15 March 2013 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 15 March 2013

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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One looking out for #1 : EGOTIST
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Fair way to be judged : ONMERIT
15
Doris Day film with the song "Ten Cents a Dance" : LOVEMEORLEAVEME
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Peoria resident's representation : AVERAGEAMERICAN
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They often pass through needles : SERA
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Place for a butler : MANOR
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Spanish body of water : LAGO
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___ corde (piano pedaling direction) : TRE
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Rounded-up numbers? : HERDS
23
Driver's invitation : HOPIN
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Flashes : INSTANTS
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What a biblical black horseman symbolizes : FAMINE
27
Opposed to : NOTWITH
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Matadors' red capes : MULETAS
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People might leave them in tears : RIOTS
30
Often-toasted seed : PINENUT
31
Year "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" was published : MCMII
32
Like many sluggish drains : GUNKY
33
Govt. issuance : LIC
35
Life : ELAN
36
Spheres : AREAS
37
Cobble, e.g. : PAVE
38
Small grouse : NIT
39
Things in lava lamps : BLOBS
40
Honey badger : RATEL
41
Hostile : INIMICAL
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Amino acid in proteins : SERINE
44
Tried to reach higher : STOODONONESTOES
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Secretly plots to harm : CONNIVESAGAINST
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More mad : INSANER
48
"Jazz" artist : MATISSE
Down
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Pliable protein : ELASTIN
2
1991 entrant for the Democratic presidential nomination : GOVERNORCLINTON
3
Unduly high appraisals : OVERESTIMATIONS
4
Lead-in to flops : TERA
5
Springsteen's "___ Rocker" : IMA
6
Divisions : SEGMENTS
7
How David Bowie's character fell, in a 1976 sci-fi film : TOEARTH
8
"Miami Vice" Emmy winner : OLMOS
9
Aye's opposite, in verse : NEER
10
Scratch : MAR
11
It's not a good sign : EVILOMEN
12
Rundowns : RECAPITULATIONS
13
What prosaic minds lack : IMAGINATIVENESS
14
Exchange for a Hamilton : TENONES
16
Politician Paul and others : RANDS
22
Big exporter of mangoes : HAITI
23
Comets' head : HALEY
25
"... ___ the bush" : TWOIN
26
Blue states : FUNKS
28
___ Gerais (Brazilian state) : MINAS
30
Some brick buildings : PUEBLOS
31
Crescent-shaped bodies : MENISCI
32
"Does the name Quasimodo ring a bell?," e.g. : GROANER
34
Big name in frozen pizza : CELESTE
36
What a Pullman kitchen is built into : ALCOVE
37
Work after the first? : PARTII
39
Act to retain one's property at auction : BIDIN
40
Convened anew : RESAT
42
"First name" in the Louvre : MONA
43
Zaxxon maker : SEGA
45
'60s service site : NAM