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Chicken Little

New York Times, Sunday, January 25, 2004

Author:
Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon
Editor:
Will Shortz
86-Across : Plasterboards
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
11612/29/199311/26/200845
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71.5252247%
Harvey Estes
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3633533719611
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1521.5890833%
Nancy Salomon

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 76 This is puzzle # 82 for Mr. Estes. This is puzzle # 114 for Ms. Salomon. Sunday freshness: 48%
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© 2004, The New York Times1/25/4 ( No. 19,801 )
Across
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Kid's name : CISCO
6
Behind : TAIL
10
Montana tribe : CROW
14
Half of a classic comedy duo : MEARA
19
Ready to be drawn : ONTAP
20
___ point (never) : ATNO
21
Monster-sighting spot : LOCH
22
Car bars : AXLES
23
"Moon River" composer : HENRYMANCINI
25
Bite site? : EATINKITCHEN
27
Daring deed : EXPLOIT
28
Fleece : SCAM
30
Staggered : REELED
31
Threatening sign : FIST
32
Looks to the future : PLANS
33
Shoot a ray : LASE
34
Dragster's pride : ENGINE
37
Comes close : NEARS
38
Important constituent of igneous rocks : FELDSPAR
42
"Casablanca" actor : LORRE
43
"Casablanca" music maker : PIANO
44
Blockbuster offering : VIDEO
45
Pint in a pub : ALE
46
"Gotcha" : ISEE
47
The Joker and Batman, e.g. : ARCHENEMIES
49
Bounce : LILT
50
Allegiance : TIE
51
Mario ___ of the N.B.A. : ELIE
52
Medical research grp. : NIH
53
One who says "one club," e.g. : OPENER
55
Carmaker Maserati : ERNESTO
57
Not very : HARDLY
60
Nixon impeachment hearings chairman : RODINO
61
No-cal drink : WATER
62
Hitchcockian : EERIE
63
Loose : UNPIN
64
Chip off the old block : SLIVER
66
Got together : MASSED
67
Point in a space shuttle's trip : REENTRY
70
Provides provender : CATERS
71
Area of 1940's mil. activity : ETO
72
Pair at sea : OARS
73
Skater of cinema : HENIE
74
Mediterranean capital : ATHENS
75
"That'll be the day!" : WHENPIGSFLY
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Boxing's Oscar ___ Hoya : DELA
80
"My Name Is Asher ___" (Chaim Potok novel) : LEV
81
Manhandles : MAULS
84
Studies late : CRAMS
85
Sends up : MOCKS
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Plasterboards : DRYWALLS
88
Needle : TEASE
89
Hair holder, sometimes : LOCKET
90
"Walk ___" (1964 Warwick hit) : ONBY
91
St.-Germain's river : SEINE
92
Windshield option : TINT
93
Jacket materials : SUEDES
95
Applause : HAND
96
Very fat cats : TYCOONS
99
Spray with bouquet : AIRFRESHENER
101
Author who covered the Spanish-American War for New York newspapers : STEPHENCRANE
104
Court site, with "The" : HAGUE
105
Linen hue : ECRU
106
Cry made with a head-slap : OHNO
107
Mass communication? : LATIN
108
Stink : SMELL
109
Slip through the cracks : SEEP
110
Silent signals : NODS
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Bolt to bond : ELOPE
Down
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"Suzanne" songwriter : COHEN
2
Memo starter : INRE
3
Ferry river : STYX
4
Scout warmer : CAMPFIRE
5
Like a certain birthstone : OPALINE
6
Understood : TACIT
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Feuding : ATIT
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Setting for TV's "Newhart" : INN
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Fictional reporter : LOISLANE
10
Wins big, with "up" : CLEANS
11
Ranges : ROAMS
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10, in a way: Abbr. : OCT
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Spun : WHIRLED
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Gets by : MAKESDO
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Ones with homes away from home : EXILES
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Der ___ (Adenauer) : ALTE
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In-basket stamp: Abbr. : RECD
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Visibly shaken : ASHEN
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Reporter's asset : NOSE
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Writer Zora ___ Hurston : NEALE
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Off-the-wall play : CAROM
32
Farmyard female : PEAHEN
34
Select : ELITE
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Private reply : NOSIR
36
Covetous : GREENWITHENVY
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"I'm impressed!" : NICE
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Questionable : FISHY
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Big bother : PAININTHENECK
40
Kind of wrench : ALLEN
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Back in : RETRO
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Rap sheet listing : PRIOR
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Like some threats : VEILED
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Takes in or lets out : ALTERS
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Not one of the majors : INDIE
49
Escorted : LEDIN
51
Perfume part : ESTER
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Cantankerous : ORNERY
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Innocents, e.g. : POPES
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Gutter site : EAVES
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Conversion targets : HEATHENS
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Fabulous storyteller : AESOP
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Monopoly grp. : RRS
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Russian range : URALS
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Burn : SCALD
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"I'm outta here" : LATER
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Cries like a baby : MEWLS
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"Duino Elegies" poet : RILKE
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It's good at raising dough : YEAST
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"For the life ___ ..." : OFME
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Isolate during the winter : ICEIN
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Junior's junior : GRANDSON
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Postpaid encl. : SASE
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Kind of candidate : DOCTORAL
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Spindle for a grinding wheel : MANDREL
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"Seascape" playwright : ALBEE
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Novel banned in the U.S. until 1933 : ULYSSES
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Lord Peter Wimsey accessory : MONOCLE
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Very sorry : WOEFUL
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Shred : TEARUP
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Rock cruster : LICHEN
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Sex researcher Hite : SHERE
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Evidence of sloppiness : TYPOS
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Gulf of ___ (Joseph Conrad story setting) : SIAM
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Push : URGE
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Watch : TEND
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Alliance acronym : NATO
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Salon sound : SNIP
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Sounds of understanding : AHS
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Therefore : HENCE
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Howe'er : THO
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Toronto-to-Ottawa dir. : ENE

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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