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NYT Crossword Answers for February 23, 2012

Thursday, February 23, 2012 · 78 clues

This page lists the NYT Crossword from Thursday, February 23, 2012: 78 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

  1. 1

    Pass quickly, as on a highway

    5 letters Hints for Pass quickly, as on a highway Clue page for Pass quickly, as on a highway

  2. 6

    Rummage

    4 letters Hints for Rummage Clue page for Rummage

  3. 10

    Treat badly

    4 letters Hints for Treat badly Clue page for Treat badly

  4. 14

    Karma believer

    5 letters Hints for Karma believer Clue page for Karma believer

  5. 15

    Title accompanier: Abbr.

    4 letters Hints for Title accompanier: Abbr. Clue page for Title accompanier: Abbr.

  6. 16

    Team members

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  7. 17

    Many a nude beach visitor

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  8. 18

    ___ bread

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  9. 19

    Narc's find, perhaps

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  10. 20

    Subject with force

    7 letters Hints for Subject with force Clue page for Subject with force

  11. 22

    Perfectly behaved

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  12. 24

    Not under any circumstances

    5 letters Hints for Not under any circumstances Clue page for Not under any circumstances

  13. 26

    Big name in vacuums

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  14. 27

    Furnace fuel

    4 letters Hints for Furnace fuel Clue page for Furnace fuel

  15. 31

    Heals, in a way

    6 letters Hints for Heals, in a way Clue page for Heals, in a way

  16. 33

    Has a tab

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  17. 34

    The One, in "The Matrix"

    3 letters Hints for The One, in "The Matrix" Clue page for The One, in "The Matrix"

  18. 35

    Kind of pitcher

    6 letters Hints for Kind of pitcher Clue page for Kind of pitcher

  19. 40

    Storage unit

    7 letters Hints for Storage unit Clue page for Storage unit

  20. 42

    Maintains, as an itinerary

    7 letters Hints for Maintains, as an itinerary Clue page for Maintains, as an itinerary

  21. 43

    Double-check, e.g.

    6 letters Hints for Double-check, e.g. Clue page for Double-check, e.g.

  22. 44

    One of two in Monopoly

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  23. 45

    Port. is part of it

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  24. 46

    Word needed to be added to 12 appropriately placed answers in this puzzle for their clues to make sense

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  25. 48

    Music genre

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  26. 49

    Spills

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  27. 53

    Synonym source

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  28. 55

    Gives away, in a way

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  29. 57

    Braces

    7 letters Hints for Braces Clue page for Braces

  30. 62

    "___ la Douce"

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  31. 63

    14-Across V.I.P.

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  32. 65

    Back in

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  33. 66

    "The Big Lebowski" director

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  34. 67

    George Orwell's alma mater

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  35. 68

    Part of many a generator

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  36. 69

    Bandy, as ideas

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  37. 70

    Waste time

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  38. 71

    Act rowdily

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Down clues

  1. 1

    Get many price quotes

    4 letters Hints for Get many price quotes Clue page for Get many price quotes

  2. 2

    Drugged out

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  3. 3

    One's partner

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  4. 4

    Works of Horace

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  5. 5

    Famous cloth locale

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  6. 6

    List of criminals?

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  7. 7

    Magazine once published by Playboy

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  8. 8

    Senator's home

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  9. 9

    Comparison connector

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  10. 10

    Wild card

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  11. 11

    Banish

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  12. 12

    Vestige

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  13. 13

    Wander aimlessly

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  14. 21

    Less sophisticated, in a way

    7 letters Hints for Less sophisticated, in a way Clue page for Less sophisticated, in a way

  15. 23

    "Check it out!"

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  16. 25

    Exclamation of surprise

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  17. 27

    Change one's opinion

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  18. 28

    Meany of story

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  19. 29

    Items sometimes tossed in strongman contests

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  20. 30

    Biblical twin

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  21. 32

    Rancher, typically

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  22. 36

    Hosp. employees

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  23. 37

    Golfer Aoki

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  24. 38

    Cry of shocked hurt

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  25. 39

    Not be serious

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  26. 41

    Military leaders

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  27. 42

    Group leaders

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  28. 44

    The Smothers Brothers, e.g.

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  29. 47

    Showy

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  30. 49

    Linger

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  31. 50

    "Vive ___!"

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  32. 51

    Ancient Mexican

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  33. 52

    Party principle

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  34. 54

    Johnny Storm a k a the Human ___

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  35. 56

    City near Provo

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  36. 58

    But, in Bolivia

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  37. 59

    Standout

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  38. 60

    Still-life subjects

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  39. 61

    Search here and there

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  40. 64

    Digits, e.g.: Abbr.

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