19 February 2020 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 19 February 2020

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F
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I
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S
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H
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E
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T
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R
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P
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R
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O
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B
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L
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G
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R
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C
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L
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F
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D
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V
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L
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R
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C
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T
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U
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M
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K
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C
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C
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K
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S
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S
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G
R
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K
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O
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P
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P
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H
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K
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W
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P
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F
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H
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K
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Hints & Clues

Across
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Drop a line? : FISH
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Verb conjugated suis, es, est, etc. : ETRE
9
Third-place finisher in 1992 : PEROT
14
Language group of southern Africa : BANTU
15
Neighbor of Cambodia : LAOS
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Jelly option : GRAPE
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Reduces to bits : RICES
18
One competing with Uber : LYFTDRIVER
20
Iron alloy that includes a bit of tungsten and chromium : BLUESTEEL
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People in go-karts : RACERS
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Mast : SPAR
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Picture from a parlor, informally : TAT
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When repeated, a hip-hop dance : NAE
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Add (up) : TOT
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Volunteer for another tour : REUP
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Not yet out of the running : INIT
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Physics 101 subject : ATOM
35
Tchotchkes : KNICKKNACKS
40
Fountain choices : SODAS
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Verbal tussle : SPAT
43
Response to a computer crash : GROAN
44
Incompetent figure of old slapstick : KEYSTONEKOP
47
___ pony : POLO
48
Tennis champ Mandlikova : HANA
49
Just gets (by) : EKES
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Pony ___ : KEG
52
T.S.A. requests : IDS
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Grammy category : RAP
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Something of little interest, a homeowner hopes : REFI
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Himalayan language : NEPALI
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Reject romantically ... or a hint to the starts of the answers to 18- and 35-Across, phonetically : SWIPELEFT
65
Show interest romantically ... or a hint to the ends of the answers to 20- and 44-Across, phonetically : SWIPERIGHT
67
Lollipop-sucking TV detective : KOJAK
68
Wyatt and Warren of the Old West : EARPS
69
Suffix with senior : ITIS
70
Muse of love poetry : ERATO
71
Something done up in an updo : TRESS
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Popular game that needs no equipment : ISPY
73
Few and far between : RARE
Down
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Not get above 60, say : FAIL
2
Behind bars : INCUSTODY
3
Like a double black diamond trail : STEEP
4
Hungarian horseman : HUSSAR
5
Fashion magazine with more than 40 international editions : ELLE
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Actor Diggs : TAYE
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Not just "ha ha" : ROFL
8
Winter zone in D.C. : EST
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What a curse might lead to : PGRATING
10
Former attorney general Holder : ERIC
11
Baltimore N.F.L.'er : RAVEN
12
"Don Giovanni," e.g. : OPERA
13
Lacking in detail : TERSE
14
"Just a sec!," in a text : BRB
19
Chugged or sipped : DRANK
21
Go the distance? : TREK
24
Popular video-sharing service : TIKTOK
26
Project manager's assignment : TASK
27
Onetime buffalo-hunting tribe : OTOE
29
Open, as a purse : UNSNAP
30
Part of a church organ : PIPE
32
Camper's cover : TARP
34
Pulp : MASH
36
Wedding reception staple : CAKE
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Embarrassing thing to have one's hand caught in : COOKIEJAR
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Member of the cabbage family : KALE
39
Kiss amorously : SNOG
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Like an overcast night : STARLESS
45
Studio sign : ONAIR
46
___ walk : PERP
50
Harry Potter's Quidditch position : SEEKER
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Alaska or Hawaii, often : INSET
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___ flask (thermos) : DEWAR
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Steeple topper : SPIRE
57
Herbivore's diet : FLORA
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24-Down and others : APPS
60
Capt.'s inferiors : SGTS
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Legislature V.I.P. : WHIP
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Tiny, informally : ITSY
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It's unavoidable : FATE
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Ring result, for short : TKO
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:15 number : III