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New York Times: Thursday, February 20, 2020
Below is the full solution for the Thursday, February 20, 2020 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Joe Deeney
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Cantina
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Cantina
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Two-time Time magazine Person of the Year
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Two-time Time magazine Person of the Year
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Say maybe, maybe
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Say maybe, maybe
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"The Americans" K.G.B. officer ___ Burov
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"The Americans" K.G.B. officer ___ Burov
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Robert Galbraith, to J. K. Rowling
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Robert Galbraith, to J. K. Rowling
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Summer cooler
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Summer cooler
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Awake during the wee hours, say
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Awake during the wee hours, say
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Gut feeling
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Gut feeling
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"That was a close one!"
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"That was a close one!"
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Journalism
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Journalism
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Showed sudden interest
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Showed sudden interest
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They close at 9 p.m. in New York
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They close at 9 p.m. in New York
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Smith of punk rock
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Smith of punk rock
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"Excuse me!"
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"Excuse me!"
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Nail site
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Nail site
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Dismissive response to critics
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Dismissive response to critics
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Approximately, informally
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Approximately, informally
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French greeting
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French greeting
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Nuke
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Nuke
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Parking lot event
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Parking lot event
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Nation's borders?
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Nation's borders?
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Basketball Hall-of-Famer Dantley
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Basketball Hall-of-Famer Dantley
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"Sweet and healing medicine of troubles," per Horace
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"Sweet and healing medicine of troubles," per Horace
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Town that inspired "The House of the Seven Gables"
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Town that inspired "The House of the Seven Gables"
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Goes (through) laboriously
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Goes (through) laboriously
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Pirate plunder ... or a hint to interpreting an appropriate number of squares in this puzzle
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Pirate plunder ... or a hint to interpreting an appropriate number of squares in this puzzle
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Adult
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Adult
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At dinner and then the cinema, say
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At dinner and then the cinema, say
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What a volcano may leave
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What a volcano may leave
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Opposite of drain
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Opposite of drain
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One may be held by candlelight
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One may be held by candlelight
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Hat worn by Charles de Gaulle
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Hat worn by Charles de Gaulle
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Go down
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Go down
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Chicago's ___ Expressway
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Chicago's ___ Expressway
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Taste
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Taste
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Fits
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Fits
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___ dog
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___ dog
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Subleased
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Subleased
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Where the Ko'olau Range is located
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Where the Ko'olau Range is located
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Busy day, in retrospect
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Busy day, in retrospect
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"___ that somethin'?"
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"___ that somethin'?"
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Speed measure
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Speed measure
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He beat Connors in the Wimbledon final in 1975
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He beat Connors in the Wimbledon final in 1975
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Oscar-nominated actor with nearly synonymous first and last names
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Oscar-nominated actor with nearly synonymous first and last names
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Spike Lee film set at a historically black college
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Spike Lee film set at a historically black college
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Notch shape
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Notch shape
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Support for a religious group?
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Support for a religious group?
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Flub
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Flub
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Hawaiian food fish
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Hawaiian food fish
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Cross
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Cross
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Actress Lindsay of "Mean Girls"
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Actress Lindsay of "Mean Girls"
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Is nosy
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Is nosy
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"We can't joke about that yet?"
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"We can't joke about that yet?"
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Golfer's obstacle
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Golfer's obstacle
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Nation of ___
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Nation of ___
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Actress Annie of "Young Sheldon"
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Pockets of the Middle East?
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Pockets of the Middle East?
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Grilled, at a taqueria
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Grilled, at a taqueria
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Eddies
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Eddies
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Expert
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Expert
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Gather dust
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Gather dust
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Hearts or spades
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Hearts or spades
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Cry of surprise
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Cry of surprise
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Hit it off
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Hit it off
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People eaters
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People eaters
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Oprah's "The Color Purple" co-star
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Oprah's "The Color Purple" co-star
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Word after New York or Las Vegas
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Word after New York or Las Vegas
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Spot to lay anchor
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Spot to lay anchor
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Blyton who wrote "The Enchanted Wood"
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Blyton who wrote "The Enchanted Wood"
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Stuffing ingredient
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Stuffing ingredient
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For whom Wednesday is named
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For whom Wednesday is named
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Tricks
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Tricks
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Sports org. with the New York Guardians and Seattle Dragons
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Sports org. with the New York Guardians and Seattle Dragons
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Brazil's ___ Roosevelt
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Brazil's ___ Roosevelt
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