20 March 1999 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 20 March 1999

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Q
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U
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O
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V
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A
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D
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I
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C
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O
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F
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E
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D
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U
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T
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G
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N
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M
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R
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F
U
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H
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M
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R
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B
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P
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S
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Z
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O
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T
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I
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S
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C
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R
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O
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G
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T
H
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K
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R
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M
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R
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R
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C
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P
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O
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P
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L
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J
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N
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Hints & Clues

Across
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Best-selling novel set in ancient Rome : QUOVADIS
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Like salon customers : COIFED
15
Rigor : ASPERITY
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When surfing is possible? : UPTIME
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Béarnaise ingredient : TARRAGON
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Computing timesavers : MACROS
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Germs might grow in it : AGAR
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Catchall reason for failure : SNAFU
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Quartermaster's post : HELM
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Overhaul : REHAB
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Ward heelers : POLS
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___-Pitch : SLO
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Cat's covering : ZOOTSUIT
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Sequel tag : III
32
Leaner : SCRAWNIER
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The Osmonds' birthplace : OGDEN
37
Philosopher : THINKER
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Gary's "Desire" co-star : MARLENE
40
Scouting outing : RECON
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David and others : PSALMISTS
43
Telegraph ender : ESE
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Word after family or detail : ORIENTED
46
Subject of psych. experiments : ESP
47
Uses a shuttle : TATS
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Homme ___ (French V.I.P.) : DETAT
52
Letters for nine-to-fivers : TGIF
54
The "Little Ol' Band From Texas" : ZZTOP
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Quince, e.g. : POME
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Pied : CALICO
60
Heathen of sorts : IDOLATER
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Key of Beethoven's Seventh : AMAJOR
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Gay old time : NINETIES
64
Accouters anew : REFITS
65
1945 Cahn/Styne tune : ANYWHERE
Down
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Where to spend dirhams : QATAR
2
Meter reader's concern : USAGE
3
Sofia's portrayer in "The Color Purple" : OPRAH
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First European to enter New York Bay : VERRAZANO
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Southern Hemisphere constellation : ARA
6
Pad : DIGS
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Pour ___ : ITON
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Neurotransmission site : SYNAPSE
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Some clouds : CUMULI
10
W.W. II agcy. : OPA
11
It's a sensation : ITCH
12
Chat sites : FIRESIDES
13
11-Down application : EMOLLIENT
14
"State Fair" setting : DESMOINES
21
Kind of bobsled : FOURMAN
24
Option for the present : BOWKNOT
26
Charged : STORMED
29
Inseparable : ONE
30
German battleship sunk in 1944 : TIRPITZ
32
Source of much bell-ringing : STREETCAR
33
Kings' milieu : CHESSGAME
34
Alternative to a baked potato : RICEPILAF
36
Aircraft's approach : GLIDEPATH
39
Aircraft abbr. : ALT
42
39-line verse : SESTINA
45
They may be straight : RAZORS
49
Fields of comedy : TOTIE
50
Bahraini bigwig: Var. : AMEER
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Not windy : TERSE
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Land in which men wear skirts called sulus : FIJI
55
One-eyed overlord : ODIN
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Pay (up) : PONY
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Rollaway relative : COT
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1950's All-Star Burdette : LEW