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New York Times: Friday, May 15, 2009
Below is the full solution for the Friday, May 15, 2009 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Xan Vongsathorn
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Tower that's typically scaled from the outside
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Tower that's typically scaled from the outside
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Confederate general Early
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Confederate general Early
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Concern for a checker
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Concern for a checker
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Confident assertion
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Confident assertion
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Harmoniously
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Harmoniously
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Cap material?
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Cap material?
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Fun application
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Fun application
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Before making the cut?
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Before making the cut?
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Subterranean lines
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Subterranean lines
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Bare-bones
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Bare-bones
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"Ubu Imperator" artist, 1923
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"Ubu Imperator" artist, 1923
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Boom producer
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Boom producer
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Beach houses, often
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Beach houses, often
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"Tip-Toe Thru' the Tulips With Me" instrument
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"Tip-Toe Thru' the Tulips With Me" instrument
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Pot cover
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Pot cover
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Playback problem
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Playback problem
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Argue (with)
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Argue (with)
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Ann of "Rebel Without a Cause"
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Ann of "Rebel Without a Cause"
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Some dolls
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Some dolls
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Get together (with)
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Get together (with)
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The annus in Dryden's "Annus Mirabilis"
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The annus in Dryden's "Annus Mirabilis"
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Response to an e-mailed joke, maybe
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Response to an e-mailed joke, maybe
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Giggles
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Giggles
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Dwindle
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Dwindle
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Stuffy, as air
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Stuffy, as air
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Barely boiling
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Barely boiling
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Captain Marvel, to Billy Batson
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Captain Marvel, to Billy Batson
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Hit the big leagues
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Hit the big leagues
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Means of secret writing ... or a description of a 17-Across?
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Means of secret writing ... or a description of a 17-Across?
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Supermodel Sastre
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Supermodel Sastre
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Soon to experience
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Soon to experience
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Lake bordering four states
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Lake bordering four states
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Three-___
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Three-___
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Nobles and knights in the Middle Ages, e.g.
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Nobles and knights in the Middle Ages, e.g.
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Start to do well?
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Start to do well?
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Be content with where one is
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Be content with where one is
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Annual river thaw
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Annual river thaw
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Like the worst of excuses
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Like the worst of excuses
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High, in a way
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High, in a way
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It holds the mayo
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It holds the mayo
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___ Patriot Act (2001 measure)
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___ Patriot Act (2001 measure)
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Wimbledon champ, 1976-80
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Wimbledon champ, 1976-80
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"Dragonwyck" author Seton
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"Dragonwyck" author Seton
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Do-overs
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Do-overs
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Canopus or Polaris
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Canopus or Polaris
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Protesting the pro-testers?
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Protesting the pro-testers?
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Kind of cap with a tail
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Kind of cap with a tail
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Some ballroom dances
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Some ballroom dances
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___ citato
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___ citato
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C.I.A. betrayer arrested in 1994
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C.I.A. betrayer arrested in 1994
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Computer instructions heading
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Computer instructions heading
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Secure, in a way
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Secure, in a way
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Image on a dime
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Image on a dime
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Garden shrub
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Garden shrub
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Largish animals with black ear tufts
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Largish animals with black ear tufts
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Go for it
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Go for it
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Biathlon need
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Biathlon need
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Party dishful
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Party dishful
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Stripped-down story
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Stripped-down story
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Hopelessly confuddled
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Hopelessly confuddled
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Winning move?
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Winning move?
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Maryland player, informally
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Maryland player, informally
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Result of many conquests, perhaps
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Result of many conquests, perhaps
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Late comedian Mac
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Late comedian Mac
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Stock figure
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Stock figure
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Minimal
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Minimal
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___ David (six-pointed star)
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___ David (six-pointed star)
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"Beowulf," for one
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"Beowulf," for one
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Rowlands of "Gloria"
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Rowlands of "Gloria"
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Lubbers
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Lubbers
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Hokum
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Hokum
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Steam
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Steam
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