28 February 2016 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 28 February 2016

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D
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E
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C
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L
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A
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W
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A
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P
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N
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E
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A
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B
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A
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N
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S
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F
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I
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B
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A
Q
U
I
L
A
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G
L
O
V
E
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A
I
R
P
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L
A
N
E
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B
U
Z
Z
E
R
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B
E
A
T
E
R
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I
D
A
R
E
S
A
Y
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S
I
C
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B
A
S
I
S
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O
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O
Z
E
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A
T
T
S
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P
O
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W
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W
O
W
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D
O
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U
B
L
E
D
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R
I
B
B
L
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E
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H
O
W
L
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S
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B
R
E
D
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O
N
E
R
U
N
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A
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S
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P
E
N
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O
C
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T
A
L
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P
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T
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U
I
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E
M
O
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P
O
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N
T
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G
U
A
R
D
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T
R
O
N
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R
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E
A
P
S
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A
N
A
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D
I
T
T
O
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S
H
O
T
C
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L
O
C
K
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R
A
N
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S
O
M
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L
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O
N
I
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A
L
A
M
O
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T
R
O
Y
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B
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A
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L
L
H
A
N
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D
L
E
R
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L
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I
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M
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P
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B
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L
A
D
E
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M
I
K
E
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E
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M
I
N
O
R
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F
I
E
L
D
G
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O
A
L
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M
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A
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G
D
A
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C
U
E
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M
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A
R
L
O
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L
A
I
N
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N
O
L
O
O
K
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P
A
S
S
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O
L
E
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H
E
L
L
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W
A
S
A
T
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E
A
S
E
S
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A
L
E
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C
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T
O
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S
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I
A
M
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S
E
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M
I
S
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N
O
T
H
I
N
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G
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B
U
T
N
E
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T
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V
O
T
A
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R
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Y
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C
H
A
D
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O
O
P
S
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D
E
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F
E
R
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H
O
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P
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M
A
R
S
B
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A
R
S
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P
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E
R
S
O
N
A
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L
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F
O
U
L
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A
T
O
M
I
Z
E
S
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A
R
O
S
E
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L
O
O
N
I
E
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D
E
W
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T
O
N
Y
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T
A
P
A
S
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E
X
P
E
N
D

