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NYT Crossword Answers for March 17, 2016

Thursday, March 17, 2016 · 78 clues

This page lists the NYT Crossword from Thursday, March 17, 2016: 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

    Sauce for linguine

    5 letters Hints for Sauce for linguine Clue page for Sauce for linguine

  2. 6

    Performances that may evoke bravas

    5 letters Hints for Performances that may evoke bravas Clue page for Performances that may evoke bravas

  3. 11

    Drift off

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  4. 14

    Better

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  5. 15

    Home invasion, in police shorthand

    5 letters Hints for Home invasion, in police shorthand Clue page for Home invasion, in police shorthand

  6. 16

    Ending for all Facebook logins until late '05

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  7. 17

    Like many disasters, in hindsight

    5 letters Hints for Like many disasters, in hindsight Clue page for Like many disasters, in hindsight

  8. 18

    Without consideration

    9 letters Hints for Without consideration Clue page for Without consideration

  9. 20

    Devilish sorts?

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  10. 22

    Winter hrs. in Winter Park

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  11. 23

    "How awful!"

    3 letters Hints for "How awful!" Clue page for "How awful!"

  12. 24

    Tip of a golf club

    3 letters Hints for Tip of a golf club Clue page for Tip of a golf club

  13. 25

    Snack bar

    7 letters Hints for Snack bar Clue page for Snack bar

  14. 29

    Eye

    6 letters Hints for Eye Clue page for Eye

  15. 31

    Vin classification

    3 letters Hints for Vin classification Clue page for Vin classification

  16. 32

    Hulking beast

    4 letters Hints for Hulking beast Clue page for Hulking beast

  17. 33

    Live ESPN broadcast every June

    8 letters Hints for Live ESPN broadcast every June Clue page for Live ESPN broadcast every June

  18. 36

    Go away in the country?

    3 letters Hints for Go away in the country? Clue page for Go away in the country?

  19. 37

    Sans-serif typeface

    5 letters Hints for Sans-serif typeface Clue page for Sans-serif typeface

  20. 40

    Part of a gym routine

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  21. 41

    Many mirages

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  22. 43

    Minus

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  23. 44

    1996 Madonna starring role

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  24. 47

    Birds with deep drumming calls

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  25. 49

    Qty.

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  26. 50

    Figure skater Baiul

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  27. 54

    Southern California's ___ Freeway

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  28. 56

    Give a whuppin'

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  29. 57

    1990s fad game piece

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  30. 58

    China's Three Gorges ___

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  31. 59

    Unforeseen development ... or a feature seen four times in this puzzle's answers?

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  32. 62

    "That's too bad"

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  33. 65

    Venom, e.g.

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  34. 66

    100+, say

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  35. 67

    Some repurposed cornfields

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  36. 68

    Standing

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  37. 69

    Have a bill, say

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  38. 70

    All thumbs

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  39. 71

    Certain encls.

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Down clues

  1. 1

    Suddenly appears

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  2. 2

    Get mad

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  3. 3

    Get mad

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  4. 4

    Constituent part of Russia bordering Mongolia

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  5. 5

    Restaurant availability

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  6. 6

    Heckling, e.g.

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  7. 7

    Tirade

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  8. 8

    Up the creek

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  9. 9

    Put on

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  10. 10

    Hearst monthly

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  11. 11

    Some caches

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  12. 12

    Allen Ginsberg's "Plutonian ___"

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  13. 13

    The occasional firework

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  14. 19

    :

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  15. 21

    Bit

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  16. 26

    "___ Wiedersehen"

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  17. 27

    City on a lake of the same name

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  18. 28

    Barclays Center squad

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  19. 30

    Essential macromolecule

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  20. 31

    Went furtively

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  21. 34

    Act out

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  22. 35

    Didn't rely solely on memory

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  23. 37

    Repeated title role for Jim Carrey

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  24. 38

    1960 Olympics host

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  25. 39

    Flood

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  26. 42

    Q&A part: Abbr.

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  27. 45

    Like "tabu" or "iglu": Abbr.

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  28. 46

    Horse color

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  29. 48

    "Right away"

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  30. 51

    Tops

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  31. 52

    Green person

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  32. 53

    F.B.I. employees

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  33. 55

    Savory quality

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  34. 56

    Plot point in many a soap opera

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  35. 60

    U.S. college whose campus is less than 1,000 ft. from Ciudad Juárez

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  36. 61

    Meeting places

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  37. 62

    Question that's an anagram of 63-Down

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  38. 63

    Question that's an anagram of 62-Down

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  39. 64

    Review poorly

    3 letters Hints for Review poorly Clue page for Review poorly

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