23 February 1996 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 23 February 1996

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J
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U
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S
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T
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F
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O
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L
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K
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S
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A
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P
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E
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D
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O
N
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H
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L
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N
E
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A
G
A
V
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S
T
R
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D
D
L
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D
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R
E
L
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T
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E
R
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N
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F
L
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E
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C
E
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A
D
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P
U
P
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R
O
I
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R
O
A
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S
T
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R
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H
E
E
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D
E
R
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B
U
R
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T
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N
G
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I
N
D
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I
A
N
A
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R
A
C
E
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D
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I
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S
C
O
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N
I
T
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B
A
L
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D
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I
S
L
E
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L
E
T
S
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O
U
T
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S
T
A
R
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L
E
S
S
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B
R
A
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V
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O
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S
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S
A
M
S
O
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S
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M
S
G
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E
R
E
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U
N
D
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P
O
E
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T
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C
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G
R
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N
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A
B
U
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S
E
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N
A
M
E
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N
A
M
E
S
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D
U
N
E
S
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C
R
I
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O
L
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E
L
K
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E
A
S
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M
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T
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Hints & Clues

Across
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Unpretentious : JUSTFOLKS
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Took off on : APED
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At risk : ONTHELINE
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Kind of cactus : AGAVE
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Was noncommittal : STRADDLED
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On again : RELIT
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St. Paddy's Day girl : ERIN
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Defraud : FLEECE
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Lime cooler : ADE
22
Baby seal : PUP
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Charles, e.g. : ROI
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Friars invitee : ROASTER
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Cautious one : HEEDER
28
Dehiscent : BURSTING
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Its motto is "Crossroads of America" : INDIANA
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Derby : RACE
32
Dance Style : DISCO
35
Annual sports event at 47-Across : NIT
36
In bundles : BALED
37
Land in the sea : ISLE
38
Divulges : LETSOUT
40
Dark : STARLESS
42
Daring assassins : BRAVOS
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Strongmen : SAMSONS
47
N.Y.C. venue : MSG
48
Until : ERE
49
"Hansel___Gretel" : UND
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Burnsian, e.g. : POETIC
52
Show amusement : GRIN
53
Battery : ABUSE
55
Be a rat : NAMENAMES
57
Challenges for buggies : DUNES
58
Hoop skirt : CRINOLINE
59
Actress Sommer : ELKE
60
Wayleaves, at law : EASEMENTS
Down
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Famed Nez Perce chief : JOSEPH
2
Disloyal : UNTRUE
3
Insignia : STRIPE
4
In comparison with : THAN
5
Sustained : FED
6
Model T, e.g. : OLDFORD
7
Palmer of "The Boys From Brazil" : LILLI
8
Prayer joint : KNEE
9
Prolonged sittings, as for reading or relaxation : SEDERUNTS
10
21, after "of" : AGE
11
Grand : PALATIAL
12
Clues : EVIDENCE
13
Cleansed : DETERGED
15
Tracts : AREAS
20
"The Last of the Mohicans" girl : CORA
23
The Battle of Little Bighorn major : RENO
25
Layers : STRATA
27
Cheese cutters : DICERS
28
Taunts : BAITS
30
Basically : INESSENCE
32
Talk out of : DISSUADE
33
City of the Golden Horn : ISTANBUL
34
Complete and dramatic success : SLAMDUNK
36
One-horse town : BURG
38
NBC star : LENO
39
Offensive : OBSCENE
41
Moves leisurely : LOPES
43
Scoundrels : VERMIN
44
Polo grounds, with "the"? : ORIENT
45
Sanity : SENSES
47
Soprano Benzell and others : MIMIS
51
O'Hara place : TARA
52
Kind of force : GALE
54
Match, in a way : SEE
56
Rene, for one : NOM