17 May 2012 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 17 May 2012

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

Across
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Cheap wheels, perhaps : USEDCAR
8
Afghan power : TALIBAN
15
Wigged out : GONEAPE
16
Going-away request : WRITEME
17
Jazz trumpeter Sandoval and others : ARTUROS
18
Peter and Annette of film : OTOOLES
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1960s teaching focus : NEWMATH
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Response to a polite refusal / (next line) It's spelled out in a Tammy Wynette hit : IINSIST
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"Steady ___ goes" : ASSHE
24
Looks for oneself, in a way : EGOSURFS
29
___ motel : NOTELL
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What a walk in the ballpark will get you / (next line) It's spelled out in an Aretha Franklin hit : ONEBASE
32
First satellite to transmit a phone call through space, 1962 : TELSTAR
36
Cold showers : SLEETS
40
Help board a plane, say : ASSISTON
42
Young partner / (next line) It's spelled out in a Travis Tritt hit : ERNST
43
Connecticut city on the Quinnipiac River : MERIDEN
47
Hard work : TRAVAIL
51
Pull off : EXECUTE
52
It's not for big shots : MINICAM
53
Electrical device that may blow : SPEAKER
54
Paul Anka hit with a rhyming title : ESOBESO
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Salsa quality : HOTNESS
56
Beginning : GENESIS
Down
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Like part of Lake Victoria : UGANDAN
2
Not losing well : SORE
3
Interweave : ENTWIST
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Te ___ : DEUM
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Niña or Pinta : CARAVEL
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"There's ___ of gold ..." : APOT
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Do some farrier's work on : RESHOE
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Club not seen much nowadays : TWOIRON
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Class for budding painters : ARTI
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Den member : LIONCUB
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Midori and Lance : ITOS
12
Creed : BELIEFS
13
___ Straw Poll : AMES
14
Get a home in order : NEST
22
A bit, informally : SORTA
23
Gown go-with : HEELS
25
Enter the draft, maybe : GOPRO
26
Matches : SEES
27
Hot Wheels product : RACER
28
Small paving stones : SETTS
30
Military transports: Abbr. : LSTS
33
It runs by the White House : ESTREET
34
Mr. Ellington, in a 1977 song : SIRDUKE
35
Sorry bunch? : ATONERS
37
Asian land where French is widely spoken : LEBANON
38
Makes a 43-Down of : ENLACES
39
Fire starter? : STELMOS
41
Nog flavorer : NUTMEG
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Netting : MESH
44
Big show : EXPO
45
Confident cry : ICAN
46
Nantes seasons : ETES
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"All ___!" (court cry) : RISE
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General feeling : VIBE
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Former capital of Romania : IASI