12 May 2009 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 12 May 2009

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

Hints & Clues

Across
1
Get some sun : TAN
4
Blow one's stack : ERUPT
9
Kid-lit pachyderm : BABAR
14
Naked ___ jaybird : ASA
15
Sine, cosine or tangent : RATIO
16
Tourist mecca off the coast of Venezuela : ARUBA
17
"Beat swords into plowshares" : DISARMANDHAMMER
20
Way off : AFAR
21
Parasol's offering : SHADE
22
Cathedral area : APSE
23
Grazed, say : ATE
25
Silver of the silver screen : RON
27
"Ignore the red, white and blue" : DISMISSAMERICA
35
Marx Brothers-like : ANTIC
36
Meat favored by Sarah Palin : MOOSE
37
With 44-Across, a traditional Catholic prayer : AVE
39
Ring decisions, for short : TKOS
40
Chuck who sang "Maybellene" : BERRY
41
Petty quarrel : SPAT
42
Moray, for one : EEL
43
"Peachy keen!" : NEATO
44
See 37-Across : MARIA
45
"Oust from practice, then interrogate" : DISBARANDGRILL
48
Take steps : ACT
49
The "A" in MoMA : ART
50
Shi'ite leader : IMAM
53
Typical John Wayne film : OATER
57
Stir up : RILE
61
"Scatter while fleeing" : DISBANDONTHERUN
64
Neptune's realm : OCEAN
65
Word before city or tube : INNER
66
Etiquette guru Vanderbilt : AMY
67
Smallest possible : LEAST
68
Has to have : NEEDS
69
Masseur's place : SPA
Down
1
Bit of verbal trumpeting : TADA
2
"A likely story" : ASIF
3
Shuttle org. : NASA
4
Pull a boner : ERR
5
Any of several Egyptian kings : RAMSES
6
Six-sided state : UTAH
7
___ colada : PINA
8
Rocker Rundgren : TODD
9
Ovine sound : BAA
10
Giorgio of fashion : ARMANI
11
Fist ___ (modern greeting) : BUMP
12
Lincoln and others : ABES
13
Like proverbial hen's teeth : RARE
18
A Musketeer : ARAMIS
19
Rejection of church dogma : HERESY
24
Behavioral quirk : TIC
26
Rich rock : ORE
27
Palm fruit : DATE
28
Put one's John Hancock on : INKED
29
Vodka brand, informally : STOLI
30
Makeup mishap : SMEAR
31
Main artery : AORTA
32
Mental midget : MORON
33
Blue Grotto's isle : CAPRI
34
To no ___ : AVAIL
38
List-ending abbr. : ETAL
40
Bang, as a drum : BEATON
41
"No Exit" dramatist : SARTRE
43
"30 Rock" network : NBC
44
Dugout V.I.P.: Abbr. : MGR
46
Rio dances : SAMBAS
47
Moved like a hummingbird : DARTED
50
Miley Cyrus, to teens : IDOL
51
Owls' prey : MICE
52
Where pirates go : ASEA
54
Score after deuce : ADIN
55
Mute, with "down" : TONE
56
Feminine suffix : ENNE
58
Portfolio holdings, briefly : IRAS
59
Sugar unit : LUMP
60
One-named New Age singer : ENYA
62
Tiny colonist : ANT
63
Four-baggers: Abbr. : HRS