25 May 2008 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 25 May 2008

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

Across
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How architects' models are built : TOSCALE
8
Lou Bega's "___ No. 5" : MAMBO
13
Ottoman V.I.P.'s : AGHAS
18
Foyer item : AREARUG
19
Plug in a travel kit : ADAPTER
21
It may give you a cold shoulder : DRAFT
22
Alarming : SCARING
23
25
Auditioned for "American Idol" : SANG
26
Italian town known for its embroidery : ASSISI
28
End of a plumb line : BOB
29
Law assignment : CASE
30
Garbage hauler : SCOW
32
"True" : ITISSO
35
Neighborhood next to N.Y.C.'s East Village : NOHO
37
Ecuador and Venezuela are in it : OPEC
39
[See instructions in Notepad] : MARTINI
41
Relating to a blood line : AORTAL
45
Sub systems : SONARS
47
Suffix with urban : ITE
48
*1973-85 : ROGERMOORE
50
Moles' production : TUNNELS
52
Subj. for bilinguals : ESL
54
Like some video, to cable customers : ONDEMAND
55
Warhol's "___ of Six Self-Portraits" : ASET
56
Lambs' kin : EWES
58
Aside (from) : APART
61
"Smooth Operator" singer : SADE
62
French seas : MERS
63
Powder site, maybe : WIG
64
First mate : ADAM
65
"Put ___ writing!" : ITIN
67
Layer : PLY
68
*1987-89 : TIMOTHYDALTON
71
Figures at many a wedding reception, briefly : DJS
74
Kite flier's wish : GUST
75
Muscle mag displays : BODS
76
Sneaky : SLY
77
Semitic deity : BAAL
78
Med. plans : HMOS
80
Gut course : EASYA
82
Alexander Hamilton's last act : DUEL
83
"By the power vested ___ ..." : INME
84
Aches : FEELSBAD
86
N.B.A.'s ___ Ming : YAO
88
Ventured (forth) : SALLIED
90
Writer born May 28, 1908 : IANFLEMING
93
Speech pauses : UMS
95
Surprisingly : NOLESS
96
Brings out : EDUCES
97
Offering from St. Joseph : ASPIRIN
99
Willy Wonka's creator : DAHL
100
___ buco : OSSO
102
Mexican beer : CORONA
103
A great deal : MUCH
105
"Lost" filming locale : OAHU
108
Global currency org. : IMF
110
2003 best-selling fantasy novel by teen author Christopher Paolini : ERAGON
113
Beethoven's third? : DREI
115
*1995-2002 : PIERCEBROSNAN
119
New Jersey city, county or river : PASSAIC
121
Name-drop, maybe? : ERASE
122
Least restrained : RASHEST
123
Artist Watteau : ANTOINE
124
Ward off : REPEL
125
Singer Jones and others : ETTAS
126
Piano players' hangouts : LOUNGES
Down
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Old propaganda propagator : TASS
2
Ocean menaces : ORCAS
3
*1962-67, 1971 : SEANCONNERY
4
Attire with supersized pockets : CARGOPANTS
5
"Exodus" hero : ARI
6
___ 9, first spacecraft to land softly on the moon : LUNA
7
Deviled things : EGGS
8
Chairman's supporter? : MAOIST
9
Natl. Poetry Mo. : APR
10
Brief encounter? : MTG
11
Programme airer, with "the" : BEEB
12
Knee sock material : ORLON
13
Wood shaper : ADZ
14
Like some wrestling : GRECOROMAN
15
Tennis star Mandlikova : HANA
16
Edwards and others: Abbr. : AFBS
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Eye doctor's concern : STYE
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Shakes up : AGITATES
20
Hungers : DESIRES
24
On : ABOARD
27
California's ___ Valley : SIMI
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"___ #1!" : WERE
33
Title for 48-Across and 3-Down : SIR
34
Lennon's mate : ONO
36
Nears, with "on" : HOMESIN
38
"The Allegory of Love" writer, 1936 : CSLEWIS
40
Kurchatov who oversaw the Soviet atomic bomb project : IGOR
42
Lowly one : TOAD
43
Composer of "Dido and Aeneas" : ARNE
44
Spearheaded : LED
45
Sign of approval : STAMP
46
White-collared thrush: Var. : OUSEL
49
Authorizes : ENTITLES
51
Butterfly experts, perhaps : SWIMTEAM
53
March 25, in the Christian calendar : LADYDAY
57
It can be fragile : EGO
59
Residences, in slang : PADS
60
Drs.' org. : AMA
64
Ship-to-ship communication : AHOY
66
In song, "Once you pass its borders, you can ne'er return again" : TOYLAND
68
Fights : TUSSLES
69
Cable TV inits. : TBS
70
Baton Rouge sch. : LSU
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*2006- : DANIELCRAIG
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Bond common to the answers to the six starred clues : JAMES
73
Runners' locales : SLEDS
74
It's full of holes : GOLFCOURSE
77
Rock guitarist once married to Goldie Hawn : BILLHUDSON
78
Commander : HEAD
79
Plan for dinner : MENU
81
1998 Sarah McLachlan hit : ADIA
82
Alpha : DOMINANT
84
Disapproving cry : FIE
85
Bluesy Smith : BESSIE
87
Night lights : AURORAS
89
Rich soil : LOAM
91
Homeland protection org. : NSC
92
Main mailbox locale: Abbr. : GPO
94
Sweater flaw : SNAG
98
Castle and Cara : IRENES
101
Game played with a 40-card deck : OMBRE
104
"Romanzero" poet : HEINE
105
Phone co. employee : OPER
106
Suffix with billion : AIRE
107
Jalopy : HEAP
109
Univ. house : FRAT
111
Autumn birthstone : OPAL
112
Second start? : NANO
114
Clinches : ICES
116
Hanna-Barbera art : CEL
117
German direction : OST
118
___ Na Na : SHA
120
Disco guy on "The Simpsons" : STU