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New York Times: Saturday, August 8, 2009
Below is the full solution for the Saturday, August 8, 2009 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Karen M. Tracey
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Crack squad
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Crack squad
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Club for bulking up?
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Club for bulking up?
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Wound, in a way, as a fellow G.I.
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Wound, in a way, as a fellow G.I.
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Patterson who played the title role on TV's "Private Benjamin"
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Patterson who played the title role on TV's "Private Benjamin"
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One of Laban's daughters
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One of Laban's daughters
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Four-time Grammy winner Schifrin
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Four-time Grammy winner Schifrin
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He said "You are free and that is why you are lost"
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He said "You are free and that is why you are lost"
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Spanish seers?
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Spanish seers?
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Offensive action
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Offensive action
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Pitcher Orlando Hernández's nickname
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Pitcher Orlando Hernández's nickname
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Author ___ Easton Ellis
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Author ___ Easton Ellis
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Capital of the Buryat Republic
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Capital of the Buryat Republic
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Little auk
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Little auk
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Cousin of an Omaha
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Cousin of an Omaha
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Home of the Knockmealdown Mountains
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Home of the Knockmealdown Mountains
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Did course work?
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Did course work?
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Inspirational delivery: Abbr.
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Inspirational delivery: Abbr.
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1989 Broadway monodrama
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1989 Broadway monodrama
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Like some eye surgery
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Like some eye surgery
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Test control
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Test control
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See 57-Across
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See 57-Across
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Moves in a tired way?
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Moves in a tired way?
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"The Great Gatsby" setting
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"The Great Gatsby" setting
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Figures at a pileup
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Figures at a pileup
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Stumps
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Stumps
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2003 Anthony Swofford Gulf war memoir made into a 2005 film
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2003 Anthony Swofford Gulf war memoir made into a 2005 film
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Even around the Seine?
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Even around the Seine?
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"Close ..."
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"Close ..."
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With 44-Across, Champion rider
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With 44-Across, Champion rider
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Old royal residence in 29-Across
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Old royal residence in 29-Across
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Pianist with 15 Grammys
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Pianist with 15 Grammys
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Cramped urban dwellings, briefly
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Cramped urban dwellings, briefly
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Easy to get into
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Easy to get into
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One who was recently a child
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One who was recently a child
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Starting code word
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Starting code word
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Places for some aeries
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Places for some aeries
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Succession of history
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Succession of history
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Title girl of a 1906 L. Frank Baum novel
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Title girl of a 1906 L. Frank Baum novel
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One of 58 Chopin compositions
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One of 58 Chopin compositions
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Like fruit crates
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Like fruit crates
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W.W. I military grp.
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W.W. I military grp.
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Second chances for students
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Second chances for students
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Its bulbs are milder than garlic
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Its bulbs are milder than garlic
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Move in an attention-getting way
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Move in an attention-getting way
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"The Jewel in the Crown" begins it, with "The"
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"The Jewel in the Crown" begins it, with "The"
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One way to think
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One way to think
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"Check it out for yourself"
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"Check it out for yourself"
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German mathematician who lent his name to a "bottle"
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German mathematician who lent his name to a "bottle"
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Zealand resident
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Zealand resident
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Drum alternative, vehicularly
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Drum alternative, vehicularly
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Kind of mud pie
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Kind of mud pie
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Explorer of North America's eastern coast in 1524
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Explorer of North America's eastern coast in 1524
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Player of Det. Eames on "Law & Order: Criminal Intent"
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Player of Det. Eames on "Law & Order: Criminal Intent"
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Some acts
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Some acts
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Is an affectionate pooch
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Is an affectionate pooch
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Indication that there's more: Abbr.
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Indication that there's more: Abbr.
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Silver: Prefix
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Silver: Prefix
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Some old-fashioned bars
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Some old-fashioned bars
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Real-life death penalty opponent played by Sarandon in "Dead Man Walking"
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Real-life death penalty opponent played by Sarandon in "Dead Man Walking"
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Folklorist/musicologist Alan
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Folklorist/musicologist Alan
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Draw
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Draw
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Good profit source
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Good profit source
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Some high-tech images
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Some high-tech images
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A boring person might have one
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A boring person might have one
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Being abroad
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Being abroad
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Way to turn a ship
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Way to turn a ship
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Cannon shot on a set?
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Cannon shot on a set?
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___ corde (music direction)
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___ corde (music direction)
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