31 March 1997 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 31 March 1997

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

Hints & Clues

Across
1
Employee's reward : BONUS
6
Person from Muscat : OMANI
11
Civil War alliance: Abbr. : CSA
14
___-garde : AVANT
15
Repairman : FIXER
16
Cause friction : RUB
17
Nervousness : BUTTERFLIES
19
Slippery fish : EEL
20
Lover of Sir Lancelot : ELAINE
21
Dawn goddess : EOS
22
Take it easy : LAZE
23
Chooses : SELECTS
25
Computer-telephone link : MODEM
27
Some New Year's resolutions : DIETS
29
Gallows loops : NOOSES
32
Muppeteer Henson : JIM
35
Former pro footballer, briefly : LARAM
37
Like mountains in winter : SNOWY
38
Very dry : ARID
40
Batman's sidekick : ROBIN
42
Yemeni port : ADEN
43
Hotel employee : VALET
45
Words mouthed at a TV camera : HIMOM
47
"We ___ Not Alone" (1939 film) : ARE
48
Short sock : ANKLET
50
"Frasier" character : NILES
52
Red wine : MEDOC
54
Outline : CONTOUR
58
Part of Q.E.D. : QUOD
60
Prof's deg. : PHD
62
Jelly used for fuel : STERNO
63
Coffee maker : URN
64
Numbskulls : CHEESEHEADS
66
Ripen : AGE
67
Out-of-date : PASSE
68
Stan's partner, for short : OLLIE
69
Actress Susan : DEY
70
Place for grandma's trunk : ATTIC
71
Yorkshire city : LEEDS
Down
1
"___ in Toyland" : BABES
2
Small egg : OVULE
3
Birth-related : NATAL
4
Loose, as shoelaces : UNTIED
5
Sign painter's aid : STENCIL
6
Not at work : OFF
7
Miss's equivalent, in a saying : MILE
8
Adage : AXIOM
9
Actor Liam : NEESON
10
April check payee: Abbr. : IRS
11
Certain soft drink : CREAMSODA
12
Mideast canal : SUEZ
13
Skillful : ABLE
18
Open up a rip again : RETEAR
22
Hotelier Helmsley : LEONA
24
___ Brewery Co., of Detroit : STROH
26
Opposite of no-nos : DOS
28
Polio vaccine developer : SABIN
30
Pitcher : EWER
31
Auld lang ___ : SYNE
32
Jakarta's island : JAVA
33
Ayatollah's land : IRAN
34
Small allowance for a schoolchild : MILKMONEY
36
Copycat : MIMIC
39
Took out : DELED
41
Like a win-win situation : NOLOSE
44
"Nightline" host Koppel : TED
46
Cough drop ingredient : MENTHOL
49
Formal headgear : TOPHAT
51
"The Spectator" essayist : STEELE
53
Treasure container : CHEST
55
Papal vestment : ORALE
56
Ruined : UNDID
57
What everything's coming up, in song : ROSES
58
College area : QUAD
59
Encourage : URGE
61
Lucy's husband : DESI
64
Bean counter, for short : CPA
65
Dry, as wine : SEC