25 May 1998 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 25 May 1998

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P
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I
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T
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H
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M
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O
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R
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A
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L
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I
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P
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S
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O
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S
O
H
O
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C
R
A
T
E
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F
U
N
K
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S
W
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N
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G
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N
G
O
N
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A
S
T
A
R
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T
A
S
K
S
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A
G
L
O
W
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O
P
A
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Y
E
A
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M
E
L
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E
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O
N
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F
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E
E
D
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B
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D
S
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S
T
A
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R
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T
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A
L
A
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E
E
N
Y
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K
O
S
H
E
R
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G
E
R
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N
E
T
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D
I
M
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A
M
I
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I
N
S
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I
S
T
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C
O
D
E
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P
U
P
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N
I
K
O
N
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C
O
B
S
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A
P
S
E
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N
A
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A
M
A
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P
L
Y
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A
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S
S
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R
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E
M
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T
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R
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F
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E
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R
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T
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A
L
L
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T
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H
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G
A
M
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N
O
E
L
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A
N
G
L
E
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A
C
M
E
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T
A
S
S
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N
O
S
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S
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R
E
A
L

Hints & Clues

Across
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Essence : PITH
5
Fable finale : MORAL
10
___ facto : IPSO
14
London district : SOHO
15
Fruit container : CRATE
16
See 47-Across : FUNK
17
1944 Oscar-winning song by Bing Crosby : SWINGINGONASTAR
20
Jobs to do : TASKS
21
Radiant : AGLOW
22
Inflation-fighting W.W. II org. : OPA
23
Vote of support : YEA
24
Actor Gibson : MEL
25
Years and years : EON
27
Oats for horses, say : FEED
29
Hotel capacity : BEDS
30
Commence : START
33
Pie ___ mode : ALA
34
Start of a counting-out rhyme : EENY
35
Like some Jewish delis : KOSHER
36
Berlin's home: Abbr. : GER
37
Court divider : NET
38
Like 10-watt bulbs : DIM
39
Friend in France : AMI
40
Not give up an argument : INSIST
42
Spy's writing : CODE
43
Litter member : PUP
44
Japanese camera : NIKON
45
Middle ears? : COBS
46
Church niche : APSE
47
With 16-Across, depressed : INA
48
Doc bloc : AMA
49
Wield : PLY
50
Sure-footed work animal : ASS
52
Send, as money : REMIT
54
Send elsewhere : REFER
57
1951 hit with music by former Veep Dawes : ITSALLINTHEGAME
60
Christmastime : NOEL
61
Go fishing : ANGLE
62
Tiptop : ACME
63
Soviet news agency : TASS
64
They're counted at meetings : NOSES
65
See 45-Down : REAL
Down
1
"Hey there!" : PSST
2
Hawkeye State : IOWA
3
1937 Benny Goodman hit : THISYEARSKISSES
4
Reacted like a taxi driver? : HONKED
5
Sprint rival : MCI
6
Embellish : ORNAMENT
7
Tattered : RAGGEDY
8
The Marshall Islands, e.g. : ATOLLS
9
Jay who has Monday night "Headlines" : LENO
10
Conditions : IFS
11
1960 song from "Bye Bye Birdie" : PUTONAHAPPYFACE
12
Polaroid : SNAP
13
Gumbo plant : OKRA
18
Fed. property overseer : GSA
19
Stunning : AWESOME
26
Extra-play periods, for short : OTS
27
Dickens thief : FAGIN
28
1983 Nicholas Gage book : ELENI
29
Red vegetable : BEET
31
Tale-spinning Uncle : REMUS
32
Rubbish : TRIPE
34
Tangle up : ENSNARL
35
Youngsters : KIDS
38
Fight (with) : DOBATTLE
41
Charged particle : ION
42
___ and goings : COMINGS
45
With 65-Across, a Spanish highway : CAMINO
46
Sour brew : ALEGAR
49
___-Raphaelite : PRE
50
"It ___ pretty!" : AINT
51
Portico : STOA
53
Verve : ELAN
55
Austen heroine : EMMA
56
Stagger : REEL
58
Smith and Gore : ALS
59
"For ___ a jolly..." : HES