Hints & Clues

Across
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Make less dangerous, in a way : DECLAW
7
Sleep lab study : APNEA
12
Some school edicts : BANS
16
Small invention : FIB
19
Eagle constellation : AQUILA
20
Signature Michael Jackson wear : GLOVE
21
Runway model? : AIRPLANE
23
Fly swatter? : BUZZERBEATER
25
"It seems to me ..." : IDARESAY
26
Attack order : SIC
27
Rationale : BASIS
28
Trickle : OOZE
30
"The Good Wife" figures: Abbr. : ATTS
31
Confer : POWWOW
34
Drool from both sides of the mouth? : DOUBLEDRIBBLE
38
Screams bloody murder : HOWLS
40
Brought up : BRED
41
Narrow lead in baseball : ONERUN
42
Quaker of note? : ASPEN
45
In base 8 : OCTAL
47
Sound near a spittoon : PTUI
50
Brooding music genre : EMO
51
Tip of an épée? : POINTGUARD
53
Sci-fi film with a 2010 sequel : TRON
54
Brings in : REAPS
56
Palindromic girl : ANA
57
" : DITTO
58
Busted timer? : SHOTCLOCK
60
Illicit sum : RANSOM
62
Anderson of "WKRP" : LONI
64
Historic siege site : ALAMO
65
Legendary siege site : TROY
66
Desi Arnaz? : BALLHANDLER
70
Unsteady gait : LIMP
74
Cutting edge : BLADE
76
Karaoke bar sight : MIKE
77
Key of Brahms's Symphony No. 4 : EMINOR
79
Winning an Oscar for "Norma Rae"? : FIELDGOAL
81
One of the Gabor sisters : MAGDA
84
Prompt : CUE
85
Actress Thomas : MARLO
87
Reclined : LAIN
88
Acrophobe's term for a route through the mountains? : NOLOOKPASS
90
Encouraging word : OLE
91
Fire place? : HELL
92
Attended : WASAT
93
Soothes : EASES
94
One of the Furies : ALECTO
97
Asian territory in Risk : SIAM
99
Round after the quarters : SEMIS
101
Lament from an unlucky shrimper? : NOTHINGBUTNET
105
Devotee : VOTARY
108
Fallout from the 2000 election? : CHAD
109
"My bad!" : OOPS
110
Put off : DEFER
112
Short flight : HOP
114
Nougaty treats : MARSBARS
116
Writing "30 and single" when it's really "50 and married," e.g.? : PERSONALFOUL
120
Reduces to smithereens : ATOMIZES
121
Cropped up : AROSE
122
Canadian smacker : LOONIE
123
Morning condensate : DEW
124
Chichi : TONY
125
Cantina appetizers : TAPAS
126
Go through : EXPEND
Down
1
Applies gingerly : DABS
2
Outfit : EQUIP
3
World Heritage Site in the Andes : CUZCO
4
Oft-married Taylor : LIZ
5
Keg contents : ALE
6
Archer's battle weapon : WARBOW
7
Forever : AGES
8
Like lumberjack jackets : PLAID
9
O.K. : NOTSOBAD
10
Time for last-minute planning : EVE
11
Oxygen-dependent bacterium : AEROBE
12
Card table cloth : BAIZE
13
Not fully independent : AIDED
14
Piece corps, briefly? : NRA
15
Almost dislocate : SPRAIN
16
Violation of Yom Kippur? : FASTBREAK
17
Batting .200, maybe : INASLUMP
18
Queen ___ (pop music nickname) : BEY
22
Don't bother : LETBE
24
Give a tongue-lashing : BAWLOUT
29
Veteran : OLDPRO
32
A question of time : WHEN
33
Is unacceptable : WONTDO
35
Virtual address : URL
36
Père d'un prince : ROI
37
1961 space chimp : ENOS
39
Improvise, in a way : SCAT
42
Isolated : APART
43
Echolocator : SONAR
44
Softly : PIANO
46
"Three Billy Goats Gruff" villain : TROLL
48
Smash up : TOTAL
49
"You win!" : UNCLE
52
Stabilizer of a ship's compass : GIMBAL
53
"Use your head!" : THINK
54
CD-___ : ROM
55
Ground beef contaminant : ECOLI
58
Mobile home resident? : SNAIL
59
Rio Grande city : LAREDO
61
"Downton Abbey" daughter : SYBIL
63
"Jeez!" : OHMAN
67
Flummox : ADDLE
68
De jure : LEGAL
69
Showroom models : DEMOS
71
Residents of 3-Down : INCAS
72
Trackpad alternative : MOUSE
73
Lean on : PRESS
75
Astral lion : LEO
78
Achieve success : MAKEIT
79
Rug dealer's special? : FREETHROW
80
Prepares for a Mr. Universe competition, say : OILSUP
82
"___ the day!" (cry repeated in Shakespeare) : ALAS
83
Settled the score : GOTEVEN
85
Ghostly sound : MOAN
86
Apportion : ALLOCATE
88
Say "When I met the Dalai Lama last year," say : NAMEDROP
89
"Qué ___?" : PASA
91
Sugar : HON
92
Goth-looking, in a way : WAN
95
It's hard to get across : CHASM
96
Morsel : TIDBIT
98
1994 bomb based on an "S.N.L." character : ITSPAT
100
Something to boost : MORALE
102
Bridge whiz : GOREN
103
Domineering : BOSSY
104
Actress Thompson of "Creed" : TESSA
106
River along Avignon : RHONE
107
"Wanna play?" : YOUIN
111
Anti bodies? : FOES
113
Petitioned : PLED
114
Whacked : MAD
115
Kind of dye : AZO
117
The Depression, for one : ERA
118
Smoked deli purchase : LOX
119
Popinjay : FOP