18 May 2023 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 18 May 2023

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

Across
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Total dud : BOMB
5
Science fair locale, often : GYM
8
The "home" in "There's no place like home" : KANSAS
14
Chloé who directed "Nomadland" : ZHAO
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Grazing ground : LEA
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Nipple ring? : AREOLA
17
Slang, for many : ZILLIONS
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Video game franchise featuring a clone assassin : HITMAN
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With 2-Down, the oldest sister city in the U.S. : TOLEDO
21
Massage parlor supply : OIL
23
Dead ___ : END
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I, for one : ROMANNUMERAL
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Betraying no emotion : STOLID
30
Opposite of a heads up? : TAILS
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When repeated, a sound from a brass instrument : WAH
32
Mideast leader : EMIR
34
Big to-dos : FLAPS
37
Scientific definition, for short : ELECTRICALFAULT
41
"My words fly up, my thoughts remain ___": "Hamlet" : BELOW
42
Aroma that may induce meowing : TUNA
43
Simu ___, portrayer of Marvel's Shang-Chi : LIU
44
Keats or Wordsworth : ODIST
46
Darlington Hall, in "The Remains of the Day" : ESTATE
49
Length, for example : SEVENLETTERS
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___ Bo : TAE
53
Fracas : ADO
54
Go through the roof : ROCKET
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Optimistic : UPBEAT
61
Anagram, for instance : ANCIENTS
63
Guy who inspired an early 2010s hip-hop dance : DOUGIE
64
Trifling amount : SOU
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"99 Luftballons" singer : NENA
66
"Heavens to Betsy!" : YEGODS
67
Material for demolition : TNT
68
Valued : DEAR
Down
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[Wrong answer!] : BZZT
2
See 20-Across : OHIO
3
Chain letter? : MALL
4
Cuban song genre that shares its name with a Spanish dance : BOLERO
5
Like Eeyore vis-à-vis his storybook companions : GLOOMIER
6
Want : YEN
7
Wall builder : MASON
8
Coffee liqueur brand : KAHLUA
9
"Hereditary" director Aster : ARI
10
What's rustled in a swish : NET
11
Low turnover? : SOMERSAULT
12
Haim who co-starred in 2021's "Licorice Pizza" : ALANA
13
Place to get a C.D. : SANDL
18
Golden calf, e.g. : IDOL
22
Companywide communication system : INTRANET
25
Let in : ADMITTED
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Put out : MIFF
27
Civil rights activist Baker : ELLA
28
Not for ___ : SALE
29
First film appearance of Herbie, a sentient 1963 Volkswagen Beetle : THELOVEBUG
31
Nexus : WEB
33
Critical hospital dept. : ICU
35
Ballet bend : PLIE
36
Nickname that drops -art : STU
38
Write in Python, say : CODE
39
Romulus or Remus : TWIN
40
Like some diamonds : LASERCUT
45
Tickets : SLATES
47
Psionic counselor on "Star Trek: T.N.G." : TROI
48
Be on the up and up? : ASCEND
49
Sketch done in preparation for a finished piece : STUDY
50
"The Facts in the Case of ___" (Andrew Sinclair novel that pays homage to a mystery writer) : EAPOE
51
Dead meat, so to speak : TOAST
55
Mini display? : KNEE
56
Where Zeus trapped the monster Typhon, in myth : ETNA
57
Bolshevik's bane : TSAR
59
Something to feed or stroke : EGO
60
Backing : AID
62
Sine qua ___ : NON