21 May 2009 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 21 May 2009

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

Across
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1970 hit for the Jackson 5 : ABC
4
"Deal!" : AGREED
10
What a loose thread might be : CLUE
14
Friendly term of address : BRO
15
Río crosser : PUENTE
16
Nest egg protectors : HENS
17
Name of Lord Rubble's feudal estate? : BARNEYFIEF
19
Slurs, in music : ARCS
20
English princess : ANNE
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Sender of monthly checks: Abbr. : SSA
22
Fix, as a pump : RESOLE
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Present addition : BOW
26
Air in a sooty shaft? : COALMIEN
28
Removed roughly : TORNOUT
32
Big Apple sch. : NYU
33
Sly little dog? : SNEAKPEKE
35
One stuck in the can : LIFER
40
Third in a Latin series : AMAT
41
Carefully search : SCOUR
43
Short evening? : NITE
44
Charles ___, "Brideshead Revisited" protagonist : RYDER
46
Celebration for a Disney dwarf? : HAPPYFETE
48
"The Mikado" wardrobe item : OBI
50
Like words? : SIMILES
51
Bamboozle a "Fargo" director? : SNOWCOEN
56
Do sum work : ADD
57
Picasso/Braque movement : CUBISM
58
___ Lingus : AER
61
Title heroine described in the first sentence of her novel as "handsome, clever and rich" : EMMA
64
It's shrinking in Asia : ARAL
65
Property claim along the Rio Grande? : BORDERLIEN
68
Realty ad abbr. : BSMT
69
Alchemic knowledge : ARCANA
70
Mungojerrie or Skimbleshanks, in a musical : CAT
71
Wet septet : SEAS
72
Toadies : YESMEN
73
P.G.A. Tour Rookie of the Year after Singh : ELS
Down
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"Money, Money, Money" band : ABBA
2
Muffin composition, maybe : BRAN
3
Hot dog coating at a county fair : CORNBREAD
4
Mirror : APE
5
"___ and Dolls" : GUYS
6
Judges : REFS
7
Pioneer computer : ENIAC
8
Beach time in Bordeaux : ETE
9
Offset, as expenses : DEFRAY
10
Gorge : CHASM
11
Choisy-___ (Paris suburb) : LEROI
12
Pawnbroker, in slang : UNCLE
13
Ruhr industrial hub : ESSEN
18
Recent arrival : NEONATE
23
Month before Tishri : ELUL
25
Convex cooker : WOK
27
Betters : ONEUPS
28
Romanov ruler : TSAR
29
"___ Own" (song from "Les Miz") : ONMY
30
DHL competitor : UPS
31
Sysop, for one : TECHIE
34
Place to overnight in an R.V. : KOA
36
Unbeliever : INFIDEL
37
Meadow voles : FIELDMICE
38
Major conclusion? : ETTE
39
Roger of "Cheers" : REES
42
Sch. that's about 150 mi. north of 32-Across : RPI
45
Enormous birds of myth : ROCS
47
Sumac from Peru : YMA
49
City visited in "Around the World in 80 Days" : BOMBAY
51
Union foes : SCABS
52
White-cap wearer : NURSE
53
"The Audacity of Hope" author : OBAMA
54
Slumps : WILTS
55
Pusher pursuers : NARCS
59
Cheese choice : EDAM
60
___ Dubos, Pulitzer winner for "So Human an Animal" : RENE
62
Seder, e.g. : MEAL
63
Creatures with tunnel vision? : ANTS
66
Prospector's prize : ORE
67
Fled : RAN