2 May 2012 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 2 May 2012

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R
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D
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W
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C
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G
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R
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B
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M
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C
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W
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H
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H
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M
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B
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Y
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B
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A
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Hints & Clues

Across
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Pieces of mail : ARMOR
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Watson's creator : IBM
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Lots : SCADS
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*Features accompanying the comics, often : CROSSWORDS
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What a baby may be : DUE
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*Like some tennis volleys : CROSSCOURT
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Atlas go-with : GAZETTEER
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Legendary racing name : UNSER
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Blue-pencil : EDIT
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Grimm boy : HANSEL
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Nashville sch. : TSU
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Iceman Phil or Tony : ESPOSITO
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H.S. excellence exam : APTEST
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Mined matter : ORE
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John Jacob ___ : ASTOR
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Option after a transmission failure : RESEND
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Stalls : BUYSTIME
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"Well, did you ___?!" : EVER
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Out of sorts ... or what completes the answers to the nine starred clues : CROSS
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Suffix with senior : ITIS
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Sweet breakfast pastry : BEARCLAW
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"___ he-e-ere!" : THEYRE
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Jewish wedding rings? : HORAS
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Radiologist's tool, briefly : MRI
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Something to sing over and over : CHORUS
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Ad come-on, redundantly : FREEGIFT
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Boat propeller : OAR
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Double curve : SSHAPE
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Inter ___ : ALIA
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Beethoven's "___ Solemnis" : MISSA
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Makers of knockoffs : IMITATORS
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*Labradoodle, e.g. : CROSSBREED
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Capital of Japan : YEN
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*Symbol on some flags : CROSSBONES
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Davis of Hollywood : OSSIE
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Couples' place? : ARK
67
Rub off : ERASE
Down
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"Gosh, you shouldn't've" : AWGEE
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*Intersection : CROSSROADS
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Bygone U.S. Postal Service mascot : MRZIP
4
Keats's "___ Psyche" : ODETO
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Q-U string : RST
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Dream up : IDEATE
7
Good, to Guillermo : BUENO
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Cousteau's milieux : MERS
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Forms : SCULPTS
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Reason not to do something : CON
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Cause for budget cutting : AUSTERITY
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*Appear as Tootsie, e.g. : CROSSDRESS
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Parade : STRUT
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Low-quality : THIRDCLASS
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Life of Riley : EASYSTREET
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Favorite ___ : SON
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Fields of comedy : TOTIE
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Olympics competitor of NZL : AUS
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Union foe : REB
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Garden evictee : EVE
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Upright swimmers : SEAHORSES
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Fielding flaw : ERROR
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*Weapon for William Tell : CROSSBOW
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Novy ___ (Russian literary magazine) : MIR
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Guadalajara-to-Mexico City dir. : ESE
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Dorm figs. : RAS
42
Campaign : CRUSADE
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Rush : HIE
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Steve Buscemi's role in "Reservoir Dogs" : MRPINK
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Two-for-one, e.g. : COMBO
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*Scope lines : CROSSHAIRS
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Hall-of-___ : FAMER
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Swamp thing : GATOR
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Actress Massey : ILONA
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*Bygone Chryslers : CROSSFIRES
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Cup of Cannes : TASSE
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Informal greeting : HIYA
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Six, in Sicilia : SEI
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Former justice Fortas : ABE