24 May 2015 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 24 May 2015

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J
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U
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S
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T
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A
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L
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U
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M
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M
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B
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A
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H
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O
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T
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D
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A
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T
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E
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S
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U
H
A
U
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L
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T
E
R
A
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O
O
H
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A
T
H
E
N
I
A
N
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L
U
I
G
I
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S
T
U
D
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F
A
R
M
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G
R
E
W
I
N
T
O
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E
R
N
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S
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T
E
T
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S
O
N
N
E
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T
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A
L
S
O
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S
A
T
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T
H
A
I
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E
R
S
T
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E
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S
S
O
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N
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Y
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R
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O
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F
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U
S
E
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N
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O
N
O
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O
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N
K
P
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N
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O
S
O
A
P
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C
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O
R
E
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N
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I
G
H
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N
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A
B
E
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E
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G
G
S
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U
D
E
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S
H
A
Y
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E
R
O
O
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E
D
E
R
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C
O
K
E
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K
I
N
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P
A
N
S
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W
O
N
K
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Y
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E
M
O
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I
R
I
S
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N
A
B
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O
R
C
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D
Y
N
E
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A
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L
L
Y
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W
A
G
S
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R
O
T
A
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T
A
I
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R
A
Y
S
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W
E
E
B
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A
L
E
S
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E
W
E
R
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S
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V
E
N
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H
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E
L
M
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A
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C
D
C
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G
90
N
A
W
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T
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A
C
O
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K
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C
A
R
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O
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N
B
Y
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O
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T
O
E
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H
100
E
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F
102
A
R
O
W
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E
R
I
S
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N
A
Y
S
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U
H
O
H
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A
X
L
107
G
E
L
108
J
E
E
R
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O
S
H
110
T
111
I
R
E
D
112
E
T
U
I
113
S
A
L
114
O
W
E
D
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A
Q
U
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A
117
S
T
U
N
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W
I
D
E
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A
W
E
120
K
O
K
O
121
T
U
M
S
122
O
M
N
I
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A
M
E
S
124
L
A
G
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G
E
R
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W
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I
S
E
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P
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I
N
A
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G
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I
N
S
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E
Y
E
S
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K
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E
N
S
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E
136
R
I
N
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R
138
A
H
M
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A
140
T
141
V
142
H
143
A
S
P
144
H
145
A
Z
A
R
D
146
T
I
T
O
147
Y
E
E
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M
149
A
150
R
A
T
H
O
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N
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H
E
R
E
I
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T
I
S
154
F
155
R
I
A
R
156
O
V
E
R
R
O
D
E
157
E
R
I
158
G
O
A
L
159
F
A
N
O
N
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B
A
G
P
I
P
E
S
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M
S
N
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O
G
L
E
163
O
G
R
E

