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New York Times: Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Below is the full solution for the Wednesday, May 12, 2010 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Pete Muller
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Specialty
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Specialty
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1970s sitcom that included Carlton the Doorman
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1970s sitcom that included Carlton the Doorman
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"___ you one"
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"___ you one"
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"___ Majesty's Secret Service"
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"___ Majesty's Secret Service"
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Hatch in the Senate
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Hatch in the Senate
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Country music pioneer Ernest
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Country music pioneer Ernest
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Boarding place?
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Boarding place?
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Test group?
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Test group?
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Attempt
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Attempt
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Short trip
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Short trip
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Civil War inits.
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Civil War inits.
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Some footnotes, for short
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Some footnotes, for short
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Person on your bad side?
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Person on your bad side?
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Cannoli ingredient
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Cannoli ingredient
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Contradict
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Contradict
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Flower of the buttercup family
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Flower of the buttercup family
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Gmail alternative
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Gmail alternative
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Passeport info
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Passeport info
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"Mazel ___!"
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"Mazel ___!"
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Green gem source
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Green gem source
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Some surprises ... and what you'll find in the shaded areas of this puzzle
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Some surprises ... and what you'll find in the shaded areas of this puzzle
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Israel's Dayan
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Israel's Dayan
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___ Miss
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___ Miss
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Superscript number in math: Abbr.
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Superscript number in math: Abbr.
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More than -er
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More than -er
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Woman in Sartre's "No Exit"
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Woman in Sartre's "No Exit"
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Number two: Abbr.
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Number two: Abbr.
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Doughnuts are fried in it
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Doughnuts are fried in it
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Short piano piece
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Short piano piece
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Shoe brand named for an antelope
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Shoe brand named for an antelope
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Former N.B.A. star Unseld
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Former N.B.A. star Unseld
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Hip-hop's ___-A-Fella Records
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Hip-hop's ___-A-Fella Records
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It's better than ace-high
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It's better than ace-high
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Tchaikovsky's black swan
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Tchaikovsky's black swan
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Madison Sq. Garden player
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Madison Sq. Garden player
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Woodworking tool
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Woodworking tool
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Branch gripper
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Branch gripper
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Regular's request, with "the"
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Regular's request, with "the"
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Goes on and on
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Goes on and on
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Religious assembly
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Religious assembly
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Word-processing command
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Word-processing command
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Took the cake, perhaps
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Took the cake, perhaps
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Smitten
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Smitten
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"Fantaisie" composer
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"Fantaisie" composer
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In the know, old-style
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In the know, old-style
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Standing
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Standing
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1915 Literature Nobelist ___ Rolland
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1915 Literature Nobelist ___ Rolland
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Realm ended by Napoleon: Abbr.
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Realm ended by Napoleon: Abbr.
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"Yes ___?"
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"Yes ___?"
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Confute
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Confute
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Tylenol competitor
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Tylenol competitor
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"___ die for"
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"___ die for"
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Defeat in a don't-blink contest
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Defeat in a don't-blink contest
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Tate and Bowe were once champions of it: Abbr.
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Tate and Bowe were once champions of it: Abbr.
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Decline
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Decline
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Person often pictured with crossed legs
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Person often pictured with crossed legs
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Where trays may be stacked
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Where trays may be stacked
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"Dune" director David
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"Dune" director David
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Irritate
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Irritate
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Santa's sleighful
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Santa's sleighful
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"Is that ___?"
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"Is that ___?"
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Bris parties
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Bris parties
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Michael of "Caddyshack"
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Michael of "Caddyshack"
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American in Paris, perhaps
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American in Paris, perhaps
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Singer Feliciano
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Singer Feliciano
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What a record may have
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What a record may have
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"Another time, perhaps"
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"Another time, perhaps"
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Designer Geoffrey
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Designer Geoffrey
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Kind of school
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Kind of school
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Cousins of clogs
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Cousins of clogs
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Subwoofer's zone
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Subwoofer's zone
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Bright spot in Canis Major
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Bright spot in Canis Major
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Back-country winter transport
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Back-country winter transport
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Take on
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Take on
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They did it
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They did it
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Invite to one's penthouse, say
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Invite to one's penthouse, say
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Oven
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Oven
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Meddle
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Meddle
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Org. with a sign at many motels
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Org. with a sign at many motels
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Head of Buckingham Palace?
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Head of Buckingham Palace?
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Secretive org.
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Secretive org.
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