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New York Times: Saturday, March 17, 2012
Below is the full solution for the Saturday, March 17, 2012 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
David Quarfoot
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High clouds?
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High clouds?
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Ancient pentathlon event
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Ancient pentathlon event
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Approximately .264 gallons
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Approximately .264 gallons
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Div. created in 1969
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Div. created in 1969
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It gets the word out
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It gets the word out
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New Valentine's phrase added on Sweethearts candy in 2010
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New Valentine's phrase added on Sweethearts candy in 2010
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Prince Edward I. clock setting
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Prince Edward I. clock setting
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Having an underwhelmed response
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Having an underwhelmed response
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Essence
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Essence
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Thought after an after-afterthought: Abbr.
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Thought after an after-afterthought: Abbr.
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Freshen
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Freshen
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Scramble
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Scramble
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Hot
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Hot
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War cry of the '60s
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War cry of the '60s
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Smooth
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Smooth
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"The Da Vinci Code" albino
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"The Da Vinci Code" albino
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"Brokeback Mountain" director
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"Brokeback Mountain" director
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Hot dog's relative
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Hot dog's relative
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Cable inits.
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Cable inits.
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___ tree
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___ tree
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"Alas!"
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"Alas!"
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Flavor
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Flavor
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Hands-in-the-air phrase
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Hands-in-the-air phrase
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McCarthy cohort
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McCarthy cohort
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Big name in educational funding
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Big name in educational funding
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Spread
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Spread
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Birds of prey
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Birds of prey
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Etiolates
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Etiolates
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Incipience
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Incipience
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Grp. involved in the Abbottabad raid
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Grp. involved in the Abbottabad raid
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Onomatopoeic game on "The Price Is Right"
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Onomatopoeic game on "The Price Is Right"
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Time near the end of a time range
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Time near the end of a time range
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It might have a crust
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It might have a crust
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Sophocles tribute that begins "Numberless are the world's wonders ..."
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Sophocles tribute that begins "Numberless are the world's wonders ..."
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Language of the Afghan national anthem
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Language of the Afghan national anthem
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Cry from an arriving group
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Cry from an arriving group
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Medicate oneself, say
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Rampaging
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Rampaging
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Check that's inked, perhaps
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Check that's inked, perhaps
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Sharp
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Sharp
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Spray
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Spray
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Fur source
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Fur source
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Fish of sufficient size
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Fish of sufficient size
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Fur sources
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Fur sources
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Slangy pronoun
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Slangy pronoun
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They're near appendices
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They're near appendices
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Stock in an adult store
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Stock in an adult store
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Name-brand targets?
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Name-brand targets?
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Words below an eagle
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Words below an eagle
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A biochemical solid
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A biochemical solid
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Dock, in a way
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Dock, in a way
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Itinerary abbr.
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Itinerary abbr.
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Spring locales
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Spring locales
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Character
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Character
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Spikes
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Spikes
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Spring locales
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Spring locales
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1997 Nielsen title role
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1997 Nielsen title role
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Common admission requirement
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Common admission requirement
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Actor who might grin and bare it?
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Actor who might grin and bare it?
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Director's cutoff
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Director's cutoff
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Chorus member?
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Chorus member?
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Secrecy, with "the"
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Secrecy, with "the"
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Game show purchase
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Game show purchase
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Rare dynamic marking seen in Tchaikovsky's Sixth Symphony
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Rare dynamic marking seen in Tchaikovsky's Sixth Symphony
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Objects from everyday life
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Objects from everyday life
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United group
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United group
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"In order to know virtue, we must first acquaint ourselves with vice" speaker
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"In order to know virtue, we must first acquaint ourselves with vice" speaker
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Hold off
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Hold off
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Sketch
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Sketch
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Department head?
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Department head?
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Conceptual art pioneer
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Line from Homer
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