20 May 2012 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 20 May 2012

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C
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H
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W
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M
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G
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L
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D
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D
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L
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Hints & Clues

Across
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Course preparer : CHEF
5
Close shave : SCRAPE
11
John Lennon song that ends "I love you, yeah, yeah, now and forever" : WOMAN
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Deck (out) : TOG
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Tops : AONE
20
Like some church matters : LAICAL
21
Monster slain by Hercules : HYDRA
22
Lead-in to meter : ODO
23
Chocolat, say? : TREATOFVERSAILLES
26
Shorten, with "off" : LOP
27
In the limelight : ONSTAGE
28
HBO competitor : STARZ
29
Emphatic denial : ISAIDNO
31
Home to the Minutemen, informally : UMASS
33
When repeated, an old New Orleans tune : IKO
35
Word repeated four times in the last line of Shakespeare's "All the world's a stage" speech : SANS
36
Polyester fabric : DACRON
39
Macho drag queen? : ASTUDINSCARLET
46
Shield border : ORLE
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Make, as a copy of a CD : BURN
48
Stop on a line : DEPOT
49
Dockworkers' org. : ILA
50
Like literary classics? : GOODANDREAD
54
Call to the bar? : BEERBELL
56
Weirdo : NUT
57
Earth goddess : GAEA
58
Bobby who sang "Take Good Care of My Baby" : VEE
60
Hall-of-Fame pitcher Joss : ADDIE
61
Unsurprisingly : ASUSUAL
63
Skinny? : DERMAL
65
Discreet signal : NOD
68
Like a centaur? : PARTANIMAL
70
"Don't let that youngster get off without paying!"? : BILLTHEKID
75
Rural setting : LEA
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Had way too much of : ODEDON
78
Words from a con man : TRUSTME
79
Given a number, maybe : RATED
83
Flushed : RED
84
Baseball's strikeout king : RYAN
85
Go (for) : OPT
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Unbiased account? : FAIRTALE
89
Announcement made by a transplant surgeon, perhaps? : LIVERSTABLE
92
British isle : AIT
93
Allan-___ (figure in the Robin Hood legend) : ADALE
95
Omelette ingredient : OEUF
96
Middling grades : CEES
97
Stigmatize a "great" king? : BRANDALEXANDER
100
Hankering : THIRST
102
Salon selection : UPDO
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Twin killings, on a diamond: Abbr. : DPS
104
Went off course : YAWED
106
Part of the inn crowd? : LODGERS
110
Access requirement, maybe : LOGIN
114
Old-fashioned ingredient : BITTERS
118
Big collection agcy. : IRS
119
Two reasons to avoid a dog kennel? : THESOUNDANDTHEFUR
122
Apt name for a 1-Across? : STU
123
Unenthusiastic : TEPID
124
Maximum : ALLOUT
125
Bar mixer : SODA
126
Rx amt. : TSP
127
Wonderland message : EATME
128
"Are you kidding me?" : REALLY
129
Ocho minus cinco : TRES
Down
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Roman censor : CATO
2
Game ender, at times : HORN
3
Chemical endings : ENES
4
Given prominence : FEATURED
5
"A diamond is forever," e.g. : SLOGAN
6
Saint-Germain-des-Prés sights : CAFES
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Ohio or Colorado: Abbr. : RIV
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Some tennis winners : ACES
9
Head line? : PART
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Lanchester on the screen : ELSA
11
Little genius : WHIZKID
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Olive ___ : OYL
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Mid 16th-century year : MDLI
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God with a shield : ARES
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Launch party? : NASA
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Was duplicitous : TOLDALIE
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Former co-host of "The View" : ODONNELL
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Lose it : GOPOSTAL
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___-shanter : TAMO
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Of no interest : ARID
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See 32-Down: Abbr. : ISR
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Native of 30-Down : SABRA
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It's solid yellow : ONEBALL
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Take a peke? : DOGNAP
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Excitement : AROUSAL
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Debate ender : CLOTURE
40
Do more than threaten, say : SUE
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Pilgrim : TRAVELER
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Anesthetized : UNDER
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Tore : SPED
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Like some dorms : COED
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Title town of a Longfellow poem : ATRI
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Chihuahua drink : AGUA
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Tandoor-baked bread : NAAN
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Where heroes are made : DELI
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Elaine of "Seinfeld" : BENES
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Represented : EMBODIED
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Outlaw Belle who is said to have harbored Jesse James : STARR
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Many a Little League coach : DAD
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River to the Rhône : AIN
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When many German steins are lifted : OKTOBER
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They get bigger when you smile : DIMPLES
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Hit the runway : MODELED
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Astronomical distance: Abbr. : LTYR
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Refrain syllables : TRAS
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Easter activity : HUNT
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Abhor : DETEST
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Actor Alain : DELON
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Barely : ATAD
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"I did it!" : TADA
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It's grounded every Saturday : ELAL
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Prepare, as some Mexican-style beans : REFRY
86
Aesop, notably : FABULIST
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Places for gates : AIRPORTS
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"That makes sense" : ITADDSUP
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Saturn S.U.V. : VUE
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Conclusive trial : ACIDTEST
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Lose it : EXPLODE
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Holiday quaff : NOG
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Not worth ___ : ASOU
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Singer of the 1958 #1 hit "It's Only Make Believe" : TWITTY
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The first "H" in Hanukkah : HETH
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Former TV judge : ABDUL
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Suffix with cigar : ETTE
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Cousin of an ostrich : RHEA
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Back-to-sch. time : SEPT
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Growl : GNAR
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Sitting on one's hands : IDLE
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Simba's mate : NALA
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___ effort : EFOR
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Tactless : RUDE
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Mmes., over the border : SRAS
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Actor Alastair : SIM
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Cambodia's Lon ___ : NOL