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New York Times, Monday, November 9, 1998

Author:
Peter Gordon
Editor:
Will Shortz
18-Across : Fraternity rush period
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Peter Gordon

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQVXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 28 for Mr. Gordon. Monday freshness: 4%
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© 1998, The New York Times11/9/98 ( No. 17,898 )
Across
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Step : STAIR
6
Canyon reply : ECHO
10
Place to plop down : SOFA
14
Vietnam's capital : HANOI
15
Sticky stuff : GOOP
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Building additions : ELLS
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Mimicking : APING
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Fraternity rush period : GREEKWEEK
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French article : LES
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Pulitzer winner James : AGEE
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Kitchen appliances : RANGES
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Took out to dinner : TREATED
26
Trophy display room : DEN
27
Young 'un : TOT
28
Note excusing tardiness : LATEPASS
33
Access AOL, e.g. : LOGON
36
"___ Misbehavin'" : AINT
37
"Blondie" kid : ELMO
38
Rocky's nickname, with "the" : ITALIANSTALLION
41
Gangster's girl : MOLL
42
What unfriendly dogs do : BITE
43
Mournful poem : ELEGY
44
Simple folk : PEASANTS
46
Have a debt : OWE
47
Mauna ___ : LOA
48
Joining : UNITING
52
More convenient : EASIER
56
Ever's partner : ANON
57
Neither's partner : NOR
58
Brand of cocoa : SWISSMISS
60
With 61-Down, a California city : SANTA
62
Bridge-crossing fee : TOLL
63
Pain in the neck? : ACHE
64
They bend in prayer : KNEES
65
Sunburn soother : ALOE
66
