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New York Times: Monday, August 6, 2012
Below is the full solution for the Monday, August 6, 2012 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Lynn Lempel
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What a slob makes
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Start of a play
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Start of a play
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House, in Havana
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House, in Havana
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Poker pot starter
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Poker pot starter
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Animal used for Davy Crockett's cap
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Animal used for Davy Crockett's cap
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Ancient doctor known for his work on anatomy
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Ancient doctor known for his work on anatomy
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*Big gamble
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*Big gamble
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Daytime host DeGeneres
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Daytime host DeGeneres
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Good-looker
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Good-looker
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Impressive accomplishment
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Impressive accomplishment
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Scarfed down
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Scarfed down
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Commencement
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Commencement
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*Election Day receptacle
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*Election Day receptacle
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Blabs
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Blabs
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Former Chevy subcompact
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Former Chevy subcompact
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Doofus
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Doofus
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Poses (for)
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Poses (for)
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Pass, as a law
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Pass, as a law
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*Result of a financial panic
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*Result of a financial panic
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*Tight braid
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*Tight braid
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Hogs
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Hogs
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Desserts good for a hot day
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Desserts good for a hot day
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"CSI" evidence, often
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"CSI" evidence, often
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D.C.-based agents
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D.C.-based agents
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Adams who photographed Yosemite
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Adams who photographed Yosemite
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*Series of changes from birth to death
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*Series of changes from birth to death
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Criticize in good fun
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Criticize in good fun
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Low-ranking U.S.N. officer
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Low-ranking U.S.N. officer
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Petrol brand
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Petrol brand
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Visitor to a confessional
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Visitor to a confessional
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Lagoon encircler
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Lagoon encircler
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*Precipitous drop in cost
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*Precipitous drop in cost
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Like Cinderella's stepsisters
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Like Cinderella's stepsisters
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Verdi's opera slave girl
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Verdi's opera slave girl
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Sign of things to come
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Sign of things to come
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Loathe
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Loathe
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Gas in a DINER sign
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Gas in a DINER sign
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Uncool sort
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Uncool sort
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Like he-men
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Energy giant that went bankrupt in 2001
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Energy giant that went bankrupt in 2001
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Rebounds per game and others
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Rebounds per game and others
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Two trios plus one
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Two trios plus one
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Pine (for)
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Pine (for)
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Murmur lovingly
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Murmur lovingly
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Over the speed limit
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Over the speed limit
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Big maker of microchips
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Big maker of microchips
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Baseball's record-setting Ripken
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Baseball's record-setting Ripken
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Train conductor's shout
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Train conductor's shout
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Take care of
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Take care of
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Building wing
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Building wing
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Recover from
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Recover from
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Web locale
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Web locale
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Pie ___ mode
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Pie ___ mode
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Russian pancakes
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Russian pancakes
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It's south of Ky.
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It's south of Ky.
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Baton Rouge sch.
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Baton Rouge sch.
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Belly muscles
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Belly muscles
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Tool a magician uses in a woman-in-a-crate act
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Tool a magician uses in a woman-in-a-crate act
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Detects like a bloodhound
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Detects like a bloodhound
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Movie snippet
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Movie snippet
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Pro's opposite
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Pro's opposite
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Old "We're up to something good" carrier
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Old "We're up to something good" carrier
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Leg joint
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Leg joint
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Blood component that contains hemoglobin
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Blood component that contains hemoglobin
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W.W. II spy org.
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W.W. II spy org.
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___ counter (dieter)
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___ counter (dieter)
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Part of CBS: Abbr.
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Part of CBS: Abbr.
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Lake between Ohio and Ontario
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Lake between Ohio and Ontario
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2012 Olympics locale, with a hint to the ends of the answers to the six starred clues
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2012 Olympics locale, with a hint to the ends of the answers to the six starred clues
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Dissolve and wash away, as minerals
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Dissolve and wash away, as minerals
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The "I" of IM, sportswise
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The "I" of IM, sportswise
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Network for political junkies
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Network for political junkies
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Genre of the "Pokémon" TV series
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Genre of the "Pokémon" TV series
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Break off
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Break off
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General way things are going
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General way things are going
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Read carefully
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Read carefully
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General at Appomattox
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General at Appomattox
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Words that have a certain ring to them?
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