20 May 2009 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 20 May 2009

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

Across
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Actor Assante : ARMAND
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Imprison : EMBAR
12
Mil. rank : PFC
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Oregonian : BEAVER
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Frost lines : VERSE
17
Netscape acquirer : AOL
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Entrance requirement, maybe : APTITUDETEST
20
Meter-candle : LUX
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Barack Obama, 2005-08, e.g. : FRESHMANSENATOR
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Part of Santa's bagful : TOY
24
___ Enterprise : USS
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1950s White House resident : MAMIE
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Rookie's superstition : SOPHOMOREJINX
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Skier's wish : SNOW
34
Archaeological find : URN
35
"Just kidding!" : NOT
36
Texas city ... and a hint to the starts of 21-, 27-, 45- and 56-Across : COLLEGESTATION
42
___-wop : DOO
43
Bum ___ : RAP
44
To be, to Brutus : ESSE
45
Subsidiary member of a firm : JUNIORPARTNER
51
Blockage remover : STENT
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Actress ___ Ling of "The Crow" : BAI
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Fool : SAP
56
Some restaurant and pharmacy lures : SENIORDISCOUNTS
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Feel awful : AIL
63
French Academy's 40 members : THEIMMORTALS
64
Classic British two-seaters : MGS
65
Vapid : INANE
66
Ogle : LEERAT
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Like Dvorák's "Serenade for Strings" : INE
68
Philosopher Kierkegaard : SOREN
69
Gauge : ASSESS
Down
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Toward the stern : ABAFT
2
Not an original : REPRO
3
"Ahoy, ___!" : MATEY
4
Company with the stock symbol CAR : AVIS
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Belg. neighbor : NETH
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Solicit, as business : DRUMUP
7
Still : EVENSO
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Subway Series participant : METS
9
"Desperate Housewives" role : BREE
10
Part of P.T.A.: Abbr. : ASSN
11
Bring back to domestication : RETAME
12
Gold-colored horses : PALOMINOS
13
Multipurpose, somehow : FOURINONE
14
160, to Caesar : CLX
19
Place for a gauge, informally : DASH
22
Persian for "crown" : TAJ
26
Bus. card info : EXT
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Tijuana tanner : SOL
28
Pooh pal : OWL
29
High school dept. : MUS
30
Little bit : ORT
31
Messenger ___ : RNA
32
Half-salute : SCOUTSIGN
33
Only you : NOONEELSE
37
Make a clanger : ERR
38
Clothing retailer since 1969 : GAP
39
Air monitor, for short : EPA
40
Shirt to wear with shorts : TEE
41
Mideast land: Abbr. : ISR
42
CD players : DJS
46
Days ___ : INN
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Ear inflammation : OTITIS
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Ones who drive people home? : RBIMEN
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Australian island: Abbr. : TASM
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San ___, Christmas figure in Italy : NICOLA
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Entrap : SNARE
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World record? : ATLAS
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Attention getters : PSSTS
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[Gasp!] : OHNO
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Tail end : REAR
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Sup : DINE
60
Tram loads : ORES
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Shoshone speakers : UTES
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Ennemi's opposite : AMI