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New York Times: Saturday, May 5, 2012
Below is the full solution for the Saturday, May 5, 2012 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Ned White
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Fault line?
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Fault line?
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Rope holding down a bowsprit
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Rope holding down a bowsprit
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Great part for Duvall?
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Great part for Duvall?
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1945 Tommy Dorsey hit
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1945 Tommy Dorsey hit
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Medium frequencies include them
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Medium frequencies include them
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Journalists James and James Jr.
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Journalists James and James Jr.
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Nigerian language
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Nigerian language
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Ingredient in gourmet potato chips
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Ingredient in gourmet potato chips
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___ de guerre
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___ de guerre
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Scary sucker, for short
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Scary sucker, for short
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Bastes
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Bastes
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Look down
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Look down
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Shot stuff
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Shot stuff
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LP insert?
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LP insert?
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Pungent fish topper
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Pungent fish topper
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Longtime ace
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Longtime ace
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Goes gray
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Goes gray
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Part of some fruit drink names
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Part of some fruit drink names
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Film with the protagonist "Z"
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Film with the protagonist "Z"
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Any of three title characters in a long-running Cartoon Network series
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Any of three title characters in a long-running Cartoon Network series
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See 46-Across
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See 46-Across
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With 42-Across, old ad mascot who sang "It's dandy for your teeth"
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With 42-Across, old ad mascot who sang "It's dandy for your teeth"
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Worked (up)
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Worked (up)
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Source of the word "robot"
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Source of the word "robot"
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Salad, often
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Salad, often
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___ up (brawl)
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___ up (brawl)
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Big name in jewelry retail
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Big name in jewelry retail
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Mouths, to Marius
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Mouths, to Marius
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Spartan
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Spartan
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Ad trailer?
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Ad trailer?
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Reaches the age of
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Reaches the age of
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It forms much of Lombardy's southern border
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It forms much of Lombardy's southern border
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One
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One
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Central feature of St. Peter's Square
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Central feature of St. Peter's Square
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Taco alternative
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Taco alternative
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"Coppelia" composer
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"Coppelia" composer
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Parent's peremptory "reason"
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Parent's peremptory "reason"
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Common barn roof
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Common barn roof
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Passenger's status
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Passenger's status
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Taxonomy suffix
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Taxonomy suffix
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Drum and bass parts
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Drum and bass parts
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Through
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Through
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Get heat from?
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Get heat from?
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Part of French Polynesia
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Part of French Polynesia
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Some German models
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Some German models
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Boom follower, maybe
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Boom follower, maybe
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Boom maker, once
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Boom maker, once
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Gnarly
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Gnarly
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Author of "The Stranger Beside Me," 1980
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Author of "The Stranger Beside Me," 1980
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Beatles tune that begins "If you wear red tonight"
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Beatles tune that begins "If you wear red tonight"
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Like arias
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Like arias
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Sugar
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Sugar
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Dash
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Dash
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Oscar winner after "On the Waterfront"
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Oscar winner after "On the Waterfront"
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Onetime Lake Texcoco dweller
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Onetime Lake Texcoco dweller
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Papuan port
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Papuan port
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Having five sharps
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Having five sharps
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Drink that had a Wild Red variety
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Drink that had a Wild Red variety
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Drink that has a Ruby Red variety
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Drink that has a Ruby Red variety
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Philippine province on Luzon
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Philippine province on Luzon
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The Aggies of the Big West Conf.
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The Aggies of the Big West Conf.
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"What ___?"
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"What ___?"
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Steak or chop choice
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Steak or chop choice
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Cover-up witnessed by millions?
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Cover-up witnessed by millions?
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Relatives of dik-diks
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Relatives of dik-diks
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Car bar
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Car bar
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So as not to be overheard, say
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So as not to be overheard, say
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Alabama or Missouri
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Alabama or Missouri
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___-Pacific
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___-Pacific
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First name in long jumping
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First name in long jumping
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Small creature that undergoes metamorphosis
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Small creature that undergoes metamorphosis
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Clinton or Bush, once
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Clinton or Bush, once
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