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New York Times: Monday, May 4, 2009
Below is the full solution for the Monday, May 4, 2009 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Mark Milhet
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In ___ land (daydreaming)
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In ___ land (daydreaming)
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Boeing products
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Boeing products
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Path around the earth
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Path around the earth
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Greek vowels
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Greek vowels
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Elvis Presley's middle name
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Elvis Presley's middle name
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Battery brand
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Battery brand
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Succumbing to second thoughts
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Succumbing to second thoughts
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Beatnik's "Got it!"
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Beatnik's "Got it!"
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"Salut!," in Scandinavia
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"Salut!," in Scandinavia
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Concorde, in brief
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Concorde, in brief
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Performed prior to the main act
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Performed prior to the main act
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What it takes to tango
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What it takes to tango
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"That's all ___ wrote"
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"That's all ___ wrote"
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Neither's partner
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Neither's partner
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Billiard sticks
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Billiard sticks
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One still in the game, in poker
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One still in the game, in poker
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Submit, as homework
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Submit, as homework
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Low digits
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Low digits
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Succumbing to second thoughts
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Succumbing to second thoughts
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Mare's newborn
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Mare's newborn
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Colbert ___ (Comedy Central show audience)
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Colbert ___ (Comedy Central show audience)
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Blunders
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Blunders
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978-0060935443, for Roget's Thesaurus
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978-0060935443, for Roget's Thesaurus
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U.K. record label
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U.K. record label
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Genetic material
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Genetic material
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Hunky-dory
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Hunky-dory
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Sailor
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Sailor
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___ and downs
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___ and downs
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How Santa dresses, mostly
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How Santa dresses, mostly
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Anatomical passages
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Anatomical passages
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Succumbing to second thoughts
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Succumbing to second thoughts
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Start of the Spanish calendar
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Start of the Spanish calendar
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Biblical captain for 40 days and 40 nights
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Biblical captain for 40 days and 40 nights
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Golden ___ (senior citizen)
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Golden ___ (senior citizen)
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Two-door or four-door car
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Two-door or four-door car
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Friend in war
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Friend in war
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Unfreeze
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Unfreeze
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Veterans' group, informally
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Veterans' group, informally
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Returning to the previous speed, in music
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Returning to the previous speed, in music
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Agitated state
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Agitated state
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Actor/brother Sean or Mackenzie
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Actor/brother Sean or Mackenzie
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Dutch painter Steen
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Dutch painter Steen
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Energy units
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Energy units
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Tick-___
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Tick-___
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High-hatter
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High-hatter
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Fewer than 100 shares
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Fewer than 100 shares
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Fight adjudicator, for short
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Fight adjudicator, for short
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"Gesundheit!"
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"Gesundheit!"
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Arctic covering
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Arctic covering
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Walks unsteadily
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Walks unsteadily
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Drug used to treat poisoning
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Drug used to treat poisoning
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Statutes
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Statutes
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Easy two-pointer in basketball
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Genesis garden
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Genesis garden
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Mount ___, where the Commandments were given to Moses
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Mount ___, where the Commandments were given to Moses
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Loads
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Loads
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Largest city on the island of Hawaii
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Largest city on the island of Hawaii
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Tiny criticisms
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Tiny criticisms
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Dixie bread
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Dixie bread
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Pestered
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Pestered
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Writing points
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Writing points
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Entered
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Entered
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Old schoolmasters' sticks
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Old schoolmasters' sticks
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Ruin, as one's parade
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Ruin, as one's parade
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Any one of the Top 40
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Any one of the Top 40
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Come out
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Come out
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___ Comics, home of Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four
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___ Comics, home of Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four
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Add with a caret, e.g.
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Swedish coin
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Swedish coin
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Starting group of athletes
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Starting group of athletes
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Certain alkene
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Certain alkene
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Order to the person holding the deck of cards
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Order to the person holding the deck of cards
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Author Levin
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Author Levin
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Not camera-ready?
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