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New York Times: Thursday, May 16, 2013
Below is the full solution for the Thursday, May 16, 2013 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Brendan Emmett Quigley,
Elizabeth Donovan
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Wine's partner
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Wine's partner
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Overflow
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Overflow
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Y's
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Y's
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Spingarn of the N.A.A.C.P.'s Spingarn Medal
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Spingarn of the N.A.A.C.P.'s Spingarn Medal
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Astronomical effect
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Astronomical effect
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Broadway musical that opens with "Maybe"
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Broadway musical that opens with "Maybe"
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List shortener
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List shortener
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Come again?
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Come again?
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Mammal that hums to its young
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Mammal that hums to its young
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Language that gave us "kowtow"
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Language that gave us "kowtow"
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"I know that one!"
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"I know that one!"
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Rough shelter
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Rough shelter
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Clutch performer?
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Clutch performer?
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Kaplan course subj.
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Kaplan course subj.
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"Right You Are, Mr. ___" (1957 novel)
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"Right You Are, Mr. ___" (1957 novel)
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"___ aren't the droids you're looking for" ("Star Wars" line)
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"___ aren't the droids you're looking for" ("Star Wars" line)
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On
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On
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God-fearing
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God-fearing
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The Wildcats of the N.C.A.A.
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The Wildcats of the N.C.A.A.
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Like some photos
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Like some photos
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Winter playground
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Winter playground
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Hardly Mr. Personality
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Hardly Mr. Personality
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Discuss reasonable outcomes upfront
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Discuss reasonable outcomes upfront
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Generic
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Generic
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Gent, in Britain
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Gent, in Britain
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Emergency shout ... or a possible title for this puzzle
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Emergency shout ... or a possible title for this puzzle
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One providing assistance after a crash
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One providing assistance after a crash
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Nonentity
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Nonentity
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Hayseed
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Hayseed
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Filling in a gordita
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Filling in a gordita
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Help list, e.g.
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Help list, e.g.
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It's got all the answers
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It's got all the answers
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Cosmetician's goof
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Cosmetician's goof
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Per
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Per
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___ Anglia
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___ Anglia
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Entertained at a reception, maybe
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Entertained at a reception, maybe
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Ninth in a series
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Almost
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Almost
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Canadian P.M. Pierre Trudeau's middle name
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Canadian P.M. Pierre Trudeau's middle name
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1931 film for which Wallace Beery won Best Actor
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1931 film for which Wallace Beery won Best Actor
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Piece by piece
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Piece by piece
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All the way through 12th grade, informally
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All the way through 12th grade, informally
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It goes through many phases
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It goes through many phases
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Least genuine
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Least genuine
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Restrained, as a dog
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Restrained, as a dog
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Biology subject
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Biology subject
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One of the Kardashians
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One of the Kardashians
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Setting for much of Homer's "Odyssey"
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Setting for much of Homer's "Odyssey"
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Scand. land
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Scand. land
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Skull and Bones member
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Skull and Bones member
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Baseball Hall-of-Famer nicknamed Knucksie
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Baseball Hall-of-Famer nicknamed Knucksie
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Give, as a little extra
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Give, as a little extra
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Tops
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Tops
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Funny Tracey
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Funny Tracey
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Often-grated cheese
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Often-grated cheese
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Thin sheet metal
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Thin sheet metal
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Bête ___
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Bête ___
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Unresponsive?
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Unresponsive?
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Put up, in a way
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Put up, in a way
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The English Beat, for one
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The English Beat, for one
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Red, white and blue players
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Red, white and blue players
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Clint Eastwood, for one
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Clint Eastwood, for one
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Split
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Split
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Hotel room amenity
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Hotel room amenity
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Where Archimedes had his "Eureka!" moment
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Where Archimedes had his "Eureka!" moment
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L. Frank Baum princess
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L. Frank Baum princess
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No. 2
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No. 2
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___ Rapee, longtime Radio City Music Hall conductor
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___ Rapee, longtime Radio City Music Hall conductor
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Mysterious glow
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Mysterious glow
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Babe Ruth's 2,220, for short
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Babe Ruth's 2,220, for short
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2012 campaign issue
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2012 campaign issue
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Thinking figs.
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Thinking figs.
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Rum ___ Tugger ("Cats" cat)
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Rum ___ Tugger ("Cats" cat)
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"You don't say!"
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"You don't say!"
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