The Crossword Answers NYT - June 06, 2011

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• Beginning on Crossword Clue

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  ASOF

• Take in or let out Crossword Clue

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  ALTER

• Elvis's "Blue ___ Shoes" Crossword Clue

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  SUEDE

• Serving on a jury, e.g Crossword Clue

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  CIVICDUTY

• Mean-spirited Crossword Clue

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  NASTY

• Molten tar, e.g Crossword Clue

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  GOO

• Jug band instrument Crossword Clue

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  KAZOO

• Unlock, in verse Crossword Clue

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  OPE

• Father and victim of Oedipus Crossword Clue

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  LAIUS

• Grand ___ (annual race) Crossword Clue

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  PRIX

• Look up to Crossword Clue

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  ADMIRE

• Saintly glow Crossword Clue

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  HALO

• Some NCOs Crossword Clue

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  SGTS

• "A Doll's House" playwright Crossword Clue

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  IBSEN

• Scottish landowner Crossword Clue

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  LAIRD

• Bride's attendant Crossword Clue

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  MAIDOFHONOR

• Not an accidental fire Crossword Clue

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  ARSON

• Clean, as a floor Crossword Clue

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  WETMOP

• Pan-fry Crossword Clue

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  SAUTE

• River of Flanders Crossword Clue

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  YSER

• Sax type Crossword Clue

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  ALTO

• Channel with "Anderson Cooper 360°" Crossword Clue

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  CNN

• Get a closer look, as with a camera Crossword Clue

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  ZOOMIN

• Sudden military action Crossword Clue

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  RAID

• Fashionable Christian Crossword Clue

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  DIOR

• Noah's boat Crossword Clue

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  ARK

• Rural area Crossword Clue

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  BACKCOUNTRY

• Sanctuary Crossword Clue

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  ASYLUM

• Play lightly, as a guitar Crossword Clue

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  STRUM

• Commedia dell'___ Crossword Clue

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  ARTE

• Aviated Crossword Clue

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  FLEW

• Scruff Crossword Clue

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  NAPE

• Magazine fig Crossword Clue

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  CIRC

• Armenia and Azerbaijan, once: Abbr Crossword Clue

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  SSRS

• Enrollee at 56-Across Crossword Clue

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  CADET

• School whose motto consists of the last words of 17-, 25- and 45-Across Crossword Clue

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  WESTPOINT

• Initials for 56-Across Crossword Clue

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  USMA