12 March 2015 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 12 March 2015

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L
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O
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L
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I
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T
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A
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M
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A
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W
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S
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O
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R
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S
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A
N
O
D
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S
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G
R
I
P
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B
O
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V
A
S
S
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L
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M
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L
I
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I
D
O
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S
T
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R
E
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D
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C
D
T
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O
W
E
R
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P
L
A
Y
S
W
I
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T
H
FIRE
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L
A
N
E
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E
A
R
S
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G
U
N
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A
N
T
S
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E
N
T
O
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M
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B
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M
I
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L
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A
N
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P
T
S
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I
O
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S
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D
I
X
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A
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P
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E
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A
S
N
E
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R
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T
E
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R
R
O
R
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O
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P
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E
N
FIRE
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M
A
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N
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E
B
O
N
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S
U
R
E
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I
N
T
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H
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E
H
O
L
E
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B
R
O
W
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S
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S
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H
O
M
E
R
S
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O
D
D
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A
X
O
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N
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R
O
A
D
I
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E
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R
U
E
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L
I
F
E
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S
T
R
A
D
S
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N
E
D
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E
T
T
A
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Y
E
S
Y
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Hints & Clues

Across
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1962 Kubrick film : LOLITA
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Gullets : MAWS
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Medical theaters, for short : ORS
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What juice may come out of? : ANODES
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Traction control : GRIP
16
Certain sci-fi fighter : BOT
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Lowly worker : VASSAL
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Big African exporter of gold : MALI
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Response that has a nice ring to it? : IDO
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Couldn't turn away, say : STARED
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Jewel case display unit : CDTOWER
24
Risks disaster : PLAYSWITHFIRE
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Illegal place to park : FIRELANE
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Things with rings ... that may be ringing : EARS
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Rat-a-tat-tat : GUNFIRE
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Stinging insects : FIREANTS
30
Inter : ENTOMB
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Inter ___ (European soccer powerhouse) : MILAN
36
Things you don't want on your license: Abbr. : PTS
37
Island in the Aegean : IOS
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New Jersey's Fort ___ : DIX
40
Great ___ : APE
43
Actor Ed : ASNER
45
Real imp : TERROR
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Start shooting : OPENFIRE
50
Many a calendar beefcake : FIREMAN
52
"Heaven's ___ vault, / Studded with stars unutterably bright": Shelley : EBON
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Impossible to fail : SUREFIRE
54
Warning before a detonation ... and a hint to 16 of this puzzle's answers : FIREINTHEHOLE
57
Goes on Safari, say : BROWSES
60
Double doubles? : HOMERS
61
Ripley-esque : ODD
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Impulse transmitter : AXON
64
One working for Kansas or Alabama : ROADIE
66
Paris's ___ de Rome : RUE
67
Excitement : LIFE
68
Valuable violins, for short : STRADS
69
Ludd from whom Luddites got their name : NED
70
Grammy-winning James : ETTA
71
"Most definitely!" : YESYES
Down
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Head : LAV
2
Diagonally : ONASLANT
3
Letter writing and sentence diagramming, it's said : LOSTARTS
4
"Yep, sounds about right!" : IDSAYSO
5
Races : TEARS
6
Loads : ASLEW
7
Big inits. in Las Vegas : MGM
8
Scorpion or tick : ARACHNID
9
Metaphor for quick-spreading success : WILDFIRE
10
British W.W. II plane : SPITFIRE
11
"Star Wars" name : OBIWAN
12
Woodchuck or chinchilla : RODENT
13
Caches : STORES
21
Jab or jibe : DIG
23
Pearl S. Buck heroine : OLAN
24
Tiniest complaint : PEEP
25
Belly : TUM
31
Failure : MISFIRE
32
Feature of a big outdoor party : BONFIRE
34
Like a hearth : FIRELIT
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Emergency tool for breaking down doors : FIREAXE
38
Like Havarti cheese : SEMISOFT
40
Annual April celebration : ARBORDAY
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Relaxing in a cabana chair, maybe : POOLSIDE
42
Seashore flier : ERNE
43
With a clean slate : ANEW
44
Hotfooted it : RAN
46
Considers further, in a way : REHEARS
47
Marvel supervillain Norman ___ a.k.a. the Green Goblin : OSBORN
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Indiana rival : PURDUE
49
Lost some ground : ERODED
51
Kind of power : NTH
55
Tot's rocker : HORSY
56
Act like an amateur? : EMOTE
58
Chapter 11 event, maybe : FIRESALE
59
Building safety feature : FIREEXIT
63
Org. supporting Common Core : NEA
65
Slaloming shape : ESS