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New York Times: Thursday, May 15, 2008
Below is the full solution for the Thursday, May 15, 2008 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Elizabeth C. Gorski
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*Beginning
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*Beginning
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Year of Pope Sabinian's death
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Year of Pope Sabinian's death
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Barges
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Barges
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Program of variety acts
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Program of variety acts
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Former heavyweight champ Maskaev
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Former heavyweight champ Maskaev
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Eats at a bar
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Eats at a bar
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Major money maker
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Major money maker
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*"Rats!"
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*"Rats!"
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"___ we all?"
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"___ we all?"
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"If this ___ any help ..."
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"If this ___ any help ..."
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___ jure (by the law itself)
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___ jure (by the law itself)
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*Makeshift hangar
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*Makeshift hangar
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Don'ts
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Don'ts
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Home of novelist Mario Vargas Llosa
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Home of novelist Mario Vargas Llosa
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Peter who wrote "Underboss"
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Peter who wrote "Underboss"
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Going postal
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Going postal
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Sight from Lake Victoria
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Sight from Lake Victoria
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*___ center
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*___ center
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Dead
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Dead
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Classic Broadway show tune, or a hint to the word ladder revealed by the answers to the eight starred clues
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Classic Broadway show tune, or a hint to the word ladder revealed by the answers to the eight starred clues
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Taylor of "The Nanny" and others
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Taylor of "The Nanny" and others
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*Right face, e.g.
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*Right face, e.g.
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Apple picker?
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Apple picker?
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Shimmer
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Shimmer
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Some particulates
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Some particulates
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Showed disloyalty
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Showed disloyalty
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Lobster claw
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Lobster claw
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*Relative of an Azerbaijani
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*Relative of an Azerbaijani
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Calls to 57-Across
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Calls to 57-Across
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They've got a lot of pull
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They've got a lot of pull
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Not discounted, say
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Not discounted, say
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*Narwhal feature
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*Narwhal feature
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Nearest major airport to Bush's Crawford ranch
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Nearest major airport to Bush's Crawford ranch
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Attorney with the autobiography "My Life on Trial"
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Attorney with the autobiography "My Life on Trial"
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Culturally showy
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Culturally showy
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This, to Jorge
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This, to Jorge
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Leaves in a salad
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Leaves in a salad
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Porter ___, former C.I.A. director
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Porter ___, former C.I.A. director
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*End
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Mater ___ (Mary, in Latin prayers)
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"Familiar Spirits" author Lurie
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Angelina's "Girl, Interrupted" co-star
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Angelina's "Girl, Interrupted" co-star
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Against
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Against
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Film producer ___ Al-Fayed
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Film producer ___ Al-Fayed
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Bell parts
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Bell parts
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The "16" in "3:16"
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The "16" in "3:16"
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Cold-shoulder
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Cold-shoulder
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Stick with a toothpick
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Stick with a toothpick
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Portion of a trick-or-treater's haul
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Portion of a trick-or-treater's haul
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Fit for use
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Fit for use
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Follow-up to "Oh, yeah?"
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Follow-up to "Oh, yeah?"
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J.F.K. visitor, once
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J.F.K. visitor, once
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British arms
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British arms
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Roll out
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Roll out
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Clinton or Obama: Abbr.
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Clinton or Obama: Abbr.
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Pretexts
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Kind of acid found in oak
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Kind of acid found in oak
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After discounts
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After discounts
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Heaviest member of the weasel family
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Heaviest member of the weasel family
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Separate
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Separate
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Swiss nationals, historically
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Swiss nationals, historically
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Throws out
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Throws out
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Apt. compartments
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Not homogeneous
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Not homogeneous
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Mapped out
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Mapped out
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Austin school, informally
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Austin school, informally
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Chooses (to)
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Chooses (to)
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Title subject of a 1922 documentary in the National Film Registry
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Title subject of a 1922 documentary in the National Film Registry
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Intro to science?
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Intro to science?
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"Charlie's Angels" role
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"Charlie's Angels" role
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"The ___ the limit!"
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"The ___ the limit!"
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"Dirty Sexy Money" airer
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"Dirty Sexy Money" airer
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