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New York Times: Tuesday, May 12, 1998
Below is the full solution for the Tuesday, May 12, 1998 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Elizabeth C. Gorski
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"Candida" playwright
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"Candida" playwright
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Sings like Tormé
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Sings like Tormé
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Extensive
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Extensive
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Entire: Prefix
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Entire: Prefix
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"La Campagne de Rome" artist
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"La Campagne de Rome" artist
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Aware of
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Aware of
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Utah city
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Utah city
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Stop on ___ (halt abruptly)
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Stop on ___ (halt abruptly)
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They can be Horatian
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They can be Horatian
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Slot machines
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Slot machines
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40 winks
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40 winks
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Scooby-___ (cartoon dog)
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Scooby-___ (cartoon dog)
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Authorized
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Authorized
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Carrier to Oslo
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Carrier to Oslo
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Cavaradossi's love, in opera
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Cavaradossi's love, in opera
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Sale items, for short
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Sale items, for short
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I.R.S. visits
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I.R.S. visits
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Globe
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Globe
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Chris Evert specialty
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Chris Evert specialty
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___ Bravo
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___ Bravo
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They're in a stable environment
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They're in a stable environment
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Baseball's Mel and others
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Baseball's Mel and others
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The blahs
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The blahs
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Born
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Born
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Wall climbers
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Wall climbers
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Org. that called 60's strikes
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Org. that called 60's strikes
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Niger-to-Libya dir.
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Niger-to-Libya dir.
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Picnic event
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Picnic event
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Works in the garden
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Works in the garden
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Race tracks
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Race tracks
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Wall Street optimist
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Wall Street optimist
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Language written in Persian-Arabic letters
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Language written in Persian-Arabic letters
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Engendered
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Engendered
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Pitcher Hershiser
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Pitcher Hershiser
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["You don't mean...!"]
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["You don't mean...!"]
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Generous helpings
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Generous helpings
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Orangeish vegetables
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Orangeish vegetables
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"Begone!"
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"Begone!"
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Honker
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Honker
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Toward one side of a ship
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Effeminate
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Effeminate
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Little rascal
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Little rascal
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Secret language
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Secret language
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Saharan
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Saharan
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Taj Mahal, e.g.
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Taj Mahal, e.g.
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Lieu
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Lieu
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Kind of doll
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Kind of doll
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"The King ___"
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"The King ___"
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Copy editor's marking
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Copy editor's marking
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Chuck
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Chuck
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One who blabs
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One who blabs
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"___ fast!" ("Hey!")
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"___ fast!" ("Hey!")
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Unit of petrol
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Unit of petrol
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Professor Corey
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Professor Corey
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Sing softly
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Sing softly
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Khartoum's land
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Khartoum's land
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Fred's light-footed sister
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Fred's light-footed sister
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Move laterally
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Move laterally
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Conductor who studied under Bartók
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Conductor who studied under Bartók
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Big olive oil exporter
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Big olive oil exporter
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Great depression
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Great depression
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Farm worker?
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Farm worker?
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Boob tubes
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Boob tubes
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"All kidding ___..."
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"All kidding ___..."
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Beau
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Beau
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Exhausts
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Exhausts
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Neither Rep. nor Dem.
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Neither Rep. nor Dem.
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Unkempt ones
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Unkempt ones
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Homes on high
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Homes on high
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Hoodlum
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Hoodlum
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Wedding dance
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Wedding dance
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Scarlet and crimson
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Scarlet and crimson
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Stuntmeister Knievel
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Stuntmeister Knievel
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Baby talk
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Baby talk
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Goo unit
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Goo unit
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New Ageish glow
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New Ageish glow
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Skelton's Kadiddlehopper
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Skelton's Kadiddlehopper
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Additions
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