27 May 2010 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 27 May 2010

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

Across
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Israeli tourist attraction on the Dead Sea : MASADA
6
"Fawlty Towers" airer : BBC
9
Look like a creep : OGLE
13
Withdraws, with "out" : OPTS
14
Testify in court : SWEAR
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Smart-alecky : FLIP
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Japanimation character with a line of school supplies : HELLOKITTY
18
An ellipse has two : FOCI
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___ Darya (river to the Aral Sea) : AMU
20
Switch : SWAP
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Winged Greek god : EROS
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"Get a clue!" : WAKEUP
25
Takes a spill : EATSDIRT
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Tinkertoy alternative : KNEX
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Firing need : OVEN
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1927 Upton Sinclair novel : OIL
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"Ghosts" playwright : IBSEN
31
Neat : SPRUCE
33
"The Giving Tree" author Silverstein : SHEL
36
One in a crowd : EXTRA
38
Resorts to : USES
39
Roadside sights : MOTELS
40
Not perfect : HUMAN
41
Part of N.C.A.A.: Abbr. : ATH
42
Handout from an aspiring musician : DEMO
43
U.S.N. brass: Abbr. : ADMS
47
Total witch : SHEDEVIL
50
Call before shooting : ACTION
51
Bar mitzvah party staple : HORA
52
Virgil contemporary : OVID
54
___ dye : AZO
55
Event on an estate : HUNT
56
Where cabs wait? : WINECELLAR
59
"Ahhh, O.K." : ISEE
60
Shangri-las : EDENS
61
Reynolds of "Boogie Nights" : BURT
62
Asian holidays : TETS
63
Start of many French titles : LES
64
Takes in : ADOPTS
Down
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Sighting at a punk rock concert, maybe : MOHAWK
2
So-called missing link : APEMAN
3
Name on many a hospital : STLUKE
4
Communication system for the gorilla Koko: Abbr. : ASL
5
"Shoot!" : ASK
6
Where to look for hidden words in this puzzle's fifth and eleventh columns? : BETWEENTHELINES
7
1942 Philippines fighting locale : BATAAN
8
Remains here? : CRYPT
9
Iced : OFFED
10
Oh-so-splendid : GLORIOUS
11
Food that usually comes in red or black : LICORICE
12
The New Testament has 21 : EPISTLES
15
Mich. neighbor : WIS
23
52-Across, e.g., in his later years : EXILE
24
Mannequins are in them : POSES
28
Puzzle : VEX
31
Caramel-coconut Girl Scout cookie : SAMOA
32
Barrel toward : RUNAT
33
Sellout : SMASHHIT
34
Breeding ground : HOTHOUSE
35
Modern means of connecting : ETHERNET
37
Mojito component : RUM
42
Undergo mitosis : DIVIDE
44
Oldish means of connecting : DIALUP
45
"Eine kleine Nachtmusik" composer : MOZART
46
Stifled laughs : SNORTS
48
Some history memorization : DATES
49
There's one at the end of this clue : VOWEL
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Opium ___ : DEN
57
Jefferson Davis's org. : CSA
58
Certain corp. takeover : LBO