NYT Crossword · 62 Across
“They may get a dusting” Crossword Clue
This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword for Sunday, August 12, 2001 as 62 Across. The answer has 12 letters. Reveal it below one square at a time, or open the hints first if you only want a push in the right direction.
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NYT Crossword · Sunday, August 12, 2001 · 62 Across
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Across
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- 8View from Windsor Castle crossword clue6 letters
- 14___ Bay, part of Lake Huron crossword clue7 letters
- 20Shrunken crossword clue7 letters
- 21Tasmania's capital crossword clue6 letters
- 22Winner of all four grand slam titles crossword clue6 letters
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- 25Person with no pockets crossword clue6 letters
- 26Spots crossword clue3 letters
- 27Rosacea and others crossword clue5 letters
- 28"Cómo ___ usted?" crossword clue4 letters
- 30One of the 12 tribes of Israel crossword clue3 letters
- 31Plots crossword clue5 letters
- 34Start of some Spanish place names crossword clue3 letters
- 35Eddie Cantor's "___ Whoopee" crossword clue5 letters
- 36Suffix with butyl crossword clue3 letters
- 37Mozart's "___ fan tutte" crossword clue4 letters
- 38Eye-catching beachwear crossword clue13 letters
- 42Claims, briefly crossword clue3 letters
- 43In all respects crossword clue7 letters
- 46Talking bird of poetry crossword clue5 letters
- 47___ Park, Colo. crossword clue5 letters
- 49"As Good As It Gets" actor crossword clue7 letters
- 50Barbecue item crossword clue4 letters
- 52Consider again crossword clue6 letters
- 54Deposed tyrant crossword clue4 letters
- 55Casual Friday casualties crossword clue4 letters
- 56Grind crossword clue7 letters
- 59Tennessee Williams, to family crossword clue3 letters
- 66Speaker accompanier, perhaps crossword clue6 letters
- 67___-B (Gillette division) crossword clue4 letters
- 69Dynamic opener crossword clue4 letters
- 70Jalopy crossword clue4 letters
- 72Forty-___ crossword clue5 letters
- 73Ferment crossword clue6 letters
- 75Like many Hitchcock films crossword clue13 letters
- 80Day-___ crossword clue3 letters
- 81Gyrates crossword clue7 letters
- 83Name on some Scotch bottles crossword clue4 letters
- 84Gone by crossword clue3 letters
- 85Puts one's foot down crossword clue7 letters
- 87Chief Ouray's tribe crossword clue4 letters
- 88"A Passage to India" family crossword clue6 letters
- 92Pitch crossword clue5 letters
- 94Reacts to a shock crossword clue5 letters
- 96Weapon on an 89-Down crossword clue7 letters
- 98Some campaign charges crossword clue3 letters
- 99"My Fair Lady" song crossword clue14 letters
- 104Take off crossword clue4 letters
- 105Ticket abbr. crossword clue3 letters
- 106It'll hold water crossword clue4 letters
- 107Person looking for a seat? crossword clue3 letters
- 108Half of a famous 1930's duo crossword clue5 letters
- 109Slant crossword clue4 letters
- 110"Joseph and His Brothers" novelist crossword clue4 letters
- 111Bobbin crossword clue5 letters
- 113Run (for) crossword clue3 letters
- 114More contrived crossword clue6 letters
- 116Meal enders crossword clue16 letters
- 122Puts up crossword clue6 letters
- 123Kind of fuel crossword clue6 letters
- 124Amusement park features crossword clue7 letters
- 125Easy ___ crossword clue6 letters
- 126Unveil crossword clue6 letters
- 127Barely crossword clue7 letters
Down
- 1Telepathy, e.g. crossword clue3 letters
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- 3Olé crossword clue3 letters
- 4Like Mother Teresa crossword clue8 letters
- 5Deprives of judgment crossword clue6 letters
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- 7Irish lass's name crossword clue4 letters
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- 9Obtrudes crossword clue7 letters
- 10Fit crossword clue4 letters
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- 12Poetic preposition crossword clue3 letters
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- 14"The Great ___" (1979 film) crossword clue7 letters
- 15Request from a thirsty Spaniard crossword clue4 letters
- 16Wander crossword clue3 letters
- 17Stock no-no crossword clue14 letters
- 18"The Mambo Kings" co-star crossword clue7 letters
- 19Watch crossword clue7 letters
- 24Latvian, e.g. crossword clue4 letters
- 29Worker with hides crossword clue7 letters
- 31Agt.'s cut crossword clue3 letters
- 32___-see crossword clue4 letters
- 33John of "Viva Max!" crossword clue5 letters
- 35Year in the rule of Ethelred the Unready crossword clue3 letters
- 38Shot putter? crossword clue7 letters
- 39One of football's Fearsome Foursome crossword clue5 letters
- 40Enables a runner to score, maybe crossword clue6 letters
- 41Manage crossword clue5 letters
- 44Two pages crossword clue4 letters
- 45Coats crossword clue9 letters
- 48Foil alternative crossword clue5 letters
- 50Sharpen crossword clue5 letters
- 51"Great Expectations" hero crossword clue3 letters
- 53Going back to repeatedly crossword clue9 letters
- 57Sky over Strasbourg crossword clue4 letters
- 58First name in architecture crossword clue4 letters
- 59Big music news crossword clue4 letters
- 60"Yes ___?" crossword clue4 letters
- 61Gibson fan, say crossword clue14 letters
- 63Speech stumbles crossword clue3 letters
- 64Figures crossword clue6 letters
- 65Part: Abbr. crossword clue3 letters
- 68Charter crossword clue5 letters
- 71El ___, 1942 battle site crossword clue7 letters
- 74Circus prop crossword clue5 letters
- 76Pancreatic hormone crossword clue7 letters
- 77Dines at home crossword clue6 letters
- 78Number of coins in the Fontana di Trevi crossword clue3 letters
- 79Foul-up crossword clue4 letters
- 82Broadcast crossword clue6 letters
- 86Activity at a sorority crossword clue8 letters
- 89See 96-Across crossword clue8 letters
- 90Squirming crossword clue4 letters
- 91Place for runners crossword clue4 letters
- 92Big successes crossword clue7 letters
- 93Claim crossword clue7 letters
- 95Musician's need crossword clue3 letters
- 97Pee ___, Carolina river crossword clue3 letters
- 100"Citizen Kane" inspiration crossword clue6 letters
- 101Seeds crossword clue6 letters
- 102Kind of cut crossword clue6 letters
- 103Pooped crossword clue5 letters
- 108Approximately crossword clue5 letters
- 110Dole crossword clue4 letters
- 111Dance instructor's call crossword clue4 letters
- 112Place to see José Morelos crossword clue4 letters
- 113Damned crossword clue4 letters
- 115Food preserver crossword clue3 letters
- 117Quandary crossword clue3 letters
- 118Pick up crossword clue3 letters
- 119___-European crossword clue4 letters
- 120French possessive crossword clue3 letters
- 121Daytona-to-Vero Beach dir. crossword clue3 letters
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How many letters is the answer to “They may get a dusting”?
The answer has 12 letters. It starts with F and ends with S, so you can check it against the squares you have already filled.
When was “They may get a dusting” last seen?
Most recently in the NYT Crossword on Sunday, August 12, 2001, at 62 Across.
What is the answer to the “They may get a dusting” crossword clue?
The answer is FINGERPRINTS (12 letters). If you'd rather work it out yourself, the hints above give it away a little at a time.