22 May 2016 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 22 May 2016

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K
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T
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E
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L
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E
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P
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S
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O
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N
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S
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E
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A
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J
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U
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D
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D
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A
R
N
O
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M
A
R
C
O
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F
I
R
M
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P
R
O
A
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M
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R
I
C
A
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P
R
O
T
A
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G
O
R
A
S
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E
D
E
M
A
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S
C
H
M
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I
T
T
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H
A
N
D
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T
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V
G
U
E
S
T
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T
I
A
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M
O
I
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S
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T
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E
D
U
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C
E
S
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Y
E
T
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S
A
N
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M
A
R
I
N
O
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A
L
K
A
L
I
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P
E
L
E
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T
A
G
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I
O
N
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Y
E
N
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G
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L
O
S
S
A
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N
E
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A
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B
E
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G
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S
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N
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A
N
O
S
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C
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E
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L
E
S
T
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A
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D
O
N
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I
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M
U
S
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O
H
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M
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A
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N
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O
C
A
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T
R
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I
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R
A
P
T
L
Y
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S
L
I
M
E
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M
O
U
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N
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T
A
I
N
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H
I
G
H
V
A
L
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L
E
Y
L
O
W
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E
N
D
O
R
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O
S
W
E
G
O
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R
U
E
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N
U
T
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R
O
S
I
E
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S
T
Y
R
E
N
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E
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M
E
83
O
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W
E
R
S
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S
A
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M
O
A
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D
E
A
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L
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D
N
A
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G
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A
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M
E
T
E
93
T
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N
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N
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G
I
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N
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W
I
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M
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A
N
A
S
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T
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I
E
O
F
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F
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A
A
A
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R
A
T
I
106
N
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G
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S
T
Y
109
O
N
S
A
L
E
110
N
O
M
A
R
111
N
E
O
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P
I
E
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R
114
R
O
T
115
V
E
E
116
R
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E
N
D
118
W
I
T
H
119
A
F
L
A
C
120
H
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E
A
R
T
E
122
L
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L
O
F
124
E
C
T
O
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T
U
L
I
P
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A
M
I
S
127
P
I
A
N
O
128
P
A
L
M
129
R
A
N
T
130
T
I
L
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O
T
T
E
R
132
T
R
E
E

