21 May 2002 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 21 May 2002

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Hints & Clues

Across

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High school outbreak? : ACNE

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Afternoon affairs : TEAS

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Witty Wilde : OSCAR

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Person of action : DOER

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Sitar master Shankar : RAVI

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Fern-to-be : SPORE

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Rapscallions : IMPS

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McCain's state: Abbr. : ARIZ

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Spills the beans : TALKS

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Thomas Mann classic : DEATHINVENICE

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Home of the Braves: Abbr. : ATL

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Photo ___ (camera sessions) : OPS

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See 48-Across : CAESAR

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Bakes, as eggs : SHIRRS

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Place for pennies : JAR

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Inc., abroad : LTD

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Angry : IREFUL

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Classic toothpaste : IPANA

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Halving : DIVIDINGINTWO

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Partner of dined : WINED

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Golfer's concern : STANCE

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Jiffy : SEC

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"Gotcha!" : AHA

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"ER" extras : NURSES

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With 25-Across, speaker of the quote hidden in 20-, 37- and 53-Across : JULIUS

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Watch chain : FOB

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Abba's "Mamma ___" : MIA

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Nearby : INTHEVICINITY

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Dunkable treat : DONUT

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Hamlet, e.g. : DANE

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Old English letters : ETHS

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Grenoble's river : ISERE

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Astronaut Shepard : ALAN

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Newshawk's query : WHEN

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Passover supper : SEDER

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Tuna ___ : MELT

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Newbie : TYRO

Down

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Nike competitor : ADIDAS

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O'Neill title ender : COMETH

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Himalayan denizen : NEPALI

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Start with while : ERST

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Walked about : TRAIPSED

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Brings in : EARNS

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Tel ___ : AVIV

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XXL, e.g. : SIZE

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Old port on the Tiber : OSTIA

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#, to a proofreader : SPACE

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Deli dish : COLESLAW

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Object of Indiana Jones's quest : ARK

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In medias ___ : RES

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Abominable : HORRID

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A.T.M. maker : NCR

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___ time (never) : ATNO

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Nutritional fig. : RDA

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Tear apart : RIVE

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Coup d'état group : JUNTA

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Seaweed, for one : ALGA

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Drop a line? : FISH

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Spirits that victimize the sleeping : INCUBI

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Wing: Prefix : PTER

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Prie-___ (prayer bench) : DIEU

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Not level : INCLINED

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Like a lamb : INNOCENT

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Financial daily, initially : WSJ

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Bat wood : ASH

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Shop with an anvil : SMITHY

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Choice word : EITHER

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Refuses : SAYSNO

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Habituate : INURE

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Out-and-out : UTTER

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Big test : FINAL

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Dutch cheese : EDAM

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Greece's ___ of Tempe : VALE

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Adult eft : NEWT

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Speak ill of, in slang : DIS

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Sugar suffix : OSE