2 March 1998 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 2 March 1998

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Hints & Clues

Across
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Reply to a ques. : ANS
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Wisecrack : QUIP
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Youngster : CHILD
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Brag about : TOUT
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Wrist-elbow connector : ULNA
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Cowboy contest : RODEO
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Defeats : OVERCOMES
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Traveler's reference : ATLAS
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Composer who wrote "The Magic Flute" : MOZART
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"Don't go out!" : STAYHERE
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Speaker's spot : DAIS
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Medicinal herb : ALOE
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Become motionless out of fear : FREEZEUP
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Pass, as time : ELAPSE
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Thin fish : EEL
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"This ___" (shipping label) : ENDUP
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Unprepared comment : ADLIB
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Actor Guinness : ALEC
40
Plants used to make poi : TAROS
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Without: Fr. : SANS
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Discipline : RIGOR
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Popular athletic footwear : NIKES
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Golf bag item : TEE
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Baroque and rococo, e.g. : STYLES
50
Opposite of 26-Across? : MELTDOWN
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Apollo astronaut Slayton : DEKE
54
Suffix with gang : STER
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Unwanted art : GRAFFITI
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Fanatic : ZEALOT
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U. S. Grant opponent : RELEE
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Opposite of 17-Across? : UNDERGOES
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Deduce : INFER
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Gloomy : DOUR
68
Bubbly beverage : SODA
69
Castles' barriers : MOATS
70
TV deputy from Hazzard : ENOS
71
Armenia or Azerbaijan, once: Abbr. : SSR
Down
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Tiny particle : ATOM
2
Porto-___ (Benin's capital) : NOVO
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Canal that leads to the Red Sea : SUEZ
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Division result : QUOTIENT
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German city on the Danube : ULM
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Chemical endings : INES
7
Macaroni and such : PASTA
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Colorful brand name? : CRAYOLA
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Rash people : HOTHEADS
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Not busy : IDLE
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Shakespearean king : LEAR
12
Prescription amount : DOSE
14
Barter : TRADE
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Mania : CRAZE
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Bubbly beverage : ALE
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Land south of Egypt : SUDAN
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Is afraid of : FEARS
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On again, as a lantern : RELIT
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Poem of lament : ELEGY
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Jewish festival : PURIM
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Philosopher who wrote the "Republic" : PLATO
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Tendon : SINEW
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Actor Buddy : EBSEN
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Nudges : POKES
39
Opposite of 9-Down? : COLDFEET
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Bubbly beverages : SELTZERS
44
Illegal cigarettes, slangily : REEFERS
46
Turn the wheel : STEER
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Do slaloms : SKI
51
Pulls : DRAGS
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Conservatory assignment, perhaps : ETUDE
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Bleak : GRIM
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Clinton Attorney General : RENO
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___ Romeo (Italian auto) : ALFA
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Let ___ a secret : INON
60
Facilities, in Falmouth : LOOS
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Multivolume ref. works : OEDS
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Pre-1917 ruler : TSAR
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Twosome : DUO