17 March 2010 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 17 March 2010

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Hints & Clues

Across
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U.S. political scandal involving a fictional sheik : ABSCAM
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Sport whose name has two accents : EPEE
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Some tablets : PCS
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Puget Sound city : TACOMA
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Classic theater name : ROXY
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Alley ___ : OOP
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Twine cutter? : STRINGKNIFE
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Time for the history books : ERA
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Words after cross, down or over : THELINE
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Setting of an April marathon : BOSTON
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Thurman of "Pulp Fiction" : UMA
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OPEC production cutback? : OILSTINTING
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Reservoir producers : DAMS
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Louvre Pyramid architect : PEI
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Suffix with myth : ICAL
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Bygone monarchs : TSARS
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Legal precedent setter : TESTCASE
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March figure ... or, when split into three parts, a title for this puzzle : STPATRICK
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Buzzer in the kitchen, maybe : HOUSEFLY
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Onetime South African P.M. Jan : SMUTS
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Years in old Rome : ANNI
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Reuters competitor : UPI
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Strait-laced : PRIM
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Pen for a pet pig? : TAKEHOMESTY
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Suffix with project : ILE
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Imam, e.g. : CLERIC
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Be postponed : LIEOVER
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Folded-over skirt part : HEM
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Ice hockey in prison? : STIRSKATING
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"The Raven" writer's inits. : EAP
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Rental for an outdoor reception : TENT
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Will's focus : ESTATE
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Banned bug spray : DDT
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Some valuable 1920s-'40s baseball cards : OTTS
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Fur wraps : STOLES
Down
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Offered for breeding : ATSTUD
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Shower room sight : BATHMAT
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Fun house sounds : SCREAMS
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Stamp purchase : COIL
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Prenatal exam, briefly : AMNIO
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Great: Prefix : MAGNI
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Directional ending : ERN
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Polynesian paste : POI
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Like some private dets. : EXFBI
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"I've got my ___ you!" : EYEON
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Horace's "Ars ___" : POETICA
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Mexican beer choices : CORONAS
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Glittery glue-on : SPANGLE
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Seaweed variety : KELP
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Bank teller's fear : STICKUP
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Make up galleys for printing : SETTYPE
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Layer : TIER
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Less respectful : SASSIER
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Map no. : RTE
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Hawaiian Tropic no. : SPF
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What your mom might call your aunt : SIS
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RKO film airer, maybe : TCM
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Grad : ALUM
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Came out of one's shell : HATCHED
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Being walked, as Fido : ONALEAD
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Disheveled : UNKEMPT
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Of no matter : TRIVIAL
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End of life as we know it? : SILENTE
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Archipelago's makeup: Abbr. : ISLS
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Becomes one : MERGES
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Tissue: Prefix : HISTO
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Quarterfinals qualifiers, e.g. : OCTET
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Little ones: Var. : TIKES
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Brewing need : YEAST
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One of four Holy Roman emperors : OTTO
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Bankbook fig. : INT
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Football linemen: Abbr. : RTS