20 March 2010 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 20 March 2010

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N
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O
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L
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E
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S
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S
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S
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P
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L
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A
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S
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H
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I
N
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I
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R
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Q
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A
N
T
A
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E
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T
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R
E
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D
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U
N
C
I
A
L
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J
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P
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E
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A
C
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L
L
S
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A
C
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T
O
N
E
S
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S
H
R
I
K
E
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S
T
R
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S
S
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D
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H
E
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N
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Y
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D
E
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S
E
R
T
E
D
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C
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L
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A
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R
E
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S
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S
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T
R
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C
E
D
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T
O
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T
R
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X
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S
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U
P
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P
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E
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R
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A
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R
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M
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R
E
M
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S
T
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L
E
E
R
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D
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T
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M
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L
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I
D
L
O
V
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T
O
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O
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V
E
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R
O
T
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S
T
S
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L
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V
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S
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O
P
I
A
T
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L
O
S
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R
S
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S
C
L
E
R
A

Hints & Clues

Across
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To boot : NOLESS
7
Big impression : SPLASH
13
Worked up : INASTIR
15
Photons, e.g. : QUANTA
16
Made unbearable? : NEUTERED
18
Writing style of old Latin manuscripts : UNCIAL
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Like 1-Down : JAPANESE
20
Rare battery varieties : ACELLS
21
Options for thinning : ACETONES
22
Harsh-sounding bird that immobilizes its prey by impalement : SHRIKE
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Like part of a foot : STRESSED
24
1995 Literature Nobelist : HEANEY
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Lonely : DESERTED
27
Limerick neighbor : CLARE
31
Jerks : ASSES
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Had a prior link with : TRACEDTO
34
Some imposing museum displays, briefly : TREXES
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Place for many a shot : UPPERARM
42
Outfit for a new voyage, say : REMAST
43
Ogled : LEEREDAT
44
Explosive stuff : AMATOL
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"Sure thing!" : IDLOVETO
46
Cathedral candle : VOTIVE
47
Events with marching bands? : PROTESTS
48
People taking les examens : ELEVES
49
Heroin and the like : OPIATES
50
Ties don't have them : LOSERS
51
Eye muscles attach to it : SCLERA
Down
1
Stealthy fighters : NINJAS
2
Like Edward Albee's first five plays : ONEACT
3
1984 Best New Artist Grammy winner : LAUPER
4
One taken care of by a caretaker : ESTATE
5
Attendees at some biz meetings : STENOS
6
Speeders' dreads : SIRENS
7
Ends abruptly : SQUASHES
8
Pugilists ... or stationery store items : PUNCHERS
9
Tear : LACERATE
10
Compounds that smell of rotting fish : ANILINES
11
Didn't just follow around : STALKED
12
Vice admiral on the U.S.S. Enterprise : HALSEY
14
Fixed some greens : RESEEDED
17
Since: Sp. : DESDE
26
Glorified gatekeeper, in Goiás : SAOPEDRO
27
Burns up : CREMATES
28
Feen-a-mint was one : LAXATIVE
29
Certain full house, in poker lingo : ACESOVER
30
Always moving : RESTLESS
32
Mandolin effect : TREMOLO
33
White item in a 1944 Matisse painting : TULIP
34
Job requirement, often : TRAVEL
36
He was served to the Olympians as food : PELOPS
37
More than suggestive : EROTIC
38
Leak : REVEAL
39
Noel opener : ADESTE
40
Certain cat or dog : RATTER
41
It's S. of the Vale of Tempe : MTOSSA