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NYT Crossword Answers for March 18, 2000

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Saturday, March 18, 2000 · 70 clues

This page lists the NYT Crossword from Saturday, March 18, 2000: 70 clues, each with its answer behind a reveal button. For the newest puzzle, go to today's NYT Crossword answers.

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Across clues

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Burning question of 1980
9 letters Hints for Burning question of 1980 Clue page for Burning question of 1980
10
Sparring partners?
5 letters Hints for Sparring partners? Clue page for Sparring partners?
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It may be around a stake
9 letters Hints for It may be around a stake Clue page for It may be around a stake
16
Anatomical cavities
5 letters Hints for Anatomical cavities Clue page for Anatomical cavities
17
"I Love You Because" singer
9 letters Hints for "I Love You Because" singer Clue page for "I Love You Because" singer
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Like every crossword answer
5 letters Hints for Like every crossword answer Clue page for Like every crossword answer
19
Revivalist
3 letters Hints for Revivalist Clue page for Revivalist
20
They can repel bugs
4 letters Hints for They can repel bugs Clue page for They can repel bugs
21
Shrimp habitat
6 letters Hints for Shrimp habitat Clue page for Shrimp habitat
22
Split
4 letters Hints for Split Clue page for Split
24
Professed
10 letters Hints for Professed Clue page for Professed
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Rush
5 letters Hints for Rush Clue page for Rush
28
Brief preposition
4 letters Hints for Brief preposition Clue page for Brief preposition
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Renders
4 letters Hints for Renders Clue page for Renders
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___ Lingus
3 letters Hints for ___ Lingus Clue page for ___ Lingus
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Deity with a bow
4 letters Hints for Deity with a bow Clue page for Deity with a bow
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Letter sequence
3 letters Hints for Letter sequence Clue page for Letter sequence
35
Reproofs
13 letters Hints for Reproofs Clue page for Reproofs
39
It's corny
3 letters Hints for It's corny Clue page for It's corny
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Put away
4 letters Hints for Put away Clue page for Put away
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Fashion monogram
3 letters Hints for Fashion monogram Clue page for Fashion monogram
42
Pluses
4 letters Hints for Pluses Clue page for Pluses
44
Gas, e.g.: Abbr.
4 letters Hints for Gas, e.g.: Abbr. Clue page for Gas, e.g.: Abbr.
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Brownish pigment
5 letters Hints for Brownish pigment Clue page for Brownish pigment
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Formed defense groups, of a sort
10 letters Hints for Formed defense groups, of a sort Clue page for Formed defense groups, of a sort
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English novelist Brittain
4 letters Hints for English novelist Brittain Clue page for English novelist Brittain
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Excite
6 letters Hints for Excite Clue page for Excite
55
Bounty hunters?
4 letters Hints for Bounty hunters? Clue page for Bounty hunters?
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Like a certain side
3 letters Hints for Like a certain side Clue page for Like a certain side
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Dull
5 letters Hints for Dull Clue page for Dull
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Crimea, for one
9 letters Hints for Crimea, for one Clue page for Crimea, for one
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Contemporary of Helena
5 letters Hints for Contemporary of Helena Clue page for Contemporary of Helena
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Range features
9 letters Hints for Range features Clue page for Range features
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Uncompromising
5 letters Hints for Uncompromising Clue page for Uncompromising
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Lab workers may have them
9 letters Hints for Lab workers may have them Clue page for Lab workers may have them

Down clues

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Resounding blows
6 letters Hints for Resounding blows Clue page for Resounding blows
2
Stay out of sight
6 letters Hints for Stay out of sight Clue page for Stay out of sight
3
Gold-imitating alloy
6 letters Hints for Gold-imitating alloy Clue page for Gold-imitating alloy
4
Fed. agcy. since 1940
3 letters Hints for Fed. agcy. since 1940 Clue page for Fed. agcy. since 1940
5
For the wife
4 letters Hints for For the wife Clue page for For the wife
6
Prefix with arthritis
5 letters Hints for Prefix with arthritis Clue page for Prefix with arthritis
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Craving
6 letters Hints for Craving Clue page for Craving
8
1991 Emmy winner for "Davis Rules"
15 letters Hints for 1991 Emmy winner for "Davis Rules" Clue page for 1991 Emmy winner for "Davis Rules"
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Monogrammatic car
3 letters Hints for Monogrammatic car Clue page for Monogrammatic car
10
Aspects
5 letters Hints for Aspects Clue page for Aspects
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Like marquetry
6 letters Hints for Like marquetry Clue page for Like marquetry
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Unyielding
8 letters Hints for Unyielding Clue page for Unyielding
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Completely bare
8 letters Hints for Completely bare Clue page for Completely bare
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Lower than the rest
7 letters Hints for Lower than the rest Clue page for Lower than the rest
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Stuck up
6 letters Hints for Stuck up Clue page for Stuck up
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Humorist Lebowitz
4 letters Hints for Humorist Lebowitz Clue page for Humorist Lebowitz
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First name in humor
4 letters Hints for First name in humor Clue page for First name in humor
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"Bill & ___ Excellent Adventure"
4 letters Hints for "Bill & ___ Excellent Adventure" Clue page for "Bill & ___ Excellent Adventure"
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Yield
6 letters Hints for Yield Clue page for Yield
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Swell
4 letters Hints for Swell Clue page for Swell
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Seduction
8 letters Hints for Seduction Clue page for Seduction
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Unyielding
8 letters Hints for Unyielding Clue page for Unyielding
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Con ___ (rather fast, in music)
4 letters Hints for Con ___ (rather fast, in music) Clue page for Con ___ (rather fast, in music)
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Skating gold medalist Johann ___ Koss
4 letters Hints for Skating gold medalist Johann ___ Koss Clue page for Skating gold medalist Johann ___ Koss
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Beach sights
7 letters Hints for Beach sights Clue page for Beach sights
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Carpenter, at times
6 letters Hints for Carpenter, at times Clue page for Carpenter, at times
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Favored, with "toward"
6 letters Hints for Favored, with "toward" Clue page for Favored, with "toward"
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Decline
6 letters Hints for Decline Clue page for Decline
48
Where the Earl of Desmond sits
6 letters Hints for Where the Earl of Desmond sits Clue page for Where the Earl of Desmond sits
49
Plague
6 letters Hints for Plague Clue page for Plague
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Senior member
5 letters Hints for Senior member Clue page for Senior member
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Auto suggestion
5 letters Hints for Auto suggestion Clue page for Auto suggestion
56
Catch
4 letters Hints for Catch Clue page for Catch
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Wildlife threat, briefly
3 letters Hints for Wildlife threat, briefly Clue page for Wildlife threat, briefly
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Georgia, e.g.: Abbr.
3 letters Hints for Georgia, e.g.: Abbr. Clue page for Georgia, e.g.: Abbr.

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