5 March 2016 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 5 March 2016

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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Like a drumhead : TAUT
5
"Forget about it!" : NOSIREEBOB
15
Former education secretary Duncan : ARNE
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What may hold a body of evidence? : CRIMESCENE
17
Tie securely : LASH
18
1970 #1 hit with the lyric "Just call my name" : ILLBETHERE
19
She played Phyllis on TV's "Phyllis" : CLORIS
21
Film director ___ C. Kenton : ERLE
22
No-goodnik : RAT
23
With 33-Down, same old offerings : USUAL
24
Heavy duty : ONUS
25
Spock, e.g.: Abbr. : CMDR
26
One speaking the language Plautdietsch : MENNONITE
28
Dictatorial dispatcher on "Taxi" : LOUIE
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Unfortunate : SAD
30
Encyclopedic : VAST
31
Dictatorial type : TINGOD
32
"Murder, Inc." Oscar nominee : PETERFALK
34
Husky food? : TAMALE
37
Overseas court figure : EARL
38
Bush native to the South : JEB
41
Santa ___ : ANITA
42
Get down to nothing? : BAREITALL
44
Gym bunnies work on them : BODS
45
Animal shelter : COTE
46
Party divider : AISLE
47
"Engineered for life" corp. : ITT
48
"Wow"-producing look : GLAM
49
Lack of punch : ANEMIA
50
Olivia de Havilland's Best Actress film, 1949 : THEHEIRESS
53
Trusting someone you don't know, e.g. : RISK
54
Present reality : HEREANDNOW
55
___ ether : ENOL
56
Try to win hands down? : ARMWRESTLE
57
Gainsay : DENY
Down
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Choices in the baby department : TALCUMS
2
Body undergoing desertification : ARALSEA
3
Ill-conceived : UNSOUND
4
Capital in 1979-80 headlines : TEHRAN
5
Lead-in to "Los Angeles" or "New Orleans" : NCIS
6
Magic, on a sports ticker : ORL
7
Quiet after the storm, maybe : SILENTTREATMENT
8
Stain : IMBRUE
9
Reacts to a bombshell : REELS
10
Sevilla-to-Granada direction : ESTE
11
Level in an org. : ECH
12
A head might go over the top of it : BEERMUG
13
Coming in waves? : ONRADIO
14
Really embarrassed, maybe : BEETRED
20
Song played at Staples Center after every Lakers victory : ILOVELA
24
Department in Picardy : OISE
25
Crown : CONK
27
"Great" sleuth of kid-lit : NATE
28
Jimmy Carter's mother : LILLIAN
31
Weight allowance : TARE
32
Consoling gestures : PATS
33
See 23-Across : FARE
34
"Bewitched" witch : TABITHA
35
Barfly's request : ANOTHER
36
Spring break preceder, often : MIDTERM
38
Pale yellow : JASMINE
39
20th-century novelist who shared first and middle names with poet Emerson : ELLISON
40
With very little hope : BLEAKLY
42
Theater stage : BOARDS
43
Like theater seating : TIERED
45
"Leavin' on Your Mind" singer, 1963 : CLINE
48
Stuff in a backpack : GEAR
49
___ speak : ASWE
51
Give the ax? : HEW
52
What la Tierra orbits : SOL