16 February 2024 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 16 February 2024

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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Deciding contest : RUNOFF
7
Musical whose preshow warning about cellphone use says that knights "may drag you onstage and impale you" : SPAMALOT
15
God on a mission? : APOLLO
16
Cry after a windfall : WERERICH
17
Louisiana ___, religion with West African roots : VOODOO
18
Bit of gear for gliding : ICESKATE
19
Personal struggles personified : INNERDEMONS
21
___ Carter, most-recorded jazz bassist in history : RON
22
Critics' picks, informally : RECS
23
Eldest daughter of Oceanus and mother of Nike : STYX
25
Source of milk for Manchego cheese : EWE
28
Comme ci, comme ça : SOSO
30
European airline that was nationalized from 1944 to 2001 : IBERIA
34
Boston Harbor detritus, once : TEAS
36
Cartoonist Groening : MATT
38
Hands and feet : UNITS
39
Trancelike state during a monotonous drive : HIGHWAYHYPNOSIS
42
Northern hemisphere? : IGLOO
43
Antivenoms, e.g. : SERA
44
World's rarest goose : NENE
45
Symbol found in Pac-Man and on slot machines : CHERRY
47
Going ___ : RATE
49
Rode the bench : SAT
50
First, and so far only, chimpanzee to orbit Earth : ENOS
52
Its tributaries have colorful names : NILE
54
Cry from Homer : DOH
57
"I want to, but really I shouldn't ..." : DONTTEMPTME
62
[Violin emoji] : OHBOOHOO
64
Stand-up person? : NOSHOW
65
"You did great!" : NICEWORK
66
Moving company? : TROUPE
67
Suboptimal ending : SOURNOTE
68
Name on an envelope : SENDER
Down
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Sitarist Shankar : RAVI
2
Informed of : UPON
3
Time to draw? : NOON
4
"Getting ___ is no problem. You just have to live long enough": Groucho Marx : OLDER
5
Jardín contents : FLORES
6
Post-Thanksgiving meal drowsiness, familiarly : FOODCOMA
7
Compete in a freestyle, e.g. : SWIM
8
Cowboy Bill : PECOS
9
Coy response to a compliment : ARENTI
10
Casually chic updo : MESSYBUN
11
Original tablet holder : ARK
12
Makeup artist? : LIAR
13
Prefix with -genarian : OCTO
14
Storyteller's transition : THEN
20
Bacon bits : ESSAYS
24
Noble gas used in propelling ion thrusters : XENON
25
Code of conduct : ETHIC
26
Carefully consider : WEIGH
27
Boston College athlete : EAGLE
29
Check box in a survey : OTHER
31
Stands : RISES
32
1986 rock autobiography : ITINA
33
Selling point : ASSET
35
Prop (up) : SHORE
37
Cruel ruler : TYRANT
40
Spent : WORNDOWN
41
Ones in a waiting room : PATIENTS
46
Drink brand that sounds like a shout : YOOHOO
48
Novelist Leonard : ELMORE
51
Act bullish? : SNORT
53
Printer brand : EPSON
54
Slips into : DONS
55
Where Life Savers and pop-top cans were both invented : OHIO
56
Howard or Spelman: Abbr. : HBCU
58
Hit, in a way : TOKE
59
Fall sound : THUD
60
Brood : MOPE
61
It's got a big mouth : EWER
63
"Jingle Bells" contraction : OER