16 February 2009 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 16 February 2009

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Hints & Clues

Across
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Ballet bend : PLIE
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Stogie : CIGAR
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"Kapow!" : BLAM
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Optimistic : ROSY
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Zee : English :: ___ : Greek : OMEGA
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Seized vehicle : REPO
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"Dies ___" (Latin hymn) : IRAE
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One of 24 for pure gold : KARAT
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Animals that might hear "gee" and "haw" : OXEN
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What a person in an emergency might have to make : SNAPDECISION
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Portuguese colony until 1999 : MACAO
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Benedict XVI, e.g. : PONTIFF
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Snares : TRAPS
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Poetic da-DUM, da-DUM, da-DUM, e.g. : METER
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Some glazed pottery : CRACKLEWARE
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___ de France : ILE
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Philip who wrote "Goodbye, Columbus" : ROTH
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Joy's partner : PRIDE
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Capital NNW of Copenhagen : OSLO
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Funnyman Philips : EMO
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Any of the Jonas Brothers, e.g. : POPMUSICIAN
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"Divine Comedy" writer : DANTE
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Attacked : SETAT
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Lord's Prayer phrase before "as it is in heaven" : ONEARTH
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Prefix with national or grain : MULTI
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Breakfast brand since 1928 that hints at the starts of 20-, 33- and 43-Across : RICEKRISPIES
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Unilever swab : QTIP
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Poet T. S. ___ : ELIOT
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Funnyman Jay : LENO
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Morales of "NYPD Blue" : ESAI
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The former Mrs. McCartney : LINDA
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School where Aldous Huxley taught George Orwell : ETON
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"Stop it!" : DONT
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Pricey seating areas : LOGES
69
Ripped : TORE
Down
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Light refractor : PRISM
2
___ Doone cookies : LORNA
3
Sci-fi writer Asimov : ISAAC
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Pirate costume feature : EYEPATCH
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Pepsi alternative : COKE
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Apple computer : IMAC
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Ex-Spice Girl Halliwell : GERI
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Showing shock : AGASP
9
3:1 or 7:2, e.g. : RATIO
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Novelist Emily or Charlotte : BRONTE
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___ Luthor of "Superman" : LEX
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Mimic : APE
13
Tue. preceder : MON
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Uncool sort : DORK
22
"This round's ___" : ONME
25
Formal response to "Who's there?" : ITISI
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Guy : FELLA
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Air-conditioning gas : FREON
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Dog food brand : ALPO
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Crook, in cop lingo : PERP
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Does the sidestroke or butterfly : SWIMS
33
Doctrine : CREDO
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Like Jupiter, but not Zeus : ROMAN
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Do penance : ATONE
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Together, to Toscanini : ADUE
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Take five : REST
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Rare birth occurrence : OCTUPLET
43
Gilpin of "Frasier" : PERI
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Dog food brand : IAMS
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La Brea attraction : TARPIT
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Immune system agent : TCELL
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Sun: Prefix : HELIO
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Deceive : LIETO
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Voice below alto : TENOR
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"Saying ___ thing, doing ..." : ISONE
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Double-decker checker : KING
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Went on horseback : RODE
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"Take ___ a sign" : ITAS
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Abbr. at the end of a proof : QED
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General on a Chinese menu : TSO
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Writer Fleming : IAN