out any letter that appears ___; then read the letters that remain : TWICE
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Proof closer : QED
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Greenish-blue : AQUA
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1970s-'90s senator Sam : NUNN
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Indoor settler : DUST
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In motion : ASTIR
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Underlying patterns : SCHEMATA
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Poker holding : PAIR
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Unable to sit still : ANTSY
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Blockhead : STUPE
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Down in the dumps : MOPISH
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Worst-case scenario : DISASTER
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"East of Eden" twin : ARON
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Like vinaigrette : TART
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Mountain West Conference team : UTES
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Ferrer of "Lili" : MEL
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Site fortified by Herod the Great : MASADA
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Paradisiacal : EDENIC
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Howe who was known as Mr. Hockey : GORDIE
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Minnesota's St. ___ College : OLAF
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Minority member in India : PARSEE
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Reference books? : READ
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Way to go: Abbr. : RTE
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Volcanic output : ASH
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"Hurry up!" : SHAKEALEG
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Fuzzy crawler : TARANTULA
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Increase : ADDTO
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Jill's portrayer in "Charlie's Angels" : FARRAH
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Jazz singer Laine : CLEO
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Late Jordanian king : HUSSEIN
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Acquire by unsavory means : EXTORT
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Items checked at an opera house checkroom : STOLES
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Casual greeting : HEY
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In need of help : HIRING
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Expert, in England : DABHAND
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Stayed in front : LED
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Made of paste : IMITATION
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Studied on the side : MINOREDIN
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Wade at Cooperstown : BOGGS
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Head of England : LOO
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Gamblers' setbacks : LOSSES
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You'll find it under a tree : SHADE
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Letter-writing aid : STENCIL
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Position the cross hairs (on) : ZEROIN
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1960s-'70s Saudi king : FAISAL
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Go steady with : SEE
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Vehement : FERVID
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Disgraced one's name? : MUD
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"Home Alone" actor Joe : PESCI
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Intl. commercial agreement first signed in 1947 : GATT
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Overseas title : SRI
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Mood lifter : PROZAC
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People who haven't a chance, in Britspeak : NOHOPERS
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Their priority is number one : EGOTISTS
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Loop circlers : ELS
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Bank roll : WAD
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iPod variety : NANO
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"Sophie's Choice" narrator : STINGO
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Waugh's "Sword of ___" trilogy : HONOUR
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Enter into a plot? : ENTOMB
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"Note to ___ ..." : SELF
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Computer whiz : TECHIE
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Game site : ARENA
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Not as stringent : LAXER
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Leg up : BOOST
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Crusty piece of bread : HEEL
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___-European : INDO
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High school jrs. take it : PSAT
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Gull relative : TERN
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All over again : ANEW
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Hatcher of "Lois & Clark" : TERI
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Red Scare grp. : HUAC
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Org. overseeing decency standards : FCC
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Pizza order : PIE