21 February 2003 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 21 February 2003

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

Across
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General assembly? : TOPBRASS
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What leaky pens leave : GLOBS
14
Visited overnight : STAYEDAT
15
Predisposed : LIABLE
16
"Is that so?" : OHREALLY
17
Shakespearean character in a "most extracting frenzy" : OLIVIA
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Monarch capturer : NET
19
Hard rock band? : DIAMONDRING
21
Very smooth : GLIB
23
Cloth on certain tables : BAIZE
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Opposite of peace : ADO
25
It might help you get up : ALARM
27
Tom's cries : MEOWS
29
___ Hughes, former British poet laureate : TED
30
Performed a cadenza, e.g. : SOLOED
32
Bamboozles : SNOOKERS
34
"Our Town" family name : WEBB
36
Poet ___ Wheeler Wilcox : ELLA
37
Place for a brush : PAINTCAN
41
Some forensic evidence : FIBERS
45
Theory : ISM
46
Kind of collector : SOLAR
48
Stupid : DOPEY
49
Crankcase additive : STP
50
"Stand and Deliver" star, 1987 : OLMOS
52
Certain pens : BICS
53
Like an air-filled lifeboat : COLLAPSIBLE
57
Mind the baby : SIT
58
Black-and-orange bird : ORIOLE
59
Early motion picture projector : BIOSCOPE
61
1980's South African president ___ Botha : PIETER
62
Working together : INTANDEM
63
Brewers' kilns : OASTS
64
Lack of color : ASHINESS
Down
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Also-ran for the 1992 Democratic presidential nomination : TSONGAS
2
Play set mostly in Cyprus : OTHELLO
3
Incomplete : PARTIAL
4
Departure announcement : BYE
5
Interpret : READ
6
Improvised : ADLIB
7
Low bow : SALAAM
8
Blocks : STYMIES
9
Put a coat on : GILD
10
Hideaway : LAIR
11
Render unnecessary : OBVIATE
12
Bridle attachment : BLINDER
13
Proteus and Nereus : SEAGODS
15
Independent sort : LONEWOLF
20
Thunderstorm residue : OZONE
22
Fry a bit : BROWN
26
Comes together : MEETS
28
Dependable : SOLID
31
Legendary criminal played by Treat Williams in a 1981 movie : DBCOOPER
33
One stuck in the kitchen : KABOB
35
Dances : BALLS
37
Early 80's "S.N.L." comic : PISCOPO
38
Residential section of Queens : ASTORIA
39
Suggests : IMPLIES
40
Windhoek is its capital : NAMIBIA
42
Installment : EPISODE
43
File box contents, maybe : RECIPES
44
Some analysts' concerns : SYSTEMS
47
Spring signalers : ROBINS
51
Big-toed animal : SLOTH
54
Former Senate majority leader : LOTT
55
Porters : ALES
56
Actor Morales : ESAI
60
"This is ___" : CNN