21 February 2018 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 21 February 2018

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

Across
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Damage beyond repair : TOTAL
6
Talk trash about : BASH
10
Cheerleader's handful : POMPOM
14
Jong who wrote "Fear of Flying" : ERICA
15
Amy Winehouse, vocally : ALTO
16
Obama's stepfather ___ Soetoro : LOLO
17
Ice cream parlor orders : MALTS
18
Marx with a curly wig : HARPO
19
Still competitive : INIT
20
Belch fumes, say : POLLUTE
22
"Holy smokes!" : MAN
23
Genius Bar staffer : TECH
24
Ultraliberals, to ultraconservatives : POLAROPPOSITES
27
Ian McKellen's role in "X-Men" movies : MAGNETO
30
Instagram upload, for short : PIC
31
Busy hosp. sites : ERS
32
Soviet labor camp : GULAG
35
Game fish that can breathe air : TARPON
39
Place to board a bus or train : DEPOT
41
Certain mailing address, for short ... or a hint to 14 squares in this puzzle : POBOX
43
"___ Means I Love You" (1968 top 10 hit by the Delfonics) : LALA
44
Underworld boss? : SATAN
46
Places for channel surfers : SOFAS
48
Long of "Alfie," 2004 : NIA
49
Underworld boss : CAPO
51
Mixed martial arts cage shape : OCTAGON
53
One doing a locker room interview : SPORTSREPORTER
58
___ Clooney, human rights lawyer : AMAL
59
Survey : POLL
60
Marsupial with a grasping tail : OPOSSUM
64
Barely ahead : UPONE
65
Bird in Egyptian hieroglyphics : IBIS
67
It may be at the end of one's rope : NOOSE
68
Fizzling fireworks : DUDS
69
Explorer Hernando de ___ : SOTO
70
Atlas close-up : INSET
71
Goddess with cow's horns : ISIS
72
Merino mothers : EWES
73
Pre-1917 autocrats : TSARS
Down
1
Something to keep in a band? : TEMPO
2
Taken in tablet form, say : ORAL
3
Work with a plow : TILL
4
Do something about : ACTUPON
5
End of a relay race : LASTLEG
6
Scroogian exclamation : BAH
7
Alternative to Dollar or Budget : ALAMO
8
Leave in financial difficulty : STRAP
9
Dr. Seuss book that introduces phonics : HOPONPOP
10
Like cartoons on the editorial page : POLITICAL
11
Claude who painted water lilies : MONET
12
Coppers : POLICE
13
Clothes closet pests : MOTHS
21
"Dig in!" : EATUP
25
Hershey's caramel candies : ROLOS
26
Take a load off : SIT
27
Rx items : MEDS
28
Geometry calculation : AREA
29
Woman's erogenous zone : GSPOT
33
Blood-typing letters : ABO
34
Like a lot : GOFOR
36
Summoned, as a butler : RANG
37
Salk vaccine target : POLIO
38
Tandoor-baked bread : NAAN
40
Like boorish behavior : TACTLESS
42
Craft knife brand : XACTO
45
"Street Dreams" rapper : NAS
47
"Hurry up!" : STEPONIT
50
Relative of a dolphin : PORPOISE
52
Firebugs' felonies : ARSONS
53
Mecca native : SAUDI
54
Self-important, as an ass : POMPOUS
55
"Amazing" magician : RANDI
56
Nudge rudely : ELBOW
57
Always saying "please," say : POLITE
61
Baseball's Slammin' Sammy : SOSA
62
___-friendly : USER
63
"Miracle" team of 1969 : METS
66
Call to the Coast Guard : SOS