12 February 2020 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 12 February 2020

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O
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K
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R
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A
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A
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T
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E
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T
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H
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R
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E
12
E
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S
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S
N
O
C
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O
N
E
S
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H
E
A
V
E
N
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L
O
V
E
C
O
N
Q
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U
E
R
S
A
L
L
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O
W
E
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H
I
T
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P
O
M
P
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S
O
N
S
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O
L
E
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E
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M
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O
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D
E
A
T
H
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A
N
D
T
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A
X
E
S
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D
O
W
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S
O
X
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S
I
X
E
R
S
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R
E
I
N
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S
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W
E
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B
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C
I
R
C
A
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A
L
T
O
I
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D
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L
A
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B
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O
T
S
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T
H
U
N
D
E
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R
S
T
O
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R
M
S
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S
I
P
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E
P
I
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G
T
O
S
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A
L
L
A
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U
T
A
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G
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P
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S
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W
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A
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R
T
O
E
N
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D
A
L
L
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W
A
R
S
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I
M
E
A
N
T
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O
N
E
D
O
Z
E
N
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N
O
O
D
G
E
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G
O
D
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K
E
Y
S

Hints & Clues

Across
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Vegetable that can get slimy when overcooked : OKRA
5
Exhausted, with "up" : ATE
8
Basketball shots from beyond the arc : THREES
14
Frozen treats : SNOCONES
16
Locale in the Lord's Prayer : HEAVEN
17
Optimistic maxim from Virgil : LOVECONQUERSALL
19
"You ___ me one" : OWE
20
Chart topper : HIT
21
Fanfare : POMP
22
Jacob had 12 of them : SONS
23
Call to a toreador : OLE
24
Genre for Fall Out Boy : EMO
27
Reliable things, to Ben Franklin : DEATHANDTAXES
30
Business index, with "the" : DOW
31
Chi-Town or Beantown team : SOX
32
Team sharing an arena with the Flyers, informally : SIXERS
33
Means of control : REINS
35
Bit of Halloween décor : WEB
37
About : CIRCA
38
Mint in a tin : ALTOID
40
Research facility : LAB
42
Extra periods, in brief : OTS
43
They make loud noises during showers : THUNDERSTORMS
46
Nurse : SIP
47
Lead-in to a Pen used by nurses : EPI
48
Old Pontiacs : GTOS
49
Pasta ___ Norma : ALLA
50
Actress Hagen : UTA
51
Car rental add-on : GPS
54
Overly optimistic 1910s appellation : WARTOENDALLWARS
59
"Let me try that again ..." : IMEANT
60
Phrase on an egg carton : ONEDOZEN
61
Pest : NOODGE
62
What each set of circled letters is, relative to the first word in its answer : GOD
63
Tumbler turners : KEYS
Down
1
Where Edvard Munch's "The Scream" is displayed : OSLO
2
Apt radio station to air "Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me!" (and it does!) : KNOW
3
Ramble : ROVE
4
Hole in one : ACE
5
Selects, as a successor : ANOINTS
6
Circus : TENTSHOW
7
Name ender for a lawyer : ESQ
8
Parents and grandparents, in teen lingo : THEOLDS
9
Airtight : HERMETIC
10
Scrape : RASP
11
"Me" in the Oscar-winning song "You Must Love Me" : EVA
12
Moray, e.g. : EEL
13
Where an artist works on a sketch, for short? : SNL
15
Lorena who was the #1 female golfer for 158 consecutive weeks : OCHOA
18
Atop : UPON
22
Affixed, like a patch : SEWNON
24
Puts forth, as effort : EXERTS
25
Paid soldiers, informally : MERCS
26
Mount near Olympus : OSSA
27
Throw a party grandly : DOITUP
28
Leaps on the ice : AXELS
29
Starts to geometric proofs : AXIOMS
30
Home to India's Red Fort and Lotus Temple : DELHI
33
"Shoot!" : RATS
34
Indirect, as a glance : SIDELONG
36
Fertilizer found in caves : BATGUANO
39
Use up : DEPLETE
41
Alternative to canned : BOTTLED
44
Director Johnson : RIAN
45
Dahl who wrote "James and the Giant Peach" : ROALD
49
Not much : ATAD
51
Stare intensely : GAZE
52
Hunted animals : PREY
53
Entries on 1040s, for short : SSNS
54
Come out ahead : WIN
55
Start of a Latin conjugation : AMO
56
Old auto with its founder's monogram : REO
57
Follow relentlessly : DOG
58
Pad Thai pan : WOK