27 April 2000 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 27 April 2000

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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Kind of tent : PUP
4
Strong criticism : FLAK
8
Ages : EPOCHS
14
Charlotte-to-Raleigh dir. : ENE
15
Parks in 1955 news : ROSA
16
"Big deal" : SOWHAT
17
With skill : ADROITLY
19
___ Club : SIERRA
20
*Start of the word ladder : SOUP
21
*Second step : SOAP
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*Third step : SOAR
24
Polite guest : THANKER
27
Denver clock setting: Abbr. : MST
28
Smart set : MENSA
31
Communicate successfully : GETACROSS
34
Jackie's second : ARI
35
*Fourth step : BOAR
37
*Fifth step : BOAS
38
Whines : YAMMERS
40
Take care (of) : DISPOSE
43
*Sixth step : BIAS
44
*Seventh step : BINS
45
"O patria ___" ("Aida" aria) : MIA
46
Perfect hits : BULLSEYES
49
Happening : EVENT
51
Duke Ellington's "___ Got Me" : IVE
52
Pay back : REQUITE
54
*Eighth step : BUNS
56
*Ninth step : NUNS
57
*End of the word ladder : NUTS
61
Censors' signs : BLEEPS
64
Brainiac : EINSTEIN
66
Stands for things : EASELS
67
Put on board : STOW
68
Grazing ground : LEA
69
Saddam Hussein, e.g. : DESPOT
70
Chapeau's spot : TETE
71
A little work : ERG
Down
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They can be sweet : PEAS
2
Word processor command : UNDO
3
Amazon's source : PERU
4
When "Dallas" aired: Abbr. : FRI
5
"___ luck!" : LOTSA
6
Provided that : ASLONGAS
7
Olympic water sports competitor : KAYAKER
8
Tee preceder : ESS
9
Luau serving : POI
10
Has a tab : OWES
11
Gene carrier : CHROMOSOME
12
Ride, so to speak : HARASS
13
Some may be false : STARTS
18
Chooses : OPTS
22
Fido or Fluffy : PET
25
___ corpus : HABEAS
26
1994 Peace Nobelist : RABIN
28
Fifth of 12 : MAY
29
Baseball card stat. : ERA
30
One of Jack's qualities : NIMBLENESS
32
Baby : COSSET
33
Shoot the breeze : RAP
36
Canadian skater Brian : ORSER
39
N.L. Central team, on a scoreboard : MIL
40
Sever : DISUNITE
41
Fall from grace : SIN
42
"Dig in!" : EAT
44
Legal legacy : BEQUEST
46
Like a baby in a highchair : BIBBED
47
Throat flaps : UVULAE
48
Hankering : YEN
50
Blow off steam : VENT
53
"A house ___ a home" : ISNOT
55
Trickle : SEEP
58
Congo river : UELE
59
Bleacher feature : TIER
60
Unforeseen difficulty : SNAG
62
Arafat's grp. : PLO
63
Jet-set jet : SST
65
Nor. neighbor : SWE