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New York Times: Monday, May 18, 2020
Below is the full solution for the Monday, May 18, 2020 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Christina Iverson
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Shakespeare, for one
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Shakespeare, for one
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Product of Chevron or Shell
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Product of Chevron or Shell
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Many an electoral chart, in brief
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Many an electoral chart, in brief
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State that's said to be "high in the middle"
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State that's said to be "high in the middle"
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Con's opposite
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Con's opposite
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Take a deep breath
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Take a deep breath
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Where Army recruits go to start training
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Where Army recruits go to start training
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One placing a phone call
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One placing a phone call
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Houston-based food service giant
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Houston-based food service giant
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Three goals by the same player
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Three goals by the same player
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Actor Wilson
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Actor Wilson
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Part of a Halloween costume
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Part of a Halloween costume
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Shell game
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Shell game
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Norway's capital
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Norway's capital
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"___ the land of the free ..."
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"___ the land of the free ..."
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Prefix with -vore or -scient
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Prefix with -vore or -scient
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Made snide verbal attacks
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Made snide verbal attacks
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Ostentatiously ornamented
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Ostentatiously ornamented
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___ Arbor, Mich.
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___ Arbor, Mich.
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Shade akin to army green
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Shade akin to army green
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"Finally!"
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"Finally!"
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Avocado dip, informally
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Avocado dip, informally
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Antidiscrimination inits.
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Antidiscrimination inits.
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What snakes and lizards do periodically with their skin
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What snakes and lizards do periodically with their skin
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British heavy metal band named for a torture device
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British heavy metal band named for a torture device
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What trees do in the wind
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What trees do in the wind
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Coordinate, informally
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Coordinate, informally
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All tuckered out
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All tuckered out
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Go deeply (into)
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Go deeply (into)
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___ borealis
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___ borealis
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Game whose tokens have included the starts of 16-, 20-, 26-, 49- and 55-Across
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Game whose tokens have included the starts of 16-, 20-, 26-, 49- and 55-Across
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Apache and Sioux, for two
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Apache and Sioux, for two
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Beetles, e.g., for short
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Beetles, e.g., for short
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It leads the orchestra in tuning
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It leads the orchestra in tuning
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___ Park, Colo.
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___ Park, Colo.
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Word before lion, level or legs
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Word before lion, level or legs
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Square ones won't fit into round holes
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Square ones won't fit into round holes
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Short hairstyles
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Short hairstyles
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Greeting to a "matey"
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Greeting to a "matey"
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Rivers, in Mexico
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Rivers, in Mexico
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Company doing business mostly online
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Company doing business mostly online
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4.0 is a superb one, in brief
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4.0 is a superb one, in brief
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Cost an ___ and a leg
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Cost an ___ and a leg
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Student who's no longer a frosh
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Student who's no longer a frosh
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Cups and quarts
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Cups and quarts
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Controversial cosmetics ingredient
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Controversial cosmetics ingredient
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Its capital is Bamako
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Its capital is Bamako
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Trump impersonator Baldwin
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Trump impersonator Baldwin
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Become more attentive, with "up"
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Become more attentive, with "up"
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Pet collar attachments
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Pet collar attachments
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Some rodeo riders
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Some rodeo riders
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"What ___?" (end of a riddle)
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"What ___?" (end of a riddle)
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Stately tree
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Stately tree
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"99 Red Balloons" singer
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"99 Red Balloons" singer
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Some fraternity party getups
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Some fraternity party getups
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Actor Ledger
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Actor Ledger
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Cry made while chest-thumping
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Cry made while chest-thumping
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Rock Starr?
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Rock Starr?
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Observed secretly
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Observed secretly
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Flood blocker
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Flood blocker
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Ancient theater
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Ancient theater
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Slangy turndown of a request for help
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Slangy turndown of a request for help
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Expectant papas
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Expectant papas
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Convent residents
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Convent residents
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Bejeweled bands
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Bejeweled bands
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Senator Klobuchar
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Senator Klobuchar
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Loaf with seeds
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Loaf with seeds
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Cold treat on a stick
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Cold treat on a stick
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Tangle behind a computer, maybe
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Tangle behind a computer, maybe
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Calendar info
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Calendar info
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"___ is not to reason why ..."
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"___ is not to reason why ..."
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Stick-to-itiveness
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Stick-to-itiveness
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License bureaus, for short
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License bureaus, for short
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Part of an ear or brain
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Part of an ear or brain
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Certain YouTube posting
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Certain YouTube posting
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Seeing things?
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Seeing things?
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Be indebted to
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Be indebted to
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Secretive government org.
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Secretive government org.
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