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NYT Crossword Answers for September 28, 2016

Wednesday, September 28, 2016 · 78 clues

This page lists the NYT Crossword from Wednesday, September 28, 2016: 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

    Zip

    4 letters Hints for Zip Clue page for Zip

  2. 5

    Back

    5 letters Hints for Back Clue page for Back

  3. 10

    Bill

    4 letters Hints for Bill Clue page for Bill

  4. 14

    Bird with a forcepslike bill

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  5. 15

    City north of Lisboa

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  6. 16

    Something that sticks out in a church?

    4 letters Hints for Something that sticks out in a church? Clue page for Something that sticks out in a church?

  7. 17

    Former Mississippi senator Trent

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  8. 18

    Outbreak

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  9. 19

    Orderly

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  10. 20

    Mozart was the first major composer to write specifically for it

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  11. 22

    Broken, as promises

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  12. 24

    Razz

    6 letters Hints for Razz Clue page for Razz

  13. 25

    Beam

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  14. 26

    What a spoiler may spoil

    4 letters Hints for What a spoiler may spoil Clue page for What a spoiler may spoil

  15. 28

    Holding office

    7 letters Hints for Holding office Clue page for Holding office

  16. 32

    Dump

    3 letters Hints for Dump Clue page for Dump

  17. 35

    Heading in a baseball box score

    6 letters Hints for Heading in a baseball box score Clue page for Heading in a baseball box score

  18. 37

    "There! I did it!"

    4 letters Hints for "There! I did it!" Clue page for "There! I did it!"

  19. 38

    Like the posture of human beings

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  20. 40

    ___ Vashem, Israel's Holocaust memorial

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  21. 41

    Cut

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  22. 42

    Mythomaniac

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  23. 43

    Over

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  24. 45

    Suffix with acetyl

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  25. 46

    Is licked by

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  26. 48

    Laugh without restraint

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  27. 50

    Word with prickly or alligator

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  28. 51

    One of the six official languages of the United Nations

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  29. 55

    Hide

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  30. 58

    Break

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  31. 60

    C. Everett ___, 1980s surgeon general

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  32. 61

    Get around

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  33. 63

    Stepped (on)

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  34. 64

    ___ Bunt, villainess in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service"

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  35. 65

    Whistle-blower, e.g.

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  36. 66

    French "to be"

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  37. 67

    Commercial light

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  38. 68

    Put bandages on, as wounds

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  39. 69

    Novelist Jean who wrote "Wide Sargasso Sea"

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Down clues

  1. 1

    See 1-Across

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  2. 2

    Subject of some 2015 border control measures

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  3. 3

    Instrument with 18+ strings

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  4. 4

    Women's shoe feature

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  5. 5

    See 5-Across

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  6. 6

    "Don't use that ___ with me!"

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  7. 7

    Back when, long ago

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  8. 8

    Artery: Abbr.

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  9. 9

    Sign to continue straight

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  10. 10

    See 10-Across

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  11. 11

    One guarded in a duel?

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  12. 12

    Stat

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  13. 13

    Etta of old comics

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  14. 21

    Key

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  15. 23

    Chill

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  16. 25

    See 25-Across

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  17. 27

    Work toward

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  18. 29

    Swell

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  19. 30

    Starter home?

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  20. 31

    Like black rhinos

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  21. 32

    See 32-Across

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  22. 33

    Quartet minus one

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  23. 34

    Pro side of a vote

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  24. 36

    Row

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  25. 39

    Specialty skillet

    8 letters Hints for Specialty skillet Clue page for Specialty skillet

  26. 41

    See 41-Across

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  27. 43

    See 43-Across

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  28. 44

    Super ___ (toy water guns)

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  29. 47

    Go out with

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  30. 49

    Murder : crows :: ___ : turkeys

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  31. 52

    What to expect when you're expecting

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  32. 53

    Something the U.S. government bans the sale of

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  33. 54

    Gives up

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  34. 55

    See 55-Across

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  35. 56

    ___ curriculum

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  36. 57

    Longtime Dallas Cowboys QB Tony

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  37. 58

    See 58-Across

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  38. 59

    Sources of vitamin C

    4 letters Hints for Sources of vitamin C Clue page for Sources of vitamin C

  39. 62

    What "whisky" is to "whiskey": Abbr.

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