21 May 2021 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 21 May 2021

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Hints & Clues

Across
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Schooner feature : MAST
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Shock treatment, for short : DEFIB
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Subject of the 2011 Jon Roberts memoir "American Desperado," with "the" : MOB
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Tongue-in-cheek : ARCH
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"So sad ..." : APITY
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Stamp collector's purchase : PANE
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Impetus behind a prank, maybe : DARE
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One going the distance? : MARATHONER
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Refuse to talk : CLAMUP
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A ton of bricks? : LEGOSET
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Source of heart-shaped leaves : ASPEN
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Like water at the shallow end of a pool : WAISTHIGH
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Name on a vintage red, white and blue cap : PEPSICOLA
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Weighs (down) : BOGS
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Lead-in to a crazy idea : SAY
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Part of an old circus act : STRONGMAN
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Realm of the Valkyries : NORSEMYTH
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2007 film with the tagline "The last man on earth is not alone" : IAMLEGEND
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Competitor of Dick's Sporting Goods : REI
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Be a rat : SING
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Dish rack accessories : TEATOWELS
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Eel order at a sushi bar : UNAGIROLL
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"Land sakes alive!" : OHGEE
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Severely self-disciplined sort : ASCETIC
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Appear : EMERGE
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Men's grooming items : BEARDCOMBS
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"Sir" might be found at the start of it : LOIN
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Colleen : LASS
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Investor's "No deal" : IMOUT
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Mario who wrote "The Godfather" : PUZO
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5-Across administrator : EMT
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Makeover result, maybe : NEWDO
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Go on and on bitterly : SPEW
Down
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Eccentrics : MADCAPS
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Victim of a 20th-century environmental tragedy : ARALSEA
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Small but full of fight : SCRAPPY
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Some bars returned to again and again? : THEMES
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Conducive to mold, maybe : DAMP
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Org. established partly in response to Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring" : EPA
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The "Tannen" of Tannenbaum : FIR
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One might consist of a primo, secondo and digestivo : ITALIANMEAL
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Data base? : BYTES
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Quarters that could be worth a lot : MANSION
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Brownie mix add-in, often : ONEEGG
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Playoff positions : BERTHS
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Muckety-muck : POOHBAH
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Fig. on a driver's license : HGT
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Sleep aid brand : UNISOM
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Prognosis that a problem has only just begun : WORSETOCOME
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Sunburn-soothing substance : ALOEGEL
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Lead-in to P or C on a PC : CTRL
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Peer of Ibsen : GYNT
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Where the Ring is destroyed in "The Lord of the Rings" : MTDOOM
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Constant reminders? : NAGGERS
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Recovering orthopedically, maybe : INACAST
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Get back together : REGROUP
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Write à la Thomas Gray or John Donne : ELEGIZE
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"Ahhh" : ISEENOW
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Fit to be tried : SUABLE
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Line at a clothing store : INSEAM
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Gives birth to, as puppies : WHELPS
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"___ be nice if ..." : ITD
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Toxic protein prepared on "Breaking Bad" : RICIN
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"Qué es ___?" ("What's this?": Sp.) : ESTO
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Run, like a Deere? : MOW
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Homie : BUD