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NYT Crossword Answers for September 21, 2002

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Saturday, September 21, 2002 · 72 clues

This page lists the NYT Crossword from Saturday, September 21, 2002: 72 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

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Pontiac Firebird, for one
9 letters Hints for Pontiac Firebird, for one Clue page for Pontiac Firebird, for one
10
Melodramatic
5 letters Hints for Melodramatic Clue page for Melodramatic
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Risked
9 letters Hints for Risked Clue page for Risked
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Connected to a bar
5 letters Hints for Connected to a bar Clue page for Connected to a bar
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They may come with bells and whistles
9 letters Hints for They may come with bells and whistles Clue page for They may come with bells and whistles
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Pounds
5 letters Hints for Pounds Clue page for Pounds
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Diversion
3 letters Hints for Diversion Clue page for Diversion
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Neared
10 letters Hints for Neared Clue page for Neared
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Bound
4 letters Hints for Bound Clue page for Bound
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Put in a stake
5 letters Hints for Put in a stake Clue page for Put in a stake
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Rage
3 letters Hints for Rage Clue page for Rage
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Chopin title
6 letters Hints for Chopin title Clue page for Chopin title
30
Antitrust suit defendant of the 70's
3 letters Hints for Antitrust suit defendant of the 70's Clue page for Antitrust suit defendant of the 70's
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Shells, etc.
4 letters Hints for Shells, etc. Clue page for Shells, etc.
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Pink-legged bird
5 letters Hints for Pink-legged bird Clue page for Pink-legged bird
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Word of encouragement
3 letters Hints for Word of encouragement Clue page for Word of encouragement
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Valuable Scrabble holdings
4 letters Hints for Valuable Scrabble holdings Clue page for Valuable Scrabble holdings
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Concrete section
4 letters Hints for Concrete section Clue page for Concrete section
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Return from the hills
4 letters Hints for Return from the hills Clue page for Return from the hills
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Hypothetical words
4 letters Hints for Hypothetical words Clue page for Hypothetical words
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Scale syllables
3 letters Hints for Scale syllables Clue page for Scale syllables
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Ark contents
5 letters Hints for Ark contents Clue page for Ark contents
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"Be My Love" lyricist
4 letters Hints for "Be My Love" lyricist Clue page for "Be My Love" lyricist
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Cut
3 letters Hints for Cut Clue page for Cut
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Ends
6 letters Hints for Ends Clue page for Ends
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Big time
3 letters Hints for Big time Clue page for Big time
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They're found in un jardin zoologique
5 letters Hints for They're found in un jardin zoologique Clue page for They're found in un jardin zoologique
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Hoped-for reply in "Spanish Eyes"
4 letters Hints for Hoped-for reply in "Spanish Eyes" Clue page for Hoped-for reply in "Spanish Eyes"
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Unwanted visitor
10 letters Hints for Unwanted visitor Clue page for Unwanted visitor
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Youngest world chess champion before Kasparov
3 letters Hints for Youngest world chess champion before Kasparov Clue page for Youngest world chess champion before Kasparov
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"___ it!" (exhortation)
5 letters Hints for "___ it!" (exhortation) Clue page for "___ it!" (exhortation)
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Niagara Reservation was the first one in 1885
9 letters Hints for Niagara Reservation was the first one in 1885 Clue page for Niagara Reservation was the first one in 1885
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Early computer
5 letters Hints for Early computer Clue page for Early computer
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It's rarely won
9 letters Hints for It's rarely won Clue page for It's rarely won
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Probes
5 letters Hints for Probes Clue page for Probes
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Pittsburgh, e.g.
9 letters Hints for Pittsburgh, e.g. Clue page for Pittsburgh, e.g.

Down clues

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Spot
6 letters Hints for Spot Clue page for Spot
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Pulls out entirely, in a way
7 letters Hints for Pulls out entirely, in a way Clue page for Pulls out entirely, in a way
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Go nowhere
7 letters Hints for Go nowhere Clue page for Go nowhere
4
Campus letter
3 letters Hints for Campus letter Clue page for Campus letter
5
Kay of "Fast-Walking"
4 letters Hints for Kay of "Fast-Walking" Clue page for Kay of "Fast-Walking"
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In addition
4 letters Hints for In addition Clue page for In addition
7
Old Olds
5 letters Hints for Old Olds Clue page for Old Olds
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Shakespearean merchant
7 letters Hints for Shakespearean merchant Clue page for Shakespearean merchant
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Move
8 letters Hints for Move Clue page for Move
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Flavorful
5 letters Hints for Flavorful Clue page for Flavorful
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What Hercules captured from Geryon
4 letters Hints for What Hercules captured from Geryon Clue page for What Hercules captured from Geryon
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#1 hit for Louis Armstrong, 1932
7 letters Hints for #1 hit for Louis Armstrong, 1932 Clue page for #1 hit for Louis Armstrong, 1932
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Sugar, e.g.
7 letters Hints for Sugar, e.g. Clue page for Sugar, e.g.
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Montana nos.
3 letters Hints for Montana nos. Clue page for Montana nos.
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Big scale manufacturer
7 letters Hints for Big scale manufacturer Clue page for Big scale manufacturer
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___ effect (1883 physics discovery)
6 letters Hints for ___ effect (1883 physics discovery) Clue page for ___ effect (1883 physics discovery)
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Bob and others
3 letters Hints for Bob and others Clue page for Bob and others
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Addition
3 letters Hints for Addition Clue page for Addition
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Pause cause
7 letters Hints for Pause cause Clue page for Pause cause
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Ponta Delgada's locale
6 letters Hints for Ponta Delgada's locale Clue page for Ponta Delgada's locale
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Experiments on organisms
8 letters Hints for Experiments on organisms Clue page for Experiments on organisms
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Same: Prefix
3 letters Hints for Same: Prefix Clue page for Same: Prefix
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Put away
3 letters Hints for Put away Clue page for Put away
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Remote
7 letters Hints for Remote Clue page for Remote
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Sly one
7 letters Hints for Sly one Clue page for Sly one
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Worry
7 letters Hints for Worry Clue page for Worry
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Like the last movement of Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata"
7 letters Hints for Like the last movement of Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" Clue page for Like the last movement of Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata"
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Argues
7 letters Hints for Argues Clue page for Argues
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Smooth
6 letters Hints for Smooth Clue page for Smooth
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Class pres. and others
5 letters Hints for Class pres. and others Clue page for Class pres. and others
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Reserved seat
5 letters Hints for Reserved seat Clue page for Reserved seat
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Med. land
4 letters Hints for Med. land Clue page for Med. land
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Suffix with quart
4 letters Hints for Suffix with quart Clue page for Suffix with quart
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"Get ___!"
4 letters Hints for "Get ___!" Clue page for "Get ___!"
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Mag magnate
3 letters Hints for Mag magnate Clue page for Mag magnate
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Poll no.
3 letters Hints for Poll no. Clue page for Poll no.

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