31 May 2008 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 31 May 2008

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F
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A
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T
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A
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S
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A
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H
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O
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G
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A
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S
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S
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N
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S
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I
D
O
N
T
C
A
R
E
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D
E
A
R
E
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N
U
N
N
E
R
I
E
S
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I
L
I
A
C
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K
E
I
S
T
E
R
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I
T
L
L
D
O
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S
A
D
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D
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E
N
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N
I
N
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P
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I
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T
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T
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G
O
I
N
G
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A
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H
E
A
D
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O
N
H
I
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R
E
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E
Y
E
T
E
E
T
H
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S
T
I
L
E
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S
S
A
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N
A
D
I
A
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T
H
R
E
E
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T
O
N
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R
O
L
L
O
N
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M
E
D
D
L
E
S
O
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M
E
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S
E
N
D
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O
A
F
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N
A
N
A
N
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A
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S
I
L
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E
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N
T
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L
A
P
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T
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O
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P
54
S
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A
S
O
N
E
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P
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L
A
U
S
I
B
L
E
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I
L
O
S
T
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B
A
W
L
E
D
O
U
T
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C
E
R
E
S
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S
O
I
T
S
E
E
M
S

Hints & Clues

Across
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Porky : FATASAHOG
10
Socs. : ASSNS
15
"Whatever" : IDONTCARE
16
"The Wreck of the Mary ___" (1959 film) : DEARE
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Where habits are picked up? : NUNNERIES
18
Near the hip : ILIAC
19
Seat : KEISTER
20
"That's good enough" : ITLLDO
21
Get down : SADDEN
24
"The Novel of the Future" author : NIN
25
First Earl of Chatham : PITT
29
Proceeding : GOINGAHEAD
32
Ready to get engaged? : ONHIRE
34
Exchange for something very valuable : EYETEETH
35
Vertical piece in a door frame : STILE
36
Grp. issuing IDs : SSA
37
Tennis star Petrova : NADIA
38
Like some adult hippos : THREETON
40
Product with a rotating ball : ROLLON
41
Curious to a fault : MEDDLESOME
43
Text messaging command : SEND
44
Meatball : OAF
45
Lyric stand-in, perhaps : NANANA
47
Clammy? : SILENT
50
Flight passengers often work on them : LAPTOPS
55
Not independently : ASONE
56
Not too much of a stretch : PLAUSIBLE
58
Jenny Craig testimonial starter : ILOST
59
Read the riot act : BAWLEDOUT
60
Heavenly discovery of 1801 : CERES
61
"Sure looks that way" : SOITSEEMS
Down
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Obnoxious sort : FINK
2
In unison : ADUE
3
1956 Olympic skiing sensation ___ Sailer : TONI
4
Saint ___ Bay, Jamaica : ANNS
5
Retaining instructions : STETS
6
Spread statistic : ACREAGE
7
Top arrangement? : HAIRDO
8
Bank deposit, of sorts : ORE
9
Some appliances : GES
10
Passage to get 8-Down : ADIT
11
Bears do it : SELL
12
Tool for sewing canvas : SAILNEEDLE
13
Certain atomic X-ray emission : NRADIATION
14
Tick source : SECONDHAND
20
"Splendor in the Grass" Oscar winner : INGE
22
Day when courts are not in session : DIESNON
23
"Amarantine" Grammy winner : ENYA
25
After the Pentateuchal period : POSTMOSAIC
26
Between seating sections : INTHEAISLE
27
Attic, often : THIRDFLOOR
28
Like many a backsplash : TILED
30
It's 8 for O : ATNO
31
Recovers : HEALS
33
Lurch : REEL
36
Sportsman of the Year co-winner of 1998 : SOSA
39
Cot spot : TENT
40
One of three French auto-making brothers : RENAULT
42
Chichewa and English are its two official languages : MALAWI
46
Sites of some religious statues : APSES
48
Massachusetts motto starter : ENSE
49
Court hangers : NETS
51
"The washday miracle" sloganeer, once : TIDE
52
One found in the woods : OBOE
53
Extremely desirable : PLUM
54
Fixes : SETS
56
Oscar show airer? : PBS
57
Mekong Buddhist : LAO