24 May 2012 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 24 May 2012

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A
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T
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O
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M
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H
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O
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N
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O
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R
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S
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L
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U
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M
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L
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E
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C
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M
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S
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L
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P
O
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H
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R
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H
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D
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I
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O
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N
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R
G
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N
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L
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A
M
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E
M
O
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B
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N
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T
L
A
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A
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L
O
O
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M
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H
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M
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D
E
C
K
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O
N
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R
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O
A
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B
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O
S
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R
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T
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T
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D
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D
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C
R
O
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R
O
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D
S
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J
O
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N
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K
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R
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B
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T
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R
O
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N
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Hints & Clues

Across
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Maker of bonds : ATOM
5
Oscar nomination, e.g. : HONOR
10
Hardly a high-rent district : SLUM
14
Ticket option : LOGE
15
Bowl : ARENA
16
Part of the earth : CORE
17
65 + 20 : BIRMINGHAM
19
Unreturnable, in a way : ASIS
20
City of Syria : ALEPPO
21
Very quickly : INAFLASH
23
Common drain clogger : HAIR
25
Payment guarantee : LIEN
26
Certain pious Jew : HASID
29
1-Across plus or minus? : ION
32
Pipe holder : ORGAN
35
"___, I am dying beyond my means": Oscar Wilde : ALAS
36
Language with only 14 letters : SAMOAN
38
Music genre : EMO
39
Block : BAN
40
75 + 20 : ATLANTA
41
London facilities : LOO
42
"___-comin'!" : IMA
43
Key work? : ANTHEM
44
Send to the canvas : DECK
45
It may be found on a drum : TONER
47
___ Chex : OAT
48
Signs of amor : BESOS
49
Bring (out) : TROT
51
See 63-Down : SALT
53
Carpentry item in a common simile : DOORNAIL
57
Swells : SURGES
61
Bart's teacher : EDNA
62
1969 Cream hit ... or a hint to the seven "mathematical" clues in this puzzle : CROSSROADS
64
Couple : JOIN
65
Cold war flashpoint : KOREA
66
Sarcastic reply : IBET
67
Hot corner Yank : AROD
68
Youngest golfer to shoot his age (67) in a P.G.A. Tour event : SNEAD
69
Kind of column : TENS
Down
1
Jessica of "Fantastic Four" : ALBA
2
Slave : TOIL
3
Figure in "Jack and the Beanstalk" : OGRE
4
55 + 40 : MEMPHIS
5
Capital known in literature as Thang Long : HANOI
6
Society: Abbr. : ORG
7
___ Grape : NEHI
8
Put ___ act : ONAN
9
Of a branch : RAMAL
10
Tackle box item : SCALER
11
5 + 10 : LOSANGELES
12
"Trinity" novelist : URIS
13
Jungle camping supply : MESH
18
Apple tablet : IPAD
22
Apple on iTunes : FIONA
24
Commercial district : RIALTO
26
Something that's often best broken : HABIT
27
Thrifty competitor : ALAMO
28
35 + 10 : SANANTONIO
30
29 + 80 : OMAHA
31
Fair-sized musical groups : NONETS
33
Bygone gas brand : AMOCO
34
Quiet reading spots : NOOKS
36
RR stop : STN
37
$ dispenser : ATM
40
Man with a rod, in the Bible : AARON
44
75 + 94 : DETROIT
46
Picking up the dry cleaning, e.g. : ERRAND
48
You can hardly see it : BLUR
50
Tire deflaters : TACKS
52
Syrian strongman : ASSAD
53
___ vu : DEJA
54
Effluvium : ODOR
55
Wood alternative : IRON
56
Legends : LORE
58
"Welcome Back, Kotter" role : GABE
59
First place : EDEN
60
Fast "birds" : SSTS
63
Potential source of 51-Across : SEA