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NYT Crossword Answers for May 3, 2003

Saturday, May 3, 2003 · 72 clues

This page lists the NYT Crossword from Saturday, May 3, 2003: 72 clues, each with its answer behind a reveal button. For the newest puzzle, go to today's NYT Crossword answers.

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Across clues

  1. 1

    Job, so to speak

    5 letters Hints for Job, so to speak Clue page for Job, so to speak

  2. 6

    Part of a fin. portfolio

    3 letters Hints for Part of a fin. portfolio Clue page for Part of a fin. portfolio

  3. 9

    Really awful, in rap slang

    5 letters Hints for Really awful, in rap slang Clue page for Really awful, in rap slang

  4. 14

    Prefix with scope

    5 letters Hints for Prefix with scope Clue page for Prefix with scope

  5. 15

    Outcry

    3 letters Hints for Outcry Clue page for Outcry

  6. 16

    Simple

    5 letters Hints for Simple Clue page for Simple

  7. 17

    Prepares potatoes in a way

    9 letters Hints for Prepares potatoes in a way Clue page for Prepares potatoes in a way

  8. 19

    Like some jackets

    5 letters Hints for Like some jackets Clue page for Like some jackets

  9. 20

    WHO?

    13 letters Hints for WHO? Clue page for WHO?

  10. 22

    Asteroid that Galileo flew by closely in 1993

    3 letters Hints for Asteroid that Galileo flew by closely in 1993 Clue page for Asteroid that Galileo flew by closely in 1993

  11. 23

    Muffler

    4 letters Hints for Muffler Clue page for Muffler

  12. 24

    WHAT?

    14 letters Hints for WHAT? Clue page for WHAT?

  13. 31

    Period between blue moons

    4 letters Hints for Period between blue moons Clue page for Period between blue moons

  14. 32

    Grant source: Abbr.

    3 letters Hints for Grant source: Abbr. Clue page for Grant source: Abbr.

  15. 33

    Cricket position behind the wicketkeeper

    4 letters Hints for Cricket position behind the wicketkeeper Clue page for Cricket position behind the wicketkeeper

  16. 35

    Relative of "Reverend"

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  17. 36

    Overcharge, slangily

    5 letters Hints for Overcharge, slangily Clue page for Overcharge, slangily

  18. 39

    Body hugger

    3 letters Hints for Body hugger Clue page for Body hugger

  19. 40

    Stock stat

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  20. 42

    Blue mountain ___ (goldenrod)

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  21. 43

    Hinds

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  22. 44

    WHERE?

    14 letters Hints for WHERE? Clue page for WHERE?

  23. 49

    Don Juan, e.g.

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  24. 50

    Communication problem

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  25. 51

    WHEN?

    13 letters Hints for WHEN? Clue page for WHEN?

  26. 57

    "The Maids" playwright

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  27. 58

    Frozen

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  28. 60

    What some British poetry has

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  29. 61

    Series of periods

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  30. 62

    Wrap

    5 letters Hints for Wrap Clue page for Wrap

  31. 63

    Lock

    5 letters Hints for Lock Clue page for Lock

  32. 64

    Gas type: Abbr.

    3 letters Hints for Gas type: Abbr. Clue page for Gas type: Abbr.

  33. 65

    Sarcastic question after a self-induced disaster

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Down clues

  1. 1

    Cultivate

    3 letters Hints for Cultivate Clue page for Cultivate

  2. 2

    "Step the meek fowls where ___ they ranged": Emerson

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  3. 3

    Target for nails?

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  4. 4

    Arab princes

    7 letters Hints for Arab princes Clue page for Arab princes

  5. 5

    Spanish province or its capital

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  6. 6

    Bok ___

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  7. 7

    Copy

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  8. 8

    Opener?

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  9. 9

    Altogether

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  10. 10

    Frontierlike

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  11. 11

    Wasn't straight

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  12. 12

    "Funny Way of Laughin'" singer, 1962

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  13. 13

    "Old Uncle" in a Stephen Foster song

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  14. 18

    Masters

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  15. 21

    Visionary 1921 play

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  16. 24

    Spate

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  17. 25

    Language branch containing Hungarian

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  18. 26

    Sound at 44-Across, maybe

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  19. 27

    Lunar calendar event

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  20. 28

    Its currency is the gourde

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  21. 29

    Turning point?

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  22. 30

    Lola, in "Damn Yankees"

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  23. 34

    Bridge option

    4 letters Hints for Bridge option Clue page for Bridge option

  24. 37

    First word of Dante's "Inferno"

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  25. 38

    From Paris, say

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  26. 41

    Sadists

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  27. 43

    Beliefs

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  28. 45

    Circuits

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  29. 46

    Rotter

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  30. 47

    Gardening tool

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  31. 48

    Breakfast item

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  32. 51

    One who might issue a warning

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  33. 52

    Payment at a table

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  34. 53

    Softener

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  35. 54

    Masculine side

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  36. 55

    Riding

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  37. 56

    Outcry

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  38. 57

    Zulu, in the military: Abbr.

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  39. 59

    "Emerald Point N.A.S." actress

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