15 May 1998 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 15 May 1998

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Hints & Clues

Across
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Village in Isaac Bashevis Singer stories : SHTETL
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Chickadees, e.g. : TITMICE
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Lens cover? : CORNEA
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Mexican dance music : MARIACHI
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With enthusiasm : AVIDLY
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"Green Eyes" singer Helen, in 40's music : OCONNELL
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42-Across's claim to fame : REVELATIONS
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Weal's opposite : WOE
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Sterile : ARID
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Redolent rub-ons : BALMS
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Wrapper weight : TARE
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Quasi-educational grp. : BSA
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Jazz pianist Chick : COREA
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Colossus : TITAN
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Natural ladle : GOURD
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Scene of confusion : BABEL
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Country singer Stuart : MARTY
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Plastic alternative : PAPER
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Pouts : MOUES
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Assailed : BESET
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Heartsease : PANSY
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Deliver dinner : CATER
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Mom-and-pop org.? : PTA
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It's carried on the shoulders : ONUS
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"___ et Magistra" (John XXIII encyclical) : MATER
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Astor's inventory : FURS
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Uncommunicative : MUM
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Forward-looking man? : NOSTRADAMUS
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Brasserie order : OMELETTE
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Picked locks? : TOUPEE
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When repeated twice, Olive Oyl's measurements : NINETEEN
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Cyclotron inventor ___ Lawrence : ERNEST
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Certifies : ATTESTS
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Savvy : SMARTS
Down
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Ancient amulet : SCARAB
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Lingers watchfully : HOVERS
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Grist for "Jeopardy!" : TRIVIA
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Broke off : ENDED
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Order : TELL
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Sluggards : LAYABOUTS
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Port on Commencement Bay : TACOMA
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Legholds? : IRONS
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Pantry items : TINS
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Staff : MAN
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Restaurant freebie : ICEWATER
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___ hydrate (knockout drops) : CHLORAL
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Actress Atkins : EILEEN
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Churned about : MOILED
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Dawdle : TARRY
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Yak's home : TIBET
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Pavin of the links : COREY
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Fall (off) : TAPER
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Magnetic induction unit : GAUSS
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Payment standards : BASERATES
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Significant stone : MONUMENT
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Die (out) : PETER
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Emancipate : MANUMIT
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Wooden reinforcing strip : BATTEN
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City near Los Angeles : POMONA
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Social strata : CASTES
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Heart, essentially : PUMPER
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Like best friends : TRUEST
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Ledger column : ASSETS
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Bach composition : MOTET
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"Sleeping Beauty" fairy : FAUNA
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Clearwing catchers : NETS
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Brown building : DORM
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"Clockers" director : LEE