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New York Times, Monday, January 2, 1995

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Will Shortz
40-Across : Carte blanche
TotalDebutLatest
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Sidney L. Robbins

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 42 Missing: {JQXYZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 171 for Mr. Robbins. Monday freshness: 8%
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© 1995, The New York Times1/2/95 ( No. 16,491 )
Across
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Israeli port : HAIFA
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"Of ___ I sing" : THEE
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Flattened circle : OVAL
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Fall flower : ASTER
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Is under the weather : AILS
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Accumulation : PILE
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It's lined with bars : SHEETMUSIC
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Palindromic pop quartet : ABBA
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Irritate : PESTER
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Snoozing : ASLEEP
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"Just a ___" : TAD
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Failures : LOSSES
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Leadership group : CADRE
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Rigorous exams : ORALS
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Bay window : ORIEL
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1985 film "___ Williams" : REMO
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Mexican coin : PESO
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Carte blanche : BLANKETAPPROVAL
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Fly alone : SOLO
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Identical : SAME
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Identically : ALIKE
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Rancher's cattle : STEER
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Lawn pests : MOLES
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Ravel work : BOLERO
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Lair : DEN
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Polar covering : ICECAP
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Makes watertight : CAULKS
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When doubled, a Samoan port : PAGO
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1959 Doris Day film : PILLOWTALK
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Airline to Jerusalem : ELAL
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___ Lackawanna Railway : ERIE
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Hawaiian island : LANAI
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Cowgirl Evans : DALE
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Actor Alan : LADD
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Won't : SHANT
Down
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Door holder : HASP
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Late tennis V.I.P. : ASHE
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Followers: Suffix : ITES
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Yard sections : FEET
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Comic Johnson : ARTE
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Shape of St. Anthony's cross : TAU
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That guy's : HIS
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Yale Bulldog : ELI
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Bake in sauce : ESCALLOP
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October stones : OPALS
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Feelings, in slang : VIBES
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Playwright Edward : ALBEE
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Bounds : LEAPS
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"The A-Team" star : MRT
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Stranded sailor's call : SOS
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Central arteries : AORTAE
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Indulged in reveries : DREAMED
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Corny throwaways : COBS
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Folkie Guthrie : ARLO
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Watch's face : DIAL
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Nevada city : RENO
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Moose : ELK
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Electrical unit : AMPERE
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Game with sticks : POLO
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Sinful : EVIL
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"For heaven's ___!" : SAKE
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Bullring cries : OLES
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Impediment, at law : ESTOPPEL
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Computer capacity, for short : RAM
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Mrs. in Madrid : SRA
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Two-legged : BIPED
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Florida city : OCALA
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Over 21, liquorwise : LEGAL
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Pierre's school : ECOLE
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Sgt. or cpl. : NCO
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Shoemaker's tools : AWLS
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Beehive State : UTAH
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Actress Turner : LANA
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Part of K.K.K. : KLAN
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Comical playlet : SKIT
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Mr. Gershwin : IRA
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Cover : LID
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Conducted : LED

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