27 March 2017 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 27 March 2017

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

Across
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Set of pictures at a dentist's : XRAYS
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Crow's sound : CAW
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Reprieves : LETUPS
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Event for meeting new people : MIXER
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"I love," to Cato : AMO
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Perfect world : UTOPIA
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"The one thing that's clear to me ..." : ALLSIKNOW
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Picked : CHOSEN
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Appear : SEEM
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"Smoking or ___?" : NON
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Boxing achievements, in brief : TKOS
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Distant : ALONGWAYSOFF
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Narrow water passage : STRAIT
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"___ day now ..." : ANY
33
Villainous count in the Lemony Snicket books : OLAF
35
Obama's successor : TRUMP
36
Jason's ship : ARGO
37
Pull off perfectly : NAIL
38
Many millennia : EON
39
Police operation ... or, when read another way, what a grammarian would like to do to 18-, 24-, 52- and 65-Across? : STAKEOUT
43
Day-___ paint : GLO
44
Japanese soup : MISO
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Boaters' implements : OARS
47
Some woodwinds : OBOES
49
Lose traction on the road : SKID
50
Vietnamese soup : PHO
51
What Google's Ngram program tracks, for word usage : TRENDS
52
Narrative connector : ANDTHENISAYS
56
Peach pit or walnut : SEED
57
Greedy one : HOG
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Peach or walnut : TREE
62
Cuba's capital : HAVANA
65
"What do you think of ...?" : HOWSABOUT
67
Unscripted comedy, informally : IMPROV
68
Mimic : APE
69
Watch over : GUARD
70
Blue state? : MISERY
71
Fluorescent bulb alternative, for short : LED
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Novices : TYROS
Down
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Dec. celebration : XMAS
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Tick off : RILE
3
What car wheels turn on : AXLE
4
Polite affirmative : YESMAAM
5
___ Lanka : SRI
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Group of books that an educated person is supposed to be familiar with : CANON
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In the company of : AMONG
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Blow away : WOW
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Jealous words of congratulations : LUCKYYOU
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Cultural spirit : ETHOS
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"You can't joke about that yet" : TOOSOON
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FedEx rival : UPS
13
Thanksgiving dessert : PIE
14
___ Juan, Puerto Rico : SAN
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Problem with a shoelace : KNOT
23
Dance in which one partner might hold a rose between his teeth : TANGO
25
One might apply gloss to them : LIPS
26
Things for sale : WARES
27
Old-fashioned wine holder : FLAGON
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Unsuccessful : FAILED
29
Thorny parts of roses : STEMS
30
Group of three : TROIKA
31
Enters hurriedly : RUNSIN
34
Often-unheeded advice from dentists : FLOSS
36
Ohio city that was once the Rubber Capital of the World : AKRON
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Liable to tip over, maybe : TOPHEAVY
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Expressed amazement : AAHED
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Labourite's opponent, in British politics : TORY
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"Most likely ..." : ODDSARE
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Big electronics chain : BESTBUY
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License plates : TAGS
53
Choir member : TENOR
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"Fingers crossed!" : IHOPE
55
Planted, as discord : SOWED
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Sound to fear in the savanna : ROAR
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Currency of France or Italy : EURO
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When planes are due to take off, for short : ETDS
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That guy : HIM
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"What ___, chopped liver?" : AMI
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Biden and Pence, in brief : VPS
65
Actor Holbrook : HAL
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10%-er: Abbr. : AGT