5 February 2012 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 5 February 2012

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Hints & Clues

Across
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Superfluous : EXTRA
6
Posed (for) : SAT
9
Follow persistently : DOG
12
Tiny blob : AMOEBA
18
Charms : WILES
19
The Beatles' "All ___ Got to Do" : IVE
20
Old White House nickname : IKE
21
Badly beaten up : MAULED
22
45-Down near Baton Rouge? : EXCITEMENT
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124-Across near Dover? : GARDENTOOL
27
___ contendere : NOLO
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Flower girl? : DAISY
30
New Jersey town bordering Rahway : ISELIN
31
Photo ___ : OPS
34
Swindle : CON
35
Hindu title : SRI
36
___ Brava : COSTA
37
CD-___ : ROM
38
117-Down near Salem? : OPERASINGER
42
When sung three times, part of a Beatles refrain : YEAH
46
Bellyache : GROUSE
48
Seine summers : ETES
49
First name? : ADAM
51
Starch-yielding palm : SAGO
52
Old TV knob : CONTRAST
54
How Shakespeare's Rosalind dresses : ASAMAN
56
Sign by a theater ticket booth : SRO
57
Smithereens : BITS
58
1-Across near Hartford? : CONCENTRATE
61
Blouse, e.g. : TOP
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Still broken, say : UNHEALED
65
Confirms : AVERS
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"Ancient Mariner" verse : RIME
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Bad-mouthed : DEFAMED
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Bitchin' : PRIMO
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Sun spots : SOLARIA
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Inter ___ : ALIA
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Dante e Boccaccio : POETI
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Rack for a rifle : GUNSTAND
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Toss-up? : LOB
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114-Down near Boise? : SPLITSECOND
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Santa ___ (desert winds) : ANAS
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Get it wrong : ERR
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Certain implants : STENTS
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Role in "Nicholas and Alexandra" : RASPUTIN
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TV police drama : NCIS
89
Comics canine : ODIE
90
11 or 12, but not 13 : HOUR
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Paint choice : ENAMEL
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"___ teaches you when to be silent": Disraeli : TACT
95
76-Down near Springfield? : PODDEDPLANT
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Mugful, maybe : ALE
99
Actor Quinn : AIDAN
102
Before, in verse : ERE
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Pioneer in quadraphonic music : RCA
104
Caustic soda : LYE
105
Against : VERSUS
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Badge earner : SCOUT
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This and that: Abbr. : MISC
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61-Across near Phoenix? : BIRTHSTONE
113
9-Across near Boston? : MORALTENET
118
Critter whose name comes from Nahuatl : OCELOT
119
Cookout item : BUN
120
Roll of bills : WAD
121
Bring out : EDUCE
122
Assails : BESETS
123
Staff ___: Abbr. : SGT
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Whirlpool : SPA
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Exorcism target : DEMON
Down
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Farm mother : EWE
2
Women's suffrage Amendment : XIX
3
Pampering, for short : TLC
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Pull (in) : REIN
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Regarding the price : ASTOCOST
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Jazzy Nina : SIMONE
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Boston's Mass ___ : AVE
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Lean : TEND
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Doesn't budge : DIGSIN
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"Sure!" : OKAY
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E.U. member : GER
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"What ___!" : AMESS
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"Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe" artist : MANET
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Expenditures : OUTLAYS
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"The Time Machine" people : ELOI
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"___ your toes!" : BEON
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B'nai B'rith grp. : ADL
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Romeo or Juliet : ELOPER
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French cup : TASSE
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Many a museum display : DIORAMA
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It might be blue, green or brown : IRIS
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Assn. : ORG
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Like a sty denizen : PORCINE
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6-Across near Indianapolis? : SMOOTHFABRIC
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Some conifers : CEDARS
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Do over, as a lawn : RESOD
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Abbr. before a colon : ATTN
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Prefix with -pod : GASTRO
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119-Across near Albany? : EASTERANIMAL
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Prefix with business : AGRO
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Basketball rim : HOOP
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Open : UNSEAL
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Housemother, e.g. : MATRON
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Passed easily : ACED
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Weak : ANEMIC
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Armstrong and Sedaka : NEILS
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Pal : BUD
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Light touch : CARESS
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Certain online request : EVITE
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Not quite right : AMISS
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Arrive at too quickly, in a way : LEAPTO
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"Hakuna ___" : MATATA
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In one's cups : POTTED
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Brewskis : SUDS
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How a fool acts : INANELY
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Spots : ADS
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Bird wing : PINION
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Knot : GNARL
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Spring time : LENT
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Large-toothed whale : ORCA
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Paraded by : LEDPAST
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"Is she not down so late, ___ so early?": "Romeo and Juliet" : ORUP
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Number 2, e.g. : PENCIL
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Still to be sampled : UNTASTED
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Shock : STARTLE
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Sub : HERO
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Site of a Greek tragedy : ODEUM
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Big name in jeans : LEE
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Respectable : DECENT
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Naval force : ARMADA
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"___ the Sheriff" : ISHOT
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Tidies up a bit : DUSTS
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Number two : VICE
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"Tu ___ mi amor" : ERES
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Cozy : SNUG
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Drags : TOWS
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Give up : CEDE
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Weave's partner : BOB
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Maternity ward workers, for short : OBS
114
Hip-hop : RAP
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Deut.'s preceder : NUM
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Environmental prefix : ECO
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Perfect rating : TEN