The Crossword Answers NYT - May 15, 2009

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• Confederate general Early Crossword Clue

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  JUBAL

• Before making the cut? Crossword Clue

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  PREOP

• Subterranean lines Crossword Clue

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  GASMAINS

• The annus in Dryden's "Annus Mirabilis" Crossword Clue

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  MDCLXVI

• Response to an e-mailed joke, maybe Crossword Clue

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  LOL

• Dwindle Crossword Clue

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  EBB

• Nobles and knights in the Middle Ages, e.g Crossword Clue

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  CASTE

• Start to do well? Crossword Clue

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  NEER

• Concern for a checker Crossword Clue

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  FACT

• "Tip-Toe Thru' the Tulips With Me" instrument Crossword Clue

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  UKE

• Some dolls Crossword Clue

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  KENS

• Giggles Crossword Clue

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  TEEHEES

• Supermodel Sastre Crossword Clue

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  INES

• Lake bordering four states Crossword Clue

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  ERIE

• Three-___ Crossword Clue

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  PEAT

• Tower that's typically scaled from the outside Crossword Clue

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  SILO

• Harmoniously Crossword Clue

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  ASONE

• Beach houses, often Crossword Clue

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  RENTALS

• Pot cover Crossword Clue

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  TEACOZY

• Playback problem Crossword Clue

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  SKIP

• Ann of "Rebel Without a Cause" Crossword Clue

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  DORAN

• Stuffy, as air Crossword Clue

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  STALE

• Confident assertion Crossword Clue

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  ICAN

• Fun application Crossword Clue

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  TEMPORARYTATTOO

• Bare-bones Crossword Clue

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  AUSTERE

• Get together (with) Crossword Clue

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  ALLY

• Barely boiling Crossword Clue

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  ASIMMER

• Hit the big leagues Crossword Clue

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  GOPRO

• Cap material? Crossword Clue

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  SNOW

• "Ubu Imperator" artist, 1923 Crossword Clue

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  ERNST

• Boom producer Crossword Clue

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  TNT

• Argue (with) Crossword Clue

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  SPAR

• Captain Marvel, to Billy Batson Crossword Clue

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  ALTEREGO

• Soon to experience Crossword Clue

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  INFOR

• Means of secret writing ... or a description of a 17-Across? Crossword Clue

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  DISAPPEARINGINK