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New York Times: Monday, October 27, 2008
Below is the full solution for the Monday, October 27, 2008 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Andrea Carla Michaels,
Michael Blake
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Korbut who was a sensation at the 1972 Olympics
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Korbut who was a sensation at the 1972 Olympics
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Like animals in a zoo
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Like animals in a zoo
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Fissures
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Fissures
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Tidy
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Tidy
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Subside
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Subside
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___ of measure
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___ of measure
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Husband of a countess
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Husband of a countess
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Rigatoni or spaghetti
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Rigatoni or spaghetti
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Something to wish upon
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Something to wish upon
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Aerosol tanning?
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Aerosol tanning?
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Daft
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Daft
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Fable writer
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Fable writer
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John, Paul, George or Ringo
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John, Paul, George or Ringo
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Traditional paintings
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Traditional paintings
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___ Spumante
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___ Spumante
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Buffalo hockey player
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Buffalo hockey player
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Korean automaker
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Korean automaker
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Tiffany showroom?
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Tiffany showroom?
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With "of" plus 49-Down, momentous time
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With "of" plus 49-Down, momentous time
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Railroad station
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Railroad station
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___ tide
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___ tide
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Tweety ___ of Warner Bros. cartoons
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Tweety ___ of Warner Bros. cartoons
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Overindulgence
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Overindulgence
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Molded jelly
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Molded jelly
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Broadcaster
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Broadcaster
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Babble incoherently?
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Babble incoherently?
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Sassy
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Sassy
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Lerner's partner for "Camelot"
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Lerner's partner for "Camelot"
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Inside info
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Inside info
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Otherwise
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Otherwise
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Pesos
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Pesos
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Poker declaration
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Poker declaration
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Dodger or Met, for short
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Dodger or Met, for short
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Bias
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Bias
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Theater award
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Theater award
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Change for a five
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Change for a five
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Jump
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Jump
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Teri of "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"
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Teri of "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"
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Europe/America separator, with "the"
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Europe/America separator, with "the"
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Truman who wrote "Breakfast at Tiffany's"
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Truman who wrote "Breakfast at Tiffany's"
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Sternward
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Sternward
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Bloated, as the stomach
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Bloated, as the stomach
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"___, Brute?"
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"___, Brute?"
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College official
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College official
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Spews, as lava
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Spews, as lava
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Those voting nay
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Those voting nay
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Instrument for Rachmaninoff
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Instrument for Rachmaninoff
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Throat ailment
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Throat ailment
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Brynner who starred in "The King and I"
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Brynner who starred in "The King and I"
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1690s Massachusetts witch hunt locale
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1690s Massachusetts witch hunt locale
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First, second, third or home
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First, second, third or home
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"Monday Night Football" channel
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"Monday Night Football" channel
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Not much
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Not much
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Death notice, for short
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Death notice, for short
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Lyricist Gershwin
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Lyricist Gershwin
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Real-life org. seen in "Bullitt"
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Real-life org. seen in "Bullitt"
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"Much ___ About Nothing"
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"Much ___ About Nothing"
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Midleg joint
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Midleg joint
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Actress Lupino and others
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Actress Lupino and others
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Egyptian snakes
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Egyptian snakes
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Proclamation
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Proclamation
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"___ the land of the free ..."
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"___ the land of the free ..."
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By deferred payment
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By deferred payment
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Not sweet
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Not sweet
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Author Hemingway
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Author Hemingway
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Illiterates' marks
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Illiterates' marks
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Colorado resort
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Colorado resort
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Participate in a bee
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Participate in a bee
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Derby prize
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Derby prize
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See 40-Across
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See 40-Across
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Des Moines native
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Des Moines native
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Building additions
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Building additions
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Stir up, as the waters
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Stir up, as the waters
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Baseball's Hideo
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Baseball's Hideo
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Twirl ... or a cryptic hint to 20-, 36- and 51-Across?
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Twirl ... or a cryptic hint to 20-, 36- and 51-Across?
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Start of a counting-out rhyme
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Start of a counting-out rhyme
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