24 March 2012 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 24 March 2012

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H
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O
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P
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R
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N
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B
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T
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L
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D
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B
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Z
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L
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M
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K
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F
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R
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C
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R
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R
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V
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D
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T
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D
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G
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Hints & Clues

Across
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Stage Deli staple : HOTPASTRAMI
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Gas ending : ANE
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Writer who held 14 honorary doctorates : ISAACASIMOV
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Deliver hooks, e.g. : BOX
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Stephen King's next novel after "Christine" : PETSEMATARY
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Many a cell product : PIC
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Quito-to-Lima dir. : SSE
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Bolted : TORE
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Melodic passages : ARIOSI
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Bottom part : BASS
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Oyster Bay hamlet : SYOSSET
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"Hammerklavier," for one : SONATA
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Is in the can : DOESTIME
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Singer of the 2011 #1 hit "Someone Like You" : ADELE
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Ranee's wear : SAREE
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Dreadlocks cover : TAM
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NC-17, maybe : LEWD
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Grooved ring on many a ring : BEZEL
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It may be open at a comedy club : MIKE
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Sound that a muzzle muffles : ARF
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One active in the heat? : RACER
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Black scavenger : RAVEN
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They can answer the question "Who's your daddy?" : DNATESTS
40
Jerboa's home : DESERT
41
Origins : GENESES
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Volstead Act opponents : WETS
43
Throws together : RIGSUP
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Two-wheeled carriage : SHAY
45
Away's partner : FAR
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Accent reduction may be part of it: Abbr. : ESL
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Great work : MASTERPIECE
52
Computer add-on? : ESE
53
1951 Tony winner for "Call Me Madam" : ETHELMERMAN
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The idiot brother in "Our Idiot Brother" : NED
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It borders the Land of Lincoln : SHOWMESTATE
Down
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Disco swingers? : HIPS
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Plural suffix for conditions : OSES
3
Turner Prize institution : TATE
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Part of une danse : PAS
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Collectible record : ACETATE
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Chutney-dipped appetizer : SAMOSA
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Pre-Soviet succession : TSARS
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One may provide passage : RITE
9
Health care grp. : AMA
10
Crevice-lurking predator : MORAYEEL
11
1957 hit for Perry Como : IVYROSE
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Like some blood : ABPOSITIVE
13
One passed out on New Year's Eve : NOISEMAKER
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What many fans generate : EXCITEMENT
22
Ending for 23-Across : IST
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Having nothing to part with? : BALD
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More likely to go off : SORER
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Choice for a bed made in the kitchen : SALADGREEN
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___ Line (German/Polish border) : ODERNEISSE
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Novel : NEWFANGLED
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Staggers : DAZES
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Mennonites and others : SECTS
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Diamond lane : BASEPATH
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Gravitation consideration : MASS
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They have job listings : RESUMES
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Does over, as a document : RETYPES
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French pronoun : TES
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Hand wringer's words : DEARME
42
Overpower : WHELM
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Be unsettled : STEW
45
Damage control grp. : FEMA
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"Ev'rybody Wants to Be ___" (Disney film tune) : ACAT
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Novelist Bazin : RENE
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"___ nuff!" : SHO
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N.Y.C. commuting debut of 1904 : IRT