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New York Times: Saturday, May 16, 2015
Below is the full solution for the Saturday, May 16, 2015 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Byron Walden
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Coffee-brewing device
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Coffee-brewing device
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"I haven't the foggiest"
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"I haven't the foggiest"
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Parole board consideration
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Parole board consideration
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Like news blogs, typically
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Like news blogs, typically
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Swedish university where Anders Celsius taught
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Swedish university where Anders Celsius taught
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Faulty, as a tank
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Faulty, as a tank
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Natural shelter
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Natural shelter
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Hall-of-Famer with exactly 3,000 hits
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Hall-of-Famer with exactly 3,000 hits
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Goddess of magic
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Goddess of magic
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Expert in calculating
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Expert in calculating
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Big Florida export
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Big Florida export
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Sixth in a series
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Sixth in a series
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Off the ground
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Off the ground
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Ones skewered in P. J. O'Rourke's "Parliament of Whores"
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Ones skewered in P. J. O'Rourke's "Parliament of Whores"
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Moves toward the middle
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Moves toward the middle
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Children of American Communists
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Children of American Communists
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Started a movement, metaphorically
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Started a movement, metaphorically
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Barbera d'___ (Italian wine)
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Barbera d'___ (Italian wine)
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Hole in the head
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Hole in the head
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Former Jordanian queen
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Former Jordanian queen
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Exactly, informally
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Exactly, informally
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___-com
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___-com
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Bygone Finnish coin
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Bygone Finnish coin
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Deva, for one
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Deva, for one
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Big name in oil
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Big name in oil
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Poet who won three Grammys for Best Spoken Word Album
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Poet who won three Grammys for Best Spoken Word Album
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Tufted songbirds
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Tufted songbirds
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Brush up on
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Brush up on
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Being tracked, in a way
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Being tracked, in a way
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Swore
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Swore
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Tail waggers?
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Tail waggers?
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Highest officer in his field, ironically
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Highest officer in his field, ironically
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Welcome out
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Welcome out
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Unsuitable for locavores
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Unsuitable for locavores
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Tourist purchase
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Tourist purchase
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Rattle on
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Rattle on
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Setting for Ibsen's "Hedda Gabler"
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Setting for Ibsen's "Hedda Gabler"
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Contents of some chests
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Contents of some chests
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"Isn't he great!"
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"Isn't he great!"
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French pioneer of sign language
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French pioneer of sign language
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Douglas who wrote "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"
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Douglas who wrote "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"
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Adopt
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Adopt
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British beer with a kick
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British beer with a kick
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Bonkers
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Bonkers
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Tools with semicircular blades
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Tools with semicircular blades
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What may help you hang in there?
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What may help you hang in there?
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Bed-hopped
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Bed-hopped
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"You ___?"
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"You ___?"
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Some pasta
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Some pasta
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Languish
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Languish
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Forever stamp?
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Forever stamp?
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Secret society brother to George W. Bush and John Kerry
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Secret society brother to George W. Bush and John Kerry
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1960s-'70s detective series
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1960s-'70s detective series
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Cheap ride
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Cheap ride
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Group governed by the Imperial Divan
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Group governed by the Imperial Divan
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Note in B major but not E major
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Note in B major but not E major
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Rubylike gem
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Rubylike gem
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Wrestle
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Wrestle
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Verily
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Verily
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Place bereft of happy campers?
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Place bereft of happy campers?
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Rock: Prefix
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Rock: Prefix
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Cause for an R rating
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Cause for an R rating
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Lush
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Lush
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Barnyard male
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Barnyard male
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