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New York Times: Saturday, March 8, 2008
Below is the full solution for the Saturday, March 8, 2008 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Brad Wilber
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Big flap on the road?
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Yearbook div.
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Yearbook div.
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Song sung by Mehitabel in Broadway's "Shinbone Alley"
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Song sung by Mehitabel in Broadway's "Shinbone Alley"
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Treaty of Rome org.
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Treaty of Rome org.
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Traitorous
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Traitorous
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First Fiesta Bowl winner: Abbr.
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First Fiesta Bowl winner: Abbr.
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Since
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Since
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Algorithm component
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Algorithm component
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Forgoes a cab, say
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Forgoes a cab, say
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Nickelodeon nut
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Nickelodeon nut
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Rijksmuseum subject
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Rijksmuseum subject
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Ready to be driven
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Ready to be driven
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Poetry Out Loud contest org.
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Poetry Out Loud contest org.
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Vandals' target
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Vandals' target
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Tennis's Ivanovic
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Tennis's Ivanovic
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Est., once
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Est., once
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___-Ball
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___-Ball
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Sketching
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Sketching
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She's entertaining
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She's entertaining
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Abba's "___ the Music Speak"
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Abba's "___ the Music Speak"
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Subj. of the 2006 film "The Good Shepherd"
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Subj. of the 2006 film "The Good Shepherd"
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Identification aid in an obituary
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Identification aid in an obituary
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Sponsoring publication of TV's "Project Runway"
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Sponsoring publication of TV's "Project Runway"
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Prefix with culture
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Prefix with culture
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The Danube flows through it
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The Danube flows through it
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People in a rush
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People in a rush
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Host and winner of the 1966 World Cup: Abbr.
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Host and winner of the 1966 World Cup: Abbr.
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With 59-Across, it lasted from about 3500 to 1000 B.C.
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With 59-Across, it lasted from about 3500 to 1000 B.C.
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Defeater of Schmeling in 1933
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Defeater of Schmeling in 1933
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See 55-Across
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See 55-Across
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Slogan ending
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Slogan ending
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Dedicatee of "The Muppet Movie"
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Dedicatee of "The Muppet Movie"
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Flow checker
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Flow checker
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Dish with coddled egg
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Dish with coddled egg
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___-Mère-Église (D-Day town)
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___-Mère-Église (D-Day town)
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Order of ants
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Prolific suspense novelist Woods
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Prolific suspense novelist Woods
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Soft, thin silk cloth
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2006 Tony-nominated "Sweeney Todd" actress
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2006 Tony-nominated "Sweeney Todd" actress
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1977 Steely Dan title track
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1977 Steely Dan title track
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They're often fried
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They're often fried
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Offended
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Offended
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Member of the 1960s Rams' Fearsome Foursome
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Member of the 1960s Rams' Fearsome Foursome
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Sports biggies
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Sports biggies
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Insurance fig.
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Insurance fig.
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Cornelius Vanderbilt and Jay Gould
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Cornelius Vanderbilt and Jay Gould
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Cook, at times
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Cook, at times
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Dangerous swimmer with an oarlike tail
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Dangerous swimmer with an oarlike tail
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Bathtub rings, e.g.
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Deep-sixes
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Deep-sixes
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Card
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Card
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Be in harmony
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Be in harmony
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Bizarrely hellish
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Bizarrely hellish
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Aussie's place of higher learning
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Aussie's place of higher learning
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Mardi Gras, in the U.K.
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Mardi Gras, in the U.K.
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Early-birds' opposites
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Early-birds' opposites
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Ride roughshod over
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Ride roughshod over
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"Born to Be Blue" singer
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"Born to Be Blue" singer
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Yield some
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Yield some
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Lead-in to a sheepish excuse
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Home to some fighters
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Home to some fighters
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Charles Darwin's ship H.M.S. ___
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Charles Darwin's ship H.M.S. ___
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Ready to be driven
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Ready to be driven
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Steering committee's creation
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Steering committee's creation
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Language in which "k" and "v" are the words for "to" and "in"
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Language in which "k" and "v" are the words for "to" and "in"
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Kitchen gripper
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Kitchen gripper
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It rises in the Cantabrian Mountains
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It rises in the Cantabrian Mountains
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Plaintiff's opposite: Abbr.
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Plaintiff's opposite: Abbr.
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Beauty
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Beauty
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Turncoat
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Turncoat
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