16 May 2024 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 16 May 2024

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Hints & Clues

Across
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Seabird's nesting spot, say : ISLE
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Musical lead-in to beat : AFRO
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Pounds, perhaps : ACHES
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Ostracize : SHUN
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Schreiber of "Asteroid City" : LIEV
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Word with secret or school : TRADE
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*Gone : SOMENERVE
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How high rollers want to live : LARGE
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"Shirt Front and Fork" sculptor, 1922 : ARP
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Life lines, for short? : IVS
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Like some peanuts and celebrities : ROASTED
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*Stone tool : TOILETBRUSH
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Scenarios to consider : IFS
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Tailored item that can have tails : SUIT
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Lessens : EBBS
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Bit of a bluff : CRAG
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*Scoop received in a call : ICECREAM
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Back : AGO
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Colorful variety of lettuce : REDLEAF
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They might be targeted : ADS
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*Shall : SPARKLED
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With every detail perfect : TOAT
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Vegetable that's a letter off from an Ivy : KALE
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Notable Guinness : ALEC
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Aromatic welcome gift : LEI
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*It gets the ball rolling : ROTARYJOINT
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"Ah, yes …" : ISEENOW
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The Reds, on a scoreboard : CIN
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Give the name of : DUB
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Final points in scores? : CODAS
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When read forward and then backward, motto that suggests how to interpret this puzzle's starred clues : ALLFORONE
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Say "I dunno," say : ELIDE
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Where to find a very wet sponge : REEF
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Actor Wilson : OWEN
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Biblical verb with "thou" : DOEST
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Whirl or swirl : EDDY
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Part of M.I.T.: Abbr. : INST
Down
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Rae of "American Fiction" : ISSA
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Repetitive clicking sound? : SHORTI
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Disappointing stocking stuffer : LUMPOFCOAL
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Dir. from Atlanta to Athens : ENE
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Tylenol alternative : ALEVE
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Some Guinness records : FIRSTS
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Title for Al Sharpton: Abbr. : REV
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How the fish in nigiri is served : OVERRICE
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The whole world in your hands? : ATLAS
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Uninvited party guest : CRASHER
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Stag : HART
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Competitive advantage : EDGE
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Unwelcome surprise in a glass of fresh-squeezed juice : SEED
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Zero : NIL
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Down more than : OUTEAT
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Neighbor of Leb. : ISR
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Carpenter or mason : BUILDER
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World-weary : BEATENDOWN
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Michael Jackson's first concert tour after the Jackson 5 : BAD
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Texting format inits. : SMS
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Craft measured in cubits : ARK
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Italian dessert : GELATO
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Head of lettuce? : CFO
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"I have to ___ …" : ASK
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School fig. : GPA
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Where more than 60% of Fortune 500 companies are incorporated : DELAWARE
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Goes over again : REREADS
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Athlete with two Grammy-nominated spoken-word albums : ALI
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Participated in a spin class : CYCLED
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Apple Music predecessor : ITUNES
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It's a start : ONSET
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Flash : JIFFY
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Collaborator on 1980's "Double Fantasy" : ONO
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Coffee order specification : ICED
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Stag : SOLO
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Falco of "The Sopranos" : EDIE
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Having a kink, maybe : BENT
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Was ahead : LED
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Louis XIV, par exemple : ROI