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NYT Crossword Answers for May 15, 2011

Sunday, May 15, 2011 · 140 clues

This page lists the NYT Crossword from Sunday, May 15, 2011: 140 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

    Jewish grandma

    5 letters Hints for Jewish grandma Clue page for Jewish grandma

  2. 6

    Crooked

    4 letters Hints for Crooked Clue page for Crooked

  3. 10

    "Laugh-In" airer

    3 letters Hints for "Laugh-In" airer Clue page for "Laugh-In" airer

  4. 13

    Barney Gumble of "The Simpsons," e.g.

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  5. 17

    Woody and Steve

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  6. 19

    Attire for an Indian bride

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  7. 20

    Suffix with buck

    4 letters Hints for Suffix with buck Clue page for Suffix with buck

  8. 22

    Rain cats and dogs

    4 letters Hints for Rain cats and dogs Clue page for Rain cats and dogs

  9. 23

    Close by

    6 letters Hints for Close by Clue page for Close by

  10. 24

    Salt Lake City athlete's dear hawk mascot?

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  11. 27

    Possible result of a costly Italian vacation?

    12 letters Hints for Possible result of a costly Italian vacation? Clue page for Possible result of a costly Italian vacation?

  12. 29

    Leave the outdoors

    8 letters Hints for Leave the outdoors Clue page for Leave the outdoors

  13. 30

    First Nations group

    5 letters Hints for First Nations group Clue page for First Nations group

  14. 31

    Place for Wii play, say

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  15. 32

    Frank writing in a diary

    4 letters Hints for Frank writing in a diary Clue page for Frank writing in a diary

  16. 33

    Turf

    3 letters Hints for Turf Clue page for Turf

  17. 34

    Sierra Nevada lake

    5 letters Hints for Sierra Nevada lake Clue page for Sierra Nevada lake

  18. 37

    Comparable to a March hare

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  19. 39

    Slowly, on scores

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  20. 41

    Elvis ___ Presley

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  21. 42

    Hit show with New Directions singers

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  22. 43

    Some whiskeys

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  23. 44

    Gymnastics great Comaneci

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  24. 48

    Flurry of activity

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  25. 50

    Tribal healer

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  26. 53

    In pain

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  27. 54

    Shakespearean fairy king

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  28. 55

    Jokes in a campy 1960s TV locale?

    12 letters Hints for Jokes in a campy 1960s TV locale? Clue page for Jokes in a campy 1960s TV locale?

  29. 58

    Hazardous household gas

    5 letters Hints for Hazardous household gas Clue page for Hazardous household gas

  30. 59

    Marisa who played 75-Down's girlfriend

    5 letters Hints for Marisa who played 75-Down's girlfriend Clue page for Marisa who played 75-Down's girlfriend

  31. 62

    Kyrgyzstan range

    4 letters Hints for Kyrgyzstan range Clue page for Kyrgyzstan range

  32. 63

    ___-Caps

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  33. 64

    Akin to milking a cow?

    15 letters Hints for Akin to milking a cow? Clue page for Akin to milking a cow?

  34. 69

    Car safety feature, for short

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  35. 72

    Singer India.___

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  36. 73

    Musical endings

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  37. 74

    Baseball : Oriole :: football : ___

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  38. 78

    Bless butter with a gesture?

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  39. 82

    Apt to fluctuate

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  40. 83

    Bullying words

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  41. 84

    Former SoCal N.F.L. team

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  42. 87

    Never-before-seen

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  43. 88

    Damascene's homeland

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  44. 89

    Saharan

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  45. 91

    Gross

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  46. 93

    Equivalent of -trix

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  47. 94

    Wordy

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  48. 96

    Video game pioneer

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  49. 98

    What we may be?

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  50. 99

    Like some baseball teams

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  51. 102

    Leak sound

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  52. 103

    Slip up

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  53. 104

    "A momentary madness," per Horace

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  54. 106

    Misers

    8 letters Hints for Misers Clue page for Misers

  55. 108

    Vessel for just the two of us?

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  56. 113

    Role of a boxer's physician?

