20 February 2004 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 20 February 2004

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B
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R
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A
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K
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E
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F
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L
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U
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D
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U
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S
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T
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A
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R
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C
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R
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C
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J
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M
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S
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H
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D
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R
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T
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D
O
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N
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M
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K
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E
L
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O
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T
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O
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P
M
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Y
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R
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N
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W
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A
L
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W
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D
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G
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T
S
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Y
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L
U
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S
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F
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X
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D
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P
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G
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D
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C
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M
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H
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M
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F
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D
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G
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P
L
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N
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E
G
O
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C
L
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L
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T
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N
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C
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Hints & Clues

Across
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Item on an auto shop checklist : BRAKEFLUID
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Court grp. : USTA
15
Buoyancy : RESILIENCE
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Nair rival : NEET
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Tenderfoot : APPRENTICE
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Taunt : JEST
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"Lord, is ___?" : ITI
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Forgo : MISS
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Soft drink brand : SHASTA
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Lowdown : DIRT
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Slip on : DON
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1957 Oscar winner Miyoshi : UMEKI
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"Felix Holt" novelist : ELIOT
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Time set, maybe, after a 7-Down : ONEPM
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Negative principle : YIN
33
Library extension : RENEWAL
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Thingies : WIDGETS
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Korea Bay feeder : YALU
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Bandar ___ Begawan, capital of Brunei : SERI
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Determined : FIXEDON
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Gardening job : PRUNING
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Special connections : INS
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Bill Haley and His Comets recorded for it : DECCA
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Big picture : MURAL
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Thrash : FLAIL
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Drill sound : HUP
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Minute opening : PORE
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Many a trailer : TANDEM
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Magicianlike : DEFT
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Program begun under F.D.R. : NRA
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Solid ground, in Stuttgart : ERDE
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College student's filing : DEGREEPLAN
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Garry Trudeau's "Check Your ___ at the Door" : EGOS
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Fresh start : CLEANSLATE
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Den : NEST
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Healthy dose of reality : COLDSHOWER
Down
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Hairstylist, maybe : BRAIDER
2
Despicable sort : REPTILE
3
1897 Felix Hoffmann discovery : ASPIRIN
4
White wine apéritif : KIR
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K, for one: Abbr. : ELEM
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Over, overseas : FINI
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Informal invitation : LETSDOLUNCH
8
Accord : UNISON
9
Transportation regulator of old: Abbr. : ICC
10
Bad marks : DEES
11
Correct, as a feeding problem : UNJAM
12
With 24-Down, agrees : SEESEYE
13
Diagnostic tool : TESTKIT
14
Realizes : ATTAINS
22
Dreary : HUMDRUM
24
See 12-Down : TOEYE
26
Personal, e.g. : NEWSPAPERAD
29
Rot : TWADDLE
31
Fishing spot : PIER
34
African lily : ALOE
36
Make more exciting, in slang : GINUP
39
Bart Starr wore it at Green Bay : FIFTEEN
40
On a big scale : INLARGE
41
Tic-tac-toe : XSANDOS
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Rule without exceptions : IRONLAW
44
Tell : NARRATE
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Harvest helper : GLEANER
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Club : CUDGEL
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Explanatory words : IDEST
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Year that Clement XI became pope : MDCC
57
Lowlands : FENS
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Emmy winner John : TESH
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"Don't Bring Me Down" grp. : ELO
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The U.N. recognized it in 1974 : PLO