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New York Times, Sunday, November 17, 1996

Author:
N. N. Joline
Editor:
Will Shortz
79-Across : Stings
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Nancy Nicholson Joline

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 76 Missing: {QZ} This is puzzle # 78 for Ms. Joline. Sunday freshness: 20%
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© 1996, The New York Times11/17/96 ( No. 17,176 )
Across
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Perfume : ATTAR
6
Tie : CRAVAT
12
Individually, in a way : ALACARTE
20
Truman biographer Miller : MERLE
21
Sub feature : SALAMI
22
Ups and downs : VAGARIES
23
TURKEY : BROADWAYFLOP
25
SWEET POTATOES : OCARINAS
26
Town near Oakland : ORINDA
27
Closeout : SALE
28
Home in the woods : NEST
29
Words of acquiescence : YESSES
30
Rose fancier : ABIE
33
Kind of chair : EAMES
38
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Some Dadaist works : ARPS
49
"Voila!" : THERE
50
Conduct : GUIDE
51
Composer Khachaturian : ARAM
52
Funny ones : RIOTS
54
"That ___ lie!" : ISA
55
Gathering places : MECCAS
56
Henry ___ : VIII
57
Regulars : USUALS
59
Suffix with Rock : ETTE
61
Skill tested with Zener cards : ESP
62
Resounds : PEALS
63
BRUSSELS SPROUTS : BELGIANYOUTHS
66
The Way : TAO
68
Lobster part : ANTENNA
69
Pen noise : BAA
70
Big name in sportswear : ELLESSE
75
Kind of jet : GAS
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STUFFING : TAXIDERMYNEED
79
Stings : SCAMS
83
One who looks at books : CPA
85
"Flash Gordon" originator ___ Raymond : ALEX
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Rival of Athens : SPARTA
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Separated : LONE
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Equips with better materiel : REARMS
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Sound-stage cry : CUT
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Theater drop : SCRIM
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Scope : AREA
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Soul : ANIMA
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What wine shouldn't be : CORKY
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Earth tones : TANS
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Stage direction : ENTER
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Hoof sound : CLOP
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Kind of ground : BURIAL
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Bali Ha'i, in "South Pacific" : ISLE
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Iranian money : RIAL
116
"My Left Foot" Oscar-winner Fricker : BRENDA
117
CHESTNUTS : OLDJOKES
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APPLE PIE : AMERICANICON
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Band attraction : VOCALIST
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San ___ : MARINO
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Harden : ENURE
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Dinner ender : ANISETTE
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Atlas features : INSETS
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Father-and-daughter Hollywood duo : DERNS
Down
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Perth ___, N.J. : AMBOY
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Opposite of eau : TERRE
3
Dumas's ___ Mousquetaires : TROIS
4
King and others : ALANS
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More rubicund : REDDER
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Civil War inits. : CSA
7
They may be caught at the shore : RAYS
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Italian sports car, informally : ALFA
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Bordered by a ridge : VALLATE
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Protozoan : AMOEBA
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Pointer : TIP
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"Sweet Swan of ___!": Jonson : AVON
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Valenciennes, e.g. : LACE
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Eastern V.I.P.'s : AGAS
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Business combine : CARTEL
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Uris hero ___ Ben Canaan : ARI
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___ Tin Tin : RIN
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Hot spot, in lunch counter lingo : TEA
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Tee predecessor : ESS
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Attended : WASAT
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"Where's Daddy?" playwright : INGE
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Elicits : EDUCES
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Sisal or yucca : AGAVE
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"West Side Story" song : MARIA
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Send : EMAIL
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Rigs : SEMIS
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X, to Xenophon : CHI
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"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" author : KESEY
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Goddess with a lyre : ERATO
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Some pens : BICS
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Screenwriter, often : ADAPTER
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Bandleader Baxter : LES
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Curacao neighbor : ARUBA
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Up : RISEN
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Young fowl : POULT
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Rocket section : STAGE
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Hamlet's "___ and arrows" : SLINGS
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Greek brandies : METAXAS
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Mideast capital : SANA
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March need : TUBA
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Sea anemones, e.g. : POLYPS
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Dawning : NASCENT
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Salute : HAIL
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Beggar's quest : ALMS
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Do a legislator's job : ENACT
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Missionary Junipero ___ : SERRA
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Kind of sleeve : SETIN
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Red-coated cheeses : EDAMS
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Airstrip : TARMAC
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Style of furnishing : DECOR
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Part of a metropolitan region : EXURB
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Satisfy : SLAKE
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Actor Redgrave : CORIN
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About : ANENT
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Gettysburg general : MEADE
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Hosiery purchase : PAIR
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"A Yank in the ___" (1941 movie) : RAF
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Knightwear : MAIL
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W.B.A. result : TKO
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Office machines : COPIERS
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"___ dabba doo!" : YABBA
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Baltimore's ___ Park : ORIOLE
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Saxon's foe : NORMAN
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Deflected : TURNED
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Marie Antoinette, e.g. : REINE
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Bring on : INCUR
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Beautify : ADORN
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Spare locales : LANES
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It's a put-on : SKIT
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Kipling's "___ we forget!" : LEST
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Direction in Durango : ESTE
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Auto racer Luyendyk : ARIE
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Reason for a brushoff? : LINT
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Gametes : OVA
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Cambodia's ___ Nol : LON
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Seventh-century date : DCI
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N.T. book : JAS
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Bon ___ : AMI
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Nasdaq listings: Abbr. : COS

Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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