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New York Times: Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Below is the full solution for the Wednesday, September 24, 2008 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Lynn Lempel
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Empty-headed sort
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Empty-headed sort
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Battle to remember, with "the"
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Battle to remember, with "the"
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"And ___!"
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"And ___!"
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Frequent Jacques Brel song subject
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Frequent Jacques Brel song subject
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Like the Battle of Trafalgar
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Like the Battle of Trafalgar
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Work by Gray or Spenser
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Work by Gray or Spenser
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One of the "dumbest dumb animals," according to 60-Across
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One of the "dumbest dumb animals," according to 60-Across
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Eye protector
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Eye protector
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Polynesian land
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Polynesian land
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Walton who founded Wal-Mart
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Walton who founded Wal-Mart
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Some Jim Beam quaffs
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Some Jim Beam quaffs
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Classic Main Street liners
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Classic Main Street liners
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Unpaid factory worker
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Unpaid factory worker
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Start of the reason the 17-Across is one of the "dumbest dumb animals"
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Start of the reason the 17-Across is one of the "dumbest dumb animals"
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Pics for docs
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Pics for docs
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Corn locale
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Corn locale
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Shown in full
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Shown in full
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Course number
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Course number
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Chairs
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Chairs
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Car wash item
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Car wash item
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Award for Best Novel won three times by Dick Francis
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Award for Best Novel won three times by Dick Francis
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Person to bum around with
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Person to bum around with
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Driver's warning?
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Driver's warning?
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End of the reason
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End of the reason
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Tropical vine
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Tropical vine
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Unpleasant look
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Unpleasant look
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"The Grapes of Wrath" surname
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"The Grapes of Wrath" surname
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Easter egg brightener
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Easter egg brightener
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Goddess of home and family
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Goddess of home and family
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"Golly!"
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"Golly!"
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See 17-Across
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See 17-Across
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F.D.R. employment initiative
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F.D.R. employment initiative
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Craze
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Craze
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Steaming
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Steaming
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Trip provider?
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Trip provider?
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Wilderness walks
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Wilderness walks
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Conical home
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Conical home
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"Humph!"
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"Humph!"
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"___ in the Morning"
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"___ in the Morning"
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Guggenheim alternative in N.Y.C.
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Guggenheim alternative in N.Y.C.
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Lousy breaks
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Lousy breaks
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Orange-and-black flier
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Orange-and-black flier
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Taiwanese-born director Lee
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Taiwanese-born director Lee
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Where many cultures thrive
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Where many cultures thrive
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Home for a 5-Down, maybe
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Home for a 5-Down, maybe
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Rockies rodent
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Rockies rodent
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Out of vogue
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Out of vogue
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Imp plus
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Imp plus
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Jon's comics canine
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Jon's comics canine
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Ends an engagement
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Ends an engagement
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M.V.P. of Super Bowl III
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M.V.P. of Super Bowl III
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Home of the Galleria Borghese
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Home of the Galleria Borghese
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Gin flavoring
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Gin flavoring
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Something to drool over?
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Something to drool over?
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Force
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Force
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Vocation
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Vocation
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"Le Morte d'Arthur" figure
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"Le Morte d'Arthur" figure
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Took a giant step
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Took a giant step
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Found out
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Found out
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Outer reaches
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Outer reaches
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"Fantastic Mr. Fox" author
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"Fantastic Mr. Fox" author
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Elbow locale
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Elbow locale
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Perennially parched
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Perennially parched
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Protein-producing substance
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Protein-producing substance
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Definitely
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Definitely
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Make lovable
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Make lovable
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The beginning
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The beginning
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Tad
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Tad
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Bloodhound feature
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Bloodhound feature
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Bungler's cry
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Bungler's cry
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"CHiPs" actor Estrada
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"CHiPs" actor Estrada
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Decoy
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Decoy
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Start to date?
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Start to date?
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Clock setting at 0 degrees longitude: Abbr.
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Clock setting at 0 degrees longitude: Abbr.
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Fuel on the range
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Fuel on the range
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Witness
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