12 May 2020 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 12 May 2020

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R
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A
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F
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T
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S
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U
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N
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O
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E
T
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M
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B
L
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E
C
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K
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N
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B
S
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R
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Y
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M
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C
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H
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L
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N
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E
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T
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P
P
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R
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Y
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S
T
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A
W
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U
R
N
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A
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L
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C
O
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R
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T
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A
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N
R
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T
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H
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O
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A
T
O
Y
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C
O
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D
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F
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T
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L
R
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H
Y
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P
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R
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L
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N
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K
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H
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E
L
W
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Y
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Y
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Y
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D
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V
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K
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D
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P
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P
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Hints & Clues

Across
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Rapids transits? : RAFTS
6
Foot or furlong : UNIT
10
With 10-Down, enthusiastic south-of-the-border assent : SISI
14
Constellation with Rigel and Betelgeuse : ORION
15
Prefix with second : NANO
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Prep school near Windsor Castle : ETON
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*Dessert with light and dark streaks : MARBLECAKE
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Puts the cuffs on : NABS
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The Black Knights of college football : ARMY
21
Computer seen at a Genius Bar : MAC
22
Gustav who composed "The Planets" : HOLST
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Dundee denial : NAE
24
*First thing to do on a to-do list : TOPPRIORITY
27
Building material that was no problem for the Big Bad Wolf : STRAW
29
Catering hall dispenser : URN
30
Pioneer in email : AOL
31
Microsoft virtual assistant introduced in 2014 : CORTANA
35
About, on a memo : INRE
36
Product warning label appropriate for the answers to the four starred clues : THISISNOTATOY
39
Like Brown University since 1971 : COED
40
Comic convention, for one : FANFEST
41
Info for an Uber or Lyft customer, for short : ETA
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35mm camera type : SLR
43
Sells hard : HYPES
47
*Sidewinder, for one : RATTLESNAKE
52
"Whaaa?" : HUH
53
Broncos Hall-of-Famer John : ELWAY
54
___ Lanka : SRI
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"Encore!" : MORE
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"What a pity" : ALAS
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*One having trouble keeping weight off : YOYODIETER
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Not prerecorded : LIVE
61
Establishments at many highway interchanges : INNS
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Like the flavor of some barbecue sauces : SMOKY
63
Discarded part of a watermelon : SEED
64
Walk back and forth : PACE
65
___ code : PENAL
Down
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Residents of the Eternal City : ROMANS
2
Noah's Ark landing site : ARARAT
3
Less yielding, as a mattress : FIRMER
4
Country singer Keith : TOBY
5
Show with Kate McKinnon, in brief : SNL
6
Open, as a bottle : UNCAP
7
___ Image Awards : NAACP
8
Printed publicity, slangily : INK
9
One of 20 for a bear : TOE
10
See 10-Across : SENOR
11
Language in which "thank you" is "grazie," to natives : ITALIANO
12
Excuse meant to elicit sympathy : SOBSTORY
13
Au courant : INSTYLE
18
Angst-ridden rock genre : EMO
22
Pumpkin : HON
24
Deuces : TWOS
25
___ the mill (ordinary) : RUNOF
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Steaming mad : IRATE
28
It's below 7 on the pH scale : ACID
32
Rummage (through) : RIFLE
33
Ivan the Terrible and Peter the Great : TSARS
34
___ Arbor, Mich. : ANN
35
Wee : ITTY
36
What a whopper! : TOTALLIE
37
When air-conditioners really hum : HEATWAVE
38
ESPN's Arthur ___ Courage Award : ASHE
39
Post boxes? : CEREALS
42
On the ___ (sneakily) : SLY
44
Light particle : PHOTON
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"I've found it!" : EUREKA
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Crow with nine Grammys : SHERYL
48
Used a stun gun on : TASED
49
Justin Timberlake's former band : NSYNC
50
Came to light : AROSE
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Not be serious : KID
55
Something frequently reposted : MEME
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Puppy's bark : YIP
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"I'm ___ roll!" : ONA
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Comcast, e.g., for short : ISP