The Crossword Answers NYT - September 15, 2010

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• Where lead weights grow? Crossword Clue

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  PLUMBTREE

• Little battery Crossword Clue

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  AAA

• "Let's call it ___" ("We're even") Crossword Clue

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  ADRAW

• ___ mater (brain cover) Crossword Clue

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  PIA

• Surgical inserts Crossword Clue

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  STENTS

• Masseur's target Crossword Clue

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  KNOT

• How babies may be carried Crossword Clue

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  TOTERM

• Takes it easy Crossword Clue

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  LOAFS

• Bert's "Sesame Street" buddy Crossword Clue

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  ERNIE

• "Saturday Night Live" segments Crossword Clue

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  SKITS

• German port Crossword Clue

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  KIEL

• Pushing the envelope Crossword Clue

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  EDGY

• Soap operas, essentially Crossword Clue

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  SAGAS

• What adolescents may fight Crossword Clue

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  ACNE

• "Take a Chance on Me" group Crossword Clue

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  ABBA

• S O S's, essentially Crossword Clue

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  PLEAS

• Actress Stewart Crossword Clue

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  ALANA

• No-good sort Crossword Clue

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  MEANIE

• ___ wait Crossword Clue

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  LIEIN

• Singer Perry with the 2010 #1 hit "California Gurls" Crossword Clue

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  KATY

• Org. known for drilling? Crossword Clue

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  ROTC

• Offshore Crossword Clue

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  ASEA

• Harvard degree earned by J.F.K. in 1956 Crossword Clue

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  LLD

• Cheeky chatter Crossword Clue

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  SASS

• What's up? Crossword Clue

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  SKY

• Gulager of "The Virginian" Crossword Clue

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  CLU

• Verdi aria Crossword Clue

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  ERITU

• "Marat/Sade" playwright Peter Crossword Clue

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  WEISS

• "Shut up!" ... or a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme Crossword Clue

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  BEQUIET

• 10 of them make a thou Crossword Clue

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  CNOTES

• Horatio who wrote about down-and-out boys Crossword Clue

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  ALGER

• Bit of dental work Crossword Clue

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  PLATE

• Bit of a Coleridge poetry line? Crossword Clue

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  SAMIAMB

• Nine-digit ID Crossword Clue

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  SSN

• Ammo for idiots? Crossword Clue

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  DUMBDUMBBULLETS

• Toy house door support? Crossword Clue

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  PAPERJAMB

• ___ Minor Crossword Clue

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  ASIA