27 January 1997 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 27 January 1997

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C
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A
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C
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T
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I
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T
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R
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A
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D
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E
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A
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B
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S
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A
L
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N
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R
U
L
E
R
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T
A
P
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B
L
O
C
K
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B
U
S
T
E
R
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O
B
I
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N
A
S
H
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A
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D
M
A
N
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B
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A
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B
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O
O
N
S
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M
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A
T
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S
S
E
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A
D
A
P
T
S
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S
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D
I
S
M
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S
E
C
T
S
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A
T
T
I
C
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A
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R
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C
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E
L
K
S
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S
I
R
E
N
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I
S
E
E
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D
A
B
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M
A
L
A
Y
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S
C
H
E
D
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R
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O
O
N
E
Y
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C
H
E
E
S
E
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C
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L
E
A
V
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D
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C
H
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R
R
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D
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L
E
A
S
E
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P
O
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M
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I
N
K
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S
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A
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F
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C
R
A
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C
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K
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E
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R
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O
N
E
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U
M
I
A
K
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N
O
O
S
E
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S
Y
R
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P
I
N
K
Y
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S
O
P
P
Y

Hints & Clues

Across
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Desert plants : CACTI
6
Swap : TRADE
11
Stomach muscles, for short : ABS
14
Extraterrestrial : ALIEN
15
King or queen : RULER
16
Do some soft-shoe : TAP
17
Big name in video rentals : BLOCKBUSTER
19
Kimono accessory : OBI
20
Musical partner of Crosby and Stills : NASH
21
Madison Avenue worker : ADMAN
23
Big monkeys : BABOONS
27
French artist Henri : MATISSE
29
Adjusts to fit : ADAPTS
30
Extreme cruelty : SADISM
31
Religious factions : SECTS
32
Top floor : ATTIC
33
Rainbow shape : ARC
36
Lodge members : ELKS
37
Air raid alert : SIREN
38
Words of comprehension : ISEE
39
Tiny bit, as of cream : DAB
40
Asia's ___ Peninsula : MALAY
41
Bus station posting: Abbr. : SCHED
42
Mickey of "National Velvet" : ROONEY
44
Word said to a photographer : CHEESE
45
Split with a hatchet : CLEAVED
47
Scorched : CHARRED
48
Contract with a car dealer : LEASE
49
Limerick, e.g. : POEM
50
Bic filler : INK
51
58
"We're number ___!" : ONE
59
Eskimo boat : UMIAK
60
Lariat's end : NOOSE
61
Neighbor of Isr. : SYR
62
Little finger : PINKY
63
Soaked : SOPPY
Down
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Quick way around town : CAB
2
The whole shooting match : ALL
3
A.F.L.'s partner : CIO
4
Gumshoe : TEC
5
Tied up : INKNOTS
6
Supporting beam : TRUSS
7
"High priority!" : RUSH
8
Supermodel Carol : ALT
9
Ruby or Sandra : DEE
10
Unpredictable : ERRATIC
11
Cyclotron : ATOMSMASHER
12
Rum cakes : BABAS
13
Vertebra locale : SPINE
18
Prohibits : BANS
22
Malign, in slang : DIS
23
Established : BASED
24
Writer ___ Rogers St. Johns : ADELA
25
Exhausting task : BACKBREAKER
26
Chooses : OPTS
27
Chum, to a Brit : MATEY
28
Tennis score : ADIN
30
Homeless animal : STRAY
32
Felt crummy : AILED
34
Pee Wee of Ebbets Field : REESE
35
Yielded : CEDED
37
Having one's marbles : SANE
38
Cake finisher : ICER
40
Advances : MOVESUP
41
Tribal healers : SHAMANS
43
Western treaty grp. : OAS
44
Sonny's ex : CHER
45
Advertising awards : CLIOS
46
Comedian Bruce : LENNY
47
Overly self-confident : COCKY
49
Mountain : PEAK
52
"___ Blue?" (1929 #1 hit) : AMI
53
Five smackeroos : FIN
54
Dove sound : COO
55
Keystone character : KOP
56
Sixth sense, for short : ESP
57
Juan Carlos, e.g. : REY