21 May 2006 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 21 May 2006

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Hints & Clues

Across
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Codger : CUSS
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Mischief maker of myth : LOKI
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1945 news, in headlines : ABOMB
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"Amerika" author : KAFKA
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Part of the Dept. of Labor : OSHA
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Option for heads : IWIN
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Indian queen : RANEE
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It begins "Sing, goddess, the wrath of Peleus' son ..." : ILIAD
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Seasonal salutation : DEARSANTA
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"Jeopardy!" phrase : THEANSWERIS
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Start of quote : BRITISHWAITINGLINE
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Column of boxes on a questionnaire : YESES
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Failing grades : EFS
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Shipboard cries : AYS
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Nursery cry : WAH
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Column of boxes on a questionnaire : NOES
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Of a heart chamber : ATRIAL
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New at the beach, maybe : PALE
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Part 2 of quote : SECONDPERSONSINGULAR
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Very wide spec. : EEEE
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Command to a dog : STAY
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-like : ISH
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Geometry figure? : EUCLID
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Of a certain hydrocarbon group : ARYL
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Crew alternative : VNECK
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Bombay-born dancer Juliet : PROWSE
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Lao-tzu follower : TAOIST
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"The Return of the Jedi" girl : OOLA
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Latin 101 verb : AMAT
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Montgomery of jazz : WES
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Part 3 of quote : OPRAHWINFREYSMAGAZINE
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Originally : NEE
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Carry : TOTE
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Drug drop, maybe : KILO
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Goolagong of tennis : EVONNE
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Sight for sore eyes? : MIRAGE
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Capital of Meurthe-et-Moselle, France : NANCY
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Trials : WOES
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Like some cats : CALICO
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___ minimum : ATA
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Langston Hughes poem : ITOO
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___ the finish : INAT
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Part 4 of quote : DRINKWITHJAMANDBREAD
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Zero : LOVE
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Shark, e.g. : MENACE
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Postpaid encl. : SASE
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Suffix with lact- : IDE
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Cup holder : BRA
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Alternative to gov or edu : COM
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Related maternally : ENATE
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End of quote : WORLDWIDEWEBPREFIX
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Time to grow rice : RAINYSEASON
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Pictorial : NONVERBAL
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Kind of acid : BORIC
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Dock site : INLET
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Tongue site : SHOE
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Slick : OILY
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Actress Graff : ILENE
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Goes a mile a minute : TEARS
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Cache contents : ARMS
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Fill : SATE
Down
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Shipping option, for short : COD
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Words on a medicine bottle : USEBY
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Opposite of hog : SHARE
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Closet contents of a 21-Across : SARIS
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Trysts : LIAISONS
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Admits, with "up" : OWNS
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Acquaintances : KITH
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Very impressed : INAWE
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Ray, Klee and Millais : ARTISTS
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Thai money : BAHT
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"That's ___ haven't heard!" : ONEI
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Willfully tightening the screws, say : MEAN
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Calcutta native : BENGALI
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Wellington natives : KIWIS
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Architect William van ___ : ALEN
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Computer protection : FIREWALL
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Chiang ___-shek : KAI
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Pop-ups, e.g. : ADS
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Pad user : STENO
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Slippery : SLY
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Miles away : AFAR
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Jai ___ : ALAI
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Drove : HERD
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1999 Ron Howard comedy : EDTV
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Nine inches : SPAN
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Robert, for one : ROI
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Police dept. employee : INSP
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Guru habitat : ASHRAM
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Purple shade : PUCE
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Colorful wrap : SERAPE
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Fictional donkey : EEYORE
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Oliver's love in "As You Like It" : CELIA
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"___ the Needle" (1981 movie) : EYEOF
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Like some acoustic music : NEWAGE
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Composer Mahler : GUSTAV
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Stationery brand : EATON
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Something to pop : CORK
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Nobel-winning economist Lawrence : KLEIN
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Medical suffix : OMA
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Rodney Dangerfield's "I don't get no respect," e.g. : SHTICK
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Like the arrangement of gems in some bracelets : TWOROW
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"The Shelters of Stone" heroine : AYLA
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A Ryder : WINONA
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The Supreme Court, e.g. : ENNEAD
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View for Shakespeare? : SEEST
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Eur. land : ITA
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Undo : NEGATE
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One of the Gandhis : SONIA
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"Holy cow!" : ZOWIE
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Grabber's cry : MINE
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People: Prefix : ETHN
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Cig. purchases : CTNS
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Film character who says "Do, or do not. There is no 'try'" : YODA
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Fifth-century year : CDLI
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2003 A.L. M.V.P., to fans : AROD
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Go-getter : LIVEWIRE
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1977 double-platinum Steely Dan album : AJA
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Checks out : OBSERVES
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Exclamation at the end of a trip : IMADEIT
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Résumé parts : ACCENTS
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___ Mix : MEOW
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Actress Zellweger : RENEE
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Utah's ___ Canyon : BRYCE
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Literary inits. : RLS
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Bright circle? : MENSA
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Bushes rarely seen nowadays : AFROS
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Leg part : TIBIA
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Glorify : EXALT
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"Come ___!" : ONIN
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Fall off : WANE
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Madonna's "La ___ Bonita" : ISLA
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No bystander : DOER
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Physicist with an element named after him : BOHR
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___ Penh : PNOM
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Diamond stat. : RBI
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MSN competitor : AOL
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Burn cause : LYE