21 May 2008 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 21 May 2008

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

Across
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Birdbrain : NITWIT
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Of the flock : LAIC
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Inferior, as excuses go : SAD
14
Add value to : ENRICH
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Norse epic : EDDA
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Step on it : HIE
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Solitaire card game : ROUGEETNOIR
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Sapphic work : ODE
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Wee hour : ONE
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Pre-K enrollee : TOT
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Spoke hesitatingly : HAWED
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Pugs in gyms, at times : SHADOWBOXERS
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Forcefully, in music : FURIOSO
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Busy cowpoke : ROPER
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1972 Bill Withers hit : USEME
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Brooder : HEN
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4, on a phone : GHI
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Good thing to build on : SOLIDFOUNDATION
42
Poli ___ : SCI
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Response to a backrub : AAH
44
Gentle opening? : SOFTG
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Québec's southern neighbors : ETATS
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52-Down part : BRISTLE
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Initially : ATFIRSTBLUSH
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1983 Keaton comedy : MRMOM
54
Bank worry : RUN
55
Blood-typing system : ABO
58
Word repeated in the "Whiffenpoof Song" refrain : BAA
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Cunard fleet member : LUXURYLINER
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Collagen target : LIP
65
Greasy spoon sign : EATS
66
Poster stock : OAKTAG
67
Saucer contents, in brief? : ETS
68
Kind of support : TECH
69
Big blasts, for short : NTESTS
Down
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"Quo Vadis" role : NERO
2
Knowing, as something private : INON
3
Set straight : TRUE
4
Go nuts, with "out" : WIG
5
It's never in a neat order : ICE
6
Certain sorority members : THETAS
7
Slowly, on a score : LENTO
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Stir : ADO
9
"Rise and Fall of ___ Amin" (1981 film) : IDI
10
"American Graffiti" extra : CARHOP
11
Item from a registry, perhaps : SHOWERGIFT
12
Good Samaritan : AIDER
13
Knight's list : DEEDS
18
List-starting words : TODO
23
Send packing : AXE
24
___ Valley, Calif. : SIMI
25
Worked a garden : HOED
26
House ___ : WREN
27
Source of interest : BOND
28
Something to kick up : FUSS
29
Summer Games org. : USOC
30
They show altitude : RELIEFMAPS
33
"Come again?" : HUH
35
Off-Broadway's "___ Baltimore" : HOTL
36
"A Loss of Roses" playwright : INGE
38
Dietary needs : FATS
39
Drying kiln : OAST
40
Tag sale proviso : ASIS
41
Peter of reggae : TOSH
46
Padre's hermano : TIO
47
Decorative band : ARMLET
48
Astigmatic's view : BLUR
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"Guys and Dolls" is based on his writing : RUNYON
50
Mosey along : AMBLE
51
Red hair or freckles : TRAIT
52
Toiletry kit item : BRUSH
55
Social workers? : ANTS
56
Ready for the sack : BEAT
57
A.A. and A.A.A., for two : ORGS
60
Mideast federation: Abbr. : UAE
61
Band with the 1987 single "Dear God" : XTC
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Part of a G.P.S. reading: Abbr. : LAT
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Liked leader? : IKE