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New York Times: Wednesday, May 17, 2023
Below is the full solution for the Wednesday, May 17, 2023 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Parker Higgins
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Goes on a mountain run
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Goes on a mountain run
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The sun and the moon
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The sun and the moon
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Inits. in Congress beginning in 2019
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Inits. in Congress beginning in 2019
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Body of water between Sicily and Greece
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Body of water between Sicily and Greece
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Any email that begins "Congrats, you've been selected …," probably
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Any email that begins "Congrats, you've been selected …," probably
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Brings to a tie
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Brings to a tie
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High low voice
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High low voice
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"Quit it!"
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"Quit it!"
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20
Display in a shoebox, maybe
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Display in a shoebox, maybe
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Clod
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Clod
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Makeshift umbrella holder
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Makeshift umbrella holder
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Group that gets marching orders
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Group that gets marching orders
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27
Grilled ham-and-cheese sandwich
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Grilled ham-and-cheese sandwich
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Amazon swimmers
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Amazon swimmers
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To be, in Havana
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To be, in Havana
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Row
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Row
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___ al-Fitr (feast occasion)
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___ al-Fitr (feast occasion)
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Performs a gymnastics move requiring flexibility … or enters answers into this puzzle's four shaded parts
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Performs a gymnastics move requiring flexibility … or enters answers into this puzzle's four shaded parts
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39
Say rude things about
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Say rude things about
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40
Was idle
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Was idle
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Tease
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Tease
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Aims for
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Aims for
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Unisex fragrance launched in 1994
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Unisex fragrance launched in 1994
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Horseshoer's target
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Horseshoer's target
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Astronaut Grissom
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Astronaut Grissom
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In agony
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In agony
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One checking the books
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One checking the books
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Chuck
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Chuck
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Certain ocean pollution
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Certain ocean pollution
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Old English, for better or worse?
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Old English, for better or worse?
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Makeup of many birdfeed cakes
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Makeup of many birdfeed cakes
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San Bernardino suburb whose name means "beautiful hill"
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San Bernardino suburb whose name means "beautiful hill"
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Authors' submissions: Abbr.
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Authors' submissions: Abbr.
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Pines (for)
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Pines (for)
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A-number-one
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A-number-one
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Playable character in an "artificial life" game franchise
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Playable character in an "artificial life" game franchise
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Hawaiian wood used to build the earliest surfboards
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Hawaiian wood used to build the earliest surfboards
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Tattoos
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Tattoos
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Rest of the day?
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Rest of the day?
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Base hit result, maybe
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Base hit result, maybe
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Host's request
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Host's request
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Stinger
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Stinger
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Actress Bullock
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Actress Bullock
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Regarding
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Regarding
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The "O" of M.O.
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The "O" of M.O.
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Unfounded rumor
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Unfounded rumor
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Actor John or Sean
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Actor John or Sean
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Matriarchal nickname
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Matriarchal nickname
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Sunshine, so to speak
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Sunshine, so to speak
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Plant, as an idea, in sci-fi slang
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Plant, as an idea, in sci-fi slang
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Includes on a thread
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Includes on a thread
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Was sorry about
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Was sorry about
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Longest river entirely within Spain
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Longest river entirely within Spain
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States of upheaval
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States of upheaval
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"That's the spot!"
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"That's the spot!"
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Many a Rembrandt
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Many a Rembrandt
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New York lake that's the source of the Susquehanna River
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New York lake that's the source of the Susquehanna River
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Buildings
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Buildings
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Bwana
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Bwana
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Holy title with a tilde
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Holy title with a tilde
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1982 sci-fi classic with a 2010 sequel
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1982 sci-fi classic with a 2010 sequel
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Kind of wave
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Kind of wave
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Hospital unit
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Hospital unit
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Sounds of recognition
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Sounds of recognition
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All ___ Day
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All ___ Day
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Stand that a speaker might take
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Stand that a speaker might take
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To be certain
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To be certain
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Go a-wassailing
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Go a-wassailing
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Perform spectacularly, colloquially
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Perform spectacularly, colloquially
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Mountain lions
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Mountain lions
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Popular booth in New York's Times Square
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Popular booth in New York's Times Square
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Song of celebration
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Song of celebration
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Tic-tac finish
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Tic-tac finish
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"Double Fantasy" singer
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"Double Fantasy" singer
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Econ. indicator
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Econ. indicator
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"___ queen!" (enthusiastic cry)
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"___ queen!" (enthusiastic cry)
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