5 May 2023 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 5 May 2023

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

Across
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Popular TikTok character : HASHTAG
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Growth area for many : WOMB
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That's incredible! : TALLTALE
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Indecisive child's first word, perhaps : EENIE
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One way to reach a distant star : FANLETTER
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What a graph may show : TREND
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Networking group? : ITSUPPORT
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Pantheon of Norse gods : AESIR
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Kickoff : START
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Asa Butterfield's role on "Sex Education" : OTIS
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Big name in house speakers : BOSE
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Went like a bat out of hell : TORE
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Silly sallies : WISECRACKS
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Appeasement : SOP
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Take a broad view? : PAN
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1983 Herbie Hancock funk classic : ROCKIT
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"Same ___" : HERE
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Owl-light : DUSK
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On : ABOARD
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Muscles that stretch during pregnancy : ABS
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Crossover, for one : SUV
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Holders of many long-handled forks : FONDUEPOTS
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Mandlikova with four Grand Slam tournament wins : HANA
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First name in civil rights : ROSA
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Award-winning PBS docuseries : NOVA
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Leeward island where Alexander Hamilton was born : NEVIS
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Cub Scout den leader : AKELA
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Vital concern : PULSERATE
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Dum-dum : MORON
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Epic fails? : PLOTHOLES
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Diplomatic professional : ENVOY
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Little romance, maybe : EASYREAD
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Try for : SEEK
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Creator of Aunt Annie and Benjamin B. Bickelbaum : DRSEUSS
Down
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"Impish Fruit" artist, 1943 : HANSARP
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Intrigue : ALLURE
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Had dreams, presumably : SLEPT
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Prefix on the links : HTTP
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Planet with a Wookieepedia page : TATOOINE
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Sources of some dings : ALERTS
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First animated dinosaur (1914) : GERTIE
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Words after a commercial break : WEREBACK
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The odd thing about laundry : ONESOCK
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Bunny slope option : MINISKI
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Doctor's order : BEDREST
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Needle work : TATTOO
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Traveler's approx. : ETA
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They may be shaken, but not stirred : FISTS
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Delivery person's uniform : SCRUBS
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Joint chief of staff? : WARDEN
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Nellie Tayloe ___, first female governor of a U.S. state (Wyoming) : ROSS
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Source of the Amazon River : PERU
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Peeked : HADALOOK
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Ransomware threat : DATALOSS
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Chalet alternatives : AFRAMES
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Series opener : BOOKONE
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Like a set without a break, in tennis : ONSERVE
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Telly on the telly, once : SAVALAS
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Part of many soccer team names : UNITED
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Tulipieres, e.g. : VASES
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Was visually exciting : POPPED
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Like oocytes : OVULAR
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Frontline workers, to many : HEROES
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First prime minister of an independent India : NEHRU
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Whatever : ANY
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Malady that rhymes with the area it affects : STYE