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New York Times: Monday, May 12, 1997
Below is the full solution for the Monday, May 12, 1997 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Hugh Davis
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Mad dog worry
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Mad dog worry
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Spy ___ Hari
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Spy ___ Hari
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Aware, with "in"
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Aware, with "in"
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Water color
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Water color
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Valentine's Day matchmaker
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Valentine's Day matchmaker
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Hawaiian veranda
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Hawaiian veranda
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"Brilliant idea!"
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"Brilliant idea!"
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Ice Follies venue
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Ice Follies venue
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Maid's cloth
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Maid's cloth
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Veteran
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Veteran
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Pennilessness
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Pennilessness
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___ Strait (Russia-Alaska separator)
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___ Strait (Russia-Alaska separator)
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Confront
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Confront
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Wide shoe specification
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Wide shoe specification
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Police operation
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Police operation
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Knob
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Knob
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Nos. on a road map
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Nos. on a road map
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Classic Bill Clinton phrase
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Classic Bill Clinton phrase
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Giant Mel et al.
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Giant Mel et al.
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Jazzy Fitzgerald
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Jazzy Fitzgerald
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Remove, as a knot
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Remove, as a knot
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Award for a knight: Abbr.
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Award for a knight: Abbr.
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Neighbor of Vietnam
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Neighbor of Vietnam
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Like some kisses and bases
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Like some kisses and bases
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Novelist Hesse
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Novelist Hesse
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Sentimentalists, maybe
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Sentimentalists, maybe
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Superlative ending
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Superlative ending
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Subject of psychoanalysis
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Subject of psychoanalysis
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1962 Cary Grant/Doris Day movie
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1962 Cary Grant/Doris Day movie
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Actor Bruce of radio's "Sherlock Holmes"
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Actor Bruce of radio's "Sherlock Holmes"
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Chess finale
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Chess finale
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"God's Little ___"
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"God's Little ___"
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Lachrymose
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Lachrymose
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Hardly any
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Hardly any
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Rural carriage
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Rural carriage
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Sheep's sound
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Sheep's sound
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Stats for eggheads
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Stats for eggheads
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Egyptian boy king
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Egyptian boy king
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Barber's obstruction
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Barber's obstruction
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Cooking up
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Cooking up
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Change, as a motion
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Change, as a motion
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Swiped
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Swiped
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Comic dog's bark
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Comic dog's bark
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Split asunder
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Split asunder
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Jessica of 1976's "King Kong"
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Jessica of 1976's "King Kong"
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Prefix with cycle
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Prefix with cycle
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___ de vie
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___ de vie
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Insult, in slang
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Insult, in slang
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Pumpkin-colored
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Pumpkin-colored
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Food seller
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Food seller
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Out-of-date: Abbr.
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Out-of-date: Abbr.
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Last Beatles album
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Last Beatles album
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Gadabout
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Gadabout
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Jazzman "Fatha"
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Jazzman "Fatha"
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"The Taming of the Shrew" locale
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"The Taming of the Shrew" locale
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Change names
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Change names
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Even smaller
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Even smaller
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"You bet!"
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"You bet!"
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April ___ Day
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April ___ Day
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Parachute material
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Parachute material
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Babbled
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Babbled
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Shanty
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Shanty
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Delay
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Delay
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Aah's partner
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Aah's partner
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U.S.N. officer
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U.S.N. officer
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Summing-up word
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Summing-up word
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Flew alone
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Flew alone
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Olympic race unit
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Olympic race unit
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Conductor Zubin
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Conductor Zubin
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"Get outta here!"
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"Get outta here!"
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Explosive inits.
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Explosive inits.
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Hasten
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Hasten
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___ Khan
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___ Khan
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Thurman of "Pulp Fiction"
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Thurman of "Pulp Fiction"
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Mothers
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Mothers
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"___ bin ein Berliner"
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"___ bin ein Berliner"
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Gun enthusiast's grp.
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Gun enthusiast's grp.
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Codebreaker's discovery
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Codebreaker's discovery
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