3 May 2012 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 3 May 2012

1
J
2
U
3
N
4
O
5
P
6
C
7
B
8
S
9
S
10
M
11
A
12
S
13
H
14
A
T
A
N
15
A
R
I
A
16
H
I
R
E
E
17
G
E
N
E
18
O
L
O
G
Y
19
E
L
C
A
R
20
S
P
O
U
S
E
S
21
L
E
L
A
N
D
22
P
E
R
S
23
E
24
V
E
R
E
N
C
E
25
I
26
S
27
M
28
M
E
R
C
I
29
N
E
E
D
30
K
I
M
31
O
32
N
O
33
I
R
A
34
N
I
35
E
X
E
C
S
36
M
C
S
37
B
U
38
D
39
G
40
E
41
C
A
42
S
A
S
43
S
A
M
I
A
M
44
E
45
R
46
M
A
47
K
N
O
48
L
L
49
N
Y
U
50
Q
U
E
S
51
T
I
O
N
A
I
52
R
53
E
54
U
S
E
S
U
P
55
S
P
A
C
56
E
57
R
58
S
59
A
S
T
I
R
60
M
61
I
S
P
E
L
L
E
D
62
L
I
M
O
N
63
S
M
E
E
64
A
L
B
A
65
S
A
E
N
S
66
U
S
S
R
67
T
E
A
K

Hints & Clues

Across
1
2007 Ellen Page film : JUNO
5
Some coolant fluids, for short : PCBS
9
Runaway success : SMASH
14
Work on ___ (sunbathe) : ATAN
15
Da capo ___ : ARIA
16
One leaving a personnel director's office, maybe : HIREE
17
Study of trees? : GENEOLOGY
19
Dana of "MacGyver" : ELCAR
20
Better halves : SPOUSES
21
Henry who founded Cadillac : LELAND
22
Tenacity : PERSEVERENCE
25
Doctrine : ISM
28
French comment that may elicit the reply "de rien" : MERCI
29
Passport for foreign travel, e.g. : NEED
30
Article with an ushiromigoro : KIMONO
33
Dinar spender : IRANI
35
Suits : EXECS
36
Mic holders : MCS
37
Move at all : BUDGE
41
They're on haciendas : CASAS
43
Persistent Seuss character : SAMIAM
44
"Forever, ___" (1996 humor book) : ERMA
47
Rise : KNOLL
49
Where Spike Lee earned his M.F.A. : NYU
50
Survey staple : QUESTIONAIRE
54
Depletes : USESUP
55
Orthodontic add-ons : SPACERS
59
Moving about : ASTIR
60
Like the six longest answers in this puzzle : MISPELLED
62
Spanish citrus fruit : LIMON
63
Role in "Hook" : SMEE
64
Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland : ALBA
65
Composer Camille Saint-___ : SAENS
66
Red letters? : USSR
67
Furniture wood : TEAK
Down
1
Pricey cars, informally : JAGS
2
Sch. with the mascot Paydirt Pete : UTEP
3
Prefix with technology : NANO
4
Extra life, in a video game : ONEUP
5
City gained by Rome during the First Punic War : PALERMO
6
La ___, Wis. : CROSSE
7
Highly successful : BIG
8
Perhaps : SAY
9
Unqualified : SHEER
10
Long time : MILLENIUM
11
Esoteric : ARCANE
12
Event for a rapper? : SEANCE
13
Drove together : HERDED
18
Sugar suffix : OSE
21
Speaker of the line "Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're my only hope" : LEIA
23
Explorer born around A.D. 970 : ERICSON
24
TV accessories : VCRS
25
Five-star W.W. II hero, informally : IKE
26
Large roll : SIX
27
Fr. title : MME
31
Event : OCCASSION
32
Org. associated with U.S. Cyber Command : NSA
34
Shooters' grp.? : NBA
36
Word before and after "a" : MANO
38
Bedlam let loose : DIN
39
John who wrote "The Beggar's Opera" : GAY
40
Prey for a dingo : EMU
42
LP problem : SKIP
43
Prop in "Cinderella" : SLIPPER
44
Is, in math : EQUALS
45
More than one-ninth of the earth's land : RUSSIA
46
"Let's get together" : MEETME
48
Highland girls : LASSES
51
Goes bad : TURNS
52
Charlotte of "The Facts of Life" : RAE
53
Fanfare : ECLAT
56
International magazine founded in France in 1945 : ELLE
57
Single-mom sitcom of the 2000s : REBA
58
Its state sport is rodeo: Abbr. : SDAK
60
The Spartans, briefly : MSU
61
Pre-texting texts, for short : IMS