31 May 2015 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 31 May 2015

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K
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K
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Hints & Clues

Across
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Choco ___ (Klondike treat) : TACO
5
School : TEACH
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Items that may be labeled SMTWTFS : PILLS
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Dog sound : ARF
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Series of numbers? : ALBUM
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Kurt Vonnegut's "Happy Birthday, ___ June" : WANDA
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Former part of the British Empire : INDIA
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Joe Biden's home: Abbr. : DEL
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"I expected as much" : ITSNOWONDER
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Towering : LOFTY
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Letters of obligation : IOU
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Hair piece : TRESS
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Currency which, in one denomination, features a portrait of Linnaeus : KRONA
30
Garment for tennis, perhaps : SKORT
32
Not as exciting : TAMER
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Return from a store : PROFIT
37
When blacksmithing began : IRONAGE
39
Perfect orbit : CIRCLE
40
Fanatical : RABID
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66, e.g.: Abbr. : RTE
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Nav. rank : ENS
43
Run ___ : AMOK
44
Boarded : GOTON
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"Awe-SOME!" : SUHWEET
47
Occurring in March and September, say : SEMIANNUAL
50
Shenanigans : TOMFOOLERY
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Dietary no-no : TRANSFAT
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Grey and ochre : COLOURS
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"There is ___ in team" : NOI
56
Pleasant inflection : LILT
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Park opened in 1964 : SEAWORLD
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Easy-peasy task : SNAP
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Chocolate mint brand with peaks in its logo : ANDES
63
Temperature units : KELVINS
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Muscles worked by leg presses : QUADS
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Anti-Revolutionary of 1776 : TORY
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Gets harsher : HOARSENS
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An example of itself : NOUN
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Lacto-___ vegetarian : OVO
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Condemned : DECRIED
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Gone : VANISHED
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Hockey team with a patriotic name : MAPLELEAFS
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Distraction for many an idle person : SMARTPHONE
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Bests : DEFEATS
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Capacious : ROOMY
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Apple desktop : IMAC
83
National Novel Writing Mo. : NOV
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Havana-to-Palm Beach dir. : NNE
85
Eagerly accept : LAPUP
86
See 92-Across : STNICK
88
Handled roughly : PAWEDAT
90
Japanese for "teacher" : SENSEI
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Message to one's followers : TWEET
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Portrayer of 86-Across in "Elf" : ASNER
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Artifact : RELIC
95
Rakes : ROUES
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Cooking spray brand : PAM
98
"The Downeaster '___'" (Billy Joel song) : ALEXA
100
Sleep mode? : HIBERNATION
106
Malt product : ALE
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Bring home the gold : WINIT
108
Barely manage : EKEBY
109
Breakfast cereal maker : KASHI
110
Hyphenated fig. : SSN
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Factions : SECTS
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"It was just a joke!" : RELAX
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Where writing is on the wall? : TOMB
Down
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Mai ___ : TAI
2
Bottom-row key : ALT
3
Capt. Kangaroo's network : CBS
4
Peak that's known as "The Great One" : MOUNTMCKINLEY
5
Rare notes : TWOS
6
Crisp bit in a stir-fry : BEANSPROUT
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Further : AND
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String after B : CDE
9
Seafood soup base : SHARKFIN
10
Series opener : PILOT
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Privy to : INON
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Attraction that operates under its own steam? : OLDFAITHFUL
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Not in the dark : LIT
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Authorization : SAYSO
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Catcher of some waves : RADIOANTENNA
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Shake-ups in corps. : REORGS
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Champagne holder : FLUTE
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Seasonal linguine topper : MOREL
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"___ even" : WERE
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Expunge : RID
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Prepare to tie a shoelace, say : KNEEL
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Staple of quiz bowls : TIMER
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Redolence : AROMA
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Pro ___ : RATA
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Coin to pay for passage across the River Styx : OBOL
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Put another way : REWORD
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Strewn : CAST
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Fodder for tabloids : RUMORS
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Little bugger : GNAT
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Wise ones : SOLONS
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Daughter of Hyperion : EOS
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Condition of sale : ASIS
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TV's "The ___ Today" : NFL
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Bring, as to a repair shop : TOWIN
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Thoroughfare : ROAD
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Dog sounds : YIPS
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Collapsed, with "in" : CAVED
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Ends of letters : SERIFS
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Somebody ___ : ELSES
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Words below an orange on a license plate : SUNSHINESTATE
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One of 24 in a glucose molecule : ATOM
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Bagel topper : NOVA
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It might contain a list of postal abbreviations : DROPDOWNMENU
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Something you might get a kick out of? : KARATE
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Steven Wright's "I intend to live forever. So far, so good," e.g. : QUIP
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Capital city founded during a gold rush : HELENA
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Mariana, e.g. : OCEANTRENCH
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___ a one : NARY
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What's superior to Lake Superior: Abbr. : ONT
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Hip-hop's Mos ___ : DEF
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Hematophagous creature : VAMPIREBAT
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Buddy : HOMIE
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Pass : ENACT
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Hand source : DECK
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Bank to rely on : LEVEE
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Soaks (up) : SOPS
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Pouting expression : MOUE
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Major stockholder? : RANCHER
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"m" and "n" : NASALS
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Hula hoop? : LEI
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Dumbfound : STUN
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Small change : TWEAK
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June honorees : PAPAS
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Parts, as blinds : DRAWS
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Blind parts : SLATS
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Highway number : EXIT
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Variety of antelope : ORYX
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Fiction : LIE
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Old White House moniker : IKE
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Unit usually seen with the prefix deci- : BEL
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Equal: Prefix : ISO
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Big name in current research? : OHM
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Point of writing? : NIB