26 March 2006 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 26 March 2006

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Hints & Clues

Across
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Military academy freshman : PLEBE
6
Cowbell sound : CLANG
11
Fingerboard ridge : FRET
15
Weaken : SAP
18
"___ Gets Drafted" (1942 Disney cartoon) : DONALD
20
Much-climbed Alpine peak : EIGER
21
Actor Jared : LETO
22
Hamas rival grp. : PLO
23
California, compared to Kansas? : QUAKIERSTATE
25
Kiss : OSCULATE
27
Call's companion : BECK
28
___ Ark : NOAHS
29
___ polloi : HOI
30
Jeweler's unit : CARAT
31
Tweak : ALTER
33
Silk undies, compared to cotton undies? : DRESSIERDRAWERS
37
White-collar worker? : CLERIC
39
Dance to 1920's-40's jazz : LINDY
40
Big time : EON
41
"We've been ___!" : HAD
42
1990's sitcom based on the British series "One Foot in the Grave" : COSBY
45
Having seniority : OLDEST
47
Claim valuables : ORES
51
Strong suit : FORTE
52
A waistcoat worn in summer, compared to one worn in winter? : SWEATIERVEST
54
In addition : TOO
56
Subject in religion class : DOGMA
58
Hero of Tom Clancy novels : RYAN
59
Jai alai basket : CESTA
60
Some H.S. math : TRIG
61
Clinton cabinet member Hazel : OLEARY
63
Dolly of Dollywood : PARTON
64
Naval base? : HULL
65
A one-milligram tablet, compared to a five-milligram tablet? : BITTIERPILL
70
Employee of M : BOND
71
Chevrolet sedan : IMPALA
73
Land created by C. S. Lewis : NARNIA
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"QB VII" novelist : URIS
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Froth : SPUME
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Small indentation : POCK
80
Go ___ length : TOANY
81
Formal vote : YEA
82
Potatoes and cucumbers, compared to apples and eggplants? : BUMPIERCROPS
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Rows on a calendar page : WEEKS
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Actor Omar of TV's "House" : EPPS
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Hang it up : RETIRE
89
1996 Olympic gymnast Strug : KERRI
90
Spoon-___ : FED
93
___-pitch : SLO
94
Tribe of the Amistad slaves : MENDE
96
Intense, as a gaze : STEELY
98
Dog show winners, compared to dog show also-rans? : COCKIERSPANIELS
105
Africa's largest country : SUDAN
106
Benefit : AVAIL
107
Wise actions : DOS
108
Get the better of : ONEUP
110
Novelist Jaffe : RONA
111
Measureless : COSMICAL
113
SpongeBob SquarePants's pants, compared to Humpty Dumpty's? : BOXIERSHORTS
116
Dead heat : TIE
117
Stylist's creation : COIF
118
Cliff's edge : BRINK
119
Pass on : IMPART
120
Airport checkpoint needs : IDS
121
Palindromic girl's name : ANNA
122
Napster downloads : SONGS
123
Some Southwest scenery : MESAS
Down
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Pseudonym of musician Peter Schickele : PDQBACH
2
Gossipy Parsons : LOUELLA
3
Passed : ENACTED
4
Televangelist paroled in 1993 : BAKKER
5
Priest in 1 Samuel : ELI
6
French film award : CESAR
7
How ballerinas dance : LITHELY
8
Tennis star with a shaved head : AGASSI
9
Human cannonball's destination : NET
10
Test for M.A. seekers : GRE
11
Elevator stop : FLOOR
12
Is an integral part of : RESIDESIN
13
"You know the rest" abbr. : ETC
14
Bird on a Kellogg's Froot Loops box : TOUCAN
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Slash on a scorepad : SPARE
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Here comes the bride : ALTAR
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They're "born, not made," according to an old saying : POETS
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TV room : DEN
24
Pistol, slangily : ROD
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Scientist's formulation : LAW
29
Prime : HEYDAY
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Puerto ___ : RICO
34
Winter blanket : SNOW
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Do-nothing : IDLER
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Fixed course : ROTE
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Spanish city where Seneca was born : CORDOBA
43
Pricey vodka, for short : STOLI
44
Produce : BEGET
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H, in Hellas : ETA
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Goes on a spending spree : OVERBUYS
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Fix up : RESTORE
49
Where kroons are spent : ESTONIA
50
Doesn't take a hit : STANDS
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Low-aimed headlights : FOGLAMPS
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Bollywood film costume : SARI
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Camcorder brand : RCA
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Fabricate : TRUMPUP
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Crankcase device : OILPUMP
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One sitting on the porch : MAT
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Pyramus's lover, in myth : THISBE
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Hunger : YEN
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Actors or athletes : PLAYERS
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"Darn!" : RATS
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Tennis club teacher : PRO
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Stupefied : INAWE
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Protective covering : LINER
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Hawaiian band? : LEI
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Fate : PREORDAIN
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Natl. Adopt-a-Dog Mo. : OCT
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Hampers : CRIMPS
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"M*A*S*H" setting : KOREA
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___ Stanley Gardner : ERLE
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Colonial ___ (insurance firm) : PENN
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Litter contents : KITS
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Banshee sound : KEENING
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Zoot suit hats : FEDORAS
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Hyundai model : ELANTRA
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Rulers who inherit their power : DYNASTS
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Flint is a form of it : SILICA
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Toxic compound found in cigarette smoke : DIOXIN
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"When Paris sneezes, ___ catches cold" : EUROPE
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Leafless plants : CACTI
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Like planetary orbits : OVOID
100
Attorney's workload : CASES
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Kipling novel about an orphan boy : KIM
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Musical syllables : SOLFA
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Vichyssoise vegetables : LEEKS
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California's Big ___ : SUR
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Abbr. on a boiler's gauge : PSI
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Yardbird : CON
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Air rifle ammo : BBS
114
It's sought by conquistadores : ORO
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"That's curious ..." : HMM