15 May 2003 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 15 May 2003

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J
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O
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E
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L
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E
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A
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C
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H
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C
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R
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B
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L
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V
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R
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N
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L
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G
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L
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A
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R
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P
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F
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E
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T
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C
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C
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K
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E
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R
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L
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D
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I
L
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M
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C
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R
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LE
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IZ
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V
O
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E
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H
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M
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D
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C
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N
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D
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V
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R
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T
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P
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J
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M
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R
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R
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R
U
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N
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D
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E
X
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B
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N

Hints & Clues

Across
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Biblical prophet : JOEL
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How the Lincoln Memorial faces : EAST
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Novelist Sholem : ASCH
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Story that tops all others : ATTIC
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Backup singers, often : TRIO
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___ Cynwyd (Philadelphia suburb) : BALA
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Source of 37-Across : VICTORHUGONOVEL
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Classified letters : EOE
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Snitched : SANG
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Caterpillar, for one : LARVA
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Alphabet string : RST
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Prefix with center : EPI
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Employee of 38-Down : FANTINE
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Gumshoe : TEC
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They get you seats : TICKETS
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Musician's asset : EAR
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Old Ford model : LTD
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Martinique, e.g. : ILE
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"What ___?" : ISIT
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See 12-Down : MCRAE
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Long-running B'way musical seen by couples? : LESMIZ
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"À ___ santé!" : VOTRE
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"Um, I hate to interrupt ..." : AHEM
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John ___ : DOE
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Jail, slangily : CAN
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Bad-mouth : DIS
43
Like certain shark fins : VENTRAL
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500 letters? : STP
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Rival of 14-Down for Marius's love : EPONINE
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It may be direct or indirect: Abbr. : OBJ
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Ballad ending? : EER
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Fold : PLEAT
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Theater award : OBIE
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Hosp. picture : MRI
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37-Across extras : REVOLUTIONARIES
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Wilson of "Shanghai Knights" : OWEN
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Sign of inactivity : RUST
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Untrue : NOTSO
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Little League umps, often : DADS
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Split personalities? : EXES
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Noggin : BEAN
Down
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38-Down's longtime pursuer : JAVERT
2
Lazy : OTIOSE
3
Blah, blah, blah : ETCETC
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Boozy : LIT
5
Like some cuisines : ETHNIC
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Cut ___ (dance) : ARUG
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Contract necessity: Abbr. : SIG
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"You missed it" : TOOLATE
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Scrub : ABORT
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Most perceptive : SAVVIEST
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Environmental concern : CLEANAIR
12
With 34-Across, 1982 A.L. r.b.i. leader : HAL
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Daughter of 25-Across : COSETTE
18
Speedy : RAPID
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Namesakes of Bert Bobbsey's twin : NANS
25
Like Christmas in Madrid? : FELIZ
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Art Deco designer : ERTE
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Fate : KISMET
31
Flee : LAM
33
Charged item : ION
34
Earned : MADE
35
Great Lakes tribe : CHIPPEWA
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Cleared up : RESOLVED
37
Sierra ___ : LEONE
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37-Across hero : VALJEAN
40
Artificial tooth : DENTURE
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Kind of fever : CABIN
43
Serum container : VIAL
44
Some factory workers : ROBOTS
45
Arab, e.g. : SEMITE
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Mother ___ : TERESA
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Where 38-Down spent 19 years : PRISON
49
Light gases : NEONS
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River to the Seine : OISE
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Towel holder : ROD
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Promgoer's rental : TUX
57
Hold up : ROB