8 March 2015 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 8 March 2015

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G
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Hints & Clues

Across
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Exploit, e.g. : ACT
4
Mountain cat : PUMA
8
All-___ : PRO
11
Careen : TEAR
15
"New Adventures in Hi-Fi" band : REM
18
Thickness : PLY
19
Subject of a prophecy in Genesis : ESAU
20
Ad ___ : REP
21
Eponymous Indian tribe : ERIE
22
Cry on the bridge : AYE
23
The last one in, perhaps : ROTTENEGG
25
Toledo-to-Akron dir. : ESE
26
"Why is a raven like a writing desk?" asker : MADHATTER
28
Move quickly, as clouds : SCUD
29
Shames into action : GUILTTRIPS
32
Puts on : ADDS
33
Darlings : DEARS
34
Cross : IRRITABLE
35
Confuse : BEFOG
37
Capital near the 60th parallel : OSLO
38
Sushi coating, maybe : SESAMESEEDS
40
Currency in Turkey : LIRA
41
Bully on "The Simpsons" : NELSON
43
"___ no doubt" : THERES
45
Mess : STY
46
2009 Newbery-winning author Gaiman : NEIL
49
Where you might exchange tender for tenders : KFC
52
Something off the top of your head? : HAIR
54
Particularly: Abbr. : ESP
55
Make content : SATE
56
El Amazonas, e.g. : RIO
57
Hole punchers : AWLS
58
Heart-to-heart, e.g. : CHAT
62
Shaving ___ : KIT
63
Wood in Lucius Malfoy's wand : ELM
64
Chum : PAL
65
Setting for part of "Frankenstein" : ALPS
69
With 94- and 72-Across, a mnemonic for the first eight digits of [symbol in the middle of the grid] : HOWIWISH
71
XV years before the Battle of Hastings : MLI
72
See 69-Across : PIEASILY
74
"I" strain? : EGOMANIA
75
Jeremy of the N.B.A. : LIN
76
Like much of Italy in 700 B.C. : ETRUSCAN
77
Encrusted : CAKED
78
Atop : LYINGON
81
___ Bay, site of a historic Admiral Perry visit of 1853 : TOKYO
82
Israeli diet : KNESSET
85
Disquietude : ANGST
86
"Carry on" : PROCEED
88
It never starts with 666: Abbr. : SSN
89
Beast imagined in "Beasts of the Southern Wild" : BOAR
91
"That makes sense now" : ISEE
93
Practice runners: Abbr. : DRS
94
See 69-Across : ICOULDCALCULATE
101
Trips up? : ASCENTS
103
Computing pioneer Lovelace : ADA
104
Agitates : STIRSUP
107
It's revolting : MUTINY
108
One way of learning, it's said : OSMOSIS
111
Parish head : RECTOR
113
Belch : ERUCT
114
Risky venture : CRAPSHOOT
116
Cropped up : AROSE
117
Snitch : TATTLE
118
Fabled 90-Down : HARE
119
Needle case : ETUI
120
Like two lowercase letters of the alphabet : DOTTED
121
Mormon V.I.P. : ELDER
122
English author Blyton : ENID
123
1/2, for one : DATE
124
Brings around : SWAYS
Down
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Bank inits. : APR
2
Not far apart : CLOSESET
3
As is usual : TYPICALLY
4
Remains unsettled : PENDS
5
Exploit : USE
6
Smith of "Downton Abbey" : MAGGIE
7
Portends : AUGURS
8
Heat, informally : PRELIM
9
Breather : RESPITE
10
Stock of certain companies? : OPERAS
11
- : TEMPLE
12
Like the previous clue (which originally read "Place of Jewish worship") : ERASED
13
Red Cross work : AID
14
Place to get clean : REHAB
15
How questions may be asked : RAPIDFIRE
16
Derelict buildings, e.g. : EYESORES
17
Eau holder : MER
24
Money in la banque or la banca : EUROS
27
"Rolling in the Deep" singer : ADELE
30
Bank inits. : IRA
31
"Where would ___ without you?" : IBE
33
Puts on : DONS
36
[Good heavens!] : GASP
38
Enter through the back door, say : SNEAKIN
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Frat Pack member Ben : STILLER
42
Slip-___ : ONS
44
Slugger's stat, for short : HRS
47
"Who goes there?" response : ITISI
48
Deadly : LETHAL
49
One end of the hotline : KREMLIN
50
Pie part (that's appropriately placed in this puzzle?) : FILLING
51
Arrivals : COMINGS
52
Betide : HAPPEN
53
Be in store for : AWAIT
58
Threatens, as a king : CHECKS
59
"___ Heroes" : HOGANS
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Like a body no longer at rest? : AWOKEN
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x : TIMES
65
N.A.A.C.P. or N.C.A.A. part: Abbr. : ASSOC
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Trounced : LICKED
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Ladies' man : PLAYER
68
Church assemblies : SYNODS
70
Tobacco chewers' chews : WADS
73
With 79-Down, place to get spare parts : AUTO
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See 73-Down : YARD
80
Ear-related : OTIC
83
Key material : EBONY
84
Ballyhoo : TOUT
86
Hide : PELT
87
Put on again : REAIR
90
Race loser : ALSORAN
92
Solve : SUSSOUT
94
It always points down : ICICLE
95
Football hiker : CENTER
96
Bivouacked : CAMPED
97
Brouhahas : ADOS
98
Struck (out at) : LASHED
99
Escalator parts : TREADS
100
What money can be kept in : ESCROW
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Ear-related : AURAL
102
Cry exclaimed while facepalming : STUPID
105
More work : UTOPIA
106
Actress Parker : POSEY
107
Parcel (out) : METE
109
Rani's wear : SARI
110
Bit : IOTA
112
Chianti and Beaujolais : REDS
114
What's that in Italy? : CHE
115
Train track support : TIE