12 March 2022 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 12 March 2022

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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Paid off : BRIBED
7
Pinky swear, e.g. : PACT
11
Pause in the middle of a line of poetry : CAESURA
12
Creature also known as a greenfly : APHID
14
Substitute for coffee : NONDAIRYCREAMER
17
Baptisms by fire : ORDEALS
18
Palmed, say : HID
19
Prefix with consciousness : ECO
20
Last word of the first sentence of Kafka's "The Metamorphosis" : INSECT
21
Pick : TAP
22
"Don't Look Up" star, in tabloids : JLAW
23
Parts of baseballs and mines : SEAMS
24
Country with two official languages - Guaraní and Spanish : PARAGUAY
26
Move from side to side, as a ship : YAW
27
2000 Sisqó hit with a rhyming title : THONGSONG
29
1924 tale of derring-do : BEAUGESTE
30
New Jersey's "unofficial rock theme of our State's youth" : BORNTORUN
31
Something picked up by a silent butler : ASH
34
Minions : FLUNKIES
35
Basic technique in skateboarding : OLLIE
37
Nitwit, to a Brit : PRAT
38
"What do you want me to do about it?" : AND
39
Be plucky? : TWEEZE
40
Hollywood, with "the" : BIZ
41
Astronaut Jemison : MAE
42
Didn't cause trouble : BEHAVED
43
"Golly!" : JEEPERSCREEPERS
46
It might work on a block : DRANO
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They might work on a block : PATROLS
48
Floor : STUN
49
Europe's oldest capital : ATHENS
Down
1
Lumbering tool : BANDSAW
2
Turn in : REDEEM
3
Musician who helped save Carnegie Hall from demolition : ISAACSTERN
4
Put up : BUILT
5
Muffs : ERRS
6
"Against the ___" (Thomas Pynchon novel) : DAY
7
On equal footing, in Latin : PARIPASSU
8
Mirrored : APED
9
Tea, in Mandarin : CHA
10
Result of a poor audio connection, perhaps : TIMELAG
11
Part of the body first successfully transplanted in 1905 : CORNEA
13
Exponential ___ (function in physics) : DECAY
14
Like many street-level apartments : NOISY
15
Juice boxes? : CHARGERS
16
Rumpus : ROW
21
Danced to the music of Carlos Acuña, say : TANGOED
22
"We / Jazz ___" (line in Gwendolyn Brooks's "We Real Cool") : JUNE
24
Popular dishes in Québécois cuisine : POUTINES
25
Went round and round in circles : GOTNOWHERE
28
Record holder for the most M.L.B. All-Star selections : HANKAARON
29
Spell : BOUT
30
Attire at some academies : BLAZERS
31
Exams for British 18-year-olds : ALEVELS
32
Jewelry store tools : SIZERS
33
Minds : HEEDS
34
Mentally worn out : FRIED
36
Mount with facility : LEAPON
37
Vegan sandwich, for short : PBJ
39
Enforcement mechanisms, metaphorically : TEETH
41
Where to pick sides? : MENU
42
Handful, say : BRAT
44
Overly rehearsed : PAT
45
Occupation of Leo Bloom in "The Producers," for short : CPA