25 May 2021 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 25 May 2021

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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Evidence of a recent scrape : SCAB
5
Lead-in to fall : PRAT
9
Expensive Super Bowl purchases : TVADS
14
Actress Reid of "Sharknado" : TARA
15
Timber wolf : LOBO
16
Snookums : HONEY
17
Many a graduate of 37-Across: Abbr. : ENGR
18
"Not just that ..." : EVENBETTER
20
"Really?!" : IDONTBELIEVEIT
22
First hit by the Moody Blues (whose title ends with an exclamation point) : GONOW
23
Word with fishing or lightning : ROD
24
"Impo-o-ossible!" : NOFRIGGINWAY
32
Showed up : CAME
35
Capital of West Germany : BONN
36
Party line? : CONGA
37
Tech sch. in Troy, N.Y. : RPI
38
Store clearance event : BIGSALE
40
Gesture meaning "thank you" : BOW
41
The Jetsons' dog : ASTRO
43
Handicraft website : ETSY
44
Bouts of crying, say : JAGS
45
"Oh, come on now!" : GETOUTTAHERE
48
Little Rock-to-Chicago dir. : NNE
49
Reminder of an old flame? : ASHES
53
"How ridiculous!" : THATSCRAZYTALK
59
Hot seasoning made with peppers : CHILISAUCE
60
Singer Brickell : EDIE
61
Throng : HORDE
62
What some ships and hearts do : SINK
63
Tear down : RAZE
64
Rival of Hydrox cookies : OREOS
65
Part of the body mentioned in "Oh! Susanna" : KNEE
66
E.R.A. or R.B.I. : STAT
Down
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Cartoonist William who created Shrek : STEIG
2
"On it!" : CANDO
3
First noble gas to be discovered : ARGON
4
With no exceptions : BARNONE
5
Commoner : PLEB
6
Go here and there : ROVE
7
___ Prize, annual award in mathematics : ABEL
8
Literature Nobelist Morrison : TONI
9
Longtime singing competition hosted by Carson Daly : THEVOICE
10
Said "nay" : VOTEDNO
11
Saying "nay" : ANTI
12
Bug repellent ingredient : DEET
13
Country once joined with Egypt as the United Arab Republic: Abbr. : SYR
19
North Atlantic shipping menace : BERG
21
Start of every ZIP code in Washington, D.C. : TWO
25
Clarice Starling's employer in "The Silence of the Lambs," in brief : FBI
26
Thesaurus eponym : ROGET
27
Photo-sharing app, familiarly : INSTA
28
Grind, as the teeth : GNASH
29
New York Liberty's org. : WNBA
30
Really eager : AGOG
31
Turns sharply, as an aircraft : YAWS
32
Rocky outcropping : CRAG
33
Quiet place to pray : APSE
34
Something for a chef to have on hand? : MITT
38
Awards for some hunters : BOUNTIES
39
Harsh cleaning agent : LYE
42
Soccer superstar Cristiano : RONALDO
44
Court cutups : JESTERS
46
Thomas Hardy title heroine : TESS
47
Output from a sci-fi weapon : RAY
50
Attacked : HADAT
51
Doolittle of "Pygmalion" : ELIZA
52
Sport with clay targets : SKEET
53
God who wields the hammer Mjölnir : THOR
54
"This Gun for ___" (film noir classic) : HIRE
55
Winery container : CASK
56
Pompeii, e.g. : RUIN
57
Adolescent outburst? : ACNE
58
"___ and Luther" (onetime Disney Channel sitcom) : ZEKE
59
Comedian Margaret : CHO