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New York Times, Wednesday, October 7, 1998

Author:
Randall J. Hartman
Editor:
Will Shortz
38-Across : Theme of this puzzle
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Randall J. Hartman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQX} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 27 for Mr. Hartman. Wednesday freshness: 42%
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© 1998, The New York Times10/7/98 ( No. 17,865 )
Across
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Bringing up the rear : LAST
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Message on a work order : ASAP
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Bars for guitars : CAPOS
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Jai ___ : ALAI
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Proven : SURE
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Like acacia leaves : OVATE
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Left on a map : WEST
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Cannabis : HEMP
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Premarathon food : PASTA
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# 1 ("Hogan's Heroes") : SCHULTZ
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# 2 (old radio/TV serials) : PRESTON
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Word said with a salute : SIR
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Burden carrier : BEAST
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Woodstock supply : LSD
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Tablecloths and such : NAPERY
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Month before juin : MAI
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Alert : OPENEYED
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People who aren't what they seem : SPIES
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Theme of this puzzle : FAMOUSSERGEANTS
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Beat the pants off : TROMP
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Onetime Asian Communists : VIETMINH
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Flunky's response : YES
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Descendants : SCIONS
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Fannie ___ : MAE
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More than partial : TOTAL
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Catchall abbr. : ETC
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# 3 ("Sands of Iwo Jima") : STRYKER
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# 4 ("F Troop") : OROURKE
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Jewels site : TIARA
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"Cheerio!" : TATA
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Pioneer talk show host : PAAR
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Ambassador's inferior : ENVOY
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Pianist Gilels : EMIL
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Twosome : ITEM
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Leaves in a hot rod, with "out" : PEELS
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Antarctic explorer Sir James : ROSS
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Paris's Avenue ___ République : DELA
Down
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Parts of a code : LAWS
2
Smart-___ : ALEC
3
Medals locale : SASH
4
Book before Philemon : TITUS
5
Smoke shop stock : ASHTRAYS
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Egyptian port : SUEZ
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Tentacle : ARM
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# 5 (Beatles album) : PEPPER
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Handles hardship : COPES
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"Halt!" to a salt : AVAST
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Kind of tense : PAST
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"Beetle Bailey" dog : OTTO
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O'Casey or O'Faoláin : SEAN
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Order on the court : LINEUP
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Bit of hope : RAY
25
Plague : BEDEVIL
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Like some goals : LOFTY
27
Flat replacement : SPARE
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Audition tapes : DEMOS
30
Foot, to Flavius : PES
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About one drop : MINIM
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Prudential rival : AETNA
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1979 hit "___ Really Going Out With Him?" : ISSHE
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Passeport info : NOM
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Begins, as work : SETSTO
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Popular cooking spray : PAM
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Orinoco, e.g. : RIO
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Battle stars : GENERALS
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___ Anne de Beaupré : STE
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# 6 ("Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.") : CARTER
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Its capital is Innsbruck : TYROL
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Rubber-stamps : OKAYS
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Amorous archer : CUPID
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Exercise routine bit : STEP
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Pitchfork prong : TINE
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90's party : RAVE
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Name that has its ups and downs : OTIS
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Part of A.P.R. : RATE
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Film critic Pauline : KAEL
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Humorist Bombeck : ERMA
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Latin series starter : AMO

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