21 May 2016 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 21 May 2016

1
M
2
I
3
S
4
A
5
P
6
P
7
R
8
O
9
P
10
R
11
I
12
A
13
T
14
E
15
S
16
T
H
E
G
R
E
E
N
L
A
N
T
E
R
N
17
G
A
V
E
I
T
A
N
O
T
H
E
R
G
O
18
E
T
E
R
N
A
L
O
P
T
I
M
I
S
T
19
S
E
N
20
C
L
E
21
A
S
P
22
T
23
M
I
24
R
25
A
26
N
I
27
O
28
T
29
I
30
S
31
I
32
M
H
I
P
33
R
O
L
34
F
35
U
M
A
36
M
E
D
A
L
37
J
E
D
38
O
39
D
S
O
N
40
D
N
A
41
E
42
D
E
N
43
R
O
C
K
S
44
B
U
Y
45
S
46
E
T
A
47
T
48
C
I
A
49
L
50
A
S
51
I
52
L
E
53
L
54
A
55
I
56
H
57
A
58
D
A
H
E
59
A
60
R
T
O
F
61
G
O
L
D
62
U
N
I
V
E
R
S
A
L
R
E
M
O
T
E
63
G
I
V
E
M
E
O
N
E
R
E
A
S
O
N
64
S
T
A
R
S
T
U
D
D
E
D
C
A
S
T

Hints & Clues

Across
1
Pockets : MISAPPROPRIATES
16
Fictional character with a ring of power : THEGREENLANTERN
17
Got back on the horse : GAVEITANOTHERGO
18
One who's always positive : ETERNALOPTIMIST
19
Cloture voter: Abbr. : SEN
20
2016 Republican convention site: Abbr. : CLE
21
Cause of a certain dramatic departure : ASP
22
"You could've left some of that out" : TMI
24
Eastern sovereign : RANI
27
Mr. ___, protagonist in Wilde's "The Canterville Ghost" : OTIS
31
"Gotcha," in old lingo : IMHIP
33
Massage deeply : ROLF
35
She battled Lucy in "Kill Bill: Volume 1" : UMA
36
Finish better than fourth : MEDAL
37
Presidential moniker on "The West Wing" : JED
38
Stuffs one's face with : ODSON
40
It has base pairs : DNA
41
Sistine Chapel setting : EDEN
43
Totally rules : ROCKS
44
Accepts as true : BUYS
46
L'___ de droit (the rule of law) : ETAT
48
Stan's employer on "American Dad!" : CIA
49
"I forget the words" sounds : LAS
51
Amsterdam of l'Océan Indien, e.g. : ILE
53
Old French narrative poem : LAI
56
Was kind and generous : HADAHEARTOFGOLD
62
Handy sofa item : UNIVERSALREMOTE
63
"Why should I?!" : GIVEMEONEREASON
64
Film come-on : STARSTUDDEDCAST
Down
1
They may be on the house: Abbr. : MTGES
2
Start of a lament : IHATE
3
Rest period : SEVENTHDAY
4
The presidency, notably : AGER
5
Standard : PRINCIPLE
6
Potpourri part : PETAL
7
Less of a dream : REALER
8
Anne Sexton's palindrome-inspired poem "Rats Live ___ Evil Star" : ONNO
9
Fall heavily : PLOP
10
Retro do : RATTAIL
11
"___ Steps" (best-selling religious novel) : INHIS
12
Accelerando or ritardando negator : ATEMPO
13
Girl's name that's a homophone of a cloth : TERI
14
Dyne-centimeters : ERGS
15
Impudent twerp : SNOT
23
One denoted by a cross on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, for short : MIA
25
Thunderdome, e.g. : ARENA
26
Zone, so to speak : NOD
28
Southern home of Stillman College : TUSCALOOSA
29
"Nothing's broken" : IMOK
30
Lacking : SANS
31
It gets clicks for flicks : IMDB
32
Ordering aid : MENU
34
Stuff down the throat of : FORCEFEED
37
Exec's perk : JET
39
"Boy, ___!" : DOI
42
Utah, once : DESERET
45
Middle Passage transport : SLAVER
47
Like peers : TITLED
50
They may cut a sentence short : AHEMS
52
Player of the villain in "The Man Who Knew Too Much" : LORRE
54
Los ___, Calif. : ALTOS
55
T.S.A. request: Abbr. : IDENT
56
Clasps : HUGS
57
Pick ___ (fault-find) : ANIT
58
Tantrum thrower : DIVA
59
Not worth ___ : ASOU
60
Partner in mapmaking : RAND
61
Onetime big inits. in car financing : GMAC