21 May 2010 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 21 May 2010

1
L
2
A
3
S
4
T
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N
6
A
7
M
8
E
9
S
10
P
11
O
12
L
13
E
14
S
15
O
N
T
H
E
B
A
L
L
16
A
V
A
N
T
17
S
C
R
A
P
E
D
B
Y
18
R
I
N
S
O
19
T
H
E
N
A
T
I
O
N
20
A
D
D
I
N
21
T
O
W
E
L
22
S
W
E
23
P
T
24
A
G
E
25
I
R
I
S
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B
O
S
S
A
R
27
O
U
N
D
28
M
E
N
29
F
I
N
30
S
L
O
W
31
E
D
G
32
A
R
S
33
M
O
L
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A
35
R
36
S
37
S
I
T
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E
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R
A
P
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P
A
T
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S
42
T
43
A
K
E
R
A
44
C
E
S
45
D
O
D
O
46
W
A
R
47
D
O
R
A
G
48
J
O
S
I
P
49
A
M
A
50
Z
E
51
S
P
I
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N
A
L
T
A
P
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M
A
G
O
G
54
H
O
M
E
P
L
A
T
E
55
P
R
O
N
G
56
O
N
E
S
E
A
T
E
R
57
Y
A
N
K
S
58
T
E
N
T
D
R
E
S
S

Hints & Clues

Across
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Roll call calls : LASTNAMES
10
Sedan chair accessories : POLES
15
Alert : ONTHEBALL
16
Before: Fr. : AVANT
17
Made ends meet somehow : SCRAPEDBY
18
Product once advertised as having Solium : RINSO
19
Magazine founded by abolitionists in 1865 : THENATION
20
Use as an ingredient : ADDIN
21
Beach bag item : TOWEL
22
Got award after award : SWEPT
24
"A very high price to pay for maturity," per Tom Stoppard : AGE
25
Colorful ring : IRIS
26
Order indiscriminately : BOSSAROUND
28
Playing pieces : MEN
29
Bass part : FIN
30
Easy to catch, say : SLOW
31
Robert L. Fish Memorial Award and others : EDGARS
33
Adult humans have 12 of these : MOLARS
37
What a building inspector inspects : SITE
39
Speak on the record? : RAP
40
Nice touch : PAT
41
Belmont and Preakness, for two : STAKERACES
45
Animal on Mauritius's coat of arms : DODO
46
Simple card game : WAR
47
Hair hider : DORAG
48
Marshal Tito's first name : JOSIP
49
Stagger : AMAZE
51
Band name that has an umlaut over the "n" : SPINALTAP
53
Descendants of Japheth : MAGOG
54
Swinging place? : HOMEPLATE
55
Projection : PRONG
56
Cramped vehicle : ONESEATER
57
Jerks : YANKS
58
Garment with no waistline : TENTDRESS
Down
1
Something to make up for : LOSTTIME
2
Not going anywhere : ANCHORED
3
Tossing about : STREWING
4
Old English aristocrats : THANES
5
So-called "Land of the Gods" : NEPAL
6
Give shelter, perhaps : ABET
7
Mermaid's name in "Splash" : MADISON
8
Some pipe fittings : ELBOWS
9
Cunning : SLYNESS
10
___ unit (military squad with a jumpmaster) : PARATROOP
11
Poet exiled by Augustus : OVID
12
Victorian vehicle : LANDAU
13
Banner : ENSIGN
14
Blitzed : STONED
23
Las ___ (capital of Gran Canaria) : PALMAS
26
Publike eatery : BISTRO
27
Hundred Acre Wood resident : OWL
29
What a cook makes when told to "flop two" : FRIEDEGGS
32
Advice for clearing up confusion : ASK
34
One who loses faith : APOSTATE
35
Projects : RADIATES
36
Plugs : STOPPERS
38
Secrets are usually not revealed in this : EARSHOT
39
Training recommendation : REGIMEN
41
Camp ___ ("Beetle Bailey" setting) : SWAMPY
42
Soap opera actress Braun : TAMARA
43
Kingdom that once included Sicily and Sardinia : ARAGON
44
Chicago Outfit bigwig : CAPONE
45
George, so to speak : DOLLAR
48
Poked fun : JAPED
50
Hit the hay hard, with "out" : ZONK
52
Sticks in a bowl? : NEST