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  57. 115

    Tennis's Goolagong

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  58. 116

    Yank or Ray

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  59. 117

    Politico Gingrich

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  60. 118

    Concerning

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  61. 119

    Many a Bush military adviser

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  62. 120

    Org. in a big race of years past

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  63. 121

    That, in a bodega

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  64. 122

    Saxophonist Getz

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  65. 123

    Surgical tube

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Down clues

  1. 1

    Word after string or rubber

    4 letters Hints for Word after string or rubber Clue page for Word after string or rubber

  2. 2

    Peter Fonda title role

    4 letters Hints for Peter Fonda title role Clue page for Peter Fonda title role

  3. 3

    Tattle

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  4. 4

    What Ernie may wish he had vis-à-vis his roommate?

    11 letters Hints for What Ernie may wish he had vis-à-vis his roommate? Clue page for What Ernie may wish he had vis-à-vis his roommate?

  5. 5

    Complete

    6 letters Hints for Complete Clue page for Complete

  6. 6

    Evaluates

    8 letters Hints for Evaluates Clue page for Evaluates

  7. 7

    It may be manicured

    4 letters Hints for It may be manicured Clue page for It may be manicured

  8. 8

    Frozen tater brand

    6 letters Hints for Frozen tater brand Clue page for Frozen tater brand

  9. 9

    Like quilts

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  10. 10

    Catch

    3 letters Hints for Catch Clue page for Catch

  11. 11

    Quartermaster's group

    7 letters Hints for Quartermaster's group Clue page for Quartermaster's group

  12. 12

    Alternatives to Dos Equis

    7 letters Hints for Alternatives to Dos Equis Clue page for Alternatives to Dos Equis

  13. 13

    UV blockage nos.

    4 letters Hints for UV blockage nos. Clue page for UV blockage nos.

  14. 14

    Automaker Chevrolet

    5 letters Hints for Automaker Chevrolet Clue page for Automaker Chevrolet

  15. 15

    Surpass

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  16. 16

    Shetland, e.g.

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  17. 18

    Loudness unit

    4 letters Hints for Loudness unit Clue page for Loudness unit

  18. 21

    Taking way too many meds

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  19. 25

    X

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  20. 26

    Margin size, maybe

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  21. 28

    Calf product

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  22. 34

    Small drum

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  23. 35

    One of the Leeward Antilles

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  24. 36

    Scammed

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  25. 38

    Interjection of disinterest

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  26. 39

    "The Fountainhead" author

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  27. 40

    Home of Punchbowl Crater

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  28. 42

    See 51-Down: Abbr.

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  29. 43

    Teller

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  30. 45

    Darkens

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  31. 46

    Hip to

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  32. 47

    Soil: Prefix

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  33. 49

    Actress Anderson

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  34. 51

    First name alphabetically in 42-Down

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  35. 52

    Train part where sorting was once done

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  36. 53

    Gallic gal pal

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  37. 56

    One of Chekhov's "three sisters"

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  38. 57

    Feel one's ___ (be confident)

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  39. 59

    Cousin of a gull

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  40. 60

    Mayberry boy

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  41. 61

    Kellogg's cereal

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  42. 65

    Villainous group in "Get Smart"

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  43. 66

    Minute bit

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  44. 67

    Asia's ___ Sea

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  45. 68

    Non-choice for restaurant seating?

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  46. 69

    New Testament book

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  47. 70

    Donkey's cry

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  48. 71

    Go bad

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  49. 75

    Film cousin whose accent this puzzle spoofs

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  50. 76

    Justice Kagan

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  51. 77

    Stairway post

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  52. 79

    Short cut

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  53. 80

    Fame

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  54. 81

    Tablet

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  55. 82

    Was supine

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  56. 85

    War stat

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  57. 86

    Setting for "The Office"

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  58. 89

    Property recipient, in law

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  59. 90

    They cut wood with the grain

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  60. 92

    Humane

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  61. 95

    Pipe holder

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  62. 96

    Restaurant lures

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  63. 97

    Most faithful

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  64. 98

    Actor Keanu

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  65. 99

    City on the Nile

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  66. 100

    Fleet Amtrak train

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  67. 101

    "Bedroom at ___" (classic painting)

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  68. 103

    Image on the back of a $1 bill

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  69. 105

    Feds

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  70. 107

    Other: Sp.

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  71. 109

    Architectural pier

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  72. 110

    Formerly

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  73. 111

    Soon, poetically

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  74. 112

    Big top, e.g.

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  75. 114

    G.M. debut of 1964

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