10 March 2012 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 10 March 2012

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E
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B
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B
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A
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N
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D
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F
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L
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O
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W
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W
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I
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T
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S
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L
E
A
V
E
A
L
O
N
E
16
W
R
A
P
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I
N
T
E
R
L
I
N
E
D
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I
A
G
O
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S
T
A
N
D
I
N
G
A
G
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A
I
N
S
T
21
H
O
A
G
Y
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T
A
L
E
S
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G
A
P
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A
N
N
E
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F
I
G
S
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T
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R
A
L
A
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O
R
E
O
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G
R
A
T
E
S
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S
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H
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O
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C
K
E
R
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P
R
O
W
E
S
S
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W
A
R
N
E
D
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D
Y
E
S
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I
R
E
N
E
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A
I
R
Y
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G
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I
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B
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E
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L
P
S
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F
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A
L
D
O
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F
I
N
E
S
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L
E
T
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T
E
R
B
O
X
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F
O
R
M
A
T
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I
D
E
A
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G
I
V
E
O
R
T
A
K
E
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N
O
I
R
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O
N
E
N
I
G
H
T
E
R
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G
N
A
T
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S
O
R
E
L
O
S
E
R
S

Hints & Clues

Across
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Regular fluctuation : EBBANDFLOW
11
Resourcefulness : WITS
15
Choose not to mess with : LEAVEALONE
16
Stop shooting : WRAP
17
Written between two rows of text : INTERLINED
18
"But men are men; the best sometimes forget" speaker : IAGO
19
Opposing : STANDINGAGAINST
21
"Jelly Roll, Bix and ___" (1994 history of early jazz) : HOAGY
22
Lamb's "___ From Shakespeare" : TALES
23
Empty space : GAP
24
___ of Denmark (James I's queen consort) : ANNE
25
Fiber-rich fruits : FIGS
26
Madrigal syllables : TRALA
28
Crumbled ingredient in "dirt pudding" : OREO
29
Takes the big cheese down to size? : GRATES
30
Surprising revelation : SHOCKER
34
Superior facility : PROWESS
35
"You have been ___" : WARNED
36
Salon selections : DYES
37
She bests Sherlock in "A Scandal in Bohemia" : IRENE
38
Light : AIRY
39
Snide remark : GIBE
43
Items found in jackets : LPS
44
TV golf analyst who won three Masters : FALDO
46
What tickets may get you : FINES
47
Some movies on TV are shown in it : LETTERBOXFORMAT
50
Possible solution : IDEA
51
Approximately : GIVEORTAKE
52
Film genre : NOIR
53
Quick affair? : ONENIGHTER
54
One attracted to vinegar : GNAT
55
Terrible #2s : SORELOSERS
Down
1
"24" actress Cuthbert : ELISHA
2
Robert who won Oscars for both writing and directing "Kramer vs. Kramer" : BENTON
3
1942 invasion site : BATAAN
4
Pay back : AVENGE
5
Square : NERDY
6
"Burning Giraffes in Yellow" painter : DALI
7
More obdurate : FLINTIER
8
Much earlier : LONGAGO
9
Two stars of "Paper Moon" : ONEALS
10
One held in a trap : WEDGE
11
When the O.S.S. was formed : WWII
12
Reagan-era scandal : IRANGATE
13
Subjects of many notices stapled to telephone poles : TAGSALES
14
Part of a timing pattern on a football field : SPOTPASS
20
Winners of the longest postseason game in major-league history (18 innings, 2005) : ASTROS
25
Lead role in "Miracle on 34th Street" : FRED
27
Way to serve vegetables : RAW
28
1940s-'50s tough-guy portrayer Dennis : OKEEFE
29
Gandalf the ___ : GREY
30
Drinking to excess : SWILLING
31
Brought up incessantly : HARPEDON
32
Aeschylus trilogy : ORESTEIA
33
"This Week at War" airer : CNN
34
Mineral found in igneous rocks : PYROXENE
36
Took a mulligan on : DIDOVER
38
Typical lab rat, e.g. : ALBINO
39
Circumferences : GIRTHS
40
Yardbird : INMATE
41
Cylindrical vessel with a flat bottom : BEAKER
42
Compounds found in wine : ESTERS
45
Ancient Mycenaean stronghold : ARGOS
46
Do without : FORGO
48
Pointed, in a way : TART
49
Stymie : FOIL