31 May 2009 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 31 May 2009

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Hints & Clues

Across
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End of a footrace : TAPE
5
Creator of Princess Ozma : BAUM
9
Satellite org. : NASA
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State below Lower Saxony : HESSE
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"The Pearl of ___ Island" (Stowe novel) : ORRS
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Opposing : ANTI
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Technological debuts of 1998 : IMACS
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Mountain, in Hawaiian : MAUNA
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*Religious affiliation of John Adams and William Howard Taft : UNITARIANCHURCH
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Cry from the bench : ORDER
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Foe : RIVAL
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Ascension Day, e.g.: Abbr. : THUR
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Sword material : STEEL
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Serve notice : WARN
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Manila pact grp., 1954 : SEATO
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*You raise your arms for these : ANTIPERSPIRANTS
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Cultivate : TEND
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Men of La Mancha : SENORES
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Big Apple subway line, with "the" : LEX
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Do, re, mi : CDE
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Sailor's realm : SEA
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Business partner, sometimes : SON
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French word before and after "à" : VIS
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Busch Stadium locale: Abbr. : STL
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*Physician's promise : HIPPOCRATICOATH
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"Gloria ___" (hymn) : PATRI
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Prefix with -naut : AERO
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Primeval : OLD
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Oregon city, with "The" : DALLES
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King of England, 946-55 : EDRED
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Challenge for H.S. juniors : PSAT
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Film that lost the Best Picture Oscar to "Chariots of Fire" : REDS
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Hogwarts professor Trelawney, e.g. : SEER
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Montana Indians : CREES
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Pilot's E : ECHO
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With 70-Across, some people are ___ crosswords : NUTS
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See 68-Across : OVER
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Paint choice : TINT
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Illinois city : ALTON
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Ring : PEAL
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Form of acetylacetone : ENOL
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Corona : AURA
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Scenic fabric : TOILE
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Narrow furrows : STRIAE
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Maine coon, e.g. : CAT
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You name it : NOUN
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Reduces to bits : RICES
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*Hides out : GOESUNDERGROUND
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Schooner's contents : ALE
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Pack away : EAT
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Travel plan: Abbr. : RTE
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Trifling amount : SOU
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Ocean's reflection : SKY
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Boston's Liberty Tree, e.g. : ELM
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Lack of faith : ATHEISM
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Jaw site : VISE
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*Deficits : INSUFFICIENCIES
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Jack Sprat's dietary restriction : NOFAT
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Not too spicy : MILD
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Comes out of one's skin : MOLTS
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Quod ___ faciendum : ERAT
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___ White, one of the girls in "Dreamgirls" : EFFIE
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Given : AXIOM
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*Ragged : TATTEREDANDTORN
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Class : GENRE
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Bunches : ASLEW
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Something to play : ROLE
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Raises the hackles of : IRES
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Impressionist Degas : EDGAR
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Scorched : SERE
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___' Pea : SWEE
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Peut-___ (maybe, in Marseille) : ETRE
Down
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Hitches : TOURS
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Golf's Palmer, to friends : ARNIE
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*Not firm work? : PRIVATEPRACTICE
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Dead giveaway? : ESTATE
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Honky-tonk : BAR
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Hill of Hill hearings : ANITA
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The Osmonds, e.g. : UTAHNS
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Least : MINUTEST
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Fed. med. research agency : NIH
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Jester, e.g. : AMUSER
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Refuser of a 1964 Nobel Prize : SARTRE
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Tap into : ACCESS
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Managed care grp. : HMO
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Swab's target : EARWAX
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Nubian Desert locale : SUDAN
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Comics canine : SNERT
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Pulls in : EARNS
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Common name for a working dog : SHEP
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Explorer ___ Álvarez de Pineda, first European to see the Mississippi : ALONSO
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Sea lily, e.g. : CRINOID
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"___ Marlene" (W.W. II love song) : LILI
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Plains Indians : PONCAS
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1967 #1 hit whose lyrics begin "What you want / Baby, I got it" : RESPECT
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Style of furnishing : DECOR
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Fellow : CHAP
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Semi fill-up : DIESELOIL
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Democrat Specter : ARLEN
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Beta blocker? : VHS
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*Real work : STRENUOUSEFFORT
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It may be tapped : TREETRUNK
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Toppers : LIDS
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Driving hazard : POTHOLE
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Total : ADDUPTO
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Nondairy product in the dairy section : OLEO
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Popular pain reliever : ALEVE
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Ancient playwright who originated the phrase "While there's life, there's hope" : TERENCE
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Italian Renaissance composer Banchieri : ADRIANO
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Firewood unit : STERE
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Personal identity : ONESELF
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Je ne ___ quoi : SAIS
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Laughs one's head off : ROARS
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Razor brand : ATRA
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Supermodel Hutton : LAUREN
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State V.I.P.: Abbr. : LTGOV
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Tennis's Roddick : ANDY
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Towser, e.g., in "Catch-22": Abbr. : SGT
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Siren : ENTICER
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Those with yens : DESIRERS
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Shot : RUINED
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___ radio : AMFM
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Author Welty : EUDORA
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Mercedes-Benz model : ACLASS
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Whit : TITTLE
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Prynne of "The Scarlet Letter" : HESTER
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Lark's home : MEADOW
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Pushover : SOFTIE
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Persona : IMAGE
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Canceled : NIXED
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Primitive weapon : SLING
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Whit : IOTA
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Banal : STALE
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Telecaster : AIRER
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Cliff-hanging : TENSE
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French 42-Across : MER
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She can be polled : EWE
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Born overseas : NEE