17 March 2002 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 17 March 2002

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

Across
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Head of the produce section? : CABBAGE
8
Eunuch's charge : HAREM
13
End of ___ : ANERA
18
Bakery treats : ECLAIRS
19
"Even Homer nods" writer : HORACE
20
Key person in England : GAOLER
21
Result of an Oscar nominee's disappearance at an awards ceremony? [releases of 1968, 1982 and 1982] : STARMISSINGTHEVERDICT
24
Sampling : TEST
25
Scads : TONS
26
Hot : EROTIC
27
"Soapdish" actress : SHUE
28
Carpenter ___ : ANT
30
1986 rock autobiography : ITINA
32
Manage : EKEOUT
34
Advice to a budding alarmist? [1988, 1999, 1994] : BIGBOYSDONTCRYWOLF
40
___ case : WORST
41
Fresh : PERT
42
Extra-wide shoe spec. : EEE
43
Ere : AFORE
47
Bibliophilic suffix : ANA
48
Stopping point: Abbr. : STA
50
Something that's worked up : IRE
52
C, F and G : CLEFS
55
Campaigner : POL
56
Charles Van Doren vis-à-vis the game show "Twenty-One"? [1976, 1989, 1985] : NETWORKSCANDALWITNESS
61
Not docked : ASEA
62
Glass ___ : EEL
63
Like a bunch : DIG
64
Heir, at law : ALIENEE
65
With 51-Down, old movie finale : THE
67
Anyhow : YET
70
Zing : PEP
72
Diamonds : ICE
73
Warp-knit fabrics : TRICOTS
77
Cole Porter's "___ in Love" : IAM
79
Uncommon sense : ESP
81
Circle meas. : DIAM
85
Producer of a big accident? [1998, 2000, 1960] : RUSHHOURTRAFFICPSYCHO
90
Tucked away : ATE
91
Big name in book clubs : OPRAH
92
"The Whiffenpoof Song" singer : ELI
93
Row producer : HOE
94
Richard ___ : III
95
Sass : CHEEK
97
Gooey stuff : GEL
99
Old Irish alphabet: Var. : OGAM
101
Tastes : TANGS
103
Why the paparazzi couldn't photograph actress Roberts? [1977, 1985, 1998] : JULIARANOUTOFSIGHT
108
Lack stability : SEESAW
110
Yankees manager Joe : TORRE
111
Attention : EAR
112
Math course, informally : CALC
113
Walked in the rain, say : GOTWET
116
Bring in : EARN
118
Mop : SWAB
122
Heartwarming scene in a war movie? [1986, 1992, 1978] : PLATOONHEROCOMINGHOME
126
Shifts : ALTERS
127
Noted support group : ALANON
128
Recover from : GETOVER
129
Poorly kept : SEEDY
130
Hung around : IDLED
131
Least sharp : SLOWEST
Down
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"___ Vous" (1927 song hit) : CEST
2
Molière play part : ACTE
3
"Gil ___" : BLAS
4
Grasshoppers can help make them : BARTABS
5
Fire preceder? : AIM
6
Tough and courageous : GRITTY
7
"Happy Motoring" sloganeer : ESSO
8
Dear : HON
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Silver : ARGENT
10
Grind : RATRACE
11
Parrot : ECHO
12
Come up to : MEET
13
Swiss river : AAR
14
Dozes : NODSOFF
15
Diplomat Root : ELIHU
16
Like some movies for TV : RECUT
17
What Michelangelo produced : ARTE
19
Not just noteworthy : HISTORIC
20
Creature with padded toes : GECKO
22
Like some remarks : SNIDE
23
Desirable hotel room feature : VIEW
29
Untrue : NOTSO
31
Prefix with species : INTRA
33
Flexible : ELASTIC
34
Master, in Swahili : BWANA
35
Actress Skye and others : IONES
36
Annoy, in a way : GRATE
37
Uttered, old-style : SPAKE
38
Confine again : RECAGE
39
Cheerleader's practice : YELL
44
Big tournament : OPEN
45
Mounted : ROSE
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Different : ELSE
49
Perch, perhaps : TREETOP
51
See 65-Across : END
53
___ Beach, Hawaii : EWA
54
Fra ___ Lippi : FILIPPO
57
Band instrument? : WATCH
58
Insidious : SLY
59
Dance flourish : DIP
60
Like some scholarship winners : NEEDY
66
New Jersey town with a hyphenated name : HOHOKUS
68
Flexible person's choice : EITHER
69
Really beat : TAR
71
Four Seasons Hotel architect : PEI
73
___ II razor : TRAC
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Ancestress of King David : RUTH
75
"Got it" : ISEE
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Opposite of norte : SUR
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Ginnie ___ : MAE
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Pinhead : SCHMO
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Sugar coat? : ICING
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On ___ (exulting) : AHIGH
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Teary : MOIST
86
Eastern music style : RAGA
87
Astound : FLOOR
88
Plan for : FIGUREON
89
___ good example (is a role model) : SETSA
96
Booted : EJECTED
98
Quarterback's option : LATERAL
100
First-stringers : ATEAM
102
It has many loops : AIRSHOW
104
African capital until 1991 : LAGOS
105
Cry of glee : IWON
106
All's opposite : NOTONE
107
Herb used in casseroles : FENNEL
108
Explorer Sieur de La ___ : SALLE
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Send, in a way : ELATE
112
Sched. C preparers : CPAS
114
Spicy cuisine : THAI
115
Unite : WELD
117
Fixes : RIGS
119
Crisscrossed : WOVE
120
Iowa State site : AMES
121
A Muppet : BERT
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Suffix with access : ORY
124
Trawler's catch : COD
125
Car in a 1964 hit song : GTO