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New York Times: Friday, May 12, 2023
Below is the full solution for the Friday, May 12, 2023 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Enrique Henestroza Anguiano
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Powdered green tea
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Powdered green tea
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"Nothing else?"
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"Nothing else?"
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Mistake fixer
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Mistake fixer
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Like Bluetooth connections
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Like Bluetooth connections
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Transfer, as wine
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Transfer, as wine
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Leonard Bernstein's "Candide," e.g.
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Leonard Bernstein's "Candide," e.g.
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Don't assume, say
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Don't assume, say
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One way to start a point
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One way to start a point
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Waver wildly
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Waver wildly
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Appalachian spring hrs.
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Appalachian spring hrs.
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A snap
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A snap
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Philosopher Girard who coined "mimetic desire"
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Philosopher Girard who coined "mimetic desire"
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Neckwear that's not constricting, one hopes
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Neckwear that's not constricting, one hopes
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"The ___ of Wu" (book by rapper RZA)
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"The ___ of Wu" (book by rapper RZA)
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Computer flow like [Insert → Picture → From File]
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Computer flow like [Insert → Picture → From File]
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Best of the best
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Best of the best
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"The House of the Spirits" novelist
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"The House of the Spirits" novelist
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Polite thing to call someone
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Polite thing to call someone
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Second sight, say
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Second sight, say
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___ Candy, best friend of Wonder Woman
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___ Candy, best friend of Wonder Woman
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Rock band with the 2020 Album of the Year nominee "Women in Music Pt. III"
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Rock band with the 2020 Album of the Year nominee "Women in Music Pt. III"
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Air safety org.
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Air safety org.
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Kind of pit
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Kind of pit
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Cult 1990s sitcom set at WNYX
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Cult 1990s sitcom set at WNYX
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Letter after phi
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Letter after phi
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Portmanteau structure built from discarded cans
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Portmanteau structure built from discarded cans
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Daytona 500 org.
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Daytona 500 org.
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Third of Sophocles' Theban plays
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Third of Sophocles' Theban plays
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C2H6 compound
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C2H6 compound
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They "hatch" late in life
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They "hatch" late in life
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Wrote some hip-hop lyrics, say
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Wrote some hip-hop lyrics, say
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Time to focus on oneself
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Time to focus on oneself
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Recess retort
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Recess retort
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Like leaving the price tag on a gift
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Like leaving the price tag on a gift
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Farm-fresh box letters
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Farm-fresh box letters
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They rule the roost
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They rule the roost
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Sketching tools
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Sketching tools
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"Can't make me!"
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"Can't make me!"
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Doesn't drink much
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Doesn't drink much
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General Sherman, in Tulare County, Calif., is the world's largest one
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General Sherman, in Tulare County, Calif., is the world's largest one
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Doktor alternative
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Doktor alternative
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Analgesic with a soothing-sounding name
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Analgesic with a soothing-sounding name
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Little confab
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Little confab
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"Das ___ gut!"
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"Das ___ gut!"
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Stacker of plastic tubs, in brief
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Stacker of plastic tubs, in brief
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Brainstorming diagram
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Brainstorming diagram
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Brand whose "B" stands for "brush"
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Brand whose "B" stands for "brush"
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Minus
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Minus
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"Oh, ___!"
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"Oh, ___!"
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Lauder of cosmetics
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Lauder of cosmetics
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Don't blow it!
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Don't blow it!
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How a lawyer might be kept
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How a lawyer might be kept
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Musician's mouthpiece
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Musician's mouthpiece
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Subsection of an orchestra
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Subsection of an orchestra
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"Barb and Star Go to Vista ___ Mar" (2021 film)
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"Barb and Star Go to Vista ___ Mar" (2021 film)
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Polite thing to call someone
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Polite thing to call someone
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___ Minor
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___ Minor
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Devil follower
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Devil follower
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Be worthy of
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Be worthy of
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Some short cuts
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Some short cuts
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Name associated with simple explanations
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Name associated with simple explanations
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Baseball's ___ Victorino, nicknamed "The Flyin' Hawaiian"
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Baseball's ___ Victorino, nicknamed "The Flyin' Hawaiian"
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Brought on
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Brought on
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Conduct
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Conduct
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It's hard to see through
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It's hard to see through
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Word with pinky or promise
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Word with pinky or promise
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Initiation ritual
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Initiation ritual
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Preventive measure
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Preventive measure
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Dir. traveled on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
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Dir. traveled on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
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Not forward
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