12 May 2023 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 12 May 2023

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Hints & Clues

Across
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Powdered green tea : MATCHA
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"Nothing else?" : ISTHATIT
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Mistake fixer : ERASER
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Like Bluetooth connections : WIRELESS
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Transfer, as wine : DECANT
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Leonard Bernstein's "Candide," e.g. : OPERETTA
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Don't assume, say : ASK
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One way to start a point : SPINSERVE
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Waver wildly : YOYO
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Appalachian spring hrs. : EDT
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A snap : EASY
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Philosopher Girard who coined "mimetic desire" : RENE
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Neckwear that's not constricting, one hopes : BOA
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"The ___ of Wu" (book by rapper RZA) : TAO
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Computer flow like [Insert → Picture → From File] : CASCADINGMENU
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Best of the best : ALLTIMEGREATS
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"The House of the Spirits" novelist : ISABELALLENDE
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Polite thing to call someone : SIR
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Second sight, say : ESP
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___ Candy, best friend of Wonder Woman : ETTA
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Rock band with the 2020 Album of the Year nominee "Women in Music Pt. III" : HAIM
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Air safety org. : FAA
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Kind of pit : MOSH
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Cult 1990s sitcom set at WNYX : NEWSRADIO
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Letter after phi : CHI
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Portmanteau structure built from discarded cans : BEERAMID
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Daytona 500 org. : NASCAR
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Third of Sophocles' Theban plays : ANTIGONE
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C2H6 compound : ETHANE
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They "hatch" late in life : NESTEGGS
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Wrote some hip-hop lyrics, say : RHYMED
Down
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Time to focus on oneself : MEDAY
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Recess retort : ARESO
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Like leaving the price tag on a gift : TACKY
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Farm-fresh box letters : CSA
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They rule the roost : HENS
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Sketching tools : ARTPENCILS
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"Can't make me!" : IWONT
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Doesn't drink much : SIPS
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General Sherman, in Tulare County, Calif., is the world's largest one : TREE
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Doktor alternative : HERR
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Analgesic with a soothing-sounding name : ALEVE
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Little confab : TETEATETE
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"Das ___ gut!" : IST
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Stacker of plastic tubs, in brief : TSA
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Brainstorming diagram : IDEAMAP
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Brand whose "B" stands for "brush" : ORALB
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Minus : SANS
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"Oh, ___!" : YOU
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Lauder of cosmetics : ESTEE
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Don't blow it! : BIGLEAD
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How a lawyer might be kept : ONRETAINER
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Musician's mouthpiece : AGENT
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Subsection of an orchestra : CLARINETS
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"Barb and Star Go to Vista ___ Mar" (2021 film) : DEL
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Polite thing to call someone : MADAM
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___ Minor : ASIA
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Devil follower : ISH
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Be worthy of : MERIT
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Some short cuts : FADES
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Name associated with simple explanations : OCCAM
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Baseball's ___ Victorino, nicknamed "The Flyin' Hawaiian" : SHANE
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Brought on : HIRED
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Conduct : WAGE
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It's hard to see through : SMOG
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Word with pinky or promise : RING
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Initiation ritual : OATH
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Preventive measure : BAN
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Dir. traveled on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge : ENE
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Not forward : SHY