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New York Times: Thursday, May 16, 2024
Below is the full solution for the Thursday, May 16, 2024 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Author:
Sara Muchnick
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Seabird's nesting spot, say
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Seabird's nesting spot, say
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Musical lead-in to beat
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Musical lead-in to beat
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Pounds, perhaps
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Pounds, perhaps
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Ostracize
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Ostracize
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Schreiber of "Asteroid City"
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Schreiber of "Asteroid City"
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Word with secret or school
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Word with secret or school
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*Gone
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*Gone
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How high rollers want to live
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How high rollers want to live
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"Shirt Front and Fork" sculptor, 1922
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"Shirt Front and Fork" sculptor, 1922
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Life lines, for short?
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Life lines, for short?
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Like some peanuts and celebrities
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Like some peanuts and celebrities
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*Stone tool
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*Stone tool
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Scenarios to consider
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Scenarios to consider
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Tailored item that can have tails
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Tailored item that can have tails
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Lessens
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Lessens
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Bit of a bluff
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Bit of a bluff
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*Scoop received in a call
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*Scoop received in a call
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Back
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Back
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Colorful variety of lettuce
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Colorful variety of lettuce
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They might be targeted
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They might be targeted
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*Shall
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*Shall
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With every detail perfect
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With every detail perfect
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Vegetable that's a letter off from an Ivy
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Vegetable that's a letter off from an Ivy
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Notable Guinness
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Notable Guinness
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Aromatic welcome gift
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Aromatic welcome gift
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*It gets the ball rolling
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*It gets the ball rolling
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"Ah, yes …"
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"Ah, yes …"
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The Reds, on a scoreboard
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The Reds, on a scoreboard
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Give the name of
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Give the name of
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62
Final points in scores?
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Final points in scores?
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63
When read forward and then backward, motto that suggests how to interpret this puzzle's starred clues
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When read forward and then backward, motto that suggests how to interpret this puzzle's starred clues
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66
Say "I dunno," say
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Say "I dunno," say
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Where to find a very wet sponge
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Where to find a very wet sponge
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Actor Wilson
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Actor Wilson
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Biblical verb with "thou"
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Biblical verb with "thou"
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Whirl or swirl
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Whirl or swirl
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Part of M.I.T.
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Part of M.I.T.
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Rae of "American Fiction"
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Rae of "American Fiction"
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Repetitive clicking sound?
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Repetitive clicking sound?
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Disappointing stocking stuffer
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Disappointing stocking stuffer
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Dir. from Atlanta to Athens
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Dir. from Atlanta to Athens
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Tylenol alternative
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Tylenol alternative
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Some Guinness records
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Some Guinness records
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Title for Al Sharpton
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Title for Al Sharpton
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How the fish in nigiri is served
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How the fish in nigiri is served
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The whole world in your hands?
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The whole world in your hands?
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Uninvited party guest
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Uninvited party guest
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Stag
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Stag
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Competitive advantage
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Competitive advantage
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Unwelcome surprise in a glass of fresh-squeezed juice
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Unwelcome surprise in a glass of fresh-squeezed juice
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Zero
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Zero
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Down more than
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Down more than
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Neighbor of Leb.
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Neighbor of Leb.
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Carpenter or mason
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Carpenter or mason
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World-weary
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World-weary
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Michael Jackson's first concert tour after the Jackson 5
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Michael Jackson's first concert tour after the Jackson 5
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Texting format inits.
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Texting format inits.
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Craft measured in cubits
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Craft measured in cubits
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Italian dessert
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Italian dessert
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Head of lettuce?
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Head of lettuce?
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"I have to ___ …"
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"I have to ___ …"
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School fig.
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School fig.
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Where more than 60% of Fortune 500 companies are incorporated
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Where more than 60% of Fortune 500 companies are incorporated
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Goes over again
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Goes over again
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Athlete with two Grammy-nominated spoken-word albums
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Athlete with two Grammy-nominated spoken-word albums
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Participated in a spin class
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Participated in a spin class
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Apple Music predecessor
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Apple Music predecessor
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It's a start
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It's a start
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Flash
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Flash
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Collaborator on 1980's "Double Fantasy"
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Collaborator on 1980's "Double Fantasy"
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Coffee order specification
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Coffee order specification
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Stag
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Stag
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Falco of "The Sopranos"
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Falco of "The Sopranos"
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Having a kink, maybe
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Having a kink, maybe
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Was ahead
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Was ahead
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Louis XIV, par exemple
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Louis XIV, par exemple
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