The Crossword Answers NYT - September 22, 2006

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• Decorative covers Crossword Clue

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  GRILLES

• Sword swallowing, e.g Crossword Clue

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  VARIETYACT

• Ones turning on stoves? Crossword Clue

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  SPATULAS

• Boxer Tommy, loser to Joe Louis in a 1937 title bout Crossword Clue

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  FARR

• Arizona's ___ Canyon Dam Crossword Clue

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  GLEN

• Where Dick Cheney grew up Crossword Clue

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  CASPER

• ___ acid (preservative) Crossword Clue

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  BENZOIC

• Deeply tan Crossword Clue

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  BRONZED

• Old-fashioned buildings in the English countryside Crossword Clue

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  OASTS

• 1966 Frank Sinatra hit Crossword Clue

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  THATSLIFE

• Exotic locale in old literature and song Crossword Clue

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  ARABY

• Sidestepped Crossword Clue

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  AVERTED

• Very loosely knit Crossword Clue

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  NETTY

• W.W. II map: Abbr Crossword Clue

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  ETO

• Free Crossword Clue

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  UNOBLIGED

• Excerpts Crossword Clue

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  PASSAGES

• Lake St. ___, between Michigan and Ontario Crossword Clue

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  CLAIR

• Had nowhere to go but up Crossword Clue

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  HITBOTTOM

• Emulate a base runner? Crossword Clue

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  GOAWOL

• Lion prey Crossword Clue

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  GNUS

• Be in preparation Crossword Clue

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  BREW

• Informal greeting Crossword Clue

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  HOWDO

• Successor to Goldberg on the Supreme Court Crossword Clue

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  FORTAS

• X-___ (big, in commercial names) Crossword Clue

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  TRA

• Popular weekend event Crossword Clue

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  FLEAMARKET

• Peak Crossword Clue

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  CREST

• It may be found under an umbrella Crossword Clue

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  MAITAI

• Matched Crossword Clue

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  AGREED

• M-1 rifle inventor Crossword Clue

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  GARAND

• Totally unlike Crossword Clue

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  DISPARATE

• Star of "The One," 2001 Crossword Clue

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  JETLI

• "Same Time, Next Year" happening Crossword Clue

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  TRYST