20 May 2006 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 20 May 2006

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J
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A
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C
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K
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K
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N
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I
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F
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E
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I
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D
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E
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A
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L
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L
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L
O
M
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X
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S
O
C
K
O
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V
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R
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G
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T
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B
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S
I
E
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A
B
A
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E
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B
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G
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O
N
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E
H
S
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M
A
V
S
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L
U
G
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D
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G
I
S
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A
M
A
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B
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M
U
S
E
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S
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A
T
E
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N
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N
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T
E
S
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E
I
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H
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E
R
O
R
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O
N
T
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V
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S
O
O
T
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M
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A
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D
E
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R
A
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S
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J
O
C
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O
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S
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E
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A
X
E
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N
A
V
A
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J
O
S
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L
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V
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R
O
T
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D
A
V
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Y
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M
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C
E
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A
L
E
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D
E
V
A
S
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L
E
V
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R
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C
O
N
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D
O
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O
N
T
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H
E
S
I
D
E
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A
T
T
I
C
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O
N
E
O
N
O
N
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S
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S
L
E
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K
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M
A
R
E
S
N
E
S
T

Hints & Clues

Across
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Serious accident : JACKKNIFE
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Goal : IDEAL
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Folk music scholar who helped popularize Woody Guthrie and Muddy Waters : ALANLOMAX
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Smashing : SOCKO
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Dapple : VARIEGATE
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"Jive at Five" composer/performer : BASIE
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Fall off : ABATE
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Very much for : BIGON
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Lukewarm reviews : EHS
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American Airlines Ctr. team : MAVS
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Coasted at the Olympics? : LUGED
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Yanks : GIS
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Dr.'s order? : AMA
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Discombobulates : BEMUSES
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Took a course : ATE
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City at the mouth of the Loire : NANTES
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"Take your pick" : EITHEROR
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Widely seen : ONTV
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Shade of black : SOOT
37
Port alternatives : MADEIRAS
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Waggish : JOCOSE
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Hacker : AXE
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Treasured blankets : NAVAJOS
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100 Bulgarian stotinki : LEV
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Flapdoodle : ROT
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Johnson who managed the 1986 championship Mets : DAVEY
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Quiet types : MICE
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Schooner's cargo : ALE
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Hindu deities : DEVAS
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Piano key, essentially : LEVER
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Complex unit : CONDO
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In one's spare time : ONTHESIDE
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Top-flight story : ATTIC
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Intimate chats : ONEONONES
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Otterlike : SLEEK
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Imbroglio : MARESNEST
Down
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Fossil remains of homo erectus discovered in 1891 : JAVAMAN
2
Where Zelda Fitzgerald and Nat King Cole were born : ALABAMA
3
Parade : CARAVAN
4
Interlocks : KNITS
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Co-founder of the avant-garde Blue Four : KLEE
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Thick quaff : NOG
7
Words sung after "Hallelujah" : IMABUM
8
Flag : FATIGUE
9
Critical analysis : EXEGESIS
10
0-198-61186-2, e.g. : ISBN
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1988 Meg Ryan thriller : DOA
12
"Popeye" cartoonist : ECSEGAR
13
Emperor beginning in 1989 : AKIHITO
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"The Most Happy Fella" composer : LOESSER
21
Classic song that's the official anthem of the European Union : ODETOJOY
24
"A Study in Scarlet" inspector : LESTRADE
27
Dahomey, since 1975 : BENIN
28
Drives off : SHOOS
31
Corn grower : TOE
33
Series finale : ETC
35
"Hubba hubba!" : VAVAVOOM
37
Mexican rattlers : MARACAS
38
Southwestern salamander : AXOLOTL
39
Thaw : DETENTE
40
Grassland dotted with trees : SAVANNA
42
Peridot, e.g. : OLIVINE
43
Leaves the country : SECEDES
44
Major hurdle, metaphorically : EVEREST
47
Palace card : JESTER
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Quark-antiquark combo : MESON
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Curtail : DOCK
54
Shoot, slangily : LENS
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Go out : DIE
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It might turn up a lot : HOE