4 May 2007 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 4 May 2007

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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You can always identify a Republican by one : CAPITALR
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Buck : OPPOSE
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Beneficiary, of sorts : PROMISEE
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Dodger who threw the pitch Bobby Thomson hit for the "shot heard 'round the world" : BRANCA
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Essays : ATTEMPTS
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Zips : OOMPHS
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Chow order? : SIT
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Many Middle Easterners : SEMITES
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"Mârouf" baritone : ALI
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His, to Henri : SES
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Makeovers : REDOS
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Tommy gun? : STEN
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Enterprise counselor : TROI
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Roulette or vingt-et-un : JEU
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It may be needed after an entrance : MERGE
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Ones not getting their deserved acclaim : UNSUNGHEROES
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Ancient : ASOLDASTHEHILLS
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Treated fairly : DIDJUSTICETO
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"___ a Man" (Calder Willingham novel and play) : ENDAS
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___ Salvador : SAO
40
Seine feeder : AUBE
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Neighbor of Pol. : LITH
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Grounds for a medal : VALOR
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But, to Brutus : SED
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Bit of pollution : ASH
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Summer Olympics participant : KAYAKER
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Main : SEA
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With 36-Down, "Very strange ..." : ITISAN
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Maturity : RIPENESS
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Mean : DENOTE
57
Creepy feeling : EERINESS
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Grain fungi : ERGOTS
59
In harmony : ASONEMAN
Down
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Ones doing a balancing job? : CPAS
2
Oil worker : ARTIST
3
Worker with a wheel : POTTER
4
The Beatles' "___ Mine" : IME
5
Curry and Rice : TIMS
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According to : ASPER
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Remark introducer : LETMEJUSTSAY
8
Where no one has any business going? : RESIDENTIALAREA
9
Cousins of bassoons : OBOES
10
Some arguments : PROS
11
Nonstick spray : PAM
12
Like the Coast Guard : ONPATROL
13
August Wilhelm von ___, leader of German Romanticism : SCHLEGEL
14
Indifference : EASINESS
21
Ones who can handle adversity : TOUGHCOOKIES
24
Hip-hop's Sister ___ : SOULJAH
26
Grave : SERIOUS
28
Pakistan's chief river : INDUS
30
Boulez's New York Philharmonic successor : MEHTA
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Swedish flier : SAS
33
Laugh sound : HEE
34
City of 1.1 million named for the wife of King William IV : ADELAIDE
35
Ominous : SINISTER
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See 52-Across : ODDTHING
41
Suit, old-style : BESEEM
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Early center of Christianity in Mesopotamia : EDESSA
44
Directional devices : VANES
45
Magazine proof : REPRO
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Nicky of "Boston Public" : KATT
49
Pull (in) : REIN
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P.T.A. part: Abbr. : ASSN
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___ Canals : SOO
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Bristol-to-Leeds dir. : NNE