20 February 2022 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 20 February 2022

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Hints & Clues

Across
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Tobacco plug : CHAW
5
Manipulate : WIELD
10
Graduates of Quantico, informally : FEDS
14
Taller roommate of 15-Down : BERT
18
Showgirl in the 1978 hit "Copacabana" : LOLA
19
Boomer's kid, maybe : GENXER
20
Declare : AVOW
21
Snack item with approximately 53 calories : OREO
22
Positive thinker's motto? : OUISHALLOVERCOME
25
Textbook section : UNIT
26
FireWire alternative : USB
27
Letter between November and Papa in the NATO alphabet : OSCAR
28
It might be set at sea : SAIL
29
When a prime-time drama might air : ATNINE
31
Reason-based belief in God : DEISM
33
Repeated sound that's hard to get rid of : HIC
34
Means of becoming a god? : DIEUPROCESS
36
"Call the Midwife" network : PBS
38
Had something nice : DINED
40
Nonsense : TRIPE
41
Place in danger : IMPERIL
45
Ernst and Young, e.g.: Abbr. : SENS
46
Peroxide ___ : ION
47
It's an affront : SLAP
51
Where Rapunzel let down her hair? : BELLETOWER
53
Quarrel : ROW
54
It matures quickly, in brief : TBILL
55
Angled to get attention: Abbr. : ITAL
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Suffix with serpent or opal : INE
57
Offed : DIDIN
60
Reach quickly, as a conclusion : LEAPTO
61
Perhaps : SAY
62
Doc. to ensure secrecy : NDA
63
It surrounds a pupil : IRIS
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United group, e.g. : AIRCREW
65
Holy water? : EAUFORHEAVENSSAKE
70
Excites : TURNSON
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"Salus populi suprema lex ___" (motto of Missouri) : ESTO
73
Charade : ACT
74
One of 17 in Monopoly: Abbr. : AVE
77
One with pressing work : IRONER
78
Feed the guests, maybe : CATER
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Dish that's cooked underground : POI
80
Feb. 14 : VDAY
81
673 parts of the Louvre Pyramid : PANES
82
"Old man" : DAD
83
Answer to "What is Roquefort or Brie?"? : CESTCHEESE
86
Offed : SLEW
87
Go the wrong way : ERR
88
Green-lit : OKED
90
Like drunken speech : SLURRED
91
Announcement on National Coming Out Day : IMGAY
93
Inappropriate : UNDUE
95
Early bird? : EGG
96
Spilled milk? : LAITTOWASTE
100
Front of a semi : CAB
102
Ubiquitous advertiser with an acronymic name : GEICO
106
Seeing as : INTHAT
107
Weight of an empty container : TARE
108
What's clothed in summer and naked in winter, per an old riddle : ATREE
110
China's largest ethnic group : HAN
111
What BankAmericard became in 1976 : VISA
112
The queen with her pets? : REINECATSANDDOGS
116
School where some of "Shakespeare in Love" was filmed : ETON
117
Annual Memorial Day race, informally : INDY
118
Red Sox' div. : ALEAST
119
Bit of sports equipment that may be electrified : EPEE
120
Casino tool : RAKE
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Philippine money : PESO
122
Fleas and flies : PESTS
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What's left on a map? : WEST
Down
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Obscure : CLOUD
2
Windsor, e.g. : HOUSE
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A criminal's may be unbelievable : ALIBI
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"Time ___ ..." : WAS
5
Big name in jelly : WELCH
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Like mosaic tiles : INLAID
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Lose possession? : EXORCISE
8
One of the books of the Torah: Abbr. : LEV
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Where Wagner's "Tannhäuser" was first performed : DRESDEN
10
Prima ___ : FACIE
11
Word that becomes more dramatic when you add an "R" in front : EVOLUTION
12
Caribbean land, at the Olympics : DOM
13
Administer an oath to : SWEARIN
14
Echoes : BOUNCESBACK
15
Shorter roommate of 14-Across : ERNIE
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Control, metaphorically : REINS
17
Completely, in slang : TOTES
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Pedal on the right : GAS
23
Man of La Mancha : HOMBRE
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Late-night trips to the fridge, e.g. : RAIDS
30
Shirt or blouse : TOP
32
Bit of magic : SPELL
35
Projecting front : PROW
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Temporarily replace : SITINFOR
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Most likely to win at Trivia Night, maybe : NERDIEST
41
Long-billed wader : IBIS
42
Parent company of Facebook : META
43
Game starter : PLAYERONE
44
Home for Holmes : LONDON
48
One who sees what you're saying? : LIPREADER
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Berliner's "old" : ALTE
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Sight on winter roads : PLOW
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Sign of overuse : WEAR
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"All ___!" : RISE
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Prefix that's mega mega? : TERA
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Not merely annoyed : IRATE
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Split : DIVORCED
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BuzzFeed staple : LISTICLE
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Wide ties : ASCOTS
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Netflix series set at Green Gables : ANNEWITHANE
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Manipulates : USES
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Place to go on a ship : HEAD
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Them's the breaks! : NAPS
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List in "The Idiot's Guide to ..." : TIPS
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Neighbor of Siberia, in Risk : URAL
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Common still-life prop : VASE
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Looked at : EYED
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Architectural columns in the form of sculpted female figures : CARYATIDS
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Threshold : VERGE
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Gunslinger's command : DRAW
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Schools : EDUCATES
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Held tight : HUGGED
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A narcissist may go on one : EGOTRIP
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Shockingly bizarre : OUTRE
89
What the quadriceps muscle connects to : KNEECAP
92
N.Y.C. commuting inits. : MTA
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Bugs : EATSAT
96
Where bile is produced : LIVER
97
Loos who wrote "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" : ANITA
98
Casual response to an apology : ITSOK
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Panasonic subsidiary : SANYO
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Orchestra section : BRASS
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"If my luck holds out ..." : IHOPE
104
Pens : CAGES
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Beginning : ONSET
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Rhinitis treater, in brief : ENT
113
Phoenix-to-Albuquerque dir. : ENE
114
Bottle labeled "XXX" in the comics : ALE
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"Do the ___" (soft drink slogan) : DEW