16 February 2003 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 16 February 2003

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Hints & Clues

Across
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Whiz : ACE
4
Trickster : IMP
7
Italian town with frescoes by Giotto : ASSISI
13
Personal excesses : GREEDS
19
It borders Austria : BAVARIA
21
New York's ___ Falls : CROTON
22
Campaign promise, maybe : TAXCUT
23
Clarence of the E Street Band : CLEMONS
24
Vasco da Gama's lucky headgear? : CAPOFGOODHOPE
26
Most titillating : RACIEST
28
Paddles : OARS
29
___ State College, in Massachusetts : SALEM
30
Bldg. overseer : MGT
31
Woeful noises : MOANS
33
"Streamers" playwright David : RABE
35
They're the tops : LIDS
36
Town on Santa Monica Bay : MALIBU
38
Unfairly charges : SOAKS
41
Mellow Mel : TORME
43
New Deal inits. : NRA
44
Important people on the scene, for short : EMTS
46
Stoolie of considerable interest? : PREFERREDRAT
51
Suffix with planet : OID
52
___ Jima : IWO
53
Cub with a club : SOSA
54
O.K., say : NOD
55
Suffix with glycer- : IDE
56
Like some TV wrap-ups : POSTGAME
59
"Peter Pan" dog : NANA
61
Subject of the biography "An American Hero" : REAGAN
63
Set out : BEGAN
64
Unexciting news about a missile? : SAMOLDSAMOLD
66
Jai ___ : ALAI
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Store : STOW
71
College course on insects, for short : ENTO
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War maker : ARES
73
Water logs? : TAPRECORDERS
77
Lighter charge : ARSON
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Without imagination : ARIDLY
81
One-third of a Beatles refrain : YEAH
82
Went over : RETRACED
86
N.Y.C. airport baggage letters : LGA
87
Belief : ISM
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Genealogist's work : TREE
91
Like Lady Macbeth : MAD
92
"Yo te ___" (words of endearment) : AMO
93
Texas pop.? : LONESTARSTAT
96
Musical with the song "The Night They Invented Champagne" : GIGI
97
Operations ___ (Army position) : NCO
98
Sight from the Quai d'Orsay : SEINE
99
Japanese port : OSAKA
101
Tributary : FEEDER
103
Subway rider's wish : SEAT
106
Weeds : CIGS
108
Clemson athlete : TIGER
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It makes soap strong : LYE
111
"Over the Rainbow" composer : ARLEN
113
Asia's shrinking ___ Sea : ARAL
115
Like much Lenny Bruce humor : SATIRIC
117
Signs of a "her-icane"? : GALFORCEWINDS
121
Perturb : AGITATE
124
Relaxing : ATEASE
125
Move briskly : STRIDE
126
Suns' spot : PHOENIX
127
Liston and Bono : SONNYS
128
Post office employee : SORTER
129
Bug-eyed ones, maybe: Abbr. : ETS
130
Gel : SET
Down
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Epitome of simplicity : ABC
2
Nutritional fig. : CAL
3
Site for happy campers? : EVERGLADS
4
___-Z (old Camaro) : IROC
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The least a dog can make? : MINIMUMWAG
6
Toyota model, once : PASEO
7
Bankbook ID : ACCTNO
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Mex. Mrs. : SRA
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Bribe : SOP
10
Langston Hughes poem : ITOO
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To date : SOFAR
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Bad houseguest : INGRATE
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"Little ___, you're really lookin' fine" (1964 lyric) : GTO
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X-ray doses : RADS
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Let out : EXHALED
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Bad bacteria : ECOLI
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Photocopied, informally : DUPED
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Cuts off : STEMS
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Violin maker Nicolò : AMATI
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Paul ___, Tony-winning dramatist for "Morning's at Seven" : OSBORN
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Cause for a child's scolding : SASS
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Author Puzo : MARIO
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Gullible ones : SAPS
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Drops, as flies : ERRORS
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Alphabet quartet : MNOP
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Subdued hue : BEIGE
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Swedish money : KRONA
40
Seed oil plants : SESAMES
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Jason's vengeful ex-wife, in myth : MEDEA
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Italian composer Albinoni : TOMASO
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Pope's scarflike vestment : FANON
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Severity : RIGOR
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Allan-___, Robin Hood companion : ADALE
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Manages : TENDS
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Car in a Beach Boys song : TBIRD
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Contest effort : ENTRY
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Vow locale : ALTAR
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Kelvinator competitor : AMANA
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Solemnly affirm : SWEARTO
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Moolah : DOREMI
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Whatsoever : ATALL
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Slow : LARGO
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Like some swarms : APIAN
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Playwright Clifford : ODETS
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Beethoven dedicatee : ELISE
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Saclike : CYSTIC
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Ostrichlike birds : RHEAS
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Cause of a groom not being able to speak? : STAGFRIGHT
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"Live Free ___" (state motto) : ORDIE
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Christmas containers? : CANDYCANS
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Party leader, maybe : EMCEE
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Way out : DOOR
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Nut : MANIAC
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Union member, in France : ETAT
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She had a 1989 #1 hit "Don't Wanna Lose You" : ESTEFAN
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Go back : REGRESS
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Dotty : GAGA
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Mug : KISSER
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Type type : ELITE
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"The Lord of the Rings" books, e.g. : SAGAS
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Sister of Melpomene : ERATO
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"Zelig" director : ALLEN
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Handled : SAWTO
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Section of le Tour de France : ETAPE
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Prying : NOSY
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N.Y. commuter line : LIRR
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Mexico's Yaqui and others : RIOS
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In medias ___ : RES
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It may be picked : NIT
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Former presidential inits. : DDE
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Standoff : TIE
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No. after a no. : EXT