23 May 2005 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 23 May 2005

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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Stogie : CIGAR
6
"Remember the ___!" : ALAMO
11
___-la-la : TRA
14
Place to study, in France : ECOLE
15
Some jazz : BEBOP
16
1975 musical with a Yellow Brick Road, with "The" : WIZ
17
19
Place for post-op patients, for short : ICU
20
Involves : ENTAILS
21
Remover of hides : SKINNER
23
Household power: Abbr. : ELEC
25
Reagan attorney general Edwin : MEESE
26
Salad leaf : ENDIVE
30
Acquire : OBTAIN
33
Terse note from a boss : SEEME
34
___ Lee Corp. (Fortune 500 company) : SARA
35
End-of-week cry : TGIF
38
Progresso product : SOUP
39
Sent, as a letter, by phone line : FAXED
40
Bring on, as an employee : HIRE
41
Fairy tale starter : ONCE
42
Suffered from a cut : BLED
43
Prison-related : PENAL
44
More nervously irritable : EDGIER
46
Sublet : RERENT
47
Confused : ATSEA
49
Soothsayer : SEER
51
More matronly in dress : DOWDIER
54
Most adroit : DEFTEST
59
___ Baba : ALI
60
Romantic dinner reservation : TABLEFORTWO
62
Thick drain-cleaning option : GEL
63
Bottled water brand : EVIAN
64
Aired again : RERAN
65
Takeoff guesstimate: Abbr. : ETD
66
Silence markers, in music : RESTS
67
Track events : MEETS
Down
1
Hand over : CEDE
2
Computer symbol : ICON
3
Joint inflammation : GOUT
4
___ Longa, birthplace of Romulus and Remus : ALBA
5
Substitute for, as a pitcher : RELIEVE
6
Humiliate : ABASE
7
Journey segment : LEG
8
Lincoln and others, informally : ABES
9
Man in a robe : MONK
10
Popular charge card : OPTIMA
11
Small plane : TWINENGINE
12
Reduces to bits : RICES
13
Blue shade : AZURE
18
She, in Cherbourg : ELLE
22
Nor's partner : NEITHER
24
Persuaders : COAXERS
26
Old U.S. gasoline : ESSO
27
Gas light : NEON
28
Poker variation : DEUCESWILD
29
Blocked : IMPEDED
31
Born's partner : BRED
32
Itsy bit : TAD
34
After-Christmas event : SALE
36
Persia, now : IRAN
37
Hat fabric : FELT
39
Secretive org. : FBI
43
Play : PERFORM
45
Shoe style : GAITER
46
Coral formation : REEF
47
Saying : ADAGE
48
Sign in a boardinghouse window : TOLET
50
Perfect places : EDENS
52
Overhang : EAVE
53
Sluggers' stats : RBIS
55
Peach or beech : TREE
56
Raison d'___ : ETRE
57
___ team (police group) : SWAT
58
Heaps : TONS
61
Counterpart of long. : LAT