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NYT Crossword Answers for June 16, 2002

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Sunday, June 16, 2002 · 140 clues

This page lists the NYT Crossword from Sunday, June 16, 2002: 140 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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Friend of Prince Henry
8 letters Hints for Friend of Prince Henry Clue page for Friend of Prince Henry
9
Rip-offs
5 letters Hints for Rip-offs Clue page for Rip-offs
14
Provide, as access
6 letters Hints for Provide, as access Clue page for Provide, as access
20
Popular tune for tenor or accordion
8 letters Hints for Popular tune for tenor or accordion Clue page for Popular tune for tenor or accordion
21
Custom
5 letters Hints for Custom Clue page for Custom
22
The Abode of Peace
6 letters Hints for The Abode of Peace Clue page for The Abode of Peace
23
Longing
8 letters Hints for Longing Clue page for Longing
24
Woman in Sherlock Holmes stories
5 letters Hints for Woman in Sherlock Holmes stories Clue page for Woman in Sherlock Holmes stories
25
Changes the boundaries of
6 letters Hints for Changes the boundaries of Clue page for Changes the boundaries of
26
Dark-nosed Tasmanian?
18 letters Hints for Dark-nosed Tasmanian? Clue page for Dark-nosed Tasmanian?
29
They may flare up
6 letters Hints for They may flare up Clue page for They may flare up
32
Adventure tale of 1847
4 letters Hints for Adventure tale of 1847 Clue page for Adventure tale of 1847
33
Walk softly
3 letters Hints for Walk softly Clue page for Walk softly
34
Absorbed, as a loss
3 letters Hints for Absorbed, as a loss Clue page for Absorbed, as a loss
35
Peter of "Casbah"
5 letters Hints for Peter of "Casbah" Clue page for Peter of "Casbah"
36
Motto of a romance novelist?
15 letters Hints for Motto of a romance novelist? Clue page for Motto of a romance novelist?
41
Bygone relative of the kiwi
3 letters Hints for Bygone relative of the kiwi Clue page for Bygone relative of the kiwi
42
Big tippler
4 letters Hints for Big tippler Clue page for Big tippler
43
Low wind instrument
7 letters Hints for Low wind instrument Clue page for Low wind instrument
44
Halfway around the bases
8 letters Hints for Halfway around the bases Clue page for Halfway around the bases
47
Hummingbirds do it
4 letters Hints for Hummingbirds do it Clue page for Hummingbirds do it
49
Under cover?
5 letters Hints for Under cover? Clue page for Under cover?
53
Pluck
5 letters Hints for Pluck Clue page for Pluck
54
Sugar source
4 letters Hints for Sugar source Clue page for Sugar source
55
French cop
8 letters Hints for French cop Clue page for French cop
58
Take the lead
4 letters Hints for Take the lead Clue page for Take the lead
59
Toiler
4 letters Hints for Toiler Clue page for Toiler
60
Grp. that spans an ocean
4 letters Hints for Grp. that spans an ocean Clue page for Grp. that spans an ocean
61
"My goodness!"
4 letters Hints for "My goodness!" Clue page for "My goodness!"
62
Bush Sr.'s bailiwick, 1976-77
3 letters Hints for Bush Sr.'s bailiwick, 1976-77 Clue page for Bush Sr.'s bailiwick, 1976-77
63
Old tourist slogan for Black Sea resorts?
13 letters Hints for Old tourist slogan for Black Sea resorts? Clue page for Old tourist slogan for Black Sea resorts?
68
Initials on a Nascar car
3 letters Hints for Initials on a Nascar car Clue page for Initials on a Nascar car
69
Put one's legs up
4 letters Hints for Put one's legs up Clue page for Put one's legs up
71
Kind of chop
4 letters Hints for Kind of chop Clue page for Kind of chop
72
It may hang by the neck
4 letters Hints for It may hang by the neck Clue page for It may hang by the neck
73
Gross
4 letters Hints for Gross Clue page for Gross
75
Accountants used to dip into them
8 letters Hints for Accountants used to dip into them Clue page for Accountants used to dip into them
77
Doesn't go straight
4 letters Hints for Doesn't go straight Clue page for Doesn't go straight
78
Toll site
5 letters Hints for Toll site Clue page for Toll site
80
"Sweet" herb
5 letters Hints for "Sweet" herb Clue page for "Sweet" herb
81
Hardly a sophisticate
4 letters Hints for Hardly a sophisticate Clue page for Hardly a sophisticate
82
Spare parts source
8 letters Hints for Spare parts source Clue page for Spare parts source
85
More smooth
7 letters Hints for More smooth Clue page for More smooth
89
Ethereal
4 letters Hints for Ethereal Clue page for Ethereal
90
With 64-Down, a down-home pronoun
3 letters Hints for With 64-Down, a down-home pronoun Clue page for With 64-Down, a down-home pronoun
91
Magazine for extreme dieters?
15 letters Hints for Magazine for extreme dieters? Clue page for Magazine for extreme dieters?
96
Common sense?
5 letters Hints for Common sense? Clue page for Common sense?
98
"How adorable!"
3 letters Hints for "How adorable!" Clue page for "How adorable!"
99
"___ sez ..."
3 letters Hints for "___ sez ..." Clue page for "___ sez ..."
100
Enlargement: Abbr.
4 letters Hints for Enlargement: Abbr. Clue page for Enlargement: Abbr.
101
Lustrous white
6 letters Hints for Lustrous white Clue page for Lustrous white
102
Where wads of gum may be found?
18 letters Hints for Where wads of gum may be found? Clue page for Where wads of gum may be found?
108
Cab Calloway's signature line
6 letters Hints for Cab Calloway's signature line Clue page for Cab Calloway's signature line
109
Scout master?
5 letters Hints for Scout master? Clue page for Scout master?
110
Like low-sodium foods, say
8 letters Hints for Like low-sodium foods, say Clue page for Like low-sodium foods, say
114
Nels of "Little House on the Prairie"
6 letters Hints for Nels of "Little House on the Prairie" Clue page for Nels of "Little House on the Prairie"
115
How anchovies are packed
5 letters Hints for How anchovies are packed Clue page for How anchovies are packed
116
Come before
8 letters Hints for Come before Clue page for Come before
117
Crème flavorer
6 letters Hints for Crème flavorer Clue page for Crème flavorer
118
Liked, with 1-Down
5 letters Hints for Liked, with 1-Down Clue page for Liked, with 1-Down
119
In direct opposition
8 letters Hints for In direct opposition Clue page for In direct opposition

