23 May 2016 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 23 May 2016

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

Across
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___ browns (breakfast order) : HASH
5
Golf target : HOLE
9
Where "they tried to make me go," in an Amy Winehouse hit : REHAB
14
Red Muppet on "Sesame Street" : ELMO
15
Last word of grace : AMEN
16
Wear away, as soil : ERODE
17
Defeat decisively : ROUT
18
___ Payne, One Direction heartthrob : LIAM
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Turn on one foot, in basketball : PIVOT
20
One being laughed at : BUTTOFTHEJOKE
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"A Nightmare on ___ Street" : ELM
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"Help!," at sea : SOS
25
Cheese-loving pest : RAT
28
Where Mom or Dad sits at dinner : HEADOFTHETABLE
33
"___ sells" (advertising maxim) : SEX
34
Take to the skies : SOAR
35
Not walk completely upright : STOOP
36
Mama's mate : PAPA
38
Org. co-founded by W. E. B. Du Bois : NAACP
41
When doubled, a Hawaiian fish : MAHI
42
Each and ___ : EVERY
44
Place after win and place : SHOW
46
Totally cool : RAD
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Building blaster, for short : TNT
52
R&B's ___ Hill : DRU
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Cub Scout unit : DEN
54
Where it's calmest in a hurricane : EYEOFTHESTORM
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Part of a bicycle or loom : PEDAL
63
An hour before office closing time, maybe : FOUR
64
Cookie in cookies-and-cream ice cream : OREO
65
Actress Berry : HALLE
66
Brink : EDGE
67
Space race competitor, for short : USSR
68
Clothesline alternative : DRYER
69
Word that follows steel, open or pigeon : TOED
70
Boring way to learn : ROTE
Down
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Oregano, for one : HERB
2
Baseball's Felipe : ALOU
3
Filth : SMUT
4
Good drink for a sore throat : HOTTEA
5
First or last quarter in the lunar cycle : HALFMOON
6
Exclude : OMIT
7
Jacob's wife : LEAH
8
Catch in a net : ENMESH
9
Shares on Facebook, maybe : REPOSTS
10
"The Phantom of the Opera" lead role : ERIK
11
Futuristic mode of transportation in the "Back to the Future" films : HOVERBOARD
12
Big fuss : ADO
13
Wager : BET
21
Early automaker Ransom E. ___ : OLDS
22
"Average" guy : JOE
26
Greetings in Honolulu : ALOHAS
27
Lukewarm : TEPID
28
What's beyond the Pearly Gates : HEAVEN
29
As predicted : EXPECTEDLY
30
Flight watchdog org. : FAA
31
Get rid of : TRASH
32
Cash dispenser, briefly : ATM
33
Exhausted : SPENT
37
Animal house? : ARK
39
Guerrilla Guevara : CHE
40
Like some doughnuts and wigs : POWDERED
43
One calling from a Swiss mountaintop : YODELER
45
Troubles : WOES
48
Questlove's hairdo, for short : FRO
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Nursery rhyme seat : TUFFET
50
Doing concerts here and there : ONTOUR
55
Connecticut Ivy : YALE
56
Kind of list : TODO
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Ginormous : HUGE
58
Approximately : ORSO
59
Slumber : REST
60
"Encore!" : MORE
61
Prof's degree : PHD
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Corn unit : EAR