8 May 2012 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 8 May 2012

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

Hints & Clues

Across
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Cornered : ATBAY
6
"Quiet!" : SHUSH
11
Program abbr. : TBA
14
Prop up : BRACE
15
Canned pumpkin, e.g. : PUREE
16
Spot for a band : ARM
17
Winner of a pea-preparing contest? : BESTSHELLER
19
Maker of the Soul and Optima : KIA
20
Figure skating jump : AXEL
21
Shoemaker's tool : AWL
22
Portents : OMENS
24
Hypotheticals : IFS
26
Names on fake IDs, perhaps : ALIASES
28
Lotharios' lines in a singles bar? : PICKUPSHTICKS
33
Waxed enthusiastic, say : OOHED
34
"Neato!" : COOL
35
"___, Brute?" : ETTU
38
Cause of some weaving, for short : DWI
39
Early TV star with a biography titled "Schnozzola" : DURANTE
42
Western alliance, for short : OAS
43
Build up a nest egg : SAVE
45
Desertlike : SERE
46
Store featured in "Miracle on 34th Street" : MACYS
48
One preparing corn for long hours? : ALLDAYSHUCKER
51
Prince who married Kate Middleton : WILLIAM
53
F1 neighbor on a PC : ESC
54
Bird with prized plumes : EGRET
55
Measure of electrical resistance : OHM
57
Campus near Beverly Hills, briefly : UCLA
61
U.N. agency for workers : ILO
62
Phony wedding? : MARRYINSHAM
66
Gehrig on the diamond : LOU
67
Take the lid off : UNCAP
68
Commandeer : SEIZE
69
The "L" in 57-Across : LOS
70
Past its sell-by date : STALE
71
Tree with a namesake ski destination : ASPEN
Down
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Group whose music is heard in "Mamma Mia!" : ABBA
2
Fearsome dino : TREX
3
First, second, third or home : BASE
4
Mimic : ACTLIKE
5
"You're right!" : YES
6
Gush : SPEW
7
Ship's framework : HULL
8
Virtual address : URL
9
Meet with : SEE
10
Valiant : HEROIC
11
Assesses one's options carefully : TAKESSTOCK
12
Pickling solution : BRINE
13
Accumulate : AMASS
18
Barn door fastener : HASP
23
Fabricate : MAKE
25
Elmer with a big gun : FUDD
26
Makes up (for) : ATONES
27
Light, rhythmic cadence : LILT
28
Seed containers : PODS
29
Early stop in a presidential race : IOWA
30
Gallant : CHIVALROUS
31
Edvard Munch depiction : SCREAM
32
White with age : HOARY
36
"Rent" actor Diggs : TAYE
37
Old NATO target : USSR
40
Fed. agency entrusted with food safety : USDA
41
Outback sprinters : EMUS
44
Magazine whose name sounds like a letter of the alphabet : ELLE
47
Charges in court : ACCUSES
49
It turns red in acid : LITMUS
50
Spheric opener? : HEMI
51
Kurt who wrote the music for "The Threepenny Opera" : WEILL
52
Domed home : IGLOO
55
Like the Sabin polio vaccine : ORAL
56
Extravagant publicity : HYPE
58
Part of a poker player's pile : CHIP
59
Take it easy : LAZE
60
Last part of Handel's "Messiah" : AMEN
63
One often on the march : ANT
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"His Master's Voice" company : RCA
65
Cryptologists' org. : NSA