7 May 2009 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 7 May 2009

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HOOP
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S
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T
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E
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R
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A
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W
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E
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I
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N
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S
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P
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I
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RING
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L
O
R
R
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N
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U
R
O
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A
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H
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I
M
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M
S
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T
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L
K
R
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D
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O
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N
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M
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H
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R
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D
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U
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U
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E
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S
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A
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D
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N
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M
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A
R
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J
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U
R
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G
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A
Y
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P
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R
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O
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D
P
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P
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A
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F
R
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O
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D
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O
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R
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N
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S
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H
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C
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R
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E
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H
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O
R
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I
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S
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N
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A
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Y
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A
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N
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C
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V
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S
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Z
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P
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S
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C
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RING
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H
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HOOP

Hints & Clues

Across
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B-ball player : HOOPSTER
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Like the Grand Canyon or Fourth of July fireworks : AWEINSPIRING
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"Casablanca" co-star : LORRE
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Phobic sort : NEUROPATH
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Prayer leaders : IMAMS
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Rush job? : TALKRADIO
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Broadway Joe : NAMATH
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"American Pie" actress Tara : REID
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"Burma Looks Ahead" author : UNU
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Head of steam? : ESS
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Give ___ (care) : ADARN
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Picasso's muse Dora ___ : MAAR
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De ___ (by right) : JURE
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Jocund : GAY
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Cigar distributor, perhaps : PROUDPAPA
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Fictional hero on a quest to Mount Doom : FRODO
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Gets past a last difficulty ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme : ROUNDSTHECORNER
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Creepy : EERIE
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Unisex : HISORHERS
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"Show pity, ___ die": "The Taming of the Shrew" : ORI
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Heading in a Keats volume : ODES
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"Notch" on Orion's belt : STAR
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Diaper, in Devon : NAPPY
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Mandela's org. : ANC
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Agcy. with agents : IRS
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Stuff the piggy bank : SAVE
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Take, as an exam : SITFOR
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Means of some W.W. I raids : ZEPPELINS
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Complete, quickly : THORO
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Ousters : EVICTIONS
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Crunching sound : CRUMP
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Welcome January 1, say : RINGINTHENEW
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1950s fad item : HULAHOOP
Down
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New York City tour provider : CIRCLELINE
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Bodies of organisms : SOMAS
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Suspended air travel? : TRAMS
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Humorist Bombeck : ERMA
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Kick back : REST
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Hill denizen : ANT
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___ smile (grin) : WEARA
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Calculus pioneer : EULER
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Teeing off : IRKING
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Sud's opposite : NORD
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Where you may get steamed : SPA
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"The Taming of the Shrew" setting : PADUA
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1986 Turner autobiography : ITINA
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Showtime, at NASA : ZEROHOUR
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Strings pulled in heaven? : HARPS
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The end : DEATH
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Some aromatic resins : MYRRHS
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Sonny : JUNIOR
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Milk dispenser : UDDER
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Prior to, poetically : AFORE
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Paid intro? : PRE
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Beluga delicacy : ROE
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Joint possession word : OUR
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___ Beta Kappa : PHI
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Classical storyteller : AESOP
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Series opener : ONE
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Part of many Dutch surnames : DER
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Hosp. areas : ORS
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Buffalo Bill ___ Wild West Show : CODYS
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Bad way to be caught : INALIE
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Teeny dress measurement : SIZEZERO
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___ Fountain : TREVI
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Clinton's first defense secretary : ASPIN
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Par ___ : AVION
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Pasta variety : PENNE
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Run ___ of : AFOUL
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Bellini opera : NORMA
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Mysterious art visible from the sky : CROPCIRCLE
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Green of "The Italian Job," 2003 : SETH
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Scratcher's target : ITCH
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Dolly Parton's "Travelin' ___" : THRU
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%: Abbr. : PCT
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Milwaukee-to-Houston dir. : SSW