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New York Times: Thursday, October 8, 2009
Below is the full solution for the Thursday, October 8, 2009 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Scott Atkinson
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___ salad (dish with ground beef)
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___ salad (dish with ground beef)
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Where Panasonic is headquartered
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Where Panasonic is headquartered
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Nav. ___
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Nav. ___
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"Get ___," 1967 hit for the Esquires
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"Get ___," 1967 hit for the Esquires
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Florida tourist destination
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Florida tourist destination
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Hershey's candy
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Hershey's candy
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Like many old gym socks
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Like many old gym socks
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*Baseball feat
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*Baseball feat
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___ friends
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___ friends
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Pay dirt
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Pay dirt
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Clear, in a way
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Clear, in a way
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*Physics period
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*Physics period
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Garth Brooks, by birth
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Garth Brooks, by birth
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Winter Olympics races
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Winter Olympics races
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Marijuana's active substance: Abbr.
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Marijuana's active substance: Abbr.
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Directional ending
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Directional ending
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Old greeting
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Old greeting
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Farm sound
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Farm sound
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Not just turn down
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Not just turn down
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Repeatedly ... and a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues
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Repeatedly ... and a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues
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Kind of wave
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Kind of wave
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One of the Canterbury pilgrims
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One of the Canterbury pilgrims
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Golden Globe-winning English actor McShane
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Golden Globe-winning English actor McShane
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M.D.'s who deliver
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M.D.'s who deliver
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Palm product
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Palm product
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X, e.g.
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X, e.g.
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Last word in shampoo instructions
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Last word in shampoo instructions
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*Brave front
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*Brave front
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Dentist's admonition
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Dentist's admonition
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Do a background check on
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Do a background check on
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"What he said"
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"What he said"
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*Asthmatic's concern
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*Asthmatic's concern
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Town at one end of the Windsor Bridge
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Town at one end of the Windsor Bridge
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Something a person may take a spin in?
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Something a person may take a spin in?
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Blinded painfully
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Blinded painfully
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Filmmaker Riefenstahl
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Filmmaker Riefenstahl
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To be, to 33-Down
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To be, to 33-Down
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Targets of some sprays
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Targets of some sprays
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Harriet Beecher Stowe novel
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Harriet Beecher Stowe novel
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They're read at services
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They're read at services
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Uncouth sort
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Uncouth sort
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Basilica feature
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Basilica feature
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Hazard around an aerosol can
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Hazard around an aerosol can
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Work started by London's Philological Soc.
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Work started by London's Philological Soc.
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Many Mel Brooks films
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Many Mel Brooks films
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"Dedicated to finding ___" (diabetes foundation motto)
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"Dedicated to finding ___" (diabetes foundation motto)
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Japanese port
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Japanese port
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The Falcons, on scoreboards
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The Falcons, on scoreboards
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Cosmetician Adrien
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Cosmetician Adrien
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Olympics venue
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Olympics venue
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Individually, in a way
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Individually, in a way
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Leading lady
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Leading lady
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N.E.A. part: Abbr.
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N.E.A. part: Abbr.
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Part of a hazmat suit
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Part of a hazmat suit
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Follow-up to a parent's command, maybe
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Follow-up to a parent's command, maybe
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Metal that's an effective radiation shield
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Metal that's an effective radiation shield
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It may be pinched
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It may be pinched
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Range part: Abbr.
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Range part: Abbr.
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Treacherous expanse
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Treacherous expanse
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Caligula's predecessor as emperor
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Caligula's predecessor as emperor
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Not gradually
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Not gradually
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Suffix with glee or sorrow
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Suffix with glee or sorrow
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Like circus elephants
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Like circus elephants
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Potassium ___ (preservative)
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Potassium ___ (preservative)
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Home of highways H-1, H-2 and H-3
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Home of highways H-1, H-2 and H-3
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Flap one's gums
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Flap one's gums
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Vermin hunter
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Vermin hunter
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When Romeo meets Juliet
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When Romeo meets Juliet
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Russian playwright Andreyev
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Russian playwright Andreyev
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-like
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-like
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Insurance giant
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Insurance giant
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___ the Dragon, ruler of old Wallachia
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___ the Dragon, ruler of old Wallachia
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"Yo te ___"
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"Yo te ___"
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Stat for an R.B.
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Stat for an R.B.
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