18 March 2021 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 18 March 2021

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

Across
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Lightly box : SPAR
5
Ukr. and Lith., once : SSRS
9
Word used in place of "chapter" in "A Christmas Carol" : STAVE
14
Soldier of Sauron : ORC
15
Runaway : ROUT
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Like the function f(x) = x^3 : CUBIC
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___ sort : OFA
18
Suppositions : IFS
19
"Euphoria" channel : HBO
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"___ but a scratch" (Monty Python quote) : TIS
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Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic, etc. : ERAS
22
Inject (with) : IMBUE
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Alumni divs. : YRS
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Consume, with "of" : PARTAKE
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Triage team member : MEDIC
28
Awkward radio silence : DEADAIR
33
With 39- and 44-Across, dramatic work depicted in this puzzle's grid : MUCHADO
36
Part two of a three-step bottle instruction : RINSE
37
Shortening, for short : ABBR
39
See 33-Across : ABOUT
41
Grp. that sends you a card for your 50th birthday : AARP
42
Kind of wrench : ALLEN
44
See 33-Across : NOTHING
46
Beyond clean : STERILE
48
Certain still-life figures : EWERS
50
Brain-enhancing device used by Professor X : CEREBRO
53
___-weekly : ALT
55
Tear : SPREE
58
Suffix with cyclo- : TRON
59
___ Love, Utah's first Black congressperson : MIA
60
Steely Dan, e.g. : DUO
61
Close relative, briefly : SIB
62
___ and leaves : UPS
63
Was brought back out for airing : RERAN
64
Notoriously difficult chem class : ORGO
65
Wheel track : RUT
66
"The little woman who wrote the book that started this great war," as Lincoln supposedly said : STOWE
67
Structure put together by a crane : NEST
68
Car trip pastime : ISPY
Down
1
Like Santa after entering a house, perhaps : SOOTY
2
The spinners? : PRFIRM
3
What the Avengers do : ASSEMBLE
4
"His Master's Voice" co. : RCA
5
Popular hot sauce : SRIRACHA
6
Up to now : SOFAR
7
Reddish-brown : RUNT
8
Blvds. : STS
9
Bagel topping : SCHMEAR
10
Ice cream container : TUB
11
Father of, in Arabic : ABU
12
Feeling in the room : VIBE
13
Prefix with tourist : ECO
21
Derek Walcott's "Omeros," for one : EPIC
22
1950s prez : IKE
25
Opportunity for a service break : ADOUT
27
Renaissance artist Albrecht : DURER
29
Steak ___ : DIANE
30
Eleven plus two and twelve plus one, e.g. : ANAGRAMS
31
It's south of Leb. : ISR
32
What one is known for, informally : REP
34
Daisy Mae's man, in old comics : ABNER
35
Scrappy-___ (cartoon dog) : DOO
37
Some toy batteries : AAS
38
Cousin of a club : BLT
40
Dance featuring jerky arm movements : THEROBOT
43
"Well played!" : NICEONE
45
Exultant cry : IWON
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"Life of Pi" director : LEE
49
Goof : SLIPUP
51
French 101 verb : ETRE
52
Naval jails : BRIGS
54
Delectable : TASTY
55
Type of animal fat : SUET
56
In favor of : PRO
57
Bone-chilling : RAW
60
Salk and Pepper, in brief : DRS
61
Sixth U.S. president vis-à-vis the second, e.g. : SON
62
Illusionist Geller : URI