20 March 2009 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 20 March 2009

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C
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Hints & Clues

Across
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Bit of back-and-forth : CHAT
5
"___ Warning" ("Das Rheingold" aria) : ERDAS
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"Yeah ... whatever!" : ASIF
14
Cherry ___ : COLA
15
It goes a long way before the Olympics : TORCH
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___ Independent Press Awards : UTNE
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Their parts are usually unusual : CHARACTERACTORS
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Hero, to some : POBOY
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Name on a Chinese menu : TSO
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You don't want them to be dashed : HOPES
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Took a course? : ATE
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Surreal beginning? : ESS
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Surreal ending? : ISM
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A person who's short might run to it : ATM
28
Some Windows systems : NTS
29
Comparison component : ASA
32
Not merely having wet clothes : SOAKEDTOTHESKIN
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Provide what's missing : FILLINTHEBLANKS
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Faline's mother in "Bambi" : ENA
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Fathers and sons : HES
43
Heat on the street : GAT
44
Series standout, briefly : MVP
47
Apnea specialist: Abbr. : ENT
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One of a pair of mice in "Cinderella" : GUS
50
Oscar nominee for "Stand and Deliver," 1988 : OLMOS
52
Abbr. on a residential street sign : CIR
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Very big : OBESE
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Just know : FEELINONESBONES
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Can : FIRE
60
Less formal : FREER
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Dreaded letters for a procrastinator? : ASAP
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Reason for parental scolding : SASS
63
Basket on a court : CESTA
64
Coastal bird : TERN
Down
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Letters on old Russian maps : CCCP
2
Chocolaty treat : HOHO
3
They include amaretto and sloe gin : ALABAMASLAMMERS
4
The Emperor, The Empress or The High Priest : TAROT
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Condensation indication : ETC
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As bad as can be : ROTTENTOTHECORE
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Get all dapper : DRESSTOTHENINES
8
Very close, in a way : ACROSSTHESTREET
9
Al Green's "___-La-La (Make Me Happy)" : SHA
10
Jam ingredients : AUTOS
11
1984 Talking Heads concert film and hit album : STOPMAKINGSENSE
12
Dictator's opening : INRE
13
Utter guilt, with "up" : FESS
18
Assembly call : AYE
19
46-Down preceder : CHI
26
"___ Place," 1971 Orson Welles movie : ASAFE
27
Gun-___ (like Yosemite Sam) : TOTIN
30
Carol Kane's role on "Taxi" : SIMKA
31
"___ of traitors!": Shak. : ANEST
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___ Nidre (Yom Kippur prayer) : KOL
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Virgin's parent : EMI
35
Relaxation location : DEN
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Likud lang. : HEB
37
Schubert's "The ___ King" : ERL
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Stopping point: Abbr. : STA
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Crop-damaging animals : VOLES
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19-Down follower : PSI
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Lot : GOB
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German diver : UBOAT
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Wastes : OFFS
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Royal from the planet Alderaan : LEIA
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Cauterize : SEAR
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It shows many matches : ESPN
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Grp. with East and West divisions : NFC
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Tabasco title: Abbr. : SRA