18 May 1997 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 18 May 1997

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C
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D
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A
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M
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L
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E
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H
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G
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R
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D
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D
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S
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R
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B
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B
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D
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F
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O
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R
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L
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K
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G
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H
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J
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Y
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B
O
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R
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H
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B
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K
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B
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D
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G
R
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R
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Hints & Clues

Across
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Like some appliances : ACDC
5
Cremona name : AMATI
10
Spite : MALICE
16
Halloween get-up : HAG
19
Inveigh (against) : RAIL
20
Actor Alain : DELON
21
50's-70's Dodgers manager Walt : ALSTON
22
Slip : ERR
23
1936 film : MRDEEDSGOESTOTOWN
26
Where Maracana Stadium is : RIO
27
"La Navarraise" heroine : ANITA
28
Wheezy chest sounds : RALES
29
Nursery rhyme character who "fell fast asleep" : BOPEEP
31
Daiquiri flavor : BANANA
33
___ clock (self-winding timepiece) : ATMOS
34
Fiasco : DEBACLE
35
Emergency supply : SERUM
36
Of the upper hipbone : ILIAC
37
Started eating : FELLTO
38
City on the North Platte : CASPER
40
"It Happened One Night" star : CLARKGABLE
42
Printemps month : MAI
45
Prayer word : AVE
46
Waiting area for the Robert E. Lee : LEVEE
48
One of a Latin trio : AMAS
49
Ursula Andress's birthplace : BERN
50
Get better, so to speak : MEND
52
"Meet John Doe" star : GARYCOOPER
56
P.C. Wren's Beau : GESTE
57
Rank below abbess : PRIORESS
59
Kind of space : OUTER
60
Name in Keats's "On First Looking Into Chapman's Homer" : CORTEZ
61
3-2, e.g. : COUNT
62
Some poker payments : CHITS
63
Faineance : SLOTH
64
Home for Heidi : CHALET
66
Plow part : BLADE
67
Abel, for one : SHEPHERD
70
Put an edge on : HONED
71
"You Can't Take It With You" star : JEANARTHUR
73
1958 Pulitzer author : AGEE
74
British royal, informally : ANDY
75
Former Eur. airline : BOAC
76
Alternative to Corinthian : IONIC
78
Inexperienced : RAW
79
Ref's decision : TKO
80
Born May 18, 1897, he directed all the films named in this puzzle : FRANKCAPRA
84
Wheedle : CAJOLE
86
60's series set in post-Civil War : LAREDO
88
Appropriate : ALLOT
89
Spread out : ROOMY
90
St. ___, first American links locale : ANDREWS
92
Pakistan's chief river : INDUS
93
Odalisques serve them : HAREMS
95
Contradicts : BELIES
96
Respected one : DOYEN
97
Barbecue offering : KABOB
98
One of Princess Yasmin's names : AGA
99
1946 film : ITSAWONDERFULLIFE
105
Private eye : TEC
106
Tennis doubles player : NETMAN
107
Utters : EMITS
108
Like some votes : ORAL
109
St. Agnes's ___ (January 20) : EVE
110
Salad start : GREENS
111
Ballet ___ : RUSSE
112
Like a 103-Down, maybe : WAXY
Down
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Usher's offering : ARM
2
"Wheels" : CAR
3
Served the purpose : DID
4
Make a killing : CLEANUP
5
Contribute during preparation : ADDIN
6
Famous party giver : MESTA
7
Marine ___ : ALGA
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Moreover : TOO
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Physics topic : INERTIA
10
Griffith TV role : MATLOCK
11
Fugard's "A Lesson From ___" : ALOES
12
W.W. II transports: Abbr. : LSTS
13
Four-time Japanese P.M. : ITO
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Sounds from the lea : COWBELLS
15
Make heroic : ENNOBLE
16
1951 film : HERECOMESTHEGROOM
17
Posthumous Plath book : ARIEL
18
Fumble : GROPE
24
Nail polish : ENAMEL
25
Island next to Leyte : SAMAR
30
You can stand this! : PAT
31
Oregonian : BEAVER
32
1944 film : ARSENICANDOLDLACE
33
Part of a tennis court : ALLEY
34
Except : DEBAR
35
Rascal : SCAMP
36
Their work goes down the tubes : ICERS
37
Hall-of-___ : FAMER
39
Shopping street in London's West End : REGENT
41
Shows surprise : GAPES
43
Puccini's "Vissi d'___" : ARTE
44
Don Juan's mother : INEZ
47
Like Asia's reaches : VAST
49
Woman's wide lace collar : BERTHA
51
Pianist-actor Wilson : DOOLEY
53
"Over There" composer : COHAN
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Louise de la Ramee's pen name : OUIDA
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The Water Rat's friend : OTTER
56
Sticky stuff : GOOP
58
Reconsidered : RUED
60
Father : CLERIC
62
Typewriter sound : CLACK
63
Snub, in a way : SHUN
64
Chin : CHAT
65
It means "Out of my way!" : HONK
66
Game of chance : BEANO
67
Young hog : SHOAT
68
Dominions : REALMS
69
Hero of 1898 : DEWEY
71
Steinbeck family : JOADS
72
Early weather satellite : TIROS
75
Plymouth Colony leader : BREWSTER
77
Character actor J. ___ Naish : CARROL
80
Emancipation : FREEING
81
Western backdrops : CANYONS
82
Caller on Miss Mullens, in Longfellow : ALDEN
83
Sack : PLUNDER
85
Guy in the street : JOEBLOW
87
TV actress Meyers : ARI
90
Moderate : ABATE
91
Beersheba's locale : NEGEV
92
Grant Wood, notably : IOWAN
93
Knife handles : HAFTS
94
Wrong : ABUSE
96
Title for Kiri Te Kanawa : DAME
97
Rap duo ___ Kross : KRIS
100
Bernadette, e.g.: Abbr. : STE
101
Six-foot runner? : EMU
102
George's brother : IRA
103
Certain letter : FAX
104
Nevada county seat : ELY