21 May 2024 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 21 May 2024

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A
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C
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E
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D
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P
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L
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A
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R
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R
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D
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S
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B
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S
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Q
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M
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P
E
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W
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U
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G
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H
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B
O
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T
T
L
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G
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O
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R
D
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G
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E
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O
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L
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D
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S
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G
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P
E
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P
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A
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S
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T
O
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C
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R
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R
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I
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G
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H
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U
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S
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E
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G
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Z
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R
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L
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T
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S
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O
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H
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N
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V
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M
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X
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R
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Z
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G
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R
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J
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B
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B
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R
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O
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O
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F
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A
R
M
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T
H
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D

Hints & Clues

Across
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Hit a serve past : ACED
5
Ballet dancer's bend : PLIE
9
Lightens (up) : EASES
14
Word after golden or slide : RULE
15
Often-discarded part of a fruit : RIND
16
Canonized person : SAINT
17
Cheat sheets : CRIBNOTES
19
Post-panel sesh : QANDA
20
Male cat : TOM
21
Big name in public opinion research : PEW
23
It might be poked : FUN
24
Cry of disgust that sounds like 24-Down : UGH
27
Fruit also known as calabash : BOTTLEGOURD
31
"Yeah, I suppose" : GUESSSO
33
Soup kitchen utensils : LADLES
34
Stare open-mouthed : GAPE
35
Target, as a wide receiver : PASSTO
38
Outbuilding for many a historic home : CARRIAGEHOUSE
43
Millennial's successor, informally : GENZER
44
Tennis do-overs : LETS
46
"That's pretty nifty!" : OHNEAT
49
Fashion house whose logo features Medusa : VERSACE
52
Counterpart to a landline : MOBILEPHONE
55
Appreciative text : THX
56
Schedule abbr. : ETA
57
Middle name for Alec Baldwin and Carly Jepsen : RAE
58
Go the other way : ZAG
60
Indian royals : RAJAS
63
Make safer, in a way ... or what the starts of 17-, 27-, 38- and 52-Across might be? : BABYPROOF
68
Pageant topper : TIARA
69
Often-discarded part of a fruit : STEM
70
Inactive : IDLE
71
One-___ bandit : ARMED
72
Biblical pronoun : THEE
73
Nonnegotiable thing : NEED
Down
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Airplane's path on a flight map, often : ARC
2
Junkyard dog : CUR
3
Roth of "Inglourious Basterds" : ELI
4
Red scare? : DEBT
5
Sneak previews : PROMOS
6
Happening, in modern parlance : LIT
7
Bumbling : INEPT
8
Old car make named for Henry Ford's son : EDSEL
9
Abbr. on a lawyer's business card : ESQ
10
Highly rated, as a bond : AAA
11
Iniquitous : SINFUL
12
Stick it out : ENDURE
13
Array at a farmer's market : STANDS
18
Noggins : NOBS
22
Language in which "w" can be a vowel : WELSH
24
Australian boot brand : UGG
25
Green dip, familiarly : GUAC
26
Purifying filter acronym : HEPA
28
November birthstone : TOPAZ
29
One purring in Peru : GATO
30
Nonalcoholic beer brand : ODOULS
32
Composer Rachmaninoff : SERGEI
36
Ripen : AGE
37
Kind of motor used in robotics : SERVO
39
Down-to-earth : REAL
40
Lead-in to mingle or mezzo : INTER
41
Ticket assignment : SEAT
42
Cut quite a figure? : ETCH
45
Something a prenatal ultrasound can determine : SEX
46
Mafia code of silence : OMERTA
47
Windbag's output : HOTAIR
48
Classic video game with the catchphrase "He's on fire!" : NBAJAM
50
Biological catalyst : ENZYME
51
Collect what's been sown : REAP
53
"Blue Ribbon" brewer : PABST
54
Toffee bar brand since 1928 : HEATH
59
Beam : GRIN
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"What ___ the odds?" : ARE
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Down in the dumps : SAD
64
Wax producer : BEE
65
Shelley's "To a Skylark," for one : ODE
66
World Cup chant : OLE
67
Put quarters in, as a meter : FED