16 May 2020 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 16 May 2020

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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Barely keeping up with things, say : CRAZYBUSY
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Group featured on many "Sesame Street" episodes : ABCS
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Look down on something? : AERIALVIEW
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Suckling site : TEAT
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Starter's follower : MAINCOURSE
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Home for a Hogarth or a Constable, with "the" : TATE
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Word with twenty- or thirty- : ODD
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Robust : HALE
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Medium state : TRANCE
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Name that's an anagram of both 16- and 18-Across : ETTA
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Key : CRUCIAL
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M.L.B.'s oldest continuously operating franchise, established as the Boston Red Stockings in 1871 : BRAVES
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One watching the kids? : GOATHERD
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Drew : LURED
30
Causes of puckering : TANGS
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"My man!" : BRO
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"___ Ordinary Man" ("My Fair Lady" tune) : IMAN
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Binary code snippets : BYTES
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Scott of "See Dad Run" : BAIO
35
Aristocrat, in British slang : NOB
36
They're broken at marathons : TAPES
37
Unit of magnetic flux : WEBER
38
Doesn't travel, say : DRIBBLES
40
Bacchanalian beasts : SATYRS
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Congresswoman who once served in the U.S. cabinet : SHALALA
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Item for a croupier : RAKE
43
Chain with a loaf of bread in its logo : PANERA
44
Starburst? : NOVA
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Engine speed inits. : RPM
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Mount near Olympus : OSSA
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Means of devastation on "Game of Thrones" : DRAGONFIRE
52
Level : TIER
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Fantabulous : SUPERDUPER
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One week, for many beach house rentals : STAY
55
Just barely reacts : BATSANEYE
Down
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___ pants : CAMO
2
Text notification before a time stamp : READ
3
Like much of Arizona : ARID
4
Cab alternative : ZIN
5
Went cruising, say : YACHTED
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Puffs up : BLOATS
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It's down in the mouth : UVULA
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"Your majesty" : SIRE
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Confirmation : YES
10
Online action symbolized by a paper clip : ATTACH
11
Collectible from what's been called the world's first internet sensation : BEANIEBABY
12
Claw-proof crate : CATCARRIER
13
Hefty barriers to entry : STEELDOORS
15
Spineless sorts, metaphorically : WETRAGS
22
Hazards for rural travel : RUTS
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Level : EVEN
24
Traffic directors : CONES
25
Shortcomings : BLINDSPOTS
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"I heard ..." : RUMORHASIT
27
It's east of the Horn of Africa : ARABIANSEA
28
Flight board column : GATES
30
Like go-getters : TYPEA
33
Burns's "The Soldier's Return" and others : BALLADS
34
"La Belle et la ___" (French fairy tale) : BETE
36
Bit of a lift : TBAR
37
Fictional land in the highest-grossing film of 2018 : WAKANDA
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Like one's eyes after a poor night's sleep : BLEARY
40
Doesn't inhale, say : SAVORS
42
Substitute teacher? : ROGET
44
Where many stop and smell the rosés : NAPA
45
Completely ready : RIPE
46
They're low on the food chain : PREY
47
No more than : MERE
50
Chafe : RUB
51
Goal of a diversion : FUN