31 May 1997 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 31 May 1997

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F
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I
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R
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C
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A
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P
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O
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C
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O
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T
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C
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H
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D
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V
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Y
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U
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B
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G
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B
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G
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B
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M
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T
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Hints & Clues

Across
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One may be red, white or silver : FIR
4
Bar placed across a guitar fingerboard : CAPO
8
Buttonhole : ACCOST
14
Osaka-to-Tokyo dir. : ENE
15
Neisse River's outlet : ODER
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Mambo's cousin : CHACHA
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Light, one-seated carriage : STANHOPE
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Night-blooming cactus : CEREUS
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Coal tar derivatives : TOLUENES
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One may be terrible : ENFANT
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Approve, in a way : INITIAL
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Oscar winner Wiest : DIANNE
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Robe rooms : VESTRIES
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More mysterious : EERIER
27
Host : ARMY
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Rips through pages? : SPEEDREADS
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Melted glace : EAU
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Beastly blower : BIGBADWOLF
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Opera "The Tale of ___ Saltan" : TSAR
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Antarctica's ___ Coast : ADELIE
43
"Tsk!" : FORSHAME
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Cruise destination : RESORT
46
Statue brought to life, in myth : GALATEA
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Kind of plan : BATTLE
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Studying secondarily : MINORING
49
Musicians' treasures : AMATIS
50
Almost any Three Stooges movie : ESCAPADE
51
Heed John the Baptist's advice : REPENT
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"The Girl With the Hatbox" star : STEN
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"Taps" time : TEN
54
Electroplating terminals : ANODES
55
Kettle sound : SSSS
56
It starts in April in D.C. : EDT
Down
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A Ford : FESTIVA
2
One who does voice-overs : INTONER
3
Style of the Ashcan School : REALISM
4
Beneficiary's brother, perhaps : COHEIR
5
Keats, to Shelley : ADONAIS
6
Cartoon character who debuted in 1944 : PEPELEPEW
7
They're found in the ground : ORES
8
Assumed, with "to" : ACCEDED
9
Guillotined French poet Andre de ___ : CHENIER
10
Dough to go? : CARFARE
11
About 3.5 million square miles : OCEANIA
12
Didn't go near : SHUNNED
13
Some test participants : TASTERS
18
Cracked : NUTTY
25
Words before "Love" on screen and in song : SEAOF
29
Lauders : EULOGISTS
31
Nancy's successor : BARBARA
32
Creative types : IDEAMEN
33
Heavy-handed group : GESTAPO
34
Obscured, with "out" : BLOTTED
35
Travel agent's suggestion : AIRLINE
36
Can't take : DETESTS
37
1973 Pulitzer winner FitzGerald : FRANCES
38
"Amadeus" choreographer : THARP
39
Gorge : SATIATE
40
Fixed up : AMENDED
41
Chromatography spray : REAGENT
44
Popular liniment brand : SLOANS
48
Mare's-nest : MESS