14 May 2012 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 14 May 2012

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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Money owed : DEBT
5
Lamebrain : SIMP
9
Nukes : ZAPS
13
Good, as a driver's license : VALID
15
Addict : USER
16
Replacement for the mark, franc and lira : EURO
17
Pilotless plane : DRONE
18
"___ closed!" : CASE
19
Opera solo : ARIA
20
Impatiently endure passing time : WATCHTHECLOCK
23
Hoopla : ADO
25
"Have something!" : EAT
26
Outback bird : EMU
27
Hi-___ monitor : RES
28
Win by enough points, in sports gambling : COVERTHESPREAD
32
Big-jawed dinosaur, for short : TREX
33
Erie Canal mule : SAL
34
No. on a business card : TEL
35
Brand of kitchen wrap : SARAN
37
Rug rat : TOT
39
Hits with a fist : SLUGS
43
One of the Three Stooges : MOE
45
Friend : PAL
47
Grammy winner from County Donegal, Ireland : ENYA
48
Perform a routine household chore : WASHTHELAUNDRY
52
Dispirited : SAD
53
Post-op area : ICU
54
"___ Abner" : LIL
55
Line of Canon cameras : EOS
56
Pass through a crisis safely : TURNTHECORNER
60
Where the Himalayas are : ASIA
61
Tied, as a score : EVEN
62
Egypt's Sadat : ANWAR
65
Craft in which to go down a river, say : RAFT
66
Part to play : ROLE
67
Get ready to sing the national anthem : STAND
68
Monotonous routines : RUTS
69
Concordes, for short : SSTS
70
Roget offerings (abbr.) ... or, loosely, the first and last words of 20-, 28-, 48- and 56-Across : SYNS
Down
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Netflix rental : DVD
2
Big part of a hare : EAR
3
Pass without effect, as a storm : BLOWOVER
4
Funny Fey : TINA
5
6
"Time ___ a premium" : ISAT
7
Fits with another, as a gear tooth : MESHES
8
Forestall by acting first : PREEMPT
9
Fervor : ZEAL
10
___ borealis : AURORA
11
Having a store tag : PRICED
12
Long baths : SOAKS
14
Hinder : DETER
21
Lions and tigers : CATS
22
Medical successes : CURES
23
Each of Shakespeare's plays has five : ACTS
24
Nickelodeon's "___ the Explorer" : DORA
29
Tests : EXAMS
30
Have a nontraditional marriage, in a way : ELOPE
31
Talk show host DeGeneres : ELLEN
36
Like a perfect game in baseball : NOHIT
38
Some brewskis : TALLONES
40
In progress : UNDERWAY
41
Greek sandwich : GYRO
42
Utters : SAYS
44
Crystal trophy inscribers, e.g. : ETCHERS
46
Where a lion hides : LAIR
48
Onetime Wisconsin-based insurance giant : WAUSAU
49
Directionless at sea : ADRIFT
50
Spanish eggs : HUEVOS
51
Radii neighbors : ULNAS
52
Ringo who sang "Yellow Submarine" : STARR
57
D.C. team, informally : NATS
58
Hibernian, for one : CELT
59
Tolkien's talking tree race : ENTS
63
The Beach Boys' "Barbara ___" : ANN
64
Hwys. : RDS