27 May 2012 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 27 May 2012

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P
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O
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S
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A
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W
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DE
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LA
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WA
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RE
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H
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MI
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E
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L
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H
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A
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C
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OK
LA
HO
MA
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N
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B
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F
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L
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U
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C
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C
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K
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Y
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I
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CO
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Y
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T
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P
E
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F
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C
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A
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LO
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R
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PEN
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RA
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R
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DO
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P
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LVA
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G
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B
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NIA
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D
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M
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NE
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BR
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AS
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KA
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A
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T
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AR
KA
NS
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R
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R
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Y
D
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R
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NEW
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H
O
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D
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D
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R
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Y
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B
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HAM
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MI
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N
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M
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K
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L
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R
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L
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PSH
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L
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M
A
D
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G
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N
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RI
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U
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O
V
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D
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F
L
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LA
ND
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D
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R
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LI
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KE
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UC
KY
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T
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Hints & Clues

Across
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Entourage, in slang : POSSE
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Hide pokers : AWLS
10
*Patriot Caesar Rodney on horseback : DELAWARE
14
Person running the show : HOST
18
"___ Majesty's Secret Service" : ONHER
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*The Great Lakes : MICHIGAN
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Parallel, e.g. : LINE
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"It's the Hard-Knock Life" musical : ANNIE
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Some dabblers : TEALS
24
Snake predators named for their calls : LAUGHINGFALCONS
27
*Scissor-tailed flycatcher with wildflowers : OKLAHOMA
28
D-backs, e.g. : NLERS
29
P.R. problem : BADREP
30
Beach lotion abbr. : SPF
31
Ones getting away : ELUDERS
34
Battery type : CCELL
37
Zales rival : KAY
38
Reduce to a symbol : ICONIFY
40
Hosiery shade : TAUPE
41
Irons, in Paris : FERS
42
"The Goodbye Kiss" author Massimo : CARLOTTO
44
Much-quoted line from Edgar in "King Lear" : RIPENESSISALL
48
Royal title that means "great house" : PHARAOH
49
Common sweetener : CORNSYRUP
50
Go by : ELAPSE
53
Lacking rhyme or reason : RANDOM
54
Versatile delivery vehicles : PANELVANS
55
Outlets in a chemistry lab : GASTAPS
56
Island province of the Roman Empire : BRITANNIA
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Nonauthoritarian : DEMOCRAT
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*Covered wagon next to Chimney Rock : NEBRASKA
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Concerning : ANENT
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United in purpose : ASONE
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*Rice stalks, a diamond and a mallard : ARKANSAS
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Old comic book cowboy : REDRYDER
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Eager reporter : NEWSHOUND
71
Venture to postulate : DARESAY
72
Nassau residents : BAHAMIANS
74
"Lose Yourself" rapper : EMINEM
79
The Perfesser's nephew in the comic strip "Shoe" : SKYLER
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Party hat? : LAMPSHADE
81
Beauty contest since 1952 : MISSUSA
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Civil defense devices : AIRRAIDSIRENS
84
Help in a bind : RECOURSE
85
Simpson girl : LISA
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Author Jorge : AMADO
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Sui ___ : GENERIS
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With 95-Down, "The Royal Family of Broadway" star, 1930 : INA
90
Postcard in a barrel, perhaps : ENTRY
91
Expose : UNCOVER
94
Old French coin : ECU
97
Tennis's Stefan : EDBERG
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Result of failing banks? : FLOOD
100
*Statehouse dome : MARYLAND
101
French Baroque artist who painted "The Fortune Teller" : GEORGESDELATOUR
106
"Get Smart" robot : HYMIE
107
Film composer Morricone : ENNIO
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110-Across set in Egypt : AIDA
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*Abraham Lincoln : ILLINOIS
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See 108-Across : OPERA
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Fair sight : TENT
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*Racehorse in front of the Federal Hill mansion : KENTUCKY
113
"A madness most discreet," per Romeo : LOVE
114
Not flabby : TONED
Down
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"Wanderings: Chaim ___ Story of the Jews" : POTOKS
2
Quarter-mile, for many tracks : ONELAP
3
Noted exile of 1979 : SHAHOFIRAN
4
Home to the National Voting Rights Museum : SELMA
5
Hosp. zones : ERS
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"Thanks ___!" : AMIL
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Father of the Blues : WCHANDY
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Outgrowth from the base of a grass blade : LIGULE
9
Birth control pioneer Margaret : SANGER
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Handlers of brats : DELIS
11
Stretched out : LAIN
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Designer Vera : WANG
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Island protector : REEF
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Islamic analogue of kosher : HALAL
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Like many music reissues : ONCD
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Military jacket with a furry hood : SNORKELPARKA
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What a poor listener may have : TINEAR
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Athletic awards since 1993 : ESPYS
25
Some baseball scores: Abbr. : HRS
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Salts : ABLESEAMEN
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Inter : ENTOMB
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Neighbor of Poland: Abbr. : LITH
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ET carrier : UFO
34
___ belli (war-provoking act) : CASUS
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Transition point : CUSP
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Prefix with center : EPI
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*Rocky Mountains : COLORADO
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Arctic ___ (pole-to-pole migrator) : TERN
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Part of many a freight train : FLATCAR
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E.M.T. application : CPR
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Bingo alternative? : AHA
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Saint in a Sir Walter Scott title : RONAN
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"___ my garment and my mantle": Ezra 9:3 : IRENT
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*"Commonwealth" statue and a keystone : PENNSYLVANIA
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Too : ALSO
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Do dos, say : CATER
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Goes across : SPANS
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"Cómo ___?" : ESTAS
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Like the scent of many cleaners : PINEY
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Homo, for one : GENUS
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Area that's frequently swept? : RADARRANGE
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"Lorna ___" : DOONE
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Uncool types : NERDS
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Spring ___ : BREAK
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Severely parched : ASDRYASABONE
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Part of Russia next to Finland : KARELIA
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Like the eastern part of Russia : ASIAN
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Herring varieties : SHADS
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Belgian river : YSER
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*Old Man of the Mountain rock formation : NEWHAMPSHIRE
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Winter solvent : DEICER
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Villain : BADDY
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"I ___ bored!" : AMSO
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*Lewis and Clark and the Gateway Arch : MISSOURI
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Greenhouse workers : NURSERYMEN
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Sinuous character : ESS
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___ West : MAE
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Fabulist : LIAR
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Word repeated before "tekel" in biblical writing on the wall : MENE
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Billing fig. : AMT
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Race, as an engine : REV
85
Lord or vassal : LIEGE
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Move toward the middle : INDENT
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"Boris ___" : GODUNOV
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Cereal killer? : ERGOT
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Suffix with form : ULA
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Kind of farming that doesn't disturb the soil : NOTILL
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"Gangsta's Paradise" rapper : COOLIO
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See 89-Across : CLAIRE
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Like zombies : UNDEAD
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Ireland : ERIN
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Unreliable : FLAKY
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"I want my ___!" (old advertising catchphrase) : MAYPO
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Benefit : SAKE
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Force : DINT
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Cabinet dept. since 1979 : EDUC
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Go up : RISE
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Scorching : HOT