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New York Times: Thursday, July 17, 2008
Below is the full solution for the Thursday, July 17, 2008 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Elizabeth A. Long
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Salt or smoke
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Salt or smoke
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Starr of the Old West
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Starr of the Old West
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Boom
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Boom
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Type type: Abbr.
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Type type: Abbr.
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Bay window
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Bay window
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___ colada
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___ colada
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Like a bell
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Like a bell
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Pale purple
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Pale purple
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Pancake Day is the day before this begins
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Pancake Day is the day before this begins
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Make rustle, as foil
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Make rustle, as foil
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Writes odes to, e.g.
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Writes odes to, e.g.
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U.N. secretary general from Ghana
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U.N. secretary general from Ghana
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Not straight up
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Not straight up
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Bits
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Bits
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Winter melon
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Winter melon
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Colorful lawn or garden fixture
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Colorful lawn or garden fixture
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Soundtrack annoyance
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Soundtrack annoyance
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Slithering danger
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Slithering danger
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Hebrews, for example
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Hebrews, for example
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A pitcher should keep it low
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A pitcher should keep it low
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Something you might want to get to the heart of?
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Something you might want to get to the heart of?
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Annoy
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Annoy
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Sale day feeling
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Sale day feeling
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They cross here
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They cross here
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___ salts
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___ salts
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One of TV's Gilmore Girls
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One of TV's Gilmore Girls
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Unfolds
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Unfolds
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Pen pal in Paris, perhaps
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Pen pal in Paris, perhaps
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Agreement
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Agreement
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Exercised a legal option
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Exercised a legal option
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Police protection
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Police protection
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Doha's domain
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Doha's domain
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"___ This Last" (series of John Ruskin essays)
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"___ This Last" (series of John Ruskin essays)
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___ place
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___ place
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Stood out, in a good way
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Stood out, in a good way
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Say no
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Say no
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Around
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Around
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Often-illegal maneuver
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Often-illegal maneuver
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Entered quickly
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Percussion instrument in an orchestra
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Percussion instrument in an orchestra
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Cotton pod
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Cotton pod
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Pennsylvania's northwesternmost county
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Pennsylvania's northwesternmost county
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One of TV's Rugrats
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One of TV's Rugrats
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Bounded
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Bounded
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Coterie
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Coterie
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Forks
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Forks
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"The Worst ___ in London" ("Sweeney Todd" song)
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"The Worst ___ in London" ("Sweeney Todd" song)
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Monarch immediately after William and Mary
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Monarch immediately after William and Mary
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Headliner
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Headliner
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Small hill
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Small hill
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Mobile home?: Abbr.
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Mobile home?: Abbr.
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"___ see it ..."
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"___ see it ..."
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Railroad crossbeam
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Railroad crossbeam
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Tourist city between Jaipur and Lucknow
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Tourist city between Jaipur and Lucknow
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Middle range
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Middle range
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Hesitate
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Hesitate
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Author James
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Author James
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Bird with speckled eggs
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Bird with speckled eggs
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Fabled racer
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Fabled racer
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"Take ___ face value"
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"Take ___ face value"
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"___ life!"
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"___ life!"
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Fraternity jewelry
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Fraternity jewelry
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More likely to cause slipping
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More likely to cause slipping
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Quits misbehaving ... or a literal hint to 4-, 9-, 13-, 49- and 57-Down
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Quits misbehaving ... or a literal hint to 4-, 9-, 13-, 49- and 57-Down
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Abbr. in real estate ads
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Abbr. in real estate ads
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Chirps
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Chirps
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Ha-ha, nowadays
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Ha-ha, nowadays
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Unhip person
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Unhip person
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Alice's pet cat in "Alice in Wonderland"
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Alice's pet cat in "Alice in Wonderland"
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Hot spot
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Hot spot
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"The Country Girl" playwright, 1950
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"The Country Girl" playwright, 1950
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Many PCs once ran on it
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Many PCs once ran on it
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Racetrack
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Racetrack
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Impending clouds, e.g.
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Impending clouds, e.g.
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Small hill
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Small hill
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Avant-garde filmmaker Brakhage
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Avant-garde filmmaker Brakhage
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Funeral sight
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Funeral sight
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"What am ___ do?"
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"What am ___ do?"
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