1 May 1996 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 1 May 1996

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T
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H
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A
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W
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V
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I
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S
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O
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R
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S
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E
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S
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T
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A
U
D
I
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E
N
T
R
E
E
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R
K
O
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G
E
O
R
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G
E
B
U
R
N
S
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N
E
O
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E
A
R
E
D
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D
A
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R
I
E
N
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H
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O
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G
T
I
E
D
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R
E
M
E
E
T
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E
R
R
A
N
D
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O
R
E
C
K
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S
L
O
P
S
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M
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E
D
E
S
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O
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B
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S
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S
O
U
S
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C
I
G
A
R
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E
V
A
N
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E
N
C
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C
A
N
O
N
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O
V
A
T
E
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H
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E
A
R
D
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A
P
A
C
H
E
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R
O
B
R
O
Y
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F
L
E
N
S
E
R
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C
Y
M
B
A
L
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Z
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I
R
E
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R
D
A
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F
I
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D
E
L
C
A
S
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T
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R
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O
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A
E
R
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N
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S
L
E
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C
U
B
A
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M
R
X
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S
A
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T
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E
X
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T

Hints & Clues

Across
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Easing of tension : THAW
5
They go down when it's sunny : VISORS
11
Va. clock setting : EST
14
Quattro maker : AUDI
15
Menu pick : ENTREE
16
Big initials in old films : RKO
17
Man with a 36-Across : GEORGEBURNS
19
Prefix with conservative : NEO
20
Crop-___ (having short hair) : EARED
21
Connecticut town : DARIEN
23
Thwarted : HOGTIED
26
Return to class : REMEET
27
Gofer's task : ERRAND
28
Brand of vacuums : ORECK
29
Pours none too neatly : SLOPS
30
Ancient Iranians : MEDES
32
Dictionary abbr. : OBS
35
Under: Fr. : SOUS
36
Theme of this puzzle : CIGAR
37
Gov. Bayh of Indiana : EVAN
38
S.A.S.E., e.g. : ENC
39
Body of law : CANON
40
Egg-shaped : OVATE
41
Learned via the grapevine : HEARD
43
Army helicopter : APACHE
44
Drink with Scotch : ROBROY
45
Blubber stripper : FLENSER
46
Big bang maker : CYMBAL
47
Ali-Foreman battle site : ZAIRE
48
Nutritional abbr. : RDA
49
Man with a 36-Across : FIDELCASTRO
54
___Lingus : AER
55
Set apart : ENISLE
56
Home of 49-Across : CUBA
57
"Anonymous" : MRX
58
Salvation Army workers : SANTAS
59
Kind of poll : EXIT
Down
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Make "it" : TAG
2
Shade : HUE
3
Uproar : ADO
4
Watergate-type crimes : WIRETAPS
5
Turned aside : VEERED
6
Sacked out : INBED
7
Collar fastener : STUD
8
Rink great : ORR
9
Giver : RENDERER
10
Cracker seeds : SESAMES
11
Man with a 36-Across : ERNIEKOVACS
12
Shooter's game : SKEET
13
Bugs Bunny, e.g. : TOON
18
Capital___ : GAINS
22
VCR button: Abbr. : REC
23
"Siddhartha" author : HESSE
24
Wrinkle-resistant fabric : ORLON
25
Man with a 36-Across : GROUCHOMARX
26
Tokyo destroyer, in film : RODAN
30
Dawber TV role : MINDY
31
It's sometimes bruised : EGO
33
Wash : BATHE
34
Scornful utterance : SNEER
36
English colony until 1729 : CAROLINA
37
Fade away : EVANESCE
39
Vessels outside port? : CARAFES
40
La Scala performance : OPERA
42
Flow's partner : EBB
43
"___Restaurant" : ALICES
44
Golf cup name : RYDER
45
Spanish composer Manuel de___ : FALLA
46
Stuff (in) : CRAM
47
Joie de vivre : ZEST
50
Racket : DIN
51
Prom attire : TUX
52
Diamond stat : RBI
53
Dobbin's nibble : OAT