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New York Times: Wednesday, May 16, 2001
Below is the full solution for the Wednesday, May 16, 2001 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Richard Silvestri
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Grandma ___
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Grandma ___
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Turn away
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Turn away
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Like Felix and Oscar
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Like Felix and Oscar
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Deal from the bottom
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Deal from the bottom
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Ham's medium
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Ham's medium
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Comic actor Romano
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Comic actor Romano
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Eeler's musical instruments?
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Eeler's musical instruments?
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East end?
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East end?
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Crow's home
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Crow's home
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A colleague of Kennedy's
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A colleague of Kennedy's
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It grows on you
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It grows on you
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Broadway acronym
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Broadway acronym
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Pompous people
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Pompous people
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Motor lodge
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Motor lodge
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Sandinista leader
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Sandinista leader
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Hit the road
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Hit the road
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Direct
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Direct
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Photo finish
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Photo finish
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Eeler's favorite singer?
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Eeler's favorite singer?
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Cream of the crop
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Cream of the crop
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Divide up
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Divide up
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Bowling green
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Bowling green
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Pub serving
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Pub serving
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Afore
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Afore
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More or less
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More or less
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Carson's predecessor
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Carson's predecessor
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Scored on serve
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Scored on serve
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Schussing spots
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Schussing spots
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Like crossword solvers, naturally
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Like crossword solvers, naturally
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Down in the dumps
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Eeler's theme song?
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Eeler's theme song?
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Suffix with social
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Suffix with social
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First name in talk shows
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First name in talk shows
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Chew the scenery
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Chew the scenery
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Night of poetry
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Night of poetry
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Horrify
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Horrify
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Vixen's master
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Turn-of-the-century year
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"That's your game, eh?"
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"That's your game, eh?"
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Guard
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Guard
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All agog
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All agog
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Aerobics action
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Aerobics action
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Fervid
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Fervid
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Not standard: Abbr.
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Not standard: Abbr.
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Part of some e-mail addresses
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Part of some e-mail addresses
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Eyeglass frames
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Eyeglass frames
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Puccini opera
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Puccini opera
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Words intended to intimidate
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Words intended to intimidate
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Caribbean's Gulf of ___
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Caribbean's Gulf of ___
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Hereditary ruler
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Hereditary ruler
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Bring up
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Bring up
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Also
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Also
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Part of O.H.M.S.
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Part of O.H.M.S.
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Stud fee?
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Stud fee?
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Painter's medium
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Painter's medium
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Seaweed substance
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Seaweed substance
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City on the Oka
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City on the Oka
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Took a course?
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Took a course?
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Balance
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Balance
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Pre-Lenin ruler
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Pre-Lenin ruler
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Lambaste verbally
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Lambaste verbally
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Organ knob
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Organ knob
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Kind of microscope
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Kind of microscope
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Auld lang syne
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Auld lang syne
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Uncle of Caroline
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Uncle of Caroline
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Long-running TV series set in Calverton
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Long-running TV series set in Calverton
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On fire
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On fire
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Stiff
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Stiff
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Decorative dangle
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Decorative dangle
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Humorist Bombeck
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Humorist Bombeck
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Di- doubled
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Di- doubled
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Something from the oven
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Something from the oven
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Haberdashery, e.g.
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Haberdashery, e.g.
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Home of Iowa State
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Home of Iowa State
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Cleo's undoing
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Cleo's undoing
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___ Maria
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___ Maria
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Justice Dept. employee
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Justice Dept. employee
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Biblical word before verily
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