21 March 1997 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 21 March 1997

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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Game for the Joy Luck Club : MAHJONGG
9
Eyepiece, in jargon : OCULAR
15
Ornamental shrub : OLEANDER
16
Sport from 4-Down : KARATE
17
Spitfire, e.g. : WARPLANE
18
Alonso or Markova of ballet : ALICIA
19
Slangy approval : AOK
20
Sound system staple : CDPLAYER
22
"I ___ idea!" : HADNO
25
Lucky people? : IRISH
26
Schedule abbr. : ARR
27
Like Herriman's Kat : KRAZY
30
Vietnamese coin : HAO
33
Cagey one? : ZOOKEEPER
35
1990-91 World Grand Prix champion : SENNA
37
Montezuma, e.g. : EMPEROR
38
With greater frequency : OFTENER
40
Retreats : LAIRS
41
Dodge cars : INTREPIDS
43
___-Cat : SNO
44
French equivalent of the Oscar : CESAR
45
It may be easily bruised : EGO
46
Max von ___ : SYDOW
49
"The Wild Duck" playwright : IBSEN
51
Cinematic techniques : FADEOUTS
54
Nouvelle Caledonie, e.g. : ILE
55
Herschel discovered it : URANUS
56
Orange-flowered plant : MARIGOLD
61
Frost in New England : ROBERT
62
Vast river basin : AMAZONIA
63
Team stat : LOSSES
64
Start of this year? : NINETEEN
Down
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Level the playing field? : MOW
2
Like : ALA
3
"And I Love ___" : HER
4
"Walk, Don't Run" setting, 1966 : JAPAN
5
Spectators : ONLOOKERS
6
Site of Theo. Roosevelt Natl. Park : NDAK
7
O.T. book : GEN
8
Adopt Hellenism : GRECIZE
9
Relative of a giraffe : OKAPI
10
Demands, with "for" : CALLS
11
'Umble Dickens character : URIAHHEEP
12
Filigreed : LACY
13
What some games end in : ATIE
14
Stern : REAR
21
Timber diseases : DRYROTS
22
Old TV series based on a cartoon : HAZEL
23
Bouquets : AROMAS
24
Visitor : DROPIN
28
Vintage auto : REO
29
Preserves flavor : APRICOT
31
"___ Song" (John Denver hit) : ANNIES
32
Anxious : ONEDGE
34
Oils obtained from petroleum, coal or wood : KEROSENES
35
Boil, perhaps : STERILIZE
36
"Backdraft" crime : ARSON
39
Monk's title : FRA
42
Rather, for one : NEWSMAN
47
Cahn-Styne's "___ My Girl" : YOURE
48
Checks for prints : DUSTS
50
Fathered : BEGOT
51
Roll up : FURL
52
Ending with buck or stink : AROO
53
Pats : DABS
54
Neighbor of Turkmenistan : IRAN
57
Start of Cain's query : AMI
58
Bit of binary code : ONE
59
Hammarskjold's predecessor : LIE
60
Rather, for one : DAN