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NYT Crossword Answers for August 20, 1997

Wednesday, August 20, 1997 · 78 clues

This page lists the NYT Crossword from Wednesday, August 20, 1997: 78 clues, each with its answer behind a reveal button. For the newest puzzle, go to today's NYT Crossword answers.

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Across clues

  1. 1

    Dummy

    4 letters Hints for Dummy Clue page for Dummy

  2. 5

    More than unpopular

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  3. 10

    Sooty shaft

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  4. 14

    Kind of sch.

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  5. 15

    Dennis the Menace's mother

    5 letters Hints for Dennis the Menace's mother Clue page for Dennis the Menace's mother

  6. 16

    "___ That a Shame" (1955 hit)

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  7. 17

    Lamb's alias

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  8. 18

    Superior being

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  9. 20

    Compassion

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  10. 22

    Twofold

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  11. 23

    Ballantine brew

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  12. 24

    Annoying critic

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  13. 26

    Aswan Dam lake

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  14. 28

    Pizza

    3 letters Hints for Pizza Clue page for Pizza

  15. 30

    Foe of the Iroquois

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  16. 31

    Quick swim

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  17. 32

    The East

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  18. 34

    As well as

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  19. 35

    Kind of situation

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  20. 39

    Absolute flop

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  21. 41

    Deplete, perhaps

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  22. 43

    "___ your life!"

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  23. 44

    Poetic preposition

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  24. 45

    Had no doubts

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  25. 46

    ___ gestae

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  26. 48

    "Internal Affairs" star, 1990

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  27. 50

    "Der Ring ___ Nibelungen"

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  28. 51

    Yule garland

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  29. 54

    Talk turkey?

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  30. 56

    Mahler's homeland: Abbr.

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  31. 57

    Vow

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  32. 59

    "A Midsummer Night's Dream" king

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  33. 62

    Word to a cold sufferer

    10 letters Hints for Word to a cold sufferer Clue page for Word to a cold sufferer

  34. 65

    Permitted

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  35. 66

    "Paradise Lost" setting

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  36. 67

    Clear

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  37. 68

    Michener tale, e.g.

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  38. 69

    MGM Grand site

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  39. 70

    Africa's largest nation

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  40. 71

    Proof word

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Down clues

  1. 1

    Pager cue

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  2. 2

    Stew crock

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  3. 3

    Prevailing mood

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  4. 4

    College World Series site

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  5. 5

    Traditional wife

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  6. 6

    R.&B. singer ___ Sure

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  7. 7

    Like Grateful Dead attire

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  8. 8

    Beige

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  9. 9

    Insist on

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  10. 10

    Groupie

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  11. 11

    Loeb and Bonet of showbiz

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  12. 12

    Cry of defeat

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  13. 13

    Early anesthetic

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  14. 19

    Julia Louis-Dreyfus TV role

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  15. 21

    Flowery tribute

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  16. 25

    Fluff

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  17. 27

    Hybrid eating utensil

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  18. 28

    Hock

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  19. 29

    Golfer Aoki

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  20. 33

    Now, in Nogales

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  21. 36

    "Splendid!"

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  22. 37

    "Ah!"

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  23. 38

    Part of CNN

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  24. 40

    Gravel order, perhaps

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  25. 41

    Nabisco sweet

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  26. 42

    Prohibited

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  27. 44

    Brainiac

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  28. 47

    Secret Service eyewear

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  29. 49

    Recede

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  30. 51

    Vegas transaction

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  31. 52

    ___ Rivoli (arcaded Paris street)

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  32. 53

    Ruhr city

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  33. 55

    Pay for monthly

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  34. 58

    Like some traffic

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  35. 60

    Marathoner Markova

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  36. 61

    Tidy

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  37. 63

    Lively card game

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  38. 64

    "This ___ test..."

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