12 May 2003 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 12 May 2003

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T
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W
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C
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H
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O
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N
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G
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U
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H
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M
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Hints & Clues

Across
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Bygone airline : TWA
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Mass confusion : CHAOS
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Demean : ABASE
14
Roll of bills : WAD
15
Greeting : HELLO
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Rodeo participant : ROPER
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Subject of the biography "Float Like a Butterfly" : ALI
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Home of the Blue Grotto : ISLEOFCAPRI
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___ of March : IDES
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Braxton or Tennille : TONI
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___ Maria : AVE
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Feed : NOURISH
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Guarantees : ENSURES
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Unfounded, as gossip : IDLE
31
Lariat in the Southwest : REATA
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Sheep's plaint : BAA
35
Work to get, as someone's trust : EARN
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Outfit : GETUP
40
Regular's request : ILLHAVETHEUSUAL
44
Station : DEPOT
45
15-Across, in Spain : HOLA
46
Full house sign: Abbr. : SRO
47
List components : ITEMS
50
Give a hoot : CARE
52
Ate at home : DINEDIN
54
Smarts : KNOWHOW
58
Exiled Amin : IDI
59
Neighbor of Cambodia : LAOS
61
Apiece : EACH
62
Theater guides : AISLELIGHTS
67
Maiden name preceder : NEE
68
Observant one : NOTER
69
Hotelier Helmsley : LEONA
70
Cereal grain : OAT
71
On the briny : ATSEA
72
Ninth mos. : SEPTS
73
___ and outs : INS
Down
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"Tom Sawyer" author : TWAIN
2
Elusive children's book character : WALDO
3
Farewell : ADIEU
4
"The Sweetheart of Sigma ___" : CHI
5
"For ___ a jolly ..." : HES
6
Sane : ALLTHERE
7
Table spread : OLEO
8
Later's alternative : SOONER
9
L'___ de Triomphe : ARC
10
Feathery wrap : BOA
11
Equipment : APPARATUS
12
Deliver, as a summons : SERVE
13
Great Lakes Indians : ERIES
19
Speeder's penalty : FINE
21
___ Lanka : SRI
25
Thought creatively : IDEATED
26
Cyrillic alphabet user : SLAV
28
Large cactus : SAGUARO
29
Sport ___ (off-road vehicles) : UTES
32
Bridge declaration : BID
33
Beverage that's bitterer than beer : ALE
34
Mountain climbers : ALPINISTS
36
To the ___ degree : NTH
38
Egypt and Syria, once: Abbr. : UAR
39
Arafat's org. : PLO
41
Table d'___ (restaurant offering) : HOTE
42
Pawning place : HOCKSHOP
43
Verve : ELAN
48
Pepper grinder : MILL
49
Slow movers : SNAILS
51
Ram's mate : EWE
52
Ross of the Supremes : DIANA
53
Dunderhead : IDIOT
55
Vietnam's capital : HANOI
56
Where the waves are : OCEAN
57
Sharpens : WHETS
60
S-shaped molding : OGEE
63
Actress Michele : LEE
64
Time in history : ERA
65
Explosive : TNT
66
KLM competitor : SAS