12 May 2000 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 12 May 2000

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G
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X
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N
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W
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Hints & Clues

Across
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Engine part : STATOR
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Gone bad : SPOILT
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Highflier's need : AIRFARE
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Raw : TARTARE
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Caught : SNAGGED
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Jazz combo component : ALTOSAX
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Goldman, ___ : SACHS
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Quarters in quads : DORMS
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Neighbor of Minn. : ONT
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"Girl" lead-in : ATTA
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Leaf-turning times: Abbr. : SEPTS
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Sacramento's ___ Arena : ARCO
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One who's picky about his work? : IRONMINER
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Senior : ELDER
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It may be thrown from a horse : LARIAT
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Fertile Crescent area : NEAREAST
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Speaker : SQUAWKBOX
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Increase many times : SEXTUPLE
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Writers for old literary magazines : ODISTS
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Assignment in une école : ESSAI
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Don Juan : LADIESMAN
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Get ___ (brown) : ATAN
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Cut at a slant : BEVEL
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Grey in literature : ZANE
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Part of a German noble's name : VON
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Early film exec : MAYER
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Fictional name from Exmoor : LORNA
49
Natural (to) : ENDEMIC
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Cut short : ABORTED
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1942 Abbott and Costello movie : RIORITA
54
Beams : TIMBERS
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Start of a play? : ASSIST
56
Word of caution : STEADY
Down
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"The Man With the Golden Arm" star, 1955 : SINATRA
2
County fair sight : TRACTOR
3
Part of Alexander the Great's conquest, today : AFGHANISTAN
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Makes it : TAGS
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Objective for 25-Across : ORE
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Flush : REDDEN
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Popular movie series : STARTREK
8
Deftly takes : PALMS
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Bits for Fido : ORTS
10
Yamaguchi's rival at Albertville : ITO
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Dodger name of fame : LASORDA
12
Medium states : TRANCES
13
Lash out at : ASSAIL
15
Bleed, with "from" : EXTORT
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Doily pattern : OPENWEAVE
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Exercise unit : SITUP
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The Greek : ALEXISZORBA
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Ornamental evergreen shrub : MAQUI
27
Sap : ERODE
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Cooking : ABOIL
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Stray : ALLEYCAT
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Miracle Mets pitcher, 1969 : SEAVER
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Where the kroon is spent : ESTONIA
35
Tic-tac-toe plays : XSANDOS
37
Hurt : SMARTED
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Coat factory supplier : TANNERY
39
Golfer Sam and others : SNEADS
42
Disinfests : DERATS
44
Teases : BAITS
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Early third millennium date : MMII
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Togo's capital : LOME
50
TV drama settings : ERS
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It may be boring : BIT