21 May 2020 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 21 May 2020

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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Bountiful : AMPLE
6
Nobelist Wiesel : ELIE
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Something that might be kept in a bar : TAB
13
Like O negative vis-à-vis O positive : RARER
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Turn over : CEDE
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You, long ago : THEE
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*Sycophant : BROWNNOSER
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Let (out) : RENT
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Condition for Jack Nicholson's character in "As Good as It Gets," in brief : OCD
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Arias, usually : SOLOS
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Less coarse : FINER
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All things considered : ATTHAT
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Oil-rich region : ARABIA
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Before : UPTO
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*Classic gin-and-grenadine cocktail : PINKLADY
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Entrepreneur's goal : GROWTH
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Pieces that can go left or right : OPEDS
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One of L.B.J.'s presidential dogs : HER
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___ milk : OAT
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Pitch in : AID
37
Lip : RIM
40
Metaphor for experience : RODEO
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Alternative to O : TYPEAB
44
*Military medal : PURPLEHEART
48
___ Lewis, "The Taste of Country Cooking" writer : EDNA
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Sonata closers : RONDOS
50
1996 hit with the lyric "It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife" : IRONIC
53
Good trait : ASSET
54
TV executive Arledge : ROONE
55
Rich source of omega-3 fatty acids : ROE
58
"Gotcha!" : ISEE
59
*Annual Florida football game : ORANGEBOWL
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Mine layer : SEAM
62
Biographer Leon : EDEL
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Fix for shortsightedness : LASIK
64
Playful suffix with "best" : EST
65
Egg ___ : TOSS
66
Three of the last seven words in Joyce's "Ulysses" : YESES
Down
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Ship that Athena helped build, in myth : ARGO
2
Podcaster Maron : MARC
3
Tyrannosaurus rex, for one : PREDATOR
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"BlacKkKlansman" director, 2018 : LEE
5
Physicist Mach who lent his name to a measure of speed : ERNST
6
Measure opposed to strip mining, e.g. : ECOLAW
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Landlocked African country : LESOTHO
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Day in ancient Rome : IDES
9
Suffix with rocket : EER
10
Jazz group : THENBA
11
Classic work famously translated by John Dryden : AENEID
12
Sell out : BETRAY
15
Pre-Olympic events : TRIALS
17
Japanese theater : NOH
21
Singer Fender with a 1975 hit that went to #1 on both the pop and country charts : FREDDY
23
Lug : TOW
24
Faceplanted, say : ATEIT
25
"Bleah!" : UGH
26
Canada's Grand-___ National Historic Site : PRE
28
Alternative to a pilsner : IPA
30
Scalding : TOOHOT
31
Land down under? : HADES
35
Bagged leaves? : TEA
37
Organization with three Nobel Peace Prizes ... or what "corrects" the answer to each of the starred clues : REDCROSS
38
Actor McKellen : IAN
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New corp. hire, maybe : MBA
40
Cash in : REDEEM
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Team named after its official state bird : ORIOLES
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J.F.K. Library architect : PEI
44
Prepare, as a pot roast : BRAISE
45
Sports column : LOSSES
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Vote out : UNSEAT
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Online troublemakers : TROLLS
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Singer whose name sounds like a cry of horror : ONO
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Just : NEWLY
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Overhaul : REDO
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Boo-boo : OWIE
57
Cougars' prey : ELKS
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Until now : YET
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Modern term of endearment : BAE