12 May 2024 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 12 May 2024

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S
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K
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E
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W
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S
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W
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A
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T
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C
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H
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O
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R
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A
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N
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G
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E
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S
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L
A
L
A
L
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A
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H
U
E
V
O
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S
K
I
A
R
E
A
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A
L
L
I
A
S
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K
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E
R
N
S
T
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CARS
O
N
D
A
L
Y
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B
E
A
T
T
H
E
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H
E
A
T
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T
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A
T
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T
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D
E
S
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F
E
R
R
U
L
E
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M
U
L
A
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N
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R
E
D
O
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C
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A
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B
O
S
A
N
LUCA
S
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T
U
B
E
T
O
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P
S
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I
B
A
R
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M
E
T
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J
I
M
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R
U
T
H
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G
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R
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E
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G
U
N
I
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T
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L
A
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B
E
L
M
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A
T
E
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I
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C
E
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X
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S
T
A
T
I
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C
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L
E
N
T
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L
S
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D
S
H
A
R
P
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C
O
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B
O
L
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S
E
C
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E
UP
H
O
R
I
A
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M
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E
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R
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E
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V
E
G
A
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S
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S
O
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C
A
L
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I
S
N
T
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I
D
A
G
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R
E
E
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B
T
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S
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H
A
T
E
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R
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S
I
N
G
I
N
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C
O
O
K
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P
O
T
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X
E
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D
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O
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U
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T
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SOUL
F
O
O
D
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C
O
R
N
E
R
L
O
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T
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P
E
D
R
O
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A
Y
N
90
E
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G
A
N
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E
E
O
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W
E
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T
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T
O
A
D
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C
R
Y
P
T
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O
WALLE
T
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BRAVE
N
E
W
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W
O
R
L
D
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H
101
I
102
L
L
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M
I
R
E
D
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T
H
E
M
O
O
N
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O
R
E
A
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D
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T
A
R
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W
H
E
R
E
S
W
A
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L
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D
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O
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T
E
M
P
U
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R
A
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T
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I
A
R
A
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D
E
I
T
I
E
S
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COCO
N
U
T
O
I
L
118
E
R
R
O
R
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T
N
O
T
E
S
120
A
E
R
O
S
O
L
121
R
E
S
E
T
122
G
R
E
T
A

Hints & Clues

Across
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Depicts unfairly : SKEWS
6
Monitor : WATCH
11
Fruits exchanged on Chinese New Year : ORANGES
18
"Moo, Baa, ___!" (classic children's book) : LALALA
20
Egg, in Spanish : HUEVO
21
Where to find signs with circles, squares and diamonds : SKIAREA
22
"My only request ..." : ALLIASK
24
Young's partner in accounting : ERNST
25
Original host of MTV's "Total Request Live" : CARSONDALY
26
Stay cool : BEATTHEHEAT
28
Bit of body art : TAT
30
They come in twice a day : TIDES
31
Metal ring that holds a pencil's eraser : FERRULE
32
Title Disney character of 1998 : MULAN
34
Overhaul : REDO
35
Tourist destination in Baja California Sur : CABOSANLUCAS
38
Band shirts? : TUBETOPS
40
Letter-shaped construction piece : IBAR
41
Zoomed, perhaps : MET
42
Beam at a bar : JIM
43
Dr. ___, talk show host with the catchphrase "Get some" : RUTH
44
Test for an M.A. seeker : GRE
47
Hit the gas : GUNIT
49
Lady Gaga vis-à-vis Billie Eilish, e.g. : LABELMATE
52
Multipurpose tool for a mountaineer : ICEAX
54
Fixed : STATIC
56
Dal ingredients : LENTILS
57
Note in the B major scale : DSHARP
58
Programming language used in government and banking : COBOL
60
Triple ___ : SEC
61
Cloud nine, so to speak : EUPHORIA
62
No more than : MERE
66
Formula 1 tour stop since 2023, informally : VEGAS
68
O.C.'s region : SOCAL
70
Negative contraction : ISNT
71
"Sounds right to me" : IDAGREE
73
Boy band that went on hiatus in 2023 for army service : BTS
75
No fan : HATER
77
"___ in the Rain" : SINGIN
78
Camper's vessel : COOKPOT
80
Struck : XEDOUT
85
Fried chicken, cornbread, collard greens, etc. : SOULFOOD
86
Property at an intersection : CORNERLOT
88
Actor Pascal of "The Last of Us" : PEDRO
89
Author Rand : AYN
90
Pulitzer-winning author Jennifer : EGAN
92
Fair-hiring inits. : EEO
93
Like some kisses : WET
95
Wart-covered critter : TOAD
96
Digital "container" associated with Bitcoin : CRYPTOWALLET
98
Dystopian classic whose title comes from "The Tempest" : BRAVENEWWORLD
100
Metonym for the U.S. Congress, with "the" : HILL
103
Stuck : MIRED
104
Tarot card featuring a howling wolf : THEMOON
105
Mountain nymph : OREAD
107
Waterproofing material : TAR
108
Picture book with characters like Odlaw, Wizard Whitebeard and Woof : WHERESWALDO
112
Batter-fried bento dish : TEMPURA
114
Part of a princess costume : TIARA
116
Nike and others : DEITIES
117
Palm tree product used in skin care : COCONUTOIL
118
Statistical calculation : ERROR
119
Safe investment options, informally : TNOTES
120
Secret option? : AEROSOL
121
Factory ___ : RESET
122
"Barbie" director Gerwig : GRETA
Down
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Hunk of meat : SLAB
2
Vegetable with a "dinosaur" variety : KALE
3
Civil rights activist Baker : ELLA
4
Suspense-building words : WAITFORIT
5
Schedules : SLATES
6
Ride : WHEELS
7
Mysterious glows : AURAE
8
Focus for a pitching scout? : TENT
9
Rx chain : CVS
10
Jet setting : HOTTUB
11
Prominent figure at the Academy Awards : OSCARSTATUE
12
Studio behind "Bringing Up Baby" : RKO
13
More informal version of 70-Across : AINT
14
Low points : NADIRS
15
School group : GRADE
16
Fished with traps, perhaps : EELED
17
Parental authority : SAYSO
19
Spiritual hermitage : ASHRAM
23
Core : KERNEL
27
Certain streaming library : HULUCATALOG
29
Push notifications, e.g. : ALERTS
32
They're kept under wraps : MUMMIES
33
"Kidding!" : NOT
35
Things to stub out, for short : CIGS
36
Have a side in common : ABUT
37
Actor Eric : BANA
38
Starts to fall : TILTS
39
Trawl for personal information : PHISH
42
___ O'Malley Dillon of the Biden White House : JEN
44
Clock innards : GEARS
45
___ to go : RARIN
46
Many an attendee of Gertrude Stein's Paris salons : EXPAT
48
Start of a winning row : TIC
50
Go on and on about : BELABOR
51
"The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems," per Homer Simpson : ALCOHOL
53
Celebrity chef Roy : CHOI
55
Group of witches : COVEN
57
Two-family dwelling : DUPLEX
59
Frequent antagonist of Winnie-the-Pooh : BEE
61
Have something : EAT
62
Home to the University of Montana : MISSOULA
63
Enlighten : EDIFY
64
Kept going and going : RANON
65
Breakfast brand with a rhyming slogan : EGGO
67
Refused to answer questions : STONEWALLED
69
One buying a stuffed mouse, perhaps : CATOWNER
72
Van Halen's contract once had one that specified no brown M&M's : RIDER
74
Olympic event since 1968 : SKEET
76
Good or bad name, for short : REP
78
Against : CONTRA
79
Not against : PRO
81
It might come with a plunger : DETONATOR
82
What squiggly lines can represent : ODOR
83
Russia's ___ Mountains : URAL
84
Maiden name of an 1860s first lady : TODD
86
What can symbolize 50 : CAPITALL
87
Was thick (with) : TEEMED
91
Spot for recess on a rainy day : GYM
94
Like some short tennis matches : TWOSET
96
Keep rhythm with, in a way : CLAPTO
97
Al ___, discus thrower in the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame : OERTER
98
1995 blockbuster with numerous historical inaccuracies : BRAVEHEART
99
Blowing away : WOWING
100
Drink often served with marshmallows : HOTCOCOA
101
___ Joliot-Curie, chemist daughter of Marie : IRENE
102
Primate that exists only on the world's fifth-largest island : LEMUR
104
Pang : THROE
106
Daft Punk and Outkast, for two : DUOS
108
Polemology is the study of them : WARS
109
Word on some yogurt labels : LITE
110
Bug bite preventer : DEET
111
Greek peak : OSSA
113
Where Simone Biles won four golds : RIO
115
Source of much U.S. immigration in the 1840s: Abbr. : IRE