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New York Times: Monday, August 24, 2015
Below is the full solution for the Monday, August 24, 2015 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Lynn Lempel
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Home to Iowa State
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Home to Iowa State
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Drain stopper
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Drain stopper
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Reprimand
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Reprimand
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Dress style that covers the leg
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Dress style that covers the leg
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Seepage
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Seepage
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Wears
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Wears
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Suffer from overexercise, maybe
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Suffer from overexercise, maybe
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Activity with a mask and flippers
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Activity with a mask and flippers
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Wrinkly-faced Chinese dog
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Wrinkly-faced Chinese dog
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Stereo system component
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Stereo system component
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Turned bad, as milk
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Turned bad, as milk
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Starting point for a hang-glider
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Starting point for a hang-glider
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Exam with a perfect score of 2400
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Exam with a perfect score of 2400
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Kentucky Derby month
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Kentucky Derby month
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Apple product
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Apple product
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Little issue to "pick"
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Little issue to "pick"
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Off-white
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Off-white
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Catch some rays
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Catch some rays
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"What a good boy ___!": Little Jack Horner
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"What a good boy ___!": Little Jack Horner
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Good potatoes for French fries
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Good potatoes for French fries
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Devious
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Devious
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Accumulate a nest egg
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Accumulate a nest egg
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Stretched tight
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Stretched tight
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"Pulp Fiction" actress Thurman
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"Pulp Fiction" actress Thurman
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Figure skating leaps
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Figure skating leaps
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Whole ___ and caboodle
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Whole ___ and caboodle
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Rapscallion
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Rapscallion
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System of moral values
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System of moral values
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Chivas Regal product
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Chivas Regal product
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Slow compositions
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Slow compositions
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Government assistance
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Government assistance
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Architectural style of medieval Europe
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Architectural style of medieval Europe
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Gave the once-over
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Gave the once-over
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___ acid
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___ acid
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Silent
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Silent
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Amount a washing machine holds
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Amount a washing machine holds
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Samsung or LG product, briefly
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Samsung or LG product, briefly
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Atlantic Coast states, with "the"
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Atlantic Coast states, with "the"
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Halo effect
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Halo effect
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Pile up
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Pile up
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Like a manly man
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Like a manly man
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Leaving no stone unturned
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Leaving no stone unturned
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___ Nevadas
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___ Nevadas
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Got ready for the camera
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Got ready for the camera
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Shape-shifting Norse trickster
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Shape-shifting Norse trickster
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Israeli gun
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Israeli gun
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How to handle something fragile
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How to handle something fragile
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John Roberts, for one
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John Roberts, for one
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"Enjoy yourself!"
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"Enjoy yourself!"
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"___ soup yet?"
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"___ soup yet?"
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Sufficiently cooked
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Sufficiently cooked
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One who pulls a train whistle: Abbr.
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One who pulls a train whistle: Abbr.
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Result of a failed Breathalyzer test, for short
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Result of a failed Breathalyzer test, for short
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Actor with Oscars for "Spartacus" and "Topkapi"
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Actor with Oscars for "Spartacus" and "Topkapi"
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Acid, as criticism
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Acid, as criticism
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Preceder of "Brown" and "Robinson" in 1960s #1 hits
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Preceder of "Brown" and "Robinson" in 1960s #1 hits
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"I'll defer on this one" ... or a hint for what's found in 3-, 9-, 21- and 24-Down?
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"I'll defer on this one" ... or a hint for what's found in 3-, 9-, 21- and 24-Down?
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Unruffled
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Unruffled
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One-named singer with multiple Grammys
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One-named singer with multiple Grammys
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Cape Canaveral org.
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Cape Canaveral org.
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Big-screen movie format
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Big-screen movie format
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Trophy shape
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Trophy shape
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Nickname that's an alphabet trio
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Nickname that's an alphabet trio
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"Let's ___!" (words after saying grace)
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"Let's ___!" (words after saying grace)
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Tastefully sophisticated
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Tastefully sophisticated
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Directive to Kate in a Cole Porter musical
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Directive to Kate in a Cole Porter musical
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Detroit debut of 1903
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Detroit debut of 1903
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Tilling tool
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Tilling tool
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Purchase for a king or queen
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Purchase for a king or queen
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Cloudless
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Cloudless
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Ibsen's "___ Gabler"
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Ibsen's "___ Gabler"
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___ Sea, Kazakh/Uzbek body of water
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___ Sea, Kazakh/Uzbek body of water
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Rotunda feature
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Rotunda feature
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Surrounded by
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Surrounded by
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King ___ tomb
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King ___ tomb
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Sine ___ non
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Sine ___ non
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