17 May 1999 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 17 May 1999

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

Across
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Cereal serving : BOWL
5
Easy basketball shot : LAYUP
10
Ninny : ASS
13
Blows it : ERRS
14
Senseless : INANE
15
Voice below soprano : ALTO
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Oriental Avenue neighbor, in Monopoly : READINGRAILROAD
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Elite : TOP
20
Person who gets picked on : NERD
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Prefix with red : INFRA
22
Minuscule : TINY
23
Subjects of wills : ESTATES
25
Dishes out : ALLOTS
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Fall over in a faint : PLOTZ
29
Invent, as a phrase : COIN
30
Christmas dinner bird : GOOSE
31
Plopped down : SAT
34
Journalists who don't have desk jobs : ROVINGREPORTERS
38
United : ONE
39
Furious : IRATE
40
Cause a stench : REEK
41
Occurrences on icy roads : SKIDS
42
Steamy places : SAUNAS
44
Jane Eyre, e.g. : HEROINE
47
Teen spots : ACNE
48
On the ball : ALERT
49
Pesky insect : GNAT
50
French friend : AMI
53
Weapons since the late 19th century : REPEATINGRIFLES
57
December 24 and 31 : EVES
58
"And thereby hangs ___" : ATALE
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Watch feature, perhaps : DATE
60
Blanc who was the voice of Bugs Bunny : MEL
61
Coolidge's Veep : DAWES
62
1975 Wimbledon champ : ASHE
Down
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"Sesame Street" regular : BERT
2
Nabisco cookie : OREO
3
Tin foil, e.g. : WRAP
4
It'll make you see things : LSD
5
Tablecloths and such : LINENS
6
Furious : ANGRY
7
Small football gain : YARD
8
Acapulco article : UNA
9
Province east of N.B. : PEI
10
In the sky : ALOFT
11
Goggle : STARE
12
Drinks with straws : SODAS
15
Desi of "I Love Lucy" : ARNAZ
17
"What's ___ for me?" : INIT
18
Environmental-ist's annoyance : LITTER
22
Novelist Morrison : TONI
23
Get hitched quick : ELOPE
24
Mediocre : SOSO
25
High: Prefix : ACRO
26
Crazy as a ___ : LOON
27
Like most sports telecasts : LIVE
28
Homer and others : POETS
30
A+ or C- : GRADE
31
Laid eyes on : SEEN
32
Vicinity : AREA
33
Sounds of disapproval : TSKS
35
Premier Khrushchev : NIKITA
36
Sheepish look : GRIN
37
Loyal : TRUE
41
Tender spots : SORES
42
Terrorizes : SCARES
43
Voting no : ANTI
44
Ladies' room? : HAREM
45
Student at the Sorbonne : ELEVE
46
Ward off : REPEL
47
Viewpoint : ANGLE
49
Chew, like a beaver : GNAW
50
Dramatic wail : ALAS
51
The "M" in S.M.U.: Abbr. : METH
52
"Understood" : ISEE
54
Small amount : TAD
55
Give ___ shot : ITA
56
Medicine regulators: Abbr. : FDA