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New York Times: Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Below is the full solution for the Tuesday, September 9, 2008 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Patrick John Duggan
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Filter's target
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Filter's target
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Not much
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Answers a party invitation
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Answers a party invitation
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Big Apple neighborhood
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Big Apple neighborhood
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Stuff of legend
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Stuff of legend
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Rankled
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Rankled
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Anybody ... and the missing clues for 30-, 48- and 63-Across
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Anybody ... and the missing clues for 30-, 48- and 63-Across
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"Cut me some slack!"
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"Cut me some slack!"
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On the ___ vive
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On the ___ vive
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Assign an NC-17, say
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Assign an NC-17, say
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Singer Lisa with the 1994 #1 hit "Stay"
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Singer Lisa with the 1994 #1 hit "Stay"
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Monopoly payment
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Monopoly payment
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Sans ice
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Sans ice
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Ctrl+___+Del
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Ctrl+___+Del
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Firebug
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Firebug
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1980s TV's "Remington ___"
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1980s TV's "Remington ___"
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Tequila source
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Tequila source
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N.B.A. Hall-of-Fame nickname
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N.B.A. Hall-of-Fame nickname
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Ball of yarn
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Ball of yarn
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Ring figures?
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Ring figures?
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Its HQ is in Brussels
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Its HQ is in Brussels
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Trawler's equipment
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Trawler's equipment
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Order in a bear market
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Order in a bear market
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Slugger Moises
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Slugger Moises
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Domesticated ox in India
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Domesticated ox in India
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Wally's little bro
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Wally's little bro
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Org. with an e-file option
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Org. with an e-file option
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"Don't bother"
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"Don't bother"
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Teen, maybe
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Teen, maybe
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Daddy-o
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Daddy-o
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Relaxation
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Relaxation
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___ apple
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___ apple
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Online auction site
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Online auction site
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MapQuest suggestions: Abbr.
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Jet-setters' jets, once
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Jet-setters' jets, once
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Hundred Acre Wood denizen
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"Oy vey"
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"Oy vey"
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Old car that was famously available in black, black ... or black
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Old car that was famously available in black, black ... or black
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Middle Ages pseudoscience
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Middle Ages pseudoscience
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___ choy
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___ choy
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2008 campaign issue
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2008 campaign issue
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Fire insurance?
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Fire insurance?
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"Go, team!"
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"Go, team!"
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1960s TV series with numerous spinoffs
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1960s TV series with numerous spinoffs
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Designer Wang
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Designer Wang
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Role
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Role
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Ocular woe
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Ocular woe
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Equal: Prefix
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Equal: Prefix
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Loses on purpose
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Loses on purpose
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Shakespeare, e.g.
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Bananas
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Bananas
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Org. co-founded by W. E. B. Du Bois
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Org. co-founded by W. E. B. Du Bois
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Composer heard at graduations
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ColecoVision rival
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ColecoVision rival
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Michaels of "S.N.L."
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Michaels of "S.N.L."
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Carolyn who wrote Nancy Drew mysteries
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Carolyn who wrote Nancy Drew mysteries
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Architect Saarinen
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Architect Saarinen
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Barbra Streisand title role
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Barbra Streisand title role
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Blossom element
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Blossom element
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"Sex-x-xy!"
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"Sex-x-xy!"
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Rap star who co-owns the New Jersey Nets
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Rap star who co-owns the New Jersey Nets
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One who bites the bullet
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One who bites the bullet
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Wee
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Wee
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Area in a grand tour
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Area in a grand tour
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Person in a solarium
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Person in a solarium
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___ constrictor
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___ constrictor
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The Crimson Tide, to fans
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The Crimson Tide, to fans
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City along the Chisholm Trail
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City along the Chisholm Trail
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"___ Karenina"
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"___ Karenina"
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Name-dropping sort
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Name-dropping sort
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Coup d'___
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Coup d'___
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End of an ultimatum
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Goes platinum?
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Goes platinum?
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Mos. and mos.
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Mos. and mos.
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Escape from the rat race
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