27 March 2010 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 27 March 2010

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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Massive : GINORMOUS
10
"Hairspray" mom and others : EDNAS
15
Versatile : ADAPTABLE
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One to hang with : NOOSE
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Faded : LOSTSTEAM
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Blackmore heroine : DOONE
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Cry after failing : ALAS
20
Ezio Pinza's "Mr. Imperium" co-star : LANATURNER
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Medical research org. : NIH
23
Easy tots to baby-sit : NAPPERS
24
Perfect : SPOTON
28
Donatello sculpture subject : STMARK
29
Outcast : LEPER
30
Integrated with : BUILTINTO
33
More of the same, in research papers : IDEM
34
Capital on the Buriganga River, old-style : DACCA
35
Avant-garde saxophonist John : ZORN
36
Tiny irritations : PINPRICKS
38
The Pink Panther, e.g. : JEWEL
39
Old means of public humiliation : STOCKS
40
Subject of the 1997 biography "Woman in the Mists" : FOSSEY
41
They're made by origami artists : CREASES
43
Temporary downturn : SAG
44
Be the charming type? : CASTASPELL
46
Chicken : WIMP
50
"Pinky" Best Actress nominee Jeanne : CRAIN
51
Italy, once : AXISPOWER
53
With 31-Down, its products are often squeezed : LEMON
54
Hitchcock trademark : CAMEOROLE
55
"The Faerie Queene" character : IRENA
56
Occasion to break glass? : EMERGENCY
Down
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Kind of ball : GALA
2
Massive star : IDOL
3
Launcher launched in 1958 : NASA
4
Takes, with "for" : OPTS
5
They're listed in a bill: Abbr. : RTS
6
Youngest Best Actress Oscar winner, 1986 : MATLIN
7
Magic practiced by native Guianans : OBEAH
8
___ Hot (city in Inner Mongolia) : ULAN
9
Linguist's concern : SEMANTICS
10
Reach : ENDUPAT
11
Attendance incentives : DOORPRIZES
12
"It's anybody's guess" : NOONEKNOWS
13
Actor who won comedy and drama Emmys for the same role : ASNER
14
Some card readers : SEERS
21
Motown's original name : TAMLA
22
"___ the soles of her shoe?": Hamlet : NOR
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Fall preceder : SLIP
25
Foot part? : PEDI
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Getting in line? : OPENSESAME
27
"I can resist everything except ___": Oscar Wilde : TEMPTATION
28
Leeches : SUCKS
30
Move to your previous place : BACKSPACE
31
See 53-Across : TREE
32
Exclusive : ONLY
34
Shoots craps, e.g. : DICES
37
1982 Grammy-winning song by Toto : ROSANNA
38
Nudge : JOG
40
Less natural : FALSER
41
Last full year of St. Julius I's papacy : CCCLI
42
Not so easy to get one's hands on : RARER
43
Odious type : SLIME
45
Hospital administration? : EXAM
46
Eroded : WORE
47
Gloating cry : IWON
48
Sporty Spice of the Spice Girls : MELC
49
Part of a food chain : PREY
52
Faddish disk of the 1990s : POG