21 April 2012 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 21 April 2012

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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Pettifog : SQUABBLE
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Home of Texas A&M International University : LAREDO
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Reprimander of Miss Gulch : AUNTIEEM
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Flew united? : ELOPED
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Not covered anywhere : NAKEDASAJAYBIRD
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One in a powerful house : DYNAST
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"Cats" Tony winner Trevor : NUNN
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Pop sharer : SIS
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Legions : ALOT
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Heartless sort : BEAST
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Like many suites : POSH
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Reason for a replay : LET
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"Join me?" : WANTTO
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Prefix with -matic : IDIO
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Nautilus shell liners : NACRES
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"All Day Strong. All Day Long" sloganeer : ALEVE
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Pole dance? : MAZURKA
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Their scales aid in location : ATLASES
36
"Do ___?" : IDARE
37
Remove with leverage : PRYOFF
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Grp. on the floor : SENS
40
The health-conscious often take them : STAIRS
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Bug about bills : DUN
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Olden dagger : SNEE
45
Uncommon delivery : QUINT
46
Manager, briefly : SUPE
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Finishing touch on a diamond? : TAG
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Dermatologist's concern : BURN
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Affects radically : UPENDS
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Events marked by large streamers : AURORAEBOREALIS
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Was a real stinker : REEKED
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Pass : OVERTAKE
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Meetings kept under wraps : TRYSTS
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Utterly unpredictable : WIDEOPEN
Down
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It's barely about a foot : SANDAL
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Deliverer of the 1992 "Murphy Brown speech" : QUAYLE
3
Relax during a massage, as a muscle : UNKNOT
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Bothered : ATEAT
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Offers for lots : BIDS
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Drive away : BEATBACK
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Brown with the Band of Renown : LES
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Spring : EMANATE
9
Bit of rough housing : LEANTO
10
Kirk who played the first big-screen Superman : ALYN
11
Mug, say : ROB
12
Program developments : EPISODES
13
Like raspberries : DERISIVE
14
They're unmatched in footwear : ODDSHOES
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"Hey, it's something to consider" : JUSTSAYIN
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Transport : ENRAPTURE
25
Bed for some kebabs : PILAF
27
Tin finish? : WARE
29
Worker with vital information? : NURSE
30
Film composer Clausen and others : ALFS
31
Get off on the wrong foot : MISSTART
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Erhard succeeded him in 1963 : ADENAUER
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"The Vanishing American" novelist, 1925 : ZANEGREY
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Taking great pains : TORTURED
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Shower surprise : RAINBOW
40
Some quiet riots : SQUADS
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"André" playwright William : DUNLAP
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1982 and 1991 Pulitzer winner for fiction : UPDIKE
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Ford's press secretary : NESSEN
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Defense grp. formed in 1954 : SEATO
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Four-time Gold Glove Award winner Boone : BRET
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Man in la famille : PERE
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Agreements : OKS
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Duct lead-in : OVI