24 March 2003 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 24 March 2003

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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Neighbor of Ecuador : PERU
5
Dressed : CLAD
9
Identical : EQUAL
14
Firefighters' tools : AXES
15
Poison ivy reaction : RASH
16
Pulitzer-winning novelist Alison : LURIE
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Sales agents, briefly : REPS
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This, south of the border : ESTO
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Decorates richly : GILDS
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Very bright : SMARTASAWHIP
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Prefix with center : EPI
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Med. plan : HMO
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Part of the foot : INSTEP
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Actress Meryl : STREEP
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Motion while saying "Good dog!" : PAT
33
___ mode : ALA
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Showered : RAINED
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Mild, as weather : BALMY
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Very bright : WISEASANOWL
40
Civil rights org. : NAACP
42
In a sour mood : MOROSE
43
Build (on) : ADD
44
"Undoubtedly" : YES
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Mitchell of NBC News : ANDREA
49
Fly that carries sleeping sickness : TSETSE
52
___ Beta Kappa : PHI
53
Coast Guard rank: Abbr. : ENS
54
Very bright : SHARPASATACK
58
Mideast's ___ Peninsula : SINAI
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Singer Fitzgerald : ELLA
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"It's ___ to tell a lie" : ASIN
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Disdain : SCORN
64
Prophet : SEER
65
Taboo : NONO
66
Like a tie game in overtime : TENSE
67
Job : TASK
68
Shoelace problem : KNOT
Down
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Analyzes grammatically : PARSES
2
Free (from) : EXEMPT
3
Fix : REPAIR
4
Moscow's land, once: Abbr. : USSR
5
Famous Boston dessert : CREAMPIE
6
Rope, cowboy-style : LASSO
7
"The Thin Man" dog : ASTA
8
Boat on the Indian Ocean : DHOW
9
Illinois city : ELGIN
10
Witticisms : QUIPS
11
Dot-com's address : URL
12
Help : AID
13
Parisian article : LES
21
Silent character in "Little Orphan Annie" : THEASP
22
Top 10 record : HIT
26
Towering : TALL
27
Shade tree : ELM
28
Salary : PAY
30
Rock's Clapton : ERIC
31
Mexican moolah : PESOS
32
Month in Israel : ADAR
35
Epithet : NAME
36
Sarajevo is its capital : BOSNIA
37
Impressed mightily : AWED
38
Walk in shallow water : WADE
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Two-by-two vessel? : NOAHSARK
40
Singer ___ King Cole : NAT
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TV interruptions : ADS
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Nay opposer : YEA
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Sanity : REASON
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San Fernando Valley community : ENCINO
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Start of a John F. Kennedy quote : ASKNOT
50
Nicholas and Ivan, e.g. : TSARS
51
Sparkle : SHINE
52
Loses color : PALES
55
Part of R & R : REST
56
Nolo contendere, e.g. : PLEA
57
Aquarium : TANK
58
Speedy way to get to Paris : SST
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___ cream : ICE
60
Negative in Normandy : NON