31 May 2022 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 31 May 2022

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M
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P
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L
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E
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L
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K
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L
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R
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O
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H
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D
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M
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W
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B
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Hints & Clues

Across
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Plenty : AMPLE
6
Actor Hemsworth : LIAM
10
Keep bumping into another punk music fan? : MOSH
14
Request to someone dressing your submarine sandwich : NOOIL
15
Baby name that had popularity bumps after the releases of "Frozen" and "Frozen II" : ELSA
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Not supporting : ANTI
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Figure in many hexes : VOODOODOLL
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Challenge for a plumber : LEAK
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Poverty and pollution, for two : ILLS
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Scale amts. : WTS
22
Discerning : ASTUTE
24
Napkin holder : LAP
25
Alternative to Huggies or Luvs : CLOTHDIAPER
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Prefix with puncture : ACU
29
One of two akimbo : ARM
30
Stampede : ONRUSH
33
Supporting : PRO
34
Puts on : DONS
38
Suggestion to defer discussion ... and what might be said of 17-, 25, 46- and 60-Across : LETSPUTAPININIT
41
Brand with the flavor Cookie Cobblestone : EDYS
42
Cavernous opening : MAW
43
Without leaving crumbs behind, say : TIDILY
44
See 44-Down : PAN
45
Place for a royal flush? : LOO
46
Place for splits and spares : BOWLINGLANE
53
Org. for King James and Dr. J : NBA
56
More sore : ACHIER
57
With 64-Across, symbol of coldness : ICE
58
Gait that's not as fast as a canter : TROT
59
Spot for a guard at the World Cup : SHIN
60
$$$ dispenser : ATMMACHINE
63
What many do on the Sabbath : REST
64
See 57-Across : CUBE
65
National Zoo attraction : PANDA
66
Pseudo-sophisticated : ARTY
67
Barriers to compromise : EGOS
68
Teen spirit? : ANGST
Down
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Heavy chorus "instrument" in "Il Trovatore" : ANVIL
2
$$$ : MOOLA
3
Gathering where one might make a splash : POOLPARTY
4
Tupperware tops : LIDS
5
Grp. with the 1975 hit "Evil Woman" : ELO
6
Prompted : LEDTO
7
"___ It at the Movies" (collection of Pauline Kael reviews) : ILOST
8
In which "I'm sorry" shows a closed fist, in brief : ASL
9
Clumsy : MALADROIT
10
Country in the Mediterranean : MALTA
11
Outdo : ONEUP
12
Word before "of mind" or "of emergency" : STATE
13
Many a consumer of trail mix : HIKER
18
Symbol of wisdom : OWL
23
Member of a virtual family : SIM
25
Edge : CUSP
26
Angel's instrument : HARP
28
"Ornery" sort : CUSS
30
Cry at a World Cup match : OLE
31
Nickname for Benedict or Edgar : NED
32
Group targeted for destruction in "Independence Day" : HUMANRACE
33
Hairy hand : PAW
34
Classical queen who cursed a Trojan fleet : DIDO
35
One in a deep-fried side dish : ONIONRING
36
Zippo : NIL
37
Wreck room? : STY
39
Powder-based beverage : TANG
40
Its tributaries are Blue and White : NILE
44
With 44-Across, holder for a Thanksgiving dessert : PIE
46
Principal Iraqi port : BASRA
47
Shade of some turning leaves : OCHER
48
Card game in Austen novels : WHIST
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Like some unbrushed suits : LINTY
50
Competition favoring flexible contestants : LIMBO
51
Zeniths : ACMES
52
Org. that might give a grant to a sculptor : NEA
54
Barry with 12 Silver Slugger Awards : BONDS
55
Really bothered : ATEAT
58
Less ___ perfect : THAN
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Yank : TUG
62
I.R.S. expert : CPA