28 March 2006 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 28 March 2006

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R
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E
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P
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O
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A
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B
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J
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R
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G
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M
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L
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B
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H
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M
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M
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H
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N
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E
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L
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O
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M
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D
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Hints & Clues

Across
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Transfer, as a houseplant : REPOT
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Believers: Suffix : ISTS
10
Warm-up exam for H.S. students : PSAT
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Geometric calculations : AREAS
15
Epitome of redness : BEET
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Follow-up to a curtain opening : ACTI
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It pounds the pavement : JACKHAMMER
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Request of a barber : TRIM
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Welcomes at the front door : ASKSIN
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Kick off : INITIATE
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Floor covering : RUG
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In limited supply : SCANT
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Make sour : EMBITTER
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Plots of land : TRACTS
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Meadow singers : LARKS
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Put off, as a motion : TABLE
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"Yeah, sure!" : HAH
38
Apple or pear, e.g. : TREE
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A slang term for this starts 17- and 60-Across and 11- and 28-Down : MONEY
40
San Antonio player : SPUR
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Ending with pay : OLA
42
___ ray : MANTA
43
Physique : SHAPE
44
"I'm not signing" : NODEAL
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Obsolete : OUTMODED
48
Underlying principle : BASIS
50
Bygone Eastern rival : TWA
51
Opening necessity? : DOORKNOB
54
1987 Beatty bomb : ISHTAR
59
Pizazz : ELAN
60
Part of many a garden center : GREENHOUSE
62
Flames : FIRE
63
List-ending abbr. : ETAL
64
Flynn of Hollywood : ERROL
65
Broadway's "Sweeney ___" : TODD
66
File's partner : RANK
67
Cartoon duck : DAFFY
Down
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Indian prince : RAJA
2
Historic periods : ERAS
3
Actor Gregory of "To Kill a Mockingbird" : PECK
4
Sherman ___, Calif. : OAKS
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Polo alternatives : TSHIRTS
6
"Think" sloganeer : IBM
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Big rig : SEMI
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Babysitters, typically : TEENS
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By the book : STRICTLY
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Metal coating : PATINA
11
Spot for doodles : SCRATCHPAD
12
Going ___ (fighting) : ATIT
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Call to a basketball referee : TIME
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"Sometimes you feel like ___" : ANUT
22
Weight of a container on a scale : TARE
24
"Hop aboard" : GETON
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Singer John : ELTON
27
Thomas of "That Girl" : MARLO
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Prototype circuit device : BREADBOARD
29
Old White House nickname : IKE
30
Totaled, as a tab : RANTO
32
Hosiery shade : TAUPE
33
Destroy, as classified documents : SHRED
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Doozie : BEAUT
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Goldbrick : MALINGER
40
"___ 'nuff!" : SHO
42
Halloween purchase : MASK
43
Totally wasted : SMASHED
45
Not just handed to : EARNED
47
Romulus or Remus : TWIN
49
More or less, slangily : SORTA
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Nimble-fingered : DEFT
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Mishmash : OLIO
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Noggin : BEAN
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Bar mitzvah dance : HORA
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What a gang protects : TURF
57
Up until : ASOF
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Count (on) : RELY
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Lodge brother : ELK