21 February 2009 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 21 February 2009

1
R
2
A
3
Z
4
O
5
R
6
T
7
R
8
A
9
V
10
E
11
L
12
E
13
R
14
A
Z
U
R
E
15
S
16
H
E
S
A
L
I
V
E
17
G
O
L
E
F
T
18
E
L
I
C
I
T
E
D
19
A
D
E
20
L
A
21
T
V
I
A
22
E
L
O
23
S
Y
M
24
M
E
T
R
I
C
M
25
A
26
T
R
I
X
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E
A
R
C
L
I
P
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I
N
S
A
N
E
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S
T
E
M
S
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N
A
P
L
E
S
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E
32
S
33
C
H
E
R
S
34
W
O
K
S
35
S
C
R
O
D
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S
A
R
I
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F
38
A
39
X
40
C
H
E
W
I
41
N
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G
O
N
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N
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I
E
C
E
45
A
R
P
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M
O
O
N
E
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D
48
S
E
E
R
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P
O
E
50
A
P
E
S
51
R
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E
A
D
T
O
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A
D
P
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A
G
E
S
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J
U
R
Y
B
O
X
56
D
E
A
R
E
S
T
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A
S
I
N
I
N
E
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E
R
N
E
S
T
O
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W
E
E
O
N
E
S

Hints & Clues

Across
1
Item with clear face value? : RAZOR
6
One who may have connections : TRAVELER
14
Certain blues : AZURES
16
Cry of relief at an accident scene : HESALIVE
17
"Haw" : GOLEFT
18
Provoked : ELICITED
19
Roadside stand offering : ADE
20
NATO member since 2004 : LATVIA
22
Grp. with the debut single "10538 Overture" : ELO
23
Rectangular array that's identical when its rows and columns are transposed, as this puzzle's grid : SYMMETRICMATRIX
27
Stud alternative : EARCLIP
28
Fruity : INSANE
29
Fruit salad waste : STEMS
30
Where pizza originated : NAPLES
31
Some collectible Dutch prints : ESCHERS
34
Round-bottomed vessels : WOKS
35
Split and boned entree : SCROD
36
A choli is worn under it : SARI
37
Kind of paper : FAX
40
Pondering, informally : CHEWINGON
43
Many a goddaughter : NIECE
45
"Collage With Squares Arranged According to the Laws of Chance" artist : ARP
46
Revealed the end to? : MOONED
48
One involved in future deals? : SEER
49
Who wrote "I dwelt alone / In a world of moan, / And my soul was a stagnant tide" : POE
50
Some early "astronauts" : APES
51
Lecture, in a way : READTO
53
Magazine sales : ADPAGES
55
Courtside seats? : JURYBOX
56
Honey : DEAREST
57
Cockamamie : ASININE
58
Automaker Maserati : ERNESTO
59
Tots : WEEONES
Down
1
Hindu musician's source material for improvisation : RAGAS
2
Methyl orange or Congo red : AZODYE
3
Woman's name meaning "peace" : ZULEMA
4
Elementary stuff : ORE
5
They may be seen on a lake's surface : REFLECTEDIMAGES
6
1963 Elizabeth Taylor/Richard Burton drama : THEVIPS
7
Dinosaur, so to speak : RELIC
8
Turkey setting : ASIAMINOR
9
A little cleaner? : VAC
10
"Hostel" director Roth : ELI
11
Completely straightforward : LITERAL
12
Title woman of a story from James Joyce's "Dubliners" : EVELINE
13
Electron-transferring reactions, briefly : REDOXES
15
Country music's ___ Brothers : STATLER
21
Prunes : TRIMS
24
1990s HBO sketch comedy series : MRSHOW
25
Obi-Wan's apprentice : ANAKIN
26
Some are heaping: Abbr. : TSPS
31
Dido : ESCAPADE
32
German chancellor, 1998-2005 : SCHRODER
33
Specialty cookware item : CREPEPAN
34
Drop off : WANE
36
End of many business names : SONS
37
Trough : FEEDBIN
38
Polish stripper : ACETONE
39
Some dupes : XEROXES
41
Brand of insecticide strips : NOPEST
42
Doesn't skip : GOESTO
44
Self-response to "Must we put up with this?" : ISAYNO
47
Believer in al-Hakim as the embodiment of God : DRUSE
52
Home of Presque Isle Downs racetrack : ERIE
54
Be a different way? : ARE
55
Wrench part : JAW