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New York Times: Saturday, August 23, 2008
Below is the full solution for the Saturday, August 23, 2008 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Natan Last
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Oil-based paste mentioned in the lyrics to "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds"
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Oil-based paste mentioned in the lyrics to "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds"
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Script meaning "God is great" appears on its flag
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Script meaning "God is great" appears on its flag
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Get inspired
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Get inspired
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Do or die
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Do or die
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Late news?
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Late news?
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Thanksgiving dishes
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Thanksgiving dishes
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Thanksgiving dishes
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Thanksgiving dishes
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Buildings often have them
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Buildings often have them
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Delivery possibility
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Delivery possibility
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"___ say, Rise up and walk?": Luke 5:23
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"___ say, Rise up and walk?": Luke 5:23
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Headmaster of literature
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Headmaster of literature
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G.P.S. abbr.
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G.P.S. abbr.
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"Tais-___!" (French "Shut up!")
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"Tais-___!" (French "Shut up!")
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Hiiumaa Island belongs to it
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Hiiumaa Island belongs to it
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What a priest may prepare for
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What a priest may prepare for
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Minor modification
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Minor modification
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"Dick Tracy" character Catchem
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"Dick Tracy" character Catchem
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Lead-in to "I really should get going"
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Lead-in to "I really should get going"
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Inits. associated with Hyde
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Inits. associated with Hyde
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Turkey tender?
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Turkey tender?
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Always effective
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Always effective
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Small, narrow bays
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Small, narrow bays
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1999 best-selling memoir
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1999 best-selling memoir
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Fix
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Fix
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Underhanded change, slangily
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Underhanded change, slangily
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Bats
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Bats
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Este dÃa
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Este dÃa
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Soldier's 1000
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Soldier's 1000
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Bars without other people?
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Bars without other people?
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It's read virtually, briefly
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It's read virtually, briefly
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Existential musing
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Existential musing
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Burning state
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Burning state
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Folkies' do
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Folkies' do
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Pique
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Pique
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Opposite of simplicity
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Opposite of simplicity
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Moon of Mars
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Moon of Mars
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Breaks one's back
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Breaks one's back
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Play an ace?
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Play an ace?
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Begin
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Begin
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Unstable leptons
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Unstable leptons
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Preceder of 46-, 59- or 61-Across
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Preceder of 46-, 59- or 61-Across
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Motherboard array
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Motherboard array
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Translator's challenge
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Translator's challenge
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Required
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Required
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Conference room props
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Conference room props
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What often grows attached?
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What often grows attached?
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Human as opposed to an animal, notably
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Human as opposed to an animal, notably
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Of heraldry
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Of heraldry
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Plays after some snaps, in brief
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Plays after some snaps, in brief
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Parlor pieces
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Parlor pieces
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Prodder's cry
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Prodder's cry
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Average guy?
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Average guy?
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Divide, in a way
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Divide, in a way
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Raised lines
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Raised lines
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Cutting-edge cinema?
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Cutting-edge cinema?
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Her idea may be taking off
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Her idea may be taking off
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Film character who says "I promise teach karate. That my part. You promise learn"
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Film character who says "I promise teach karate. That my part. You promise learn"
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They work by themselves
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They work by themselves
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The Ghostbusters, e.g.
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The Ghostbusters, e.g.
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Space neighbor?
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Space neighbor?
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Preceder of Jefferson Airplane at Woodstock
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Preceder of Jefferson Airplane at Woodstock
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Man of Rio
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Man of Rio
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#1 country hit for Dolly Parton
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#1 country hit for Dolly Parton
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Food for jays
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Food for jays
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Moves with no urgency
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Moves with no urgency
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Silk alternative
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Silk alternative
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Star of "Herbie: Fully Loaded," 2005
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Star of "Herbie: Fully Loaded," 2005
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0, for 180 degrees
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0, for 180 degrees
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Come by
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Come by
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Sat
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