18 February 2012 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 18 February 2012

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R
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Hints & Clues

Across
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Big chickens : ROASTERS
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Seat cushions? : TUSHES
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Loose : ONTHELAM
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Like Fiennes's Shakespeare : INLOVE
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Supply in a camper's first-aid kit : CALAMINE
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Actress Matlin : MARLEE
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W.W. II inits. : OPA
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British meat pies : PASTIES
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Soviet accords? : DAS
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Maine's ___ Bay : CASCO
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Locks : HAIR
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Kind of cloud : OORT
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Vertical: Prefix : ORTH
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Anderson who wrote "My Life in High Heels" : LONI
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1950s-'60s singer Jackson, the Queen of Rockabilly : WANDA
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Forum : Rome :: ___ : Athens : AGORA
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Go on : NATTER
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Exchange : SWAPOUT
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Talking-tos : SERMONS
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"Save the ___" (conservationists' catchphrase) : TIGERS
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A park may have one : THEME
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No challenge : ASNAP
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See 51-Across : AROD
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Stoked : AGOG
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Grand : THOU
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Stern contemporary : IMUS
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Massey of "Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man" : ILONA
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"This is a test. For the next 60 seconds ..." org. : EBS
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Beats : RHYTHMS
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Notable stat for 40-Across : RBI
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Nickname for Warren Weber in an old sitcom : POTSIE
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Rowdy : HOOLIGAN
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"I'm a walking, talking ___": Larry David : ENIGMA
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Resting : INREPOSE
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Bee wine : NECTAR
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Veteran : SEASONED
Down
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Plain's opposite : ROCOCO
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Commensurate (with) : ONAPAR
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"It's about time!" : ATLAST
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Doo-wop syllable : SHA
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Grave, for one : TEMPO
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"Confessions of a Drunkard" writer, 1822 : ELIA
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Didn't have enough : RANSHORT
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"The Brandenburgers in Bohemia" composer : SMETANA
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Scrabble accessory : TIMER
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Final pharaoh of the Fifth Dynasty, whose pyramid is near Cairo : UNAS
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Canon type, briefly : SLR
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Retain : HOLDONTO
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Classic actress who played the principal in "Grease" : EVEARDEN
14
Reel : SEESTARS
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Junior Jr. : III
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Hat : CHAPEAU
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Dish eaten with a spoon : OATMEAL
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"___ on First" (1981 comedian's biography) : LOUS
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Tune (up) : WARM
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Hiking snack : GORP
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Aid consideration : NEED
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Big house : STATEPEN
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Offensive formation : WISHBONE
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Uncommitted : AGNOSTIC
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Sacagawea, for one : SHOSHONE
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"In actuality ..." : TRUTHIS
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Minnesota senator Klobuchar : AMY
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Homer's "dread monster" : GORGON
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Not home? : ONBASE
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Picked up : GAINED
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Gossip opening : IHEAR
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Key chain? : ISLES
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Italian lyrical verse : RIMA
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N.F.L. coach Jim : MORA
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___ Friday : SGT
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Bit of news in the financial sect. : IPO