26 March 2023 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 26 March 2023

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D
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O
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G
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S
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P
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A
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S
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G
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S
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P
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O
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T
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E
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A
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R
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G
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A
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S
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M
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I
N
A
P
I
L
E
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I
C
O
N
S
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G
R
O
U
P
I
E
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P
I
E
R
C
I
N
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G
S
H
R
E
K
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G
R
A
S
P
E
D
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S
T
A
I
N
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T
O
T
O
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F
O
E
S
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G
I
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G
I
O
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O
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R
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I
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G
I
N
S
T
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O
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R
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E
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S
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T
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U
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G
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C
O
N
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S
L
I
D
O
N
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T
H
R
A
S
H
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U
T
A
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H
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B
E
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A
T
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D
E
F
I
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B
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A
S
P
C
A
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F
I
V
E
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P
I
L
L
A
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R
S
O
F
S
L
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A
M
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T
O
P
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T
C
E
L
L
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S
I
T
U
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H
U
G
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M
O
R
E
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A
L
I
A
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S
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B
I
N
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G
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E
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R
O
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B
E
R
T
S
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P
I
C
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K
I
N
G
O
N
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E
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S
B
R
A
N
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P
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A
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P
A
D
A
M
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S
T
I
N
K
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A
N
O
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D
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E
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E
G
A
D
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L
A
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S
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A
G
A
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R
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F
R
O
D
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O
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T
E
N
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C
E
R
T
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I
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F
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I
C
A
T
E
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O
F
C
L
A
M
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E
G
I
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R
L
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T
O
D
A
D
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G
E
A
R
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A
L
M
A
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R
A
N
O
U
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T
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D
E
V
I
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C
E
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L
A
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H
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S
S
N
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S
P
I
T
T
I
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N
G
M
A
G
E
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P
I
L
O
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T
108
C
L
O
Y
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D
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O
I
T
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B
A
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H
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A
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I
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P
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A
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N
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T
H
E
R
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T
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H
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I
R
D
E
Y
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E
B
L
I
N
D
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E
R
A
S
E
R
S
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E
E
R
I
E
125
T
R
E
K
K
I
E
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I
M
P
A
S
S
E
127
E
X
E
C
S
128
V
E
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Hints & Clues

Across
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Businesses that might offer "pawdicures" : DOGSPAS
8
Subject in sexology : GSPOT
13
Feeling of auditory bliss, in a modern coinage : EARGASM
20
Stacked haphazardly : INAPILE
21
Some religious artwork : ICONS
22
Band stan : GROUPIE
23
Preparing to put earrings in an ogre? : PIERCINGSHREK
25
Understood : GRASPED
26
Treat, as wood : STAIN
27
Revealer of the Wizard of Oz : TOTO
28
Hostile parties : FOES
29
Nickname for Luigi : GIGIO
31
The Macy's in New York's Herald Square, and others? : ORIGINSTORES
39
Harbor boat : TUG
42
Downside : CON
43
Had trouble with, as an icy road : SLIDON
44
Defeat decisively : THRASH
45
Home to five U.S. national parks : UTAH
47
Instruction in a meringue recipe : BEAT
49
E.M.T.'s apparatus, informally : DEFIB
51
Org. that facilitates adoptions : ASPCA
52
Pentad for a poetry performance? : FIVEPILLARSOFSLAM
56
Outdo : TOP
57
Infection fighter : TCELL
58
In ___ (as found) : SITU
59
What "O" might stand for : HUG
60
"What's ___ …" : MORE
61
TV spy drama of the early 2000s : ALIAS
63
Watch all at once, say : BINGE
66
Supreme Court surname : ROBERTS
68
Shopping for some cereal? : PICKINGONESBRAN
72
Deep-fried appetizer often served with chutney : PAPADAM
75
Big fuss : STINK
76
One side of a battery : ANODE
79
"Good heavens!" : EGAD
80
The "L" of L.V. : LAS
82
Vegan alternative to gelatin : AGAR
84
Literary character described as "a stout little fellow with red cheeks" : FRODO
86
What "X" might stand for : TEN
87
Prize in a chowder cook-off? : CERTIFICATEOFCLAM
92
Gen Zer who might be into faux freckles and anime : EGIRL
94
Start of many a Father's Day card : TODAD
95
Campy stuff? : GEAR
96
___ mater : ALMA
97
Was completely depleted : RANOUT
99
Smartphone, e.g. : DEVICE
101
"Well, ___-di-dah!" : LAH
103
You might need just the "last four" of it: Abbr. : SSN
104
Old-timey wizard who needs to learn some manners? : SPITTINGMAGE
106
Fly : PILOT
108
Be overly sweet : CLOY
109
"No chickening out!" : DOIT
111
Faith founded in Persia : BAHAI
115
"Black" or "Pink" animal : PANTHER
119
Band with the 1997 hit "Semi-Charmed Life" … or a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme : THIRDEYEBLIND
123
They might wipe the slate clean : ERASERS
124
Spine-tingling : EERIE
125
Klingon speaker, say : TREKKIE
126
Deadlock : IMPASSE
127
C-suite members : EXECS
128
Pots and pans, e.g. : VESSELS
Down
1
Ballroom dance moves : DIPS
2
"Will do!" : ONIT
3
Greek earth goddess : GAEA
4
Lavender unit : SPRIG
5
Walk in the park … or sit in a park, maybe : PICNIC
6
Actor Mahershala : ALI
7
Lookouts : SENTINELS
8
General idea : GIST
9
Classy establishment? : SCHOOL
10
___ favor : POR
11
United : ONE
12
"You should know better!" : TSK
13
Encourage : EGGON
14
Stop the progress of : ARREST
15
Entree that might be prepared with a brown sugar glaze : ROASTHAM
16
"Gloomy" guy : GUS
17
What some people use to solve a New York Times crossword : APP
18
German "you" : SIE
19
Rx request : MED
24
Slimy stuff : GOO
28
Lacquer, e.g. : FINISH
30
Home to wild Bactrian camels : GOBI
32
Clears (of) : RIDS
33
Lead-in to -logue : IDEO
34
N.F.L. quarterback Jared : GOFF
35
Surgery sites, in brief : ORS
36
Falcon, hawk or eagle : RAPTOR
37
Usher : ESCORT
38
Tot's geometry lesson, perhaps : SHAPES
39
Clump of hair : TUFT
40
City at the foot of the Adirondacks : UTICA
41
What may bring a meeting to order : GAVEL
43
Cholesterol-lowering drug : STATIN
46
Landing site : HELIPAD
48
Cover, of a sort : ALIBI
50
Words for a cover : BLURB
53
Like many a lumberjack's shirt : PLAID
54
Certain footholds : RUNGS
55
Ancient marketplace : AGORA
60
Spanish resort island, to locals : MENORCA
62
"Do"-to-"do" delivery : SCALE
64
Understood : GOT
65
Pioneering computer : ENIAC
67
National park in the Canadian Rockies : BANFF
69
Former retail giant : KMART
70
Captivate : ENGAGE
71
Cousin of a stingray : SKATE
72
Dwindles, with "out" : PETERS
73
It's 2.3 years for the average heterosexual American couple : AGEGAP
74
Something made in a press : PANINI
77
Things a plangonologist collects : DOLLS
78
Some semihard cheeses : EDAMS
81
Stubbornly old-fashioned : STODGY
83
"The museum of social decay," per Gary Oldman : REALITYTV
85
The so-called "Pearl of Arabia" : OMAN
87
Strapless accessories : CLUTCHES
88
As above, in citations : IDEM
89
___ bean : FAVA
90
"Groovy!" : IDIG
91
Like some tradition : ORAL
93
Spoil : ROT
98
Some bathroom contractors : TILERS
100
Comedy's ___ the Entertainer : CEDRIC
102
Cartoon character who said "Van Gogh would've sold more than one painting if he'd put tigers in them" : HOBBES
105
Like the goddess Hel : NORSE
106
March 14 dessert, appropriately : PIE
107
"The birds and the bees" and others : TALKS
110
Pope writings : ODES
112
Sharp increase : HIKE
113
Kapoor of "Slumdog Millionaire" : ANIL
114
Two weeks after calends, approximately : IDES
115
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame architect : PEI
116
River offshoot : ARM
117
Power ___ : NAP
118
Wand-waving org. : TSA
119
Merch table offering : TEE
120
Spell of bad luck? : HEX
121
Seething state : IRE
122
Before, in poetry : ERE