Hints & Clues

Across
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"Hooked on Classics" record promoter : KTEL
5
Japanese electronics giant : EPSON
10
Swell locale? : SEA
13
Director Apatow : JUDD
17
View from the Uffizi Gallery : ARNO
18
Polo in the 13th century : MARCO
19
Unyielding : FIRM
20
Annual event at Pebble Beach : PROAM
22
Like a well-off señora : RICA
23
Greek philosopher who wrote "Man is the measure of all things" : PROTAGORAS
25
Tomato trouble : EDEMA
26
Harrison ___, last person to set foot on the moon : SCHMITT
28
Round of applause : HAND
29
One on a talk show couch, say : TVGUEST
31
Argentine aunt : TIA
32
Like some brownies and towelettes : MOIST
35
Brings out : EDUCES
37
Still : YET
38
Country named for one of its patrons : SANMARINO
40
Basic material : ALKALI
41
___ Day (November 19, in Brazil) : PELE
42
Identify, as in a Facebook photo : TAG
43
It's never free of charge : ION
44
Coin issued in values of 1 to 500 : YEN
45
Tongue, anatomically : GLOSSA
47
Largest labor union in the U.S. : NEA
49
Does a certain dog trick : BEGS
52
Some iPods : NANOS
54
"Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" instrument : CELESTA
58
Howard Stern rival : DONIMUS
61
"Jeez!" : OHMAN
65
"L'___ del Cairo" (unfinished Mozart opera) : OCA
66
Prefix with lingual : TRI
68
With full attention : RAPTLY
69
Gooey stuff : SLIME
70
Classic song with the repeated line "If you need me, I will be nearby" ... shown symbolically in this puzzle : MOUNTAINHIGHVALLEYLOW
75
Ewoks' home in sci-fi : ENDOR
76
Upstate SUNY campus site : OSWEGO
77
Regret : RUE
78
Filbert, for one : NUT
79
Woman's floral nickname : ROSIE
80
Common plastic base : STYRENE
82
Vocal cats : MEOWERS
85
Part of Polynesia : SAMOA
87
It's least palatable when raw : DEAL
89
Little, twisted part of us all? : DNA
90
Egg, for one : GAMETE
93
Bygone cable inits. : TNN
96
Main ingredient in a Tom Collins : GIN
98
Wenders who directed "Buena Vista Social Club" : WIM
100
Santa ___ (some winds) : ANAS
101
Close with a knot : TIEOFF
104
Good thing to get from Moody's : AAARATING
108
Disaster area, so to speak : STY
109
Marked down : ONSALE
110
Six-time All-Star Garciaparra : NOMAR
111
Prefix for a revived style : NEO
112
French mime : PIERROT
115
Go off course : VEER
117
Use as a conclusion : ENDWITH
119
Insurance giant : AFLAC
120
Find out about : HEARTELLOF
124
Prefix with -plasm : ECTO
125
Subject of an annual festival in Holland, Mich. : TULIP
126
French buds : AMIS
127
Instrument at Rick's Café : PIANO
128
With 132-Across, place to get a date : PALM
129
Spew fire and brimstone, say : RANT
130
Dusk-___-dawn : TIL
131
Animal sought in 2016's "Zootopia" : OTTER
132
See 128-Across : TREE
Down
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Limestone areas with sinkholes and caverns : KARSTS
2
One of the Nixons : TRICIA
3
Captivate : ENCHANT
4
Rich soil : LOAM
5
Caveat ___ : EMPTOR
6
Final installment of "The Hangover" : PARTIII
7
Sign of theatrical success : SRO
8
Fall mo. : OCT
9
Title biblical character played by Russell Crowe : NOAH
10
Hit from "Songs in the Key of Life" dedicated to Ellington : SIRDUKE
11
End of an ___ : ERA
12
Dutch beer brand : AMSTEL
13
Compressed file format : JPEG
14
Language that gave us "cummerbund" : URDU
15
They impart an innocent look : DOEEYES
16
Maidens : DAMSELS
19
How good times are remembered : FONDLY
21
Country singer Kathy with the #1 "Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses" : MATTEA
24
Mother and wife of Uranus : GAEA
27
Google heading : IMAGES
30
Churchill gesture : VSIGN
33
Supercilious sort : SNOB
34
Muscular : TONED
36
Shaped like a tube : CANNULAR
39
Long, flowing locks : MANE
41
In a luxurious manner : POSHLY
46
Untethered : LOOSE
48
Lead-in to boy : ATTA
50
More bloody : GORIER
51
Caught : SNAGGED
53
Refugee's request : ASYLUM
54
Rising star : COMER
55
Money-saving brand prefix : ECONO
56
Extols : LAUDS
57
Melodic passage : ARIOSO
59
Galaxy rival : IPHONE
60
"True Life" airer : MTV
62
"Now We Are Six" author : MILNE
63
Love, in the Louvre : AMOUR
64
Pond wrigglers : NEWTS
67
Establishes : INSTATES
71
They may keep you awake at night : NOISES
72
Reward for Fido : TREAT
73
It may take a toll: Abbr. : HWY
74
Certification for eco-friendly buildings, for short : LEED
81
Minneapolis-St. Paul suburb : EAGAN
83
Direction of progress : ONWARD
84
"Hold it!" : WAIT
86
"Same here" : METOO
88
Chinese dynasty of 1,000 years ago : LIAO
90
React to, as a shock : GASPAT
91
Like PETA : ANTIFUR
92
Bob Ewell's daughter in "To Kill a Mockingbird" : MAYELLA
94
Uselessly, after "to" : NOAVAIL
95
Texans, e.g. : NFLERS
97
"Oh yeah? Give an example!" : NAMEONE
99
Subcompact : MINICAR
102
Because : INTHAT
103
A limerick has 13 : FEET
105
Sought, as office : RANFOR
106
Irk : NETTLE
107
Order to a pest : GOHOME
113
It can come in sheets : RAIN
114
A.T.M. printout: Abbr. : RCPT
116
Certain tow job, for short : REPO
118
Shed tears : WEPT
121
Bygone record label : EMI
122
Sauced : LIT
123
Back muscle, briefly : LAT