4 June 2012 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 4 June 2012

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C
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R
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A
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W
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P
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R
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A
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G
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U
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E
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P
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C
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B
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X
E
N
A
15
H
U
M
A
N
E
16
A
A
A
17
V
E
N
U
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S
D
E
M
I
L
O
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G
P
S
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I
D
E
S
T
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O
T
O
22
S
A
R
I
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A
I
24
R
25
C
26
L
I
N
I
C
27
S
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A
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T
U
R
N
30
R
31
O
32
C
K
E
T
33
I
C
Y
34
S
E
T
H
35
N
A
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D
37
I
38
R
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N
E
P
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A
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L
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L
A
O
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T
R
I
N
I
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G
R
E
C
O
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I
R
I
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S
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E
G
O
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M
E
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R
C
U
R
Y
50
C
51
O
M
E
T
52
A
53
M
54
O
E
B
A
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L
A
X
56
B
A
S
S
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V
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I
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A
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E
I
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G
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H
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T
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A
R
C
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M
A
R
S
66
C
67
A
N
D
I
E
S
68
T
I
A
69
A
G
A
T
E
S
70
E
Z
R
A
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E
A
R
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D
E
N
I
E
S
73
S
A
A
R

Hints & Clues

Across
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Stick in one's ___ : CRAW
5
Czech capital : PRAGUE
11
Banned organic compound, for short : PCB
14
TV's warrior princess : XENA
15
Compassionate : HUMANE
16
Kind of baseball or battery : AAA
17
A classic beauty who is not all there : VENUSDEMILO
19
Satellite-based navigation aid, in brief : GPS
20
That is, in Latin : IDEST
21
Plains tribe : OTO
22
Wrap worn in India : SARI
23
Broadcast : AIR
25
Mini-hospital : CLINIC
27
Booster of the Apollo space program : SATURNROCKET
33
Frigid : ICY
34
Younger brother of Cain and Abel : SETH
35
Lowest point : NADIR
39
Country on the south side of Mount Everest : NEPAL
42
Chinese philosopher ___-tzu : LAO
43
Lopez with the 1963 hit "If I Had a Hammer" : TRINI
44
Spanish artist El ___ : GRECO
45
Colored part of the eye : IRIS
47
Lead-in to maniac or surfing : EGO
48
1960s-'70s Ford Company model : MERCURYCOMET
52
Microscopic blob : AMOEBA
55
West Coast travel hub, informally : LAX
56
"Largemouth" fish : BASS
57
By way of : VIA
60
Number in an octet : EIGHT
64
Many a line on a flight route map : ARC
65
Milky Way bars and others : MARSCANDIES
68
With 53-Down, a coffee-flavored liqueur : TIA
69
Some marbles : AGATES
70
Book before Nehemiah : EZRA
71
Floppy rabbit feature : EAR
72
Refuses to acknowledge : DENIES
73
River across the French/German border : SAAR
Down
1
116, in ancient Rome : CXVI
2
Clarinet or sax : REED
3
Actress Hathaway : ANNE
4
Wisconsin city : WAUSAU
5
What an M.A. might go on to earn : PHD
6
Regret : RUE
7
Bullets, informally : AMMO
8
Walk or trot : GAIT
9
Open with a key : UNLOCK
10
Fairness-in-hiring inits. : EEO
11
Polytheistic : PAGAN
12
Blue Grotto's island : CAPRI
13
Fundamental : BASIC
18
Use a swizzle stick : STIR
22
Indian instrument : SITAR
24
E.R. workers : RNS
26
Period after Shrove Tuesday : LENT
27
Be in a 32-Down, e.g. : SING
28
Taiwan-based computer giant : ACER
29
Genre : TYPE
30
Archaeologist's find : RELIC
31
Japanese port : OTARU
32
Group in church robes : CHOIR
36
"Carpe ___" : DIEM
37
Playwright William : INGE
38
Hilarious one : RIOT
40
High points : ACMES
41
Richard ___, Clarence Darrow defendant : LOEB
46
Word part: Abbr. : SYL
49
Wreak havoc on : RAVAGE
50
Battle of Normandy city : CAEN
51
Rust and lime : OXIDES
52
Diminish : ABATE
53
See 68-Across : MARIA
54
___ the Grouch : OSCAR
58
Modern Persia : IRAN
59
Italian wine city : ASTI
61
Egyptian pyramid city : GIZA
62
Wife of Zeus : HERA
63
Old Russian despot : TSAR
65
"What, me worry?" magazine : MAD
66
So-so grade : CEE
67
Donkey : ASS