2 May 2018 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 2 May 2018

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

Across
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Christmas Island's closest neighbor : JAVA
5
Rites of passage for college-bound students : SATS
9
"The X-Files" extra : FED
12
"Metamorphoses" poet : OVID
13
Throws of the dice, maybe : TURNS
15
Within bounds : FAIR
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___ the Hyena of old comics : LENA
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Key parts of a so-called supervocalic word : AEIOU
18
Seaweed, e.g. : ALGA
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Where gold and silver cups may be displayed : TROPHYROOM
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Like a hearth : ASHY
22
Word with twist and neck : TIE
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Impale : STAB
25
"The X-Files" extras, for short : ETS
26
Foot with claws : PAW
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W.W. II inits. : DDE
31
Fowl places : COOPS
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"... ___ which will live in infamy" : ADATE
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Snooze : NAP
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Broadcasting live : ONAIR
40
Dance often accompanied by an accordion : POLKA
41
Railroad terminus: Abbr. : STA
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Martial art with bamboo swords : KENDO
43
Green-light : ALLOW
44
Automotive pioneer Ransom ___ Olds : ELI
45
Guiding set of principles : CREED
46
Try : ESSAY
48
Nipper's co. : RCA
50
Mormon grp. : LDS
51
Corner keyboard key : ESC
52
Meditative practice : YOGA
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Hieroglyphic figure : ASP
57
Nobel Prize subj. : ECON
59
Temperature- and humidity-controlled place : WINECELLAR
64
City near the California/Nevada border : RENO
65
Gate feature : LATCH
66
Number two : AIDE
67
Creep (along) : INCH
68
Elicit a slug with a pillow, maybe : SNORE
69
Extra in "The Producers" : NAZI
70
Good time for un pique-nique : ETE
71
Fastener with a flange : TNUT
72
Tax evasion investigators, quaintly : TMEN
Down
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What a double shot of caffeine provides : JOLT
2
State : AVER
3
Chianti or Asti Spumante : VINO
4
Not be a dinosaur : ADAPT
5
Didn't leave : STAYED
6
Violinist Leopold : AUER
7
Quartets after some infighting? : TRIOS
8
High-and-mighty sort : SNOOT
9
Something you might secretly push in a 24-Down : FALSEPANEL
10
Octagonal : EIGHTSIDED
11
Heavy carts : DRAYS
14
Poison ___ : SUMAC
15
Branch of the Dept. of Transportation : FAA
20
Secret spot : HIDEAWAY
24
Where you might adjust the volume? : BOOKCASE
26
Family nickname : PAPA
27
Teen, e.g. : ADOLESCENT
28
Something you might secretly push in a 19-Across : WALLSCONCE
30
Start of Massachusetts' state motto : ENSE
32
Extraordinary thing, in slang : ONER
34
Some ring decisions : TKOS
36
CNN's home: Abbr. : ATL
37
Glove purchase : PAIR
39
Subjects of meltdowns : RODS
47
Some caterwauling : YOWLS
49
Prestige : CACHET
51
Spooky : EERIE
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"Fee, fi, fo, fum" speaker in a fairy tale : GIANT
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Author Chekhov : ANTON
56
Purposely placed evidence : PLANT
58
Japanese drama : NOH
60
Khaki-like color : ECRU
61
One of Hollywood's Hemsworths : LIAM
62
Shaping tool : ADZE
63
Control, with "in" : REIN