14 May 2023 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 14 May 2023

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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Greek letter that's a symbol for torque : TAU
4
Done without foresight : RASH
8
Small samples : SIPS
12
Chocolatier's unit : BAR
15
Holding areas in Capture the Flag : JAILS
17
Thoughtless mode : AUTOPILOT
19
Declares confidently : AVERS
22
Novelist/short-story writer ___ Bender : AIMEE
23
"The Rise of ___" (2019 film subtitle) : SKYWALKER
24
Coat with small droplets : BEDEW
25
Mrs. or Sra. equivalent : MME
26
Prepares to deal, perhaps : CUTS
28
Western ___ (coll. course) : CIV
29
Name repeated in a nursery rhyme : MARY
31
Item sometimes made with wiliwili seeds : LEI
32
Flaky, syrupy pastry : BAKLAVA
34
Divisions represented by the highlighted answers in this puzzle : LANES
36
Livestream, e.g. : WEBCAST
38
Worry-free : ATEASE
39
French for "between" : ENTRE
40
Small fox with unusually large ears : FENNEC
41
University of Cincinnati athlete : BEARCAT
44
___ Command (Atari game of the 1980s) : MISSILE
47
Abbr. in a birth announcement : LBS
49
Longtime : OLD
50
Invitation in a therapist's office : SIT
51
Minecraft block with a fuse : TNT
54
Designer of Doha's Museum of Islamic Art : PEI
55
Analogy words : ISTO
57
"Yes, that spot right there ..." : AHH
60
Added streaks to, say : DYED
63
Honey ___! (ring-shaped cereal) : OHS
65
Young bloke : LAD
66
Ruin : DOIN
67
Last word in "America the Beautiful" : SEA
68
Anna of Arendelle's elder sister : ELSA
69
Festival with lion dances : TET
70
Mobile ___ : APP
71
Ultimatum word : ELSE
72
Pitch : TAR
73
Part of a gas mileage rating : CITY
74
Start-up loan agcy. : SBA
75
Damascene's country : SYRIA
77
What "gladiator" literally translates to : SWORDSMAN
80
Beer brand with mountains in its logo : COORS
82
Jessica ___, astronaut who participated in the first all-female spacewalk : MEIR
83
Not the same : ANOTHER
84
It "sounds like a clarinet with a cold," per Victor Borge : OBOE
85
Battery in a Wii Remote : AACELL
88
Stinging pests : REDANTS
89
Some residents of the eastern Mediterranean : GAZANS
91
Banks : RELIES
93
Lung or brain segments : LOBES
94
Like a dirty film : RATEDX
95
Chlorophyte, e.g. : ALGA
96
Org. for D.C. United and the L.A. Galaxy : MLS
97
Impediments to team productivity : EGOS
98
Get in a knot : ENSNARL
101
"Thou God ___ me" (Genesis quote) : SEEST
103
Fred who co-created "Portlandia" : ARMISEN
107
Campus part : QUAD
108
In a scuffle : ATIT
110
Hopping herbivore : HARE
112
Captain of fiction : NEMO
113
Address that's often shown in blue letters : URL
114
With 116-Across, procedures in which drivers take turns joining a single stream, as demonstrated five times in this puzzle : ZIPPER
116
See 114-Across : MERGES
118
Crow's cry : CAW
119
Backside : ASS
120
Air Seoul's parent airline : ASIANA
121
Hubbub : TUMULT
122
Actress Mowry of "Sister, Sister" : TIA
123
Green expanse : LEA
124
Commander for Joe Biden, e.g. : PETDOG
125
Pass judgment on : ASSESS
126
Tricksy : SLY
Down
1
Person with a stopwatch : TIMEKEEPER
2
Drink that may be spiced : ALE
3
Potential scenario in which a piece of software might be helpful : USECASE
4
Person who worships Jah : RASTA
5
Puffins, e.g. : AUKS
6
Total dump : STY
7
"Is it even possible?!" : HOWCANTHATBE
8
It'll take a second to get it : SILVERMEDAL
9
Similar group : ILK
10
"A ___ begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness": Robert Frost : POEM
11
Boba tea is often served with a wide one : STRAW
12
Miniature cheese wheel brand : BABYBEL
13
"___ Maria" : AVE
14
Chinese New Year decoration : REDLANTERN
15
Meat-and-vegetables dish with Creole and Cajun varieties : JAMBALAYA
16
Target : AIMAT
18
Coat that may take awhile to put on : PAINT
20
Witherspoon of Hollywood : REESE
21
Electrical wiring nexus : SWITCHBOX
27
Pigmented eye layer : UVEA
30
Lower-interest deal, for short : REFI
33
Blood work, colloquially : LABS
34
Start of a detective's trail : LEAD
35
Uno + dos + tres : SEIS
37
Site with gadget reviews : CNET
42
Revolutionary cooking device? : ROTISSERIE
43
Conflict over seceding from the Galactic Republic, in sci-fi : CLONEWAR
45
Cocktails named after motorcycle attachments : SIDECARS
46
Hair salon goo : STYLINGGEL
47
Many a presidential election occurs in one : LEAPYEAR
48
Prospective eBay buyer's figure : BIDPRICE
52
"Better than I thought" : NOTSOBAD
53
Where hip-hop originated : THEBRONX
54
State of matter in the sun : PLASMA
55
Theoretical substance for which a chemistry law is named : IDEALGAS
56
Fifth in a scale : SOL
57
Stadium with the first animated scoreboard : ASTRODOME
58
Where newlyweds are typically seated at a wedding reception : HEADTABLE
59
Severity : HARSHNESS
61
Latin "is" : EST
62
Toddler drop-off locales : DAYCARES
64
Equilibria : STASES
76
Home to the sport of hurling : IRELAND
78
Americans usually spell "cancelled" with this : ONEL
79
Queens players : METS
81
Enters like slime : OOZESIN
86
Grammy-winning Mexican singer Downs : LILA
87
Exercise that strengthens hip flexors : LEGRAISE
89
Compilations of laughably bad takes : GAGREELS
90
Bit that bonds : ATOM
92
Mineral collection site : SALTPIT
94
Motion to ___ (court request) : REARGUE
98
Are : EQUAL
99
Certain essential worker : NURSE
100
Taco topping : SALSA
101
Job increasingly replaced by speech-to-text programs : STENO
102
G7 member, informally : THEUS
104
Some offshoots : SECTS
105
What might have attachment issues? : EMAIL
106
"You're kidding!" : NOWAY
109
Tablet you might take in the bathroom : IPAD
111
The Hindu god Ganesha is often depicted with four of them : ARMS
114
Ray gun sound : ZAP
115
Makeshift towel : RAG
116
N.Y.C. commuter rail overseer : MTA
117
Pedestrians cross them: Abbr. : STS