Hints & Clues

Across
1
Exactly : JUST
5
Obama vis-à-vis Columbia : ALUM
9
Deg. from Columbia : MBA
12
Much-anticipated nights out : HOTDATES
20
Company with a fleet : UHAUL
22
Prefix with watt : TERA
23
Window shopper's cry : OOH
24
Like the roots of democracy : ATHENIAN
25
Mario's brother, in gaming : LUIGI
26
Breeding ground : STUDFARM
28
Eventually became : GREWINTO
29
Relative of a kite : ERN
30
Proofer's mark : STET
32
"O, never say that I was false of heart ...," e.g. : SONNET
34
"Not only that ..." : ALSO
35
Used a pouffe : SAT
36
Some spicy cuisine : THAI
37
Once, old-style : ERST
38
Competitor of Petro-Canada : ESSO
40
Laura who wrote and sang "Wedding Bell Blues" : NYRO
44
Join : FUSE
46
"That's a ___" : NONO
48
Stuck in a mess? : ONKP
50
"Ain't gonna happen" : NOSOAP
52
Heart : CORE
54
Imminent : NIGH
56
Local theater, slangily : NABE
58
Ones in an annual hunt : EGGS
60
Ulan-___ (capital of a Russian republic) : UDE
61
Vehicle with a folding top : SHAY
62
Suffix with stink : EROO
63
Fulda tributary : EDER
64
Jack's partner : COKE
65
Cousins : KIN
66
Goes for the gold? : PANS
67
Not quite right : WONKY
69
Alternative to metal : EMO
70
Goddess in "The Tempest" : IRIS
71
Win at auction, say : NAB
72
Warrior in the "Discworld" fantasy books : ORC
73
Small force : DYNE
74
Form a coalition : ALLY
76
Jokesters : WAGS
77
Personnel list : ROTA
78
___ chi ch'uan : TAI
79
Travelers at the speed of light : RAYS
80
Former Jets coach Ewbank : WEEB
81
Tavern menu heading : ALES
82
One with a stiff upper lip? : EWER
83
Speed-skating champion Kramer : SVEN
85
Captain's spot : HELM
87
Kind of adapter : ACDC
89
Act the rat : GNAW
91
It's folded before a meal : TACO
93
Dodge Aries, e.g. : KCAR
95
"Walk ___" (1964 hit) : ONBY
97
Red Rock dweller : OTOE
99
Magazine mogul, familiarly : HEF
102
"Pretty Maids All in ___" : AROW
103
The sun's "10th planet," once : ERIS
104
Half of a Senate vote : NAYS
105
"This looks bad" : UHOH
106
Singer ___ Rose : AXL
107
Barber's supply : GEL
108
Routine response? : JEER
109
Kyrgyz province : OSH
110
Trite : TIRED
112
Needle holder : ETUI
113
___ Paradise of "On the Road" : SAL
114
Was bankrupt, say : OWED
115
Blue shade : AQUA
117
Stupefy : STUN
118
Like some missed pitches : WIDE
119
Stupefy : AWE
120
Baritone in "The Mikado" : KOKO
121
Dyspepsia reliever : TUMS
122
All at the start? : OMNI
123
Home of the Big 12's Cyclones : AMES
124
One who's behind : LAGGER
126
Solomonic : WISE
128
___ colada : PINA
130
Plantation machines : GINS
132
Holes in Swiss cheese : EYES
133
Grasps : KENS
135
"The Night Circus" author Morgenstern : ERIN
137
Chicago mayor Emanuel : RAHM
139
Yamaha Grizzly, e.g., for short : ATV
142
Trunk part : HASP
144
Pond or sand trap : HAZARD
146
One of the Jackson 5 : TITO
147
"___-haw!" : YEE
148
Long-running event? : MARATHON
152
"Et voilà!" : HEREITIS
154
One following an order : FRIAR
156
Countermanded : OVERRODE
157
Verdi's "___ tu" : ERI
158
Power play result, often : GOAL
159
Pope's vestment : FANON
160
They're blown at some weddings : BAGPIPES
161
Yahoo! alternative : MSN
162
Do a body scan? : OGLE
163
Meanie : OGRE
Down
1
With 141-Down, author whose work is the basis of this puzzle's theme : JULES
2
Shipmate of Spock : UHURA
3
Brooklyn Heights school [U.S.; 3,9] : SAINTFRANCISCOLLEGE
4
Yank : TUG
5
En route, as a tanker : ATSEA
6
Relaxing [U.K.; 6] : LETTINGONESHAIRDOWN
7
Host of the first World Cup, 1930: Abbr. : URU
8
Michael of "Reservoir Dogs" : MADSEN
9
Spooky sounds : MOANS
10
1988 Bon Jovi hit [India; 6] : BORNTOBEMYBABY
11
Words said with a sigh : AHME
12
Witchy woman : HAG
13
Others, in Oaxaca : OTRAS
14
1996 Geena Davis thriller [China; 4,4] : THELONGKISSGOODNIGHT
15
Mountain ___ (soft drinks) : DEWS
16
What chemists find attractive? : ANIONS
17
Cookie holder : TIN
18
"Dig in!" : EAT
19
___-Cat : SNO
21
Leans : LISTS
27
As an example : FORONE
31
PBS craft show for 21 seasons [U.S.; 3,4] : THENEWYANKEEWORKSHOP
33
Sci-fi narcotic : TEK
39
Military trial for a misdemeanor [India; 8] : SPECIALCOURTMARTIAL
41
"Get it?" [Japan; 8] : YOUKNOWWHATIMSAYING
42
Send off : RADIATE
43
Popular party feature : OPENBAR
45
Often-illegal turns, informally : UEYS
47
"Hmm, gotcha" : OHOK
49
Wolfe of mystery : NERO
51
Sugar suffixes : OSES
52
Benjamin : CSPOT
53
Mitchell heroine : OHARA
55
Firehouse catching fire, e.g. : IRONY
57
"Someone Like You" singer, 2011 : ADELE
59
Overdo it at dinner : GORGE
68
Two-masted craft : YAWL
73
Dr. of hip-hop : DRE
75
Ones pressed into service in the kitchen? [Egypt; 4] : LEMONSQUEEZERS
76
Spitball, e.g. : WAD
77
Mens ___ (legal term) : REA
84
Asseverate : VOW
86
Ambulance destinations, for short : ERS
88
Anatomical sac : CYST
90
Book before Esth. : NEH
91
Event often in a front yard : TAGSALE
92
Passage between buildings : AREAWAY
94
Stream : CREEK
96
___ Tate, onetime English poet laureate : NAHUM
98
Secretariat's org. : THEUN
100
Send off : EXUDE
101
Pilots : FLIES
108
One-liner, e.g. : JOKE
109
Stable bagful : OATS
111
Gets broadcast : ISON
112
McGregor of "Big Fish" : EWAN
116
Dream : ASPIRE
125
A neighbor : GSHARP
127
"Kind of" ending : ISH
129
Rainbow color : INDIGO
131
"Ta-ta" : IMOFF
134
Lyric poem : EPODE
136
Eager, informally : RARIN
138
Overflow seating area : AISLE
140
"Coffee, ___ Me?" : TEAOR
141
See 1-Down : VERNE
143
Longfellow bell town : ATRI
145
"Um, pardon ..." : AHEM
148
Rabble : MOB
149
A.I. woman in 2015's "Ex Machina" : AVA
150
Std. : REG
151
Old game console inits. : NES
153
Dress (up) : TOG
155
1990s Indian P.M. : RAO