20 May 2024 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 20 May 2024

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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It's working! : LABOR
6
Move back and forth, as a dog's tail : WAG
9
___ paint (graffiti artist's canful) : SPRAY
14
Yoga pose : ASANA
15
Balloon filler : AIR
16
Depart : LEAVE
17
Ogre with a donkey sidekick : SHREK
18
This dice roll: [ • ] [ • ] : SNAKEEYES
20
Beatles album character who apparently is an infantry leader : SERGEANTPEPPER
22
Early afternoon hour : ONE
23
Use a chair : SIT
24
Inits. on a food stamps card : EBT
25
Show interest at an auction : BID
26
Cool ___ cucumber : ASA
27
Baking amts. : TSPS
31
Hotels.com mascot who must be a commanding officer : CAPTAINOBVIOUS
35
Hot dish that sounds cold : CHILI
36
Norm: Abbr. : STD
37
Public perception : IMAGE
38
Fast-food icon who surely heads a brigade : COLONELSANDERS
41
The "S" of GPS: Abbr. : SYST
42
Extra part of a leap year : DAY
43
Above, in poetry : OER
44
Guys : MEN
45
___-mo (sports replay effect) : SLO
46
Precious stone : GEM
49
Unfazed response to a threat from 20-, 31- or 38-Across? : YOUANDWHATARMY
54
Penguin Random House or HarperCollins : PUBLISHER
55
Wonderland girl : ALICE
56
Change, as the Constitution : AMEND
57
Praiseful poem : ODE
58
Grocery bag option : PAPER
59
Yucatán people of old : MAYAS
60
Holder of peas : POD
61
Swiss borders? : ESSES
Down
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Cattle-catching rope : LASSO
2
Very pale : ASHEN
3
Wall fixture in a ballet studio : BARRE
4
Universal donor's blood type, briefly : ONEG
5
Earns tons of money : RAKESITIN
6
"Hey, that ___ so bad!" : WASNT
7
Informal contraction : AINT
8
Purple pop : GRAPESODA
9
Caught some z's : SLEPT
10
Chick's chirp : PEEP
11
Comic actress Martha : RAYE
12
Declare : AVER
13
"Of course!" : YES
19
Skewered meat dish of the Mideast : KEBAB
21
Opera set in ancient Egypt : AIDA
25
Secondary story, in TV lingo : BPLOT
26
Fidgety : ANTSY
27
Microwave feature : TIMER
28
Fly sky-high : SOAR
29
Wrinkly-faced dogs : PUGS
30
Opposite of NNW : SSE
31
Bok ___ (Chinese vegetable) : CHOY
32
Troubles : AILS
33
Travel from Kauai to Maui to Oahu, say : ISLANDHOP
34
Medium for old home movies : VIDEOTAPE
35
Includes on an email, for short : CCS
39
Utopias : EDENS
40
Mardi Gras city, casually : NOLA
44
Cleaning professionals : MAIDS
45
Rip to pieces : SHRED
46
Holds tightly on to : GRIPS
47
Host an awards show : EMCEE
48
Mike who voiced 17-Across : MYERS
49
Arizona city or county : YUMA
50
Follow, as rules : OBEY
51
Bone in the forearm : ULNA
52
"This Is How ___ It" (1995 hit) : WEDO
53
"What a pity" : ALAS
54
Jim's love on "The Office" : PAM