22 May 2013 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 22 May 2013

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

Across
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Afro-Cuban dance : RUMBA
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Chief exec : PREZ
10
Strained-at bug, in an idiom : GNAT
14
Crazy as ___ : ALOON
15
Credits listing : ROLE
16
Get in a lather : RILE
17
Complaints about a Kentucky fort? : KNOXKNOCKS
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Hatchet man : AXER
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Hearing range : EARSHOT
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No-goodnik : STINKER
23
"Winter's Bone" heroine ___ Dolly : REE
24
Hebrew letter before nun : MEM
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Soon, to a bard : ANON
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Cohort of Athos : ARAMIS
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Party desirables : ALIST
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Moved like a dragonfly : DARTED
36
Place a levy on pushpins? : TAXTACKS
38
Digger's strike : ORE
39
Cause to topple : TIPOVER
41
Mauna ___ : KEA
42
Security for smoked salmon? : LOXLOCKS
44
Paul of "Mad About You" : REISER
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"Specifically ..." : TOWIT
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Hasbro action figures : GIJOES
49
Severely reprimand, with "out" : REAM
51
Kevin Bacon degree count : SIX
52
"Take Me Bak ___" (1972 Slade song) : OME
55
Polar bear's resting spot : ICEFLOE
58
Bottom-line red ink : NETLOSS
61
Mid 13th-century year : MCCL
62
Piles of old soul records? : STAXSTACKS
64
"My Way" lyricist : ANKA
65
Eyelid malady : STYE
66
Catchall category : OTHER
67
Classic computer game, or its island world : MYST
68
Gain from a quarterback sneak, perhaps : YARD
69
Nectar-yielding fruits : PEARS
Down
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Do some fall cleanup : RAKE
2
___ nerve (funny bone part) : ULNAR
3
"Sicko" documentarian : MOORE
4
Prime spot at a theater : BOXSEAT
5
Hippie's cross : ANKH
6
For the time being : PROTEM
7
"Arabian Nights" menace : ROC
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"Benevolent" order : ELKS
9
Keebler cracker brand : ZESTA
10
Breakfast bar stuff : GRANOLA
11
Say no to some pro basketballers? : NIXKNICKS
12
On the calm side : ALEE
13
Okla., until 1907 : TERR
18
Given to wanderlust : NOMADIC
22
Where "K-I-S-S-I-N-G" occurs, as taunting kids say : INATREE
25
Cell division : MITOSIS
28
Double-check the addition of : RETOTAL
29
Discount, in store names : SAV
31
___-Ball (arcade game) : SKEE
32
Despot until 1917 : TSAR
33
Dimwit : DOLT
34
Suffix with buck : AROO
35
Critic Reed does major damage? : REXWRECKS
37
Reproduces, in a way : XEROXES
40
U.P.S. delivery: Abbr. : PKG
43
Not be rumpled, say : LIEFLAT
45
Put in solitary : ISOLATE
48
Born under a bad sign : JINXED
50
Like the north sides of some trees : MOSSY
53
Starbucks order : MOCHA
54
Glacial ridge : ESKER
55
Mosque leader : IMAM
56
Big Apple sch. : CCNY
57
___ James, singer played by Beyoncé : ETTA
59
'Vette roof option : TTOP
60
Ukr. and Lith., once : SSRS
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Firth of Clyde port : AYR