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New York Times: Thursday, May 21, 2009
Below is the full solution for the Thursday, May 21, 2009 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Patrick Blindauer
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1970 hit for the Jackson 5
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1970 hit for the Jackson 5
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"Deal!"
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"Deal!"
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What a loose thread might be
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Friendly term of address
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Friendly term of address
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Río crosser
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Río crosser
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Nest egg protectors
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Nest egg protectors
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Name of Lord Rubble's feudal estate?
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Name of Lord Rubble's feudal estate?
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Slurs, in music
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Slurs, in music
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English princess
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English princess
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Sender of monthly checks: Abbr.
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Sender of monthly checks: Abbr.
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Fix, as a pump
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Fix, as a pump
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Present addition
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Present addition
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Air in a sooty shaft?
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Air in a sooty shaft?
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Removed roughly
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Removed roughly
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Big Apple sch.
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Big Apple sch.
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Sly little dog?
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Sly little dog?
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One stuck in the can
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One stuck in the can
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Third in a Latin series
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Third in a Latin series
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Carefully search
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Carefully search
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Short evening?
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Short evening?
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Charles ___, "Brideshead Revisited" protagonist
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Charles ___, "Brideshead Revisited" protagonist
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Celebration for a Disney dwarf?
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Celebration for a Disney dwarf?
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"The Mikado" wardrobe item
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"The Mikado" wardrobe item
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Like words?
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Like words?
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Bamboozle a "Fargo" director?
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Bamboozle a "Fargo" director?
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Do sum work
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Do sum work
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Picasso/Braque movement
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Picasso/Braque movement
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___ Lingus
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___ Lingus
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Title heroine described in the first sentence of her novel as "handsome, clever and rich"
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Title heroine described in the first sentence of her novel as "handsome, clever and rich"
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It's shrinking in Asia
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It's shrinking in Asia
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Property claim along the Rio Grande?
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Property claim along the Rio Grande?
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Realty ad abbr.
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Realty ad abbr.
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Alchemic knowledge
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Alchemic knowledge
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Mungojerrie or Skimbleshanks, in a musical
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Mungojerrie or Skimbleshanks, in a musical
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Wet septet
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Wet septet
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Toadies
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Toadies
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P.G.A. Tour Rookie of the Year after Singh
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P.G.A. Tour Rookie of the Year after Singh
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"Money, Money, Money" band
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"Money, Money, Money" band
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Muffin composition, maybe
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Hot dog coating at a county fair
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Hot dog coating at a county fair
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Mirror
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Mirror
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"___ and Dolls"
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"___ and Dolls"
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Judges
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Judges
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Pioneer computer
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Pioneer computer
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Beach time in Bordeaux
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Beach time in Bordeaux
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Offset, as expenses
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Offset, as expenses
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Gorge
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Gorge
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Choisy-___ (Paris suburb)
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Choisy-___ (Paris suburb)
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Pawnbroker, in slang
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Pawnbroker, in slang
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Ruhr industrial hub
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Ruhr industrial hub
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Recent arrival
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Recent arrival
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Month before Tishri
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Month before Tishri
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Convex cooker
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Convex cooker
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Betters
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Betters
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Romanov ruler
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Romanov ruler
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"___ Own" (song from "Les Miz")
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"___ Own" (song from "Les Miz")
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DHL competitor
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DHL competitor
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Sysop, for one
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Sysop, for one
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Place to overnight in an R.V.
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Place to overnight in an R.V.
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Unbeliever
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Unbeliever
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Meadow voles
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Meadow voles
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Major conclusion?
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Major conclusion?
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Roger of "Cheers"
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Roger of "Cheers"
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Sch. that's about 150 mi. north of 32-Across
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Sch. that's about 150 mi. north of 32-Across
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Enormous birds of myth
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Enormous birds of myth
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Sumac from Peru
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Sumac from Peru
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City visited in "Around the World in 80 Days"
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City visited in "Around the World in 80 Days"
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Union foes
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Union foes
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White-cap wearer
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White-cap wearer
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"The Audacity of Hope" author
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"The Audacity of Hope" author
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Slumps
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Slumps
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Pusher pursuers
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Pusher pursuers
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Cheese choice
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Cheese choice
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___ Dubos, Pulitzer winner for "So Human an Animal"
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___ Dubos, Pulitzer winner for "So Human an Animal"
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Seder, e.g.
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Seder, e.g.
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Creatures with tunnel vision?
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Creatures with tunnel vision?
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Prospector's prize
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Prospector's prize
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Fled
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Fled
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