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New York Times: Wednesday, August 9, 2006
Below is the full solution for the Wednesday, August 9, 2006 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Maxwell H. D. Johnson Jr.
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Some are corny
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Some are corny
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Whistler's whistle
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Whistler's whistle
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Gypsy's specialty, maybe
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Gypsy's specialty, maybe
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Ad sales rep's quote
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Source of many a proverb, for short
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Source of many a proverb, for short
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Valerie Harper sitcom
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Valerie Harper sitcom
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WAVER
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WAVER
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Sister of Clio
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Sister of Clio
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A little of this, a little of that
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A little of this, a little of that
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"The buck stops here" prez
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"The buck stops here" prez
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Monticello, e.g.
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Monticello, e.g.
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Wall St. watchdog
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Wall St. watchdog
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Tabula ___
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Tabula ___
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Composer Camille Saint-___
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Composer Camille Saint-___
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CARRIER
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CARRIER
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What a steamroller steamrolls
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What a steamroller steamrolls
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Kind of fly, for short, in baseball
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Kind of fly, for short, in baseball
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Slew
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Slew
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What 17-, 28-, 43- and 55-Across all are
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What 17-, 28-, 43- and 55-Across all are
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Vein contents
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Vein contents
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Fish tail?
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Fish tail?
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Challah need
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Challah need
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TWIRLER
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TWIRLER
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Carbo-loader's option
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Carbo-loader's option
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Latin 101 verb
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Latin 101 verb
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Bit of sun
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Bit of sun
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Soft touch
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Soft touch
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"Vive le ___!"
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"Vive le ___!"
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Cav's opponent
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Cav's opponent
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It may be off the wall
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It may be off the wall
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PASSER
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PASSER
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Thumbs-up reviewer
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Thumbs-up reviewer
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Thumbs-up review
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Thumbs-up review
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Menlo Park middle name
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Menlo Park middle name
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___ Vader
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___ Vader
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Execute perfectly
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Execute perfectly
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___ money (start-up's need)
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___ money (start-up's need)
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Opposite of to
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Opposite of to
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Grin's boundary, so it's said
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Grin's boundary, so it's said
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Often-abbreviated phrase
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Often-abbreviated phrase
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Mideast capital
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Mideast capital
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Refinement
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Refinement
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Render ___ (give, old-style)
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Render ___ (give, old-style)
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Scand. land
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Scand. land
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Plaque collector?
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Plaque collector?
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Fearsome dino
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Fearsome dino
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"Gotcha!"
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"Gotcha!"
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Hillary, at birth
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Hillary, at birth
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Black Sea port
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Black Sea port
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Clan cloth
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Clan cloth
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Beanery sign
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Beanery sign
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According to law
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According to law
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Repair shop fig.
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Repair shop fig.
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Volvo rival
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Volvo rival
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White-tie affair folks
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White-tie affair folks
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Philosopher Descartes
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Philosopher Descartes
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Animal print maker
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Animal print maker
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U.P.S. option
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U.P.S. option
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Show contempt for
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Show contempt for
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Tugboat signal
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Tugboat signal
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Boston rink legend
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Boston rink legend
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Poet's preposition
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Poet's preposition
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Be like
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Be like
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Boot camp barkers: Abbr.
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Boot camp barkers: Abbr.
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Electric alternative
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Electric alternative
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Scratched, maybe
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Scratched, maybe
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It divides to multiply
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It divides to multiply
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Key employee?
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Key employee?
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Round building?
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Round building?
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Cut back
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Bakery enticements
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Bakery enticements
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Oasis visitor
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Oasis visitor
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It's not to be believed
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It's not to be believed
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Early 10th-century year
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Early 10th-century year
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"If the ___ is concealed, it succeeds": Ovid
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"If the ___ is concealed, it succeeds": Ovid
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Bumper sticker letters
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Christmas ___
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Christmas ___
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Gnarly
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Gnarly
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