12 March 2003 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 12 March 2003

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S
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L
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M
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Y
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P
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K
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O
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B
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J
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Y
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S
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C
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O
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R
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O
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W
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C
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B
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C
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K
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Hints & Clues

Across
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"The Crucible" setting : SALEM
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Willingly : LIEF
10
Chihuahua cries : YAPS
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Not merely sluggish : INERT
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Razor brand : ATRA
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Eye rakishly : OGLE
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Start of a quip : TIMEFLIESLIKEAN
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Fatty treat for birds : SUET
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Perfumer's extract : ESSENCE
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Wagering venue, briefly : OTB
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Sox foes : JAYS
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Ancient Mexican : TOLTEC
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Rutabaga, e.g. : TURNIP
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Grouch : CRAB
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Málaga Mrs. : SRA
33
Fit to serve : ONEA
34
Where overreachers go : TOOFAR
36
Middle of the quip : ARROWBUTFRUIT
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Arrow poison : CURARE
42
___ B'rith : BNAI
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"Friends" network : NBC
47
Parched : SERE
48
Bikini blasts : ATESTS
50
Speaks like Robert Byrd : ORATES
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Unique, to Caesar : RARA
54
Painter's medium : OIL
55
Squirting flower, say : NOVELTY
57
Talk like Daffy : LISP
59
End of the quip : FLIESLIKEAMELON
64
Rock 'n' roll pioneer Freed : ALAN
65
Big story : EPIC
66
Where the action is : ARENA
67
Model Banks : TYRA
68
D.C. group : SENS
69
Off one's trolley : NUTTY
Down
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Do some modeling : SIT
2
"Wheel of Fortune" buy : ANI
3
Science fiction writer Stanislaw : LEM
4
"___ Tu" (1974 song) : ERES
5
Honshu peak, briefly : MTFUJI
6
Nonprofessionals : LAITY
7
Social attachment? : ITE
8
European language : ERSE
9
1893 Verdi opera : FALSTAFF
10
Sticks figure : YOKEL
11
007 and others : AGENTS
12
Position filler : PLACER
13
Five Nations tribe : SENECA
18
Axel, e.g. : LEAP
19
Weather line : ISOBAR
22
Ear: Prefix : OTO
23
Popular sandwich filler : TUNA
24
Uncle Remus honorific : BRER
26
Energetic cleaner : SCOURER
29
Buster? : NARC
31
Classroom routine : ROTE
34
Tahoe transport : TBAR
35
Sticks figure : RUBE
37
Diving birds: Var. : OUSELS
38
Goes to the mat : WRESTLES
39
___ many words : INSO
40
Jacques of "Mon Oncle" : TATI
43
Bermuda, e.g.: Abbr. : ISL
44
For dieters : NONFAT
45
Rain shield, in London : BROLLY
46
Luxury spread : CAVIAR
48
La Scala song : ARIA
49
Discoverer of New Zealand : TASMAN
51
"Lovergirl" singer ___ Marie : TEENA
53
Guinness et al. : ALECS
56
"Holy moly!" : YIPE
58
Machu Picchu site : PERU
60
Kith's partner : KIN
61
Voided shot : LET
62
Where London is: Abbr. : ONT
63
Roll-call call : NAY