Down clues

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See 118-Across
3 letters Hints for See 118-Across Clue page for See 118-Across
2
Peer Gynt's mother
3 letters Hints for Peer Gynt's mother Clue page for Peer Gynt's mother
3
Slice (off)
3 letters Hints for Slice (off) Clue page for Slice (off)
4
Fast reverse curve
6 letters Hints for Fast reverse curve Clue page for Fast reverse curve
5
Academic achievement
6 letters Hints for Academic achievement Clue page for Academic achievement
6
Out of order
5 letters Hints for Out of order Clue page for Out of order
7
Disloyal sort
4 letters Hints for Disloyal sort Clue page for Disloyal sort
8
Unable to see in any direction
8 letters Hints for Unable to see in any direction Clue page for Unable to see in any direction
9
Battlefield of April 6-7, 1862
6 letters Hints for Battlefield of April 6-7, 1862 Clue page for Battlefield of April 6-7, 1862
10
Escorts can be gotten here
6 letters Hints for Escorts can be gotten here Clue page for Escorts can be gotten here
11
"... sting like ___"
4 letters Hints for "... sting like ___" Clue page for "... sting like ___"
12
Be bothered
4 letters Hints for Be bothered Clue page for Be bothered
13
Prairielands abroad
7 letters Hints for Prairielands abroad Clue page for Prairielands abroad
14
Wears away
7 letters Hints for Wears away Clue page for Wears away
15
Stay awake nights
4 letters Hints for Stay awake nights Clue page for Stay awake nights
16
Like noxious gases
4 letters Hints for Like noxious gases Clue page for Like noxious gases
17
At the same level (with)
6 letters Hints for At the same level (with) Clue page for At the same level (with)
18
Standing
6 letters Hints for Standing Clue page for Standing
19
Put down, slangily
6 letters Hints for Put down, slangily Clue page for Put down, slangily
27
"___ sorry!"
4 letters Hints for "___ sorry!" Clue page for "___ sorry!"
28
Pubmates
4 letters Hints for Pubmates Clue page for Pubmates
29
Fad doll, once
4 letters Hints for Fad doll, once Clue page for Fad doll, once
30
Place for a halo
4 letters Hints for Place for a halo Clue page for Place for a halo
31
Duties for generals?
10 letters Hints for Duties for generals? Clue page for Duties for generals?
36
Stole material
4 letters Hints for Stole material Clue page for Stole material
37
Final words
4 letters Hints for Final words Clue page for Final words
38
Baseball club
3 letters Hints for Baseball club Clue page for Baseball club
39
Mentioned
4 letters Hints for Mentioned Clue page for Mentioned
40
Slangy turndown
5 letters Hints for Slangy turndown Clue page for Slangy turndown
42
Wooed successfully
3 letters Hints for Wooed successfully Clue page for Wooed successfully
45
Smog-fighting grp.
3 letters Hints for Smog-fighting grp. Clue page for Smog-fighting grp.
46
Rein in
4 letters Hints for Rein in Clue page for Rein in
47
Adder's-tongue, e.g.
4 letters Hints for Adder's-tongue, e.g. Clue page for Adder's-tongue, e.g.
48
Start of a one-two punch
7 letters Hints for Start of a one-two punch Clue page for Start of a one-two punch
50
Spring-y chicken?
10 letters Hints for Spring-y chicken? Clue page for Spring-y chicken?
51
Drain
5 letters Hints for Drain Clue page for Drain
52
Full of meaning
4 letters Hints for Full of meaning Clue page for Full of meaning
54
Hippie gathering of a sort
4 letters Hints for Hippie gathering of a sort Clue page for Hippie gathering of a sort
55
Site of ancient Aquitania
4 letters Hints for Site of ancient Aquitania Clue page for Site of ancient Aquitania
56
Space invaders, for short
3 letters Hints for Space invaders, for short Clue page for Space invaders, for short
57
Rebuffs
3 letters Hints for Rebuffs Clue page for Rebuffs
58
City in Tuscany
5 letters Hints for City in Tuscany Clue page for City in Tuscany
59
Stowe gear
4 letters Hints for Stowe gear Clue page for Stowe gear
60
Kind of flash
4 letters Hints for Kind of flash Clue page for Kind of flash
62
Baby holder
4 letters Hints for Baby holder Clue page for Baby holder
64
See 90-Across
3 letters Hints for See 90-Across Clue page for See 90-Across
65
Staff note
3 letters Hints for Staff note Clue page for Staff note
66
Player second only to Gretzky in most N.H.L. goals
4 letters Hints for Player second only to Gretzky in most N.H.L. goals Clue page for Player second only to Gretzky in most N.H.L. goals
67
Curling place
4 letters Hints for Curling place Clue page for Curling place
70
Peel in a drink
5 letters Hints for Peel in a drink Clue page for Peel in a drink
74
Reef locale
3 letters Hints for Reef locale Clue page for Reef locale
76
"Boola Boola" singers
4 letters Hints for "Boola Boola" singers Clue page for "Boola Boola" singers
77
Doctor Zhivago
4 letters Hints for Doctor Zhivago Clue page for Doctor Zhivago
78
82-Across denizens
4 letters Hints for 82-Across denizens Clue page for 82-Across denizens
79
"___ ideas?"
3 letters Hints for "___ ideas?" Clue page for "___ ideas?"
81
Whistle-blower
3 letters Hints for Whistle-blower Clue page for Whistle-blower
82
Made fun of
8 letters Hints for Made fun of Clue page for Made fun of
83
Sushi offering
4 letters Hints for Sushi offering Clue page for Sushi offering
84
As expected
4 letters Hints for As expected Clue page for As expected
86
Extremely short supply
7 letters Hints for Extremely short supply Clue page for Extremely short supply
87
Cluster
4 letters Hints for Cluster Clue page for Cluster
88
Nonsensical
7 letters Hints for Nonsensical Clue page for Nonsensical
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Cunning
4 letters Hints for Cunning Clue page for Cunning
91
Grasp
6 letters Hints for Grasp Clue page for Grasp
92
How long one might stay
6 letters Hints for How long one might stay Clue page for How long one might stay
93
Country almost 1,000 miles long
6 letters Hints for Country almost 1,000 miles long Clue page for Country almost 1,000 miles long
94
"O wad some Pow'r the ___ gie us": Burns
6 letters Hints for "O wad some Pow'r the ___ gie us": Burns Clue page for "O wad some Pow'r the ___ gie us": Burns
95
Incalculable
6 letters Hints for Incalculable Clue page for Incalculable
96
Certain set of lines from Petrarch
6 letters Hints for Certain set of lines from Petrarch Clue page for Certain set of lines from Petrarch
97
Manage
6 letters Hints for Manage Clue page for Manage
101
Quarterback Rodney
5 letters Hints for Quarterback Rodney Clue page for Quarterback Rodney
103
Top of the line
4 letters Hints for Top of the line Clue page for Top of the line
104
Excited cry
4 letters Hints for Excited cry Clue page for Excited cry
105
First name in portraits
4 letters Hints for First name in portraits Clue page for First name in portraits
106
___ about (roughly)
4 letters Hints for ___ about (roughly) Clue page for ___ about (roughly)
107
Bedrock pet
4 letters Hints for Bedrock pet Clue page for Bedrock pet
111
Part of an exchange
3 letters Hints for Part of an exchange Clue page for Part of an exchange
112
Judge Lance
3 letters Hints for Judge Lance Clue page for Judge Lance
113
Letter switched to ess in this puzzle's theme
3 letters Hints for Letter switched to ess in this puzzle's theme Clue page for Letter switched to ess in this puzzle's theme

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