20 May 2015 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 20 May 2015

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

Across
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Some bunts or flies, for short : SACS
5
Sound of thunder : PEAL
9
Cabinet member's title, maybe : MADAM
14
Throw a line to : HELP
15
Have merit : RATE
16
Came into being : AROSE
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Like much tribal history : ORAL
18
Neck of the woods : AREA
19
"Of course!" : RIGHT
20
In relation to someone's travel document? : VISAVISAVISA
23
Holiday not widely observed by Quakers : EASTER
24
See-through material : MESH
25
Start of a one-two : JAB
28
Cunning : SLY
29
Drilling apparatus : RIG
31
Many a MundoFox watcher : LATINO
33
"Grampa Simpson, describe a Genesis figure"? : ABELABELABEL
36
Diamond defect : FLAW
39
Back when : AGO
40
Off-color, plus : LEWD
41
Jockey who's jeered by me? : RIDERIDERIDE
46
Paper Mate's Pink Pearl, e.g. : ERASER
47
Brian who produced U2 : ENO
48
Awareness-raising spot, for short : PSA
51
Cap named for a Robert Burns hero : TAM
52
Meadow cries : BAAS
55
Wordless harrumphs : SNORTS
57
Detective catches sight of bakery wares? : PIESPIESPIES
59
It might make a shadow disappear : RAZOR
62
Respond to a belly rub, say : PURR
63
Manner of speaking : TONE
64
Be : EXIST
65
Send off : EMIT
66
Mineral abundant in kale : IRON
67
"Mark twain" measure : DEPTH
68
Role for Costner or Stack : NESS
69
Dermatologist's concern : CYST
Down
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Pushes hard : SHOVES
2
Like most Google Earth views : AERIAL
3
Elegant : CLASSY
4
Paintball impact sound : SPLAT
5
With 11-Down, barking rodent : PRAIRIE
6
What barbers "lower" : EARS
7
First-stringers : ATEAM
8
Fleet Week break : LEAVE
9
Parade V.I.P. : MARSHAL
10
Bocelli piece : ARIA
11
See 5-Down : DOG
12
Makeup of some bats : ASH
13
"Miracle" player of 1969 : MET
21
What "is" is : VERB
22
Any of the Canaries : ISLE
25
Agree (with) : JIBE
26
From the top : ANEW
27
Font option : BOLD
30
Feeling pleased : GLAD
32
Chaucer piece : TALE
33
Bowls over : AWES
34
Actuarial figure : AGE
35
Barrel diameter : BORE
36
Get in a stew : FRET
37
Turkish currency unit : LIRA
38
"Paradise Lost" character : ADAM
42
Renaissance : REBIRTH
43
"Dies ___" (hymn) : IRAE
44
They often fall out of magazines : INSERTS
45
Mob summit figures : DONS
48
Home to monks or nuns : PRIORY
49
Notepad holders of old : STENOS
50
Nod of the head, say : ASSENT
53
Wood used in matchmaking : ASPEN
54
Surf froth : SPUME
56
___ disc (blind spot) : OPTIC
57
Put on YouTube, e.g. : POST
58
"Bearded" bloom : IRIS
59
Power tie shade : RED
60
Send packing : AXE
61
Nada : ZIP