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New York Times: Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Below is the full solution for the Tuesday, May 19, 2009 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Damon J. Gulczynski
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Industry honcho
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Industry honcho
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"Do the ___!"
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"Do the ___!"
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Suffix with beer or fun
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Suffix with beer or fun
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Move, in Realtor lingo
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Move, in Realtor lingo
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XM ___
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XM ___
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In the old days
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In the old days
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Lunchbox dessert item
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Lunchbox dessert item
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Jump for joy
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Jump for joy
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"The Good Earth" heroine
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"The Good Earth" heroine
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Tom Collins or Rob Roy
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Tom Collins or Rob Roy
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Turkic people
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Turkic people
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Grass bought in rolls
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Grass bought in rolls
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End of an exhaust system
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End of an exhaust system
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Beehive State athlete
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Beehive State athlete
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Guitar pioneer Paul
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Guitar pioneer Paul
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Paddler's target
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Paddler's target
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Unrealistic idea
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Unrealistic idea
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Hold back, as a news story
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Hold back, as a news story
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Salon sound
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Salon sound
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In a foxy fashion
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In a foxy fashion
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"Uh-uh"
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"Uh-uh"
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Regatta entry
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Regatta entry
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1992 U.S. Olympic hoopsters, with "the"
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1992 U.S. Olympic hoopsters, with "the"
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Peseta's replacement
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Peseta's replacement
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La-la lead-in
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La-la lead-in
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___-mo
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___-mo
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Basketball or baseball
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Basketball or baseball
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Ike's monogram
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Ike's monogram
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Tangle in a net: Var.
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Tangle in a net: Var.
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Fighting rooster
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Fighting rooster
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Hair removal brand
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Hair removal brand
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Take forcibly, old-style
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Take forcibly, old-style
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Tom Wolfe novel "___ in Full"
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Tom Wolfe novel "___ in Full"
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Bigger than mega-
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Bigger than mega-
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Elizabeth of cosmetics
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Elizabeth of cosmetics
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After-beach wear
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After-beach wear
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Supersecure airline
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Supersecure airline
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Name on toy fuel trucks
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Name on toy fuel trucks
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Two caplets, say
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Two caplets, say
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Swamp menace, for short
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Total loser
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Total loser
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Guinness or Waugh
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Guinness or Waugh
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Corner pieces, in chess
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Corner pieces, in chess
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Calf-length dress
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Calf-length dress
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X-rated
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X-rated
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Up to, in ads
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Up to, in ads
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Real babe
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Real babe
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Evidence washed away by the tide
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Evidence washed away by the tide
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China's Zhou ___
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China's Zhou ___
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Bluff formed by a fault
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Bluff formed by a fault
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In need of a rubdown
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In need of a rubdown
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Blogger's audience
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Blogger's audience
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Ratted (on)
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Ratted (on)
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"Sad to say ..."
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"Sad to say ..."
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Decorative band
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Decorative band
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"___-daisy!"
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"___-daisy!"
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Fey of "30 Rock"
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Fey of "30 Rock"
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Huge in scope
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Only now and then
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Only now and then
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Short-lived
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Short-lived
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Firth of Clyde town
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Firth of Clyde town
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The "ten" in "hang ten"
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The "ten" in "hang ten"
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Stone for many Libras
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Stone for many Libras
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Nautilus skipper
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Nautilus skipper
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Landscaper's crew
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Landscaper's crew
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Harbor workhorses
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Harbor workhorses
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Showed up in time for
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Showed up in time for
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Gung-ho
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Gung-ho
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Trace of color
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Trace of color
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Messages that may contain emoticons
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Messages that may contain emoticons
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Old computer
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Old computer
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"Zounds!"
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"Zounds!"
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Paperless birthday greeting
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Paperless birthday greeting
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Birds, collectively
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Birds, collectively
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1847 Melville work
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1847 Melville work
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Some urban rides
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Some urban rides
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"Trick" body part
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"Trick" body part
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Before, to a bard
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