27 February 2015 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 27 February 2015

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

Across
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Time of forgiveness : GRACEPERIOD
12
Jean-Paul Sartre or Winston Churchill, once : PRISONEROFWAR
14
Classic 1984 film in which most of the dialogue was ad-libbed : THISISSPINALTAP
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Pink : ROSEATE
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Certain shooter : CATSEYE
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Hill worker : ANT
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Google worker : BOT
20
Musical phrase in which a single syllable is sung over several notes : MELISMA
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Part of some city streets : BUSLANE
29
"I know what you're thinking" thinker : PSYCHIC
30
Rabbit homes, maybe : BRIARS
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Group of people : HOMO
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Robin Williams title role : GARP
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Radiologist, often : IMAGER
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Disinter : UNEARTH
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Hardcover or paperback : EDITION
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Positive or negative : NONZERO
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Racket : DIN
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Dental problem : GAP
43
We : YOUANDI
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"Ready to go?" : SHALLWE
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Evolutionary biologist who wrote "The Panda's Thumb" : STEPHENJAYGOULD
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Trunks, e.g. : STORAGESPACES
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Be lenient : SPARETHEROD
Down
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Like some low-grade beef : GRISTLY
2
Stand : RISE
3
Where the "tiger cub economies" are : ASIA
4
Add up to : COST
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First word in Massachusetts' motto : ENSE
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Energy : PEP
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"True Blood" vampire Northman : ERIC
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First name in gossip : RONA
9
"___ first ..." : IFAT
10
Knot : toads :: parliament : ___ : OWLS
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Relative of a Fig Newton : DATEBAR
12
Line items? : PHONES
13
Some old-fashioned hosiery : RAYONS
14
Galumph : TRAMP
15
Colleague of Don on "Mad Men" : PETE
21
Apple messaging software : ICHAT
22
So-called Japanese chess : SHOGI
23
Photocopy predecessor : MIMEO
24
Tough nut to crack : ACORN
25
Certain shooter : BBGUN
26
Prefix meaning "heavens" : URANO
27
Frequent demonstrator of the Doppler effect : SIREN
28
Setting for Steinbeck's "The Pearl" : LAPAZ
33
Nuts : IDIOTS
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Dances in 3/4 time : MINUETS
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Fixed, as a model airplane : REGLUED
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Tries to catch shrimp, say : TRAWLS
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Wished : HOPED
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Nestlé brand : EDYS
44
Per : APOP
45
Dragsters' org. : NHRA
46
Honey or sugar : DEAR
47
William who wrote "The Dark at the Top of the Stairs" : INGE
48
Military band : SASH
49
Something not to be believed? : HYPE
50
Culture medium : AGAR
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Nuts : LOCO
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Blacker than black : JET