The Crossword Answers NYT - October 17, 2008

across

• Oil-rich peninsula Crossword Clue

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  ARABIA

• Ready to go, you might say Crossword Clue

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  TESTATE

• Ancient Romans Crossword Clue

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  LATINS

• Sherlock Holmes story not by Conan Doyle, e.g Crossword Clue

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  PASTICHE

• Skin soother Crossword Clue

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  CALAMINE

• Special announcer Crossword Clue

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  WAITRESS

• Coffin nail Crossword Clue

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  GASPER

• About whom Churchill purportedly said "A modest man who has much to be modest about" Crossword Clue

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  ATTLEE

• Took the offensive Crossword Clue

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  ATTACKED

• Things that talk in sch.? Crossword Clue

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  PAS

• Attend to, as a loose shoe Crossword Clue

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  RELACE

• Plant family that includes the hibiscus Crossword Clue

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  MALLOW

• Not behind the defenders Crossword Clue

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  ONSIDE

• Most valuable, possibly Crossword Clue

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  RAREST

• James in many westerns Crossword Clue

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  ARNESS

• Joust participants Crossword Clue

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  TILTERS

• Isn't strict enough, say Crossword Clue

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  SPARESTHEROD

• Splits with one's beloved Crossword Clue

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  ELOPES

• What boosters boost Crossword Clue

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  MORALE

• In the buff Crossword Clue

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  STARKERS

• Topmost optic in a microscope Crossword Clue

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  EYELENS

• Nickname for a cheater in the Oklahoma land rush of 1889 Crossword Clue

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  SOONER

• They offer rates for automobiles Crossword Clue

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  SPEEDOMETERS

• Bitingly sarcastic Crossword Clue

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  MORDANT

• Veteran Crossword Clue

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  OLDTIMER

• Of the north wind Crossword Clue

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  BOREAL

• Curaçao flavoring Crossword Clue

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  ORANGE