27 February 2009 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 27 February 2009

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T
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H
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E
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S
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T
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A
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R
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S
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A
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N
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D
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B
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A
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R
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S
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H
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V
E
A
N
O
P
I
N
I
O
N
O
N
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U
S
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T
H
E
T
E
L
E
P
H
O
N
E
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M
T
N
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I
M
A
C
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P
E
T
E
R
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P
O
M
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N
I
L
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P
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R
E
M
E
E
T
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S
O
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N
I
C
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B
L
A
R
E
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A
T
N
O
S
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C
O
U
P
S
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W
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A
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D
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M
O
E
T
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W
A
R
M
S
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P
E
R
U
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S
P
Y
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T
Y
P
E
B
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N
O
N
C
E
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G
R
E
E
D
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R
A
I
T
T
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A
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L
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L
I
A
S
K
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L
E
M
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A
I
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M
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S
E
I
J
I
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D
E
B
I
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S
C
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B
A
N
A
N
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A
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R
E
P
U
B
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L
I
C
S
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I
V
E
N
E
V
E
R
T
R
I
E
D
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T
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G
E
N
E
R
A
L
M
A
N
A
G
E
R
S

Hints & Clues

Across
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Bygone flag : THESTARSANDBARS
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Think a certain way about : HAVEANOPINIONON
17
Make a call : USETHETELEPHONE
18
New York's Bear ___: Abbr. : MTN
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Ballyhooed new product of 1998 : IMAC
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Name repeated in a nursery rhyme : PETER
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Short dog, for short : POM
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It's nothing : NIL
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Before the races : PREMEET
25
Kind of depth finder : SONIC
27
Bit of noise pollution : BLARE
28
B and O figures: Abbr. : ATNOS
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Brilliant moves : COUPS
30
Roll : WAD
33
Bubbly name : MOET
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Loosens (up) : WARMS
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Big copper exporter : PERU
36
Cover girl, e.g.? : SPY
37
Laid-back : TYPEB
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Time being : NONCE
39
Mammonism : GREED
40
"Something to Talk About" singer, 1991 : RAITT
41
Words starting a simple request : ALLIASK
44
1960s-'70s touchdown maker : LEM
45
Mission statement part : AIM
47
First name in conducting : SEIJI
48
Actress Mazar : DEBI
49
Lab subj. : SCI
50
Much of Central America, once : BANANAREPUBLICS
54
"This would be a first for me" : IVENEVERTRIEDIT
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Trading posts? : GENERALMANAGERS
Down
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Beat but good : THUMP
2
Can't continue : HASTOSTOP
3
A tossup : EVENMONEY
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Not hurting for cash : SET
5
Pastes in Mideastern cooking : TAHINIS
6
Hardly hearty : ANEMIC
7
Relating to wheels : ROTAL
8
You might not get paid while working on it : SPEC
9
Hurt : AIL
10
Dayton-to-Toledo dir. : NNE
11
Ladles : DIPPERS
12
"Scènes de la Vie de ___" (novel on which a Puccini opera is based) : BOHEME
13
Make ___ of it : ANOTE
14
Actress Blakley : RONEE
15
Comics dog : SNERT
23
Downright : PLUMB
24
Emulates Eve : RAPS
26
With 41-Down, shrunken : NOT
27
Yet to be engaged? : BORED
28
Early times, for short : AMS
29
"The Insect Play" playwright : CAPEK
30
Withdrew quietly : WENTASIDE
31
It's a little over 65 degrees: Abbr. : ARCTICCIR
32
Deserved : DUE
34
Things that open and close yearly? : WYES
35
Maui mouthful : POI
37
Coach : TRAINER
38
Home of Walvis Bay : NAMIBIA
39
1997 Demi Moore flick : GIJANE
40
Co-firing technique used to reduce pollution from electrical power plants : REBURN
41
See 26-Down : ASBIG
42
Furlough : LEAVE
43
Chambermaid's charge : LINEN
44
Pennies : dollar :: ___ : drachma : LEPTA
46
Producers of sunbows : MISTS
48
Skin: Suffix : DERM
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Palindromic girl's name : AVA
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Bill of Rights subj. : REL
53
Kicker : LEG