22 March 2017 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 22 March 2017

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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"___ yourself!" : BRACE
6
Crayfish feature : CLAW
10
Figure of the underground economy? : MINER
15
Fresh air's opposite? : RERUN
16
Well positioned (for) : RIPE
17
Barrel part : STAVE
18
"Waiting for Lefty" playwright : ODETS
19
Many a toy train track : OVAL
20
Variable estimated by pollsters : ERROR
21
Kid's transport, literally : CYCLECYCLECYCLE
24
Drove off : SHOOED
25
Night class subj. : ESL
26
Cells for new generations : OVA
27
Sch. with campuses in Brooklyn and Brookville : LIU
28
___ steak (British term for a sirloin cut) : RUMP
31
Unrenewed, as a subscription : LAPSED
34
Les États-___ : UNIS
36
Present location, when visiting the boondocks : OUTHERE
39
Graph section, literally : RANTRANTRANTRANT
45
Secret application, perhaps : AEROSOL
46
"False face must hide what the false heart doth ___": Macbeth : KNOW
47
Nonmeat choices at a deli counter : PASTAS
50
With 55-Across, preservative for fine wood furniture : TEAK
53
Laila of the ring : ALI
54
Many meses in México : ANO
55
See 50-Across : OIL
58
Mass figure : DEACON
60
Military headquarters, literally : GONGONGONGONGON
65
Hacking target : EMAIL
66
State firmly : AVER
67
Biblical book duo : KINGS
69
Salon procedure : RINSE
70
Designer Wang : VERA
71
Descriptor of many statesmen : ELDER
72
Brawl : SETTO
73
Stream disturbance : EDDY
74
Edges up to : NEARS
Down
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"Dude!" : BRO
2
Cold War threat : REDCHINA
3
Dealer's query : AREYOUIN
4
Big brand of kitchen knives : CUTCO
5
Eve who wrote "The Vagina Monologues" : ENSLER
6
Swamp critter : CROC
7
Early historian of ancient Rome : LIVY
8
Quickly : APACE
9
"The Shape of Things to Come" author : WELLS
10
Brief period in nuclear physics: Abbr. : MSEC
11
Modest response to a compliment : ITRY
12
D.E.A. agents, informally : NARCOS
13
Change through time : EVOLVE
14
Like favorite literary passages : REREAD
22
Part of the URL for 27-Across : EDU
23
Popular afternoon talk show : ELLEN
24
"You lowdown, no-good bum," e.g. : SLUR
29
One-track : MONO
30
Sets (down) : PUTS
32
"The supreme ___ of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting": Sun Tzu : ART
33
Corner office, maybe : PERK
35
R.B.I., for one : STAT
37
Accelerated pace : TROT
38
In the pink : HALE
40
Actor Stephen : REA
41
Basis of some insurance fraud : ARSON
42
Amazon menace : ANACONDA
43
What "ex-" means : NOLONGER
44
Duplicate : TWIN
47
Obsolescent communications devices : PAGERS
48
Severe malaise : ANOMIE
49
Like "n" and "r," in phonetics : SONANT
51
Kerfuffle : ADO
52
Popular puzzle invented in Japan : KENKEN
56
Words on some blood drive stickers : IGAVE
57
Enjoyed immensely : LOVED
59
Like "Dancing With the Stars" dancers : AGILE
61
Basic concept : GIST
62
Nondairy substitute : OLEO
63
Jerry Lewis's "Nutty Professor" was an early example of one : NERD
64
Overcast : GRAY
68
Most AARP members: Abbr. : SRS