2/26/16 Answer New York Times Crossword

2/26/16
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1D
They might spook spelunkers
CAVE BATS

2D
Where the San Antonio Spurs used to play
ALAMODOME

3D
Blowhard
POMPOUS ASS

4D
Job ad inits.
EEO

5D
Broccoli bit
FLORET

6D
Like pain after treatment, often
EASED

7D
Nails
ACES

8D
Stop sign?
RED

9D
Unwanted attention
NOTORIETY

10D
Checks out
EXAMINES

11D
Adds with a whisk
WHIPS IN

12D
Makeshift coaster, maybe
TILE

13D
Reason to hold your nose
ODOR

14D
Gen ___ (millennials)
YERS

21D
Yellow-flowered plant producing a sticky resin
GUMWEED

23D
Chicago Fire’s sports org.
MLS

24D
Noisy recreation vehicles
JET SKIS

26D
Blanket
GENERAL

27D
Uh-huh, I believe THAT
SURE YOU ARE

29D
Hold your horses
BE PATIENT

30D
Forgo a night out
SIT AT HOME

32D
His wife and sons were Depression-era criminals
PA BARKER

34D
Couple taken out on a rainy day
GALOSHES

36D
2/2, to Toscanini
CUT TIME

37D
Key-ring ornament
FOB

39D
Demolition cleanup machine
LOADER

41D
___ Barber, five-time Pro Bowler from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
RONDE

42D
Like some legal decrees
NISI

43D
Owl’s hoot, to some
OMEN

44D
Pomeranian, e.g.
SLAV

45D
Cross words
BAHS

48D
Trifle
SOU

49D
Org. in the gulf war’s Operation Granby
RAF

1C
1991 Scorsese/De Niro collaboration
CAPE FEAR

9C
Something exciting to play with
NEW TOY

15C
Fragile fabric made from certain plant fibers
ALOE LACE

16C
Tough leather
OXHIDE

17C
Amscrayed
VAMOOSED

18C
One getting lots of take-out orders?
TAILOR

19C
Edward VII or VIII, in India: Abbr.
EMP

20C
___ nullius (no one’s property)
RES

21C
Pioneering labor leader Samuel
GOMPERS

22C
Was suddenly successful
BOOMED

24C
Nullius ___ (of no legal force)
JURIS

25C
Like NSFW links
ADULT

26C
Kennedy and Bush 41, but no other U.S. presidents
GEMINIS

28C
Chuck
TOSS

29C
Mum’s the word
BETWEEN US

31C
Little, in Lockerbie
SMA

32C
Cross collections, e.g.
PEN SETS

33C
Roughneck’s workplace
RIG

35C
It’s in the far northwest
ESCAPE KEY

37C
Product of Greek culture?
FETA

38C
Moderately dry
SUBARID

39C
TRUE
LOYAL

40C
Splitting words
TATAS

41C
MrC#___ (Styx hit)
ROBOTO

42C
Blow hole?
NOSTRIL

45C
Winner’s prize on “RuPaul’s Drag U”
BOA

46C
Gap fillers, of sorts
UHS

47C
My response was …, informally
I’M LIKE …

48C
Grey’s Anatomy actress with five straight Emmy nominations
SANDRA OH

50C
Hands on deck
SEAMEN

51C
Hand wringer’s cry
OH DEAR ME!

52C
Flip
INVERT

53C
Bridge tolls, e.g.
USER FEES