1 March 2012 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 1 March 2012

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F
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F
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I
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X
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H
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D
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D
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K
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B
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E
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O
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P
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S
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L
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M
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R
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W
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O
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F
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R
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P
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U
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R
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A
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C
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U
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G
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B
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Z
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C
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O
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Q
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L
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Hints & Clues

Across
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Add-on to the start or end of a word stem (as in 17-, 25-, 35-, 49- and 57-Across) : AFFIX
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Forward : AHEAD
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Players who spend most of their time on the bench, briefly : DHS
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___ Club, 1930s-'60s New York hot spot : STORK
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Peer of Ellington : BASIE
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Fish of the genus Moringua : EEL
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Unnecessary words cluttering wise sayings? : PROVERBIAGE
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Rai ___ (Italian TV channel) : TRE
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Google results : HITS
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Dropper? : OAF
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See 36-Down : PERON
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___ Shuffle (boxing move) : ALI
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Threat in "Armageddon"? : DISASTEROID
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Salad bar tidbit : LENTIL
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Pile of glacial debris : MORAINE
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When repeated, words before "burning bright" to start a William Blake poem : TYGER
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Bark : WOOF
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Nap finish? : STER
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Good place for a picnic? : REPASTURE
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German interjections : ACHS
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Honor His Honor, say : RISE
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Pushes for : URGES
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Fly-catching birds : PHOEBES
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Out : ABSENT
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Like a tenacious sibling? : PERSISTERLY
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Nutritional fig. : RDA
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Additions and deletions, say : EDITS
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Soak : SOP
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Old Dodge : OMNI
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Sharp-edged tool : ADZ
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"We've taken the city, but can we defend it?"? : CONQUESTION
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Festa de ___ João : SAO
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Native parka wearer : ALEUT
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Sharp-crested ridge : ARETE
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Directional ending : ERN
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Peter who directed "The Dresser" : YATES
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Like an unlucky encierro participant : GORED
Down
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Urban playground surface : ASPHALT
2
Kansas mil. post built in 1853 : FTRILEY
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Support : FOOTING
4
Sportscaster Cross and others : IRVS
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Classic Jaguar : XKE
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Arafat successor : ABBAS
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Israel's third-largest city : HAIFA
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That: Sp. : ESA
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Insurance giant on the N.Y.S.E. : AIG
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Further in : DEEPER
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City named after the French for "strait" : DETROIT
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Princess Leia, e.g. : HEROINE
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Not Rubens's type : SLENDER
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Agitate : ROIL
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They can be felt in a classroom : ERASERS
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Extreme : DIRE
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Belted, in the Bible : SMOTE
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It's sold in tubs : TOFU
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Least windy : TERSEST
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Top of a bottom : WAIST
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Former intelligence agcy. : OSS
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Three-term title for 22-Across: Abbr. : PRES
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Like some lips : RUBY
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Quiet, in a way : APPEASE
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Cheeseburger cheese : CHEDDAR
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A ship may appear on it : HORIZON
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More likely to make you sick, say : GERMIER
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Postscript : ENDNOTE
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Like some glass or wood : STAINED
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Europe's Bay of ___ : BISCAY
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L'Eiger, e.g. : ALPE
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-like : ESQUE
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Runaways : ROUTS
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Spanish alternative? : OTRO
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Brazilian greeting : OLA
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Take home : NET
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Not stay all the way up : SAG