16 May 2015 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 16 May 2015

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D
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R
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I
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P
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P
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O
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T
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B
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E
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A
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T
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S
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M
14
E
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R
E
M
O
R
S
E
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U
P
D
A
T
E
D
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U
P
P
S
A
L
A
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L
E
A
K
I
N
G
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G
R
O
T
T
O
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C
L
E
M
E
N
T
E
21
C
I
R
C
E
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S
L
Y
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S
U
G
A
R
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Z
E
T
A
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A
L
O
F
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T
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P
O
L
S
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A
V
E
R
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A
G
E
S
O
U
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T
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R
E
D
D
I
A
P
E
R
B
A
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B
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I
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E
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S
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L
I
T
T
H
E
T
O
R
C
H
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A
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S
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T
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I
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N
A
R
I
S
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N
O
O
R
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S
P
A
N
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G
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R
O
M
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P
E
N
N
I
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H
I
N
D
U
48
G
O
D
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W
E
S
S
O
N
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A
N
G
E
L
O
U
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T
I
T
M
I
C
E
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R
E
L
E
A
R
N
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O
N
R
A
D
A
R
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P
L
E
D
G
E
D
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M
O
O
N
E
R
S

Hints & Clues

Across
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Coffee-brewing device : DRIPPOT
8
"I haven't the foggiest" : BEATSME
15
Parole board consideration : REMORSE
16
Like news blogs, typically : UPDATED
17
Swedish university where Anders Celsius taught : UPPSALA
18
Faulty, as a tank : LEAKING
19
Natural shelter : GROTTO
20
Hall-of-Famer with exactly 3,000 hits : CLEMENTE
21
Goddess of magic : CIRCE
22
Expert in calculating : SLY
23
Big Florida export : SUGAR
24
Sixth in a series : ZETA
25
Off the ground : ALOFT
27
Ones skewered in P. J. O'Rourke's "Parliament of Whores" : POLS
28
Moves toward the middle : AVERAGESOUT
31
Children of American Communists : REDDIAPERBABIES
36
Started a movement, metaphorically : LITTHETORCH
37
Barbera d'___ (Italian wine) : ASTI
41
Hole in the head : NARIS
42
Former Jordanian queen : NOOR
43
Exactly, informally : SPANG
45
___-com : ROM
46
Bygone Finnish coin : PENNI
47
Deva, for one : HINDUGOD
49
Big name in oil : WESSON
50
Poet who won three Grammys for Best Spoken Word Album : ANGELOU
51
Tufted songbirds : TITMICE
52
Brush up on : RELEARN
53
Being tracked, in a way : ONRADAR
54
Swore : PLEDGED
55
Tail waggers? : MOONERS
Down
1
Highest officer in his field, ironically : DRUGCZAR
2
Welcome out : REPRIEVE
3
Unsuitable for locavores : IMPORTED
4
Tourist purchase : POSTCARD
5
Rattle on : PRATE
6
Setting for Ibsen's "Hedda Gabler" : OSLO
7
Contents of some chests : TEA
8
"Isn't he great!" : BULLYFORHIM
9
French pioneer of sign language : EPEE
10
Douglas who wrote "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" : ADAMS
11
Adopt : TAKEUP
12
British beer with a kick : STINGO
13
Bonkers : MENTAL
14
Tools with semicircular blades : EDGERS
20
What may help you hang in there? : CLOSETROD
22
Bed-hopped : SLEPTAROUND
25
"You ___?" : AGAIN
26
Some pasta : TUBES
29
Languish : AIL
30
Forever stamp? : TAT
32
Secret society brother to George W. Bush and John Kerry : BONESMAN
33
1960s-'70s detective series : IRONSIDE
34
Cheap ride : ECONOCAR
35
Group governed by the Imperial Divan : SHRINERS
37
Note in B major but not E major : ASHARP
38
Rubylike gem : SPINEL
39
Wrestle : TANGLE
40
Verily : INDEED
44
Place bereft of happy campers? : GULAG
46
Rock: Prefix : PETRO
48
Cause for an R rating : GORE
49
Lush : WINO
51
Barnyard male : TOM