20 February 2021 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 20 February 2021

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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Requirement : MUSTDO
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Wage conflict, say : PAYGAP
13
Things often hit during rush hour : CARHORNS
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"I Wish" rapper, 1995 : SKEELO
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Subj. of the 17th Amendment : USSENATE
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Bit of inside info : HOTTIP
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Cold War missile type : SCUD
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Believer in the Horned God : WICCAN
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Excellent : ACE
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Campaign figure, informally : POL
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Front on the waterfront : PROW
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Out of one's head, in slang : CRAY
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Sci-fi portals : STARGATES
29
Fairy tale villain : CRONE
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"... unless I'm mistaken" : ORNOT
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Writers George and T. S. : ELIOTS
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"You have my vote!" : ITSAYESFROMME
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Jeering words after a prank : IGOTYA
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Clear : ERASE
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Things you can barely see at art galleries? : NUDES
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Time for an exhibition : PRESEASON
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Word derived from the Greek for "age" : AEON
43
Rafter neighbor : EAVE
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Org. with resources on smart growth : EPA
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Fashion inits. : YSL
46
Do a favor : OBLIGE
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Reclined : LAIN
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Uses a stylus on a credit card reader, e.g. : ESIGNS
51
Role in 2012's "The Dark Knight Rises" : CATWOMAN
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Take on : ASSUME
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Whole : ENTIRETY
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Really not good anymore : ROTTEN
56
Specialty of Aristophanes : SATIRE
Down
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Supporting character? : MASCOT
2
___ von der Leyen, first female head of the European Commission, who negotiated Brexit for the E.U. : URSULA
3
Remove one's coat? : SHED
4
Wealth : TON
5
It adds one point to a soccer team's standing in the English Premier League : DRAW
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Proceeding very, very quietly : ONTIPTOE
7
"Poppycock!" : PSHAW
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Singer whose name becomes a city if you add an "R" in the middle : AKON
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As ___ : YET
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Reaction to some P.D.A. : GETAROOM
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Port of SE Spain : ALICANTE
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Restaurant chain originally called Chicken on the Run : POPEYES
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Borders : CUSPS
14
Protective suits? : SECRETSERVICE
20
Trig function : COS
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Sevastopol is its largest city : CRIMEA
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Humorist Leo who wrote "The Joys of Yiddish," 1968 : ROSTEN
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Shades, as with a pencil : GRAYS
28
"The Queen's Gambit" actress ___ Taylor-Joy : ANYA
29
Thick as thieves : CLOSE
31
Reigns, say : ERAS
32
"Sure, it could be" : IGUESSSO
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One might have a bunch of errands : TODOLIST
34
Anticonsumerists aiming to help the environment : FREEGANS
35
12 months from now : INAYEAR
38
Homie : PAL
39
One doing some stitching : SEAMER
40
Methadone or oxycodone : OPIATE
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Kind of state : NANNY
43
Buddy of "Barnaby Jones" : EBSEN
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"This one's ___" : ONME
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"___ Is Betta Than Evvah!" (1976 album) : ETTA
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Actress Petty : LORI
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Make extremely upset : GUT
52
Card : WIT