2 March 2010 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 2 March 2010

1
L
2
I
3
O
4
N
5
A
6
L
7
T
8
O
9
F
10
A
11
U
12
N
13
S
14
O
S
L
O
15
L
O
O
N
16
O
R
S
O
N
17
U
T
E
P
18
B
O
O
N
19
B
A
D
T
O
20
T
H
A
R
21
P
22
S
T
O
23
A
24
B
O
O
B
25
S
E
N
O
R
26
A
27
S
28
H
E
L
29
B
O
M
30
B
31
S
H
E
L
L
32
A
33
C
34
S
35
O
36
T
37
L
E
A
38
S
T
39
L
L
A
M
A
40
T
H
E
41
M
O
N
T
H
O
42
F
M
A
R
C
H
43
A
N
S
O
N
44
T
A
I
L
S
45
S
S
N
46
G
O
T
O
G
47
U
Y
48
C
O
M
49
B
50
A
N
S
A
51
P
E
R
52
U
53
S
54
E
55
C
56
O
M
P
57
L
58
U
59
C
60
A
61
N
A
V
E
S
62
A
T
E
I
63
T
64
C
A
M
65
P
66
S
U
I
T
67
E
R
N
E
S
68
L
A
M
P
69
I
L
S
A
70
N
O
T
S
O
71
A
N
O
S
72
L
A
M
B

Hints & Clues

Across
1
*"In like a ___ ..." : LION
5
Voice below soprano : ALTO
9
Goat-men in a Rubens painting : FAUNS
14
Capital once called Christiania : OSLO
15
*Kook : LOON
16
Welles of film : ORSON
17
Lone Star State sch. : UTEP
18
*Godsend : BOON
19
Go from ___ worse : BADTO
20
Choreographer Twyla : THARP
22
Greek gathering spot : STOA
24
*Doofus : BOOB
25
Married woman, in Madrid : SENORA
27
Author Silverstein : SHEL
29
*Dud : BOMB
31
Wood finish : SHELLAC
34
Pub crawler : SOT
37
Minimal amount : LEAST
39
Andean animal : LLAMA
40
Period described by the clues and answers to 1- and 72-Across (which are the start and end of a word ladder formed by the answers to the 10 asterisked clues) : THEMONTHOFMARCH
43
Actor Williams of "Happy Days" : ANSON
44
Gala night duds : TAILS
45
Govt. ID : SSN
46
Handy man? : GOTOGUY
48
*Jim's gift in "The Gift of the Magi" : COMB
50
Looped handle, in archaeology : ANSA
51
Look over : PERUSE
55
*Provide for free : COMP
57
___ Brasi, enforcer in "The Godfather" : LUCA
61
Cathedral areas : NAVES
62
Absorbed the loss : ATEIT
64
*Sleepaway, e.g. : CAMP
66
Sunday best, e.g. : SUIT
67
Sea eagles : ERNES
68
*Tiffany treasure : LAMP
69
"Casablanca" heroine : ILSA
70
"I beg to differ!" : NOTSO
71
Parts of una década : ANOS
72
*"... out like a ___" : LAMB
Down
1
Lummoxes : LOUTS
2
"This ___ life!" : ISTHE
3
Ingredient in some potato chips : OLEAN
4
"Easy!" : NOPROB
5
Priest's robe : ALB
6
Going places? : LOOS
7
Trolley warning : TOOT
8
___ occasion (never) : ONNO
9
Della's gift in "The Gift of the Magi" : FOB
10
Title heroine of a Strauss opera : ARABELLA
11
Mint green? : USDOLLARS
12
Say ___ (reject) : NOTO
13
Name-dropper, perhaps : SNOB
21
Draws out : PROLONGS
23
Pale wood : ASH
26
Grace period? : AMEN
28
Steering committee? : HELMSMEN
30
Nuts : BATTY
31
Betraying no emotion : STOIC
32
Gremlins and Hornets of old autodom : AMCS
33
Songwriter Sammy : CAHN
34
Partnerless, as at a party : STAG
35
"This can't be!" : OHNO
36
Provider of a dead giveaway? : TESTAMENT
38
___ Na Na : SHA
41
Sweet, gooey sandwiches : MOONPIES
42
Dud : FLOP
47
"Fly the friendly skies" co. : UAL
49
São Paulo's land, to natives : BRASIL
52
Throat dangler : UVULA
53
Great shakes? : SEISM
54
Sign abbr. meaning "founded in" : ESTAB
55
"It's News to Me" columnist Herb : CAEN
56
Other: Sp. : OTRO
58
The Bruins of the N.C.A.A. : UCLA
59
James of "Thief" : CAAN
60
Bullets : AMMO
63
General on a Chinese menu : TSO
65
Second afterthought in a letter: Abbr. : PPS