20 February 2020 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 20 February 2020

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B
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Hints & Clues

Across
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Cantina : BAR
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Two-time Time magazine Person of the Year : OBAMA
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Say maybe, maybe : RSVP
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"The Americans" K.G.B. officer ___ Burov : OLEG
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Robert Galbraith, to J. K. Rowling : ALIAS
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Summer cooler : ICEE
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Awake during the wee hours, say : UPLATE
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Gut feeling : HUNCH
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"That was a close one!" : PHEW
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Journalism : THEFOURTHESTATE
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Showed sudden interest : SATUP
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They close at 9 p.m. in New York : POLLS
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Smith of punk rock : PATTI
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"Excuse me!" : PARDON
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Nail site : PAW
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Dismissive response to critics : HATERSGONNAHATE
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Approximately, informally : ISH
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French greeting : SALUT
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Nuke : ZAP
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Parking lot event : TAILGATEPARTY
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Nation's borders? : ENS
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Basketball Hall-of-Famer Dantley : ADRIAN
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"Sweet and healing medicine of troubles," per Horace : MUSIC
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Town that inspired "The House of the Seven Gables" : SALEM
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Goes (through) laboriously : PLOWS
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Pirate plunder ... or a hint to interpreting an appropriate number of squares in this puzzle : PIECESOFEIGHT
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Adult : XRATED
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At dinner and then the cinema, say : ONADATE
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What a volcano may leave : CRATER
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Opposite of drain : FILL
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One may be held by candlelight : VIGIL
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Hat worn by Charles de Gaulle : KEPI
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Go down : LOSE
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Chicago's ___ Expressway : EDENS
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Taste : SIP
Down
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Fits : BOUTS
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___ dog : ALPHA
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Subleased : RELET
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Where the Ko'olau Range is located : OAHU
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Busy day, in retrospect : BLUR
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"___ that somethin'?" : AINT
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Speed measure : MACH
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He beat Connors in the Wimbledon final in 1975 : ASHE
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Oscar-nominated actor with nearly synonymous first and last names : RIPTORN
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Spike Lee film set at a historically black college : SCHOOLDAZE
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Notch shape : VEE
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Support for a religious group? : PEW
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Flub : GOOFUP
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Hawaiian food fish : OPAH
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Cross : SPAN
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Actress Lindsay of "Mean Girls" : LOHAN
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Is nosy : SNOOPS
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"We can't joke about that yet?" : TOOSOON
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Golfer's obstacle : TRAP
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Nation of ___ : ISLAM
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Actress Annie of "Young Sheldon" : POTTS
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Pockets of the Middle East? : PITAS
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Grilled, at a taqueria : ASADA
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Eddies : WHIRLPOOLS
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Expert : GURU
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Gather dust : LIEIDLE
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Hearts or spades : GAME
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Cry of surprise : YIPE
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Hit it off : CLICK
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People eaters : OGRES
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Oprah's "The Color Purple" co-star : WHOOPI
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Word after New York or Las Vegas : STRIP
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Spot to lay anchor : COVE
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Blyton who wrote "The Enchanted Wood" : ENID
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Stuffing ingredient : SAGE
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For whom Wednesday is named : ODIN
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Tricks : FOOLS
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Sports org. with the New York Guardians and Seattle Dragons : XFL
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Brazil's ___ Roosevelt : RIO