16 February 1999 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 16 February 1999

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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Wind ___ (pilot's problem) : SHEAR
6
Comic actor Jacques : TATI
10
Ali ___ : BABA
14
How to play a dirge : LENTO
15
Composer's work : OPUS
16
Mimic : APER
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Woolf's "___ of One's Own" : AROOM
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Peacekeeping force in Bosnia : NATO
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Not strict : SOFT
20
Infallible fact : GOSPELTRUTH
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"There but for the grace of God ___" : GOI
24
Copacabana site : RIO
25
Westerns : OATERS
27
Small tropical lizards : GECKOS
31
Arrest record : RAPSHEET
33
Jai ___ : ALAI
34
Eisenhower's boyhood home : ABILENE
36
Biblical sin city : SODOM
38
Klutz : OAF
39
Woods on the fairway : TIGER
43
Paramaribo is its capital : SURINAM
46
Achy : SORE
47
Halite : ROCKSALT
50
"Paper Roses" singer Marie : OSMOND
52
Strands, as by a winter storm : ICESIN
53
Just ducky : AOK
54
Speed: Abbr. : VEL
55
Rural route : COUNTRYROAD
62
Pub stock : ALES
64
Calf's meat : VEAL
65
Fret : WORRY
66
Grandparents' stories, e.g. : LORE
67
English essayist : ELIA
68
Prince Valiant's wife : ALETA
69
Name on which ancient oaths were taken : STYX
70
Brother, aunt, etc.: Abbr. : RELS
71
Southernmost part of Arabia : YEMEN
Down
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Smelting residue : SLAG
2
Long lunch? : HERO
3
Son of Seth : ENOS
4
On : ATOP
5
The Joker's portrayer on TV : ROMERO
6
Kemo Sabe's sidekick : TONTO
7
On ___ with : APAR
8
Ballerina's skirt : TUTU
9
U-235 or C-14, e.g. : ISOTOPE
10
___-relief : BAS
11
Orbital high point : APOGEE
12
Prior to : BEFORE
13
One who makes a scene? : ARTIST
21
Actress Bonet : LISA
22
Lacks, in brief : HASNT
26
Belief in one God : THEISM
27
Neon, e.g. : GAS
28
"Shine a Little Love" rock grp. : ELO
29
Ungentlemanly sort : CAD
30
Newsstands : KIOSKS
31
Laughing : RIANT
32
Code word for A : ALFA
35
Seethe : BOIL
37
Orchestra output : MUSIC
40
Sticky stuff : GOO
41
Sea eagle : ERN
42
Badly chapped : RED
44
Trampled : RANOVER
45
"The Hound of the Baskervilles" locale : MOOR
47
Competes equally with : RIVALS
48
Yellow and black cat : OCELOT
49
Salad stalk : CELERY
51
Bridge between buildings : SKYWAY
53
Library volume : ATLAS
56
Congo river : UELE
57
Catch but good : NAIL
58
Part : ROLE
59
City near Provo : OREM
60
Museo holdings : ARTE
61
Actress Cannon : DYAN
63
Gender : SEX