The Crossword Answers NYT - October 27, 2009

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• Mountains Crossword Clue

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  PEAKS

• Midway between sober and drunk Crossword Clue

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  TIPSY

• "Dies ___" (hymn) Crossword Clue

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  IRAE

• Post-W.W. II demographic, informally Crossword Clue

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  BOOMERS

• Most difficult Crossword Clue

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  HARDEST

• Word repeated after "If at first you don't succeed" Crossword Clue

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  TRY

• Eskimo Crossword Clue

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  INUIT

• Solid with four triangular faces Crossword Clue

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  TETRAHEDRON

• Lone Star Stater's northern neighbor Crossword Clue

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  OKIE

• Unnamed person Crossword Clue

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  SOMEONE

• Part of a word: Abbr Crossword Clue

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  SYL

• Bit of wordplay Crossword Clue

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  PUN

• Boar's mate Crossword Clue

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  SOW

• x, y and z, in math Crossword Clue

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  AXES

• High muck-a-muck Crossword Clue

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  GRANDPOOBAH

• Cobbler's tool Crossword Clue

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  AWL

• "Didn't I tell you?" Crossword Clue

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  SEE

• Alternative to an iron, in golf Crossword Clue

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  WOOD

• Sword fight, e.g Crossword Clue

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  DUEL

• Bird of prey's dip Crossword Clue

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  SWOOP

• Instrument played with a bow Crossword Clue

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  VIOLA

• Chief of staff in the Obama White House Crossword Clue

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  RAHMEMANUEL

• Start of the Bible Crossword Clue

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  GENESIS

• Commercial writers Crossword Clue

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  ADMEN

• Population fig., e.g Crossword Clue

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  STAT

• Loretta who sang "Don't Come Home A' Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)" Crossword Clue

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  LYNN

• "Spare" thing at a barbecue Crossword Clue

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  RIB

• Gate guess: Abbr Crossword Clue

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  ETA

• Scoundrel Crossword Clue

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  CUR

• Knee's place Crossword Clue

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  LEG

• 1958 sci-fi classic, with "The" Crossword Clue

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  BLOB

• Lifesaving team, for short Crossword Clue

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  EMS

• John Lennon's "Instant ___!" Crossword Clue

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  KARMA

• Explosive Crossword Clue

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  NITRO

• Previously, in poetry Crossword Clue

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  AFORE

• Shouter of this puzzle's circled sounds Crossword Clue

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  CHEERLEADER

• Seat where people may sing 32-Across Crossword Clue

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  PEW

• "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" has five of these Crossword Clue

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  IAMBS