23 February 2002 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 23 February 2002

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H
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A
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S
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L
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E
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A
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D
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S
9
A
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N
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T
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I
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C
14
S
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O
N
T
A
R
G
E
T
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C
L
O
T
H
E
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R
O
O
M
R
A
T
E
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T
E
N
S
E
R
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D
I
K
E
20
P
A
R
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L
O
R
G
A
M
E
22
E
N
E
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R
E
I
N
A
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F
I
N
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S
T
R
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A
Y
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L
U
L
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U
29
P
A
C
A
30
N
N
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E
32
M
A
G
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A
C
A
D
34
F
35
O
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N
D
E
S
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T
38
W
H
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I
S
T
L
E
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I
N
O
R
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T
E
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T
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S
S
T
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E
T
T
E
45
A
R
I
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A
47
P
A
48
S
49
H
50
A
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F
H
A
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S
P
R
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A
Y
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P
U
B
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D
E
R
56
E
57
K
58
J
E
T
E
R
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C
A
D
S
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O
L
I
V
I
A
61
O
N
E
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H
O
R
S
E
63
M
A
Z
I
E
R
64
E
D
N
O
R
T
O
N
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S
M
E
L
L
S
66
S
T
A
G
N
A
N
T

Hints & Clues

Across
1
Isn't clueless : HASLEADS
9
Tricks : ANTICS
15
Exactly right : ONTARGET
16
Cover : CLOTHE
17
Hotel posting : ROOMRATE
18
Not so cool : TENSER
19
Bank check? : DIKE
20
Ghost, e.g. : PARLORGAME
22
Hydrocarbon suffix : ENE
23
MarĂ­a Luisa, for one : REINA
24
Missile feature : FIN
25
Range : STRAY
27
Doozy : LULU
29
Amazon Basin creature : PACA
30
Mobile-to-Huntsville dir. : NNE
32
Kind of wheel : MAG
33
Learning ctr. : ACAD
34
Most tender : FONDEST
38
Play stopper : WHISTLE
40
"___ out?" : INOR
41
1968 battle period : TET
43
Mach 1 breaker : SST
44
Super ending : ETTE
45
Berg's "Der Wein," e.g. : ARIA
47
Old Ottoman title : PASHA
51
Home financer since '34 : FHA
52
Ocean phenomenon : SPRAY
54
Head shop? : PUB
55
1996 A.L. Rookie of the Year : DEREKJETER
59
Heels : CADS
60
"Twelfth Night" countess : OLIVIA
61
Insignificant : ONEHORSE
63
More confusing : MAZIER
64
TV character first seen on "Cavalcade of Stars" : EDNORTON
65
Is repulsive, in a way : SMELLS
66
Still : STAGNANT
Down
1
Big numbers : HORDES
2
Smear : ANOINT
3
Old railroad employee : STOKER
4
Getting hardly any laughs : LAME
5
Lapse : ERR
6
Visibly shocked : AGAPE
7
Bit of custom work : DETAIL
8
Rib connection : STERNUM
9
Part of a Spanish play : ACTO
10
Card, for one : NLER
11
Half a tea service tool : TONG
12
"No kidding!" : ITSAFACT
13
Kind of agent : CHEMICAL
14
Victor Herbert operetta, with "The" : SERENADE
21
Four-time Emmy-winning drama : LALAW
23
Baseballer Sandberg : RYNE
26
Tire-maker Michelin : ANDRE
28
Short pans : UGHS
29
Noodles : PASTA
31
Spanish form of "to be" : ESTA
34
Lordships : FIEFDOMS
35
Running : ONTHELAM
36
Certify : NOTARIZE
37
Clipped : TERSE
39
1960's adventure series : ISPY
42
Goes quietly : TIPTOES
46
"Origins of Totalitarianism" author : ARENDT
48
Where Cleomenes ruled : SPARTA
49
1611 mutiny victim : HUDSON
50
Cutting out : ABSENT
53
Bowl : ARENA
56
Damnable : EVIL
57
German city on the Baltic : KIEL
58
Rattles : JARS
59
Some humor : CORN
62
Monopolize : HOG