23 February 2012 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 23 February 2012

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S
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H
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O
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O
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T
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R
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O
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O
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T
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J
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E
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R
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K
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H
I
N
D
U
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A
U
T
H
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O
X
E
N
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O
G
L
E
R
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P
I
T
A
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K
I
L
O
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P
H
Y
S
I
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C
S
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A
N
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G
E
L
I
C
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N
O
H
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O
W
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O
R
E
C
K
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C
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O
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K
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E
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R
E
H
A
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B
S
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O
W
E
S
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N
E
O
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R
E
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L
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I
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E
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F
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M
E
G
A
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B
I
T
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K
E
E
P
S
T
O
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E
N
S
U
R
E
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D
I
E
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N
A
T
O
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A
R
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O
U
N
D
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S
O
U
L
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S
50
L
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O
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P
S
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R
O
G
E
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T
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T
E
L
L
S
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O
N
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P
R
O
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P
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S
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U
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P
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I
R
M
A
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R
A
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N
I
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R
E
T
R
O
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C
O
E
N
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E
T
O
N
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C
R
A
N
K
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K
I
C
K
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M
E
S
S
71
H
O
R
S
E

Hints & Clues

Across
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Pass quickly, as on a highway : SHOOT
6
Rummage : ROOT
10
Treat badly : JERK
14
Karma believer : HINDU
15
Title accompanier: Abbr. : AUTH
16
Team members : OXEN
17
Many a nude beach visitor : OGLER
18
___ bread : PITA
19
Narc's find, perhaps : KILO
20
Subject with force : PHYSICS
22
Perfectly behaved : ANGELIC
24
Not under any circumstances : NOHOW
26
Big name in vacuums : ORECK
27
Furnace fuel : COKE
31
Heals, in a way : REHABS
33
Has a tab : OWES
34
The One, in "The Matrix" : NEO
35
Kind of pitcher : RELIEF
40
Storage unit : MEGABIT
42
Maintains, as an itinerary : KEEPSTO
43
Double-check, e.g. : ENSURE
44
One of two in Monopoly : DIE
45
Port. is part of it : NATO
46
Word needed to be added to 12 appropriately placed answers in this puzzle for their clues to make sense : AROUND
48
Music genre : SOUL
49
Spills : SLOPS
53
Synonym source : ROGET
55
Gives away, in a way : TELLSON
57
Braces : PROPSUP
62
"___ la Douce" : IRMA
63
14-Across V.I.P. : RANI
65
Back in : RETRO
66
"The Big Lebowski" director : COEN
67
George Orwell's alma mater : ETON
68
Part of many a generator : CRANK
69
Bandy, as ideas : KICK
70
Waste time : MESS
71
Act rowdily : HORSE
Down
1
Get many price quotes : SHOP
2
Drugged out : HIGH
3
One's partner : ONLY
4
Works of Horace : ODES
5
Famous cloth locale : TURIN
6
List of criminals? : RAPSHEET
7
Magazine once published by Playboy : OUI
8
Senator's home : OTTAWA
9
Comparison connector : THAN
10
Wild card : JOKER
11
Banish : EXILE
12
Vestige : RELIC
13
Wander aimlessly : KNOCK
21
Less sophisticated, in a way : CORNIER
23
"Check it out!" : GOSEE
25
Exclamation of surprise : OHO
27
Change one's opinion : COME
28
Meany of story : OWEN
29
Items sometimes tossed in strongman contests : KEGS
30
Biblical twin : ESAU
32
Rancher, typically : BREEDER
36
Hosp. employees : LPNS
37
Golfer Aoki : ISAO
38
Cry of shocked hurt : ETTU
39
Not be serious : FOOL
41
Military leaders : BRASS
42
Group leaders : KINGPINS
44
The Smothers Brothers, e.g. : DUO
47
Showy : ORNATE
49
Linger : STICK
50
"Vive ___!" : LEROI
51
Ancient Mexican : OLMEC
52
Party principle : PLANK
54
Johnny Storm a k a the Human ___ : TORCH
56
City near Provo : OREM
58
But, in Bolivia : PERO
59
Standout : STAR
60
Still-life subjects : URNS
61
Search here and there : POKE
64
Digits, e.g.: Abbr. : NOS