18 May 2012 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 18 May 2012

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Hints & Clues

Across
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Ones pressed for cash, briefly : ATMS
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1997 #1 hit with a nonsense title : MMMBOP
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Many a bugger : SPY
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See 63-Across : TRIP
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Code that's dangerous to break : OMERTA
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Hermano de la madre : TIO
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___ en scène : MISE
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More like a gymnast's body : WIRIER
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Cartoon character who cries "You eediot!" : REN
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It may be acknowledged with a slap : OFFENSIVEREMARK
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Bad stroke : SLICE
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Back, in a way : FINANCE
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Having the lead? : TETHERED
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Real go-getter : TIGER
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Baker's dozen, maybe : DONUTS
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Reading letters from the end? : ZEDS
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TV's "hipster doofus" : COSMOKRAMER
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Big name in footwear : MCAN
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Wish : PLEASE
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Ticker with cachet : ROLEX
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Watch it : SPECTATE
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Temporary : STOPGAP
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"9 to 5" director Higgins : COLIN
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Bad tool for a toddler to find : PERMANENTMARKER
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N.L. West team, on scoreboards : ARI
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One seen in a shower : METEOR
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Ramirez of "Grey's Anatomy" : SARA
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It's often illegal to hang one : UIE
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Cry for more : ENCORE
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2006-08 heavyweight champion Maskaev : OLEG
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Article in the Louvre? : LES
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High : STONED
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With 14-Across, cruise bonus : SIDE
Down
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Tops : ATMOST
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Wee bit : TRIFLE
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Fish out of water : MISFIT
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Word chanted at a celebratory party : SPEECH
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Routs, with "down" : MOWS
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When the Salt Lake City Olympics took place : MMII
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Longtime first name in TV talk : MERV
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Court paper showing one team's points : BRIEF
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Comical Cheri : OTERI
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Adidas vis-à-vis Reebok : PARENT
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Alien : STRANGER
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Like some navels : PIERCED
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Jon Voight's New York birthplace : YONKERS
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Air and water, e.g. : NEEDS
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Yellow shade : MAIZE
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Runaway : ROMP
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Organic compound : ENOL
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Scrappers put them up : DUKES
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Sprung thing : TRAP
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Response facilitator: Abbr. : SASE
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What water lacks : CALORIES
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When to get back to work, perhaps : ONEPM
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Endpoint of pilgrims' progress? : MECCA
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Big name in frozen food : MRSPAUL
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Circle : COTERIE
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Snowboarders compete in them : XGAMES
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Some Rodin pieces : TORSOS
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Lye, for one : ALKALI
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Like many grandstands : TIERED
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Tee off : ENRAGE
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Apropos of : ANENT
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Retail giant with the mascots Red Ruff and Blue Mews : PETCO
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Extra-bright : NEON
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Bolted : TORE
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He talked only to Wilbur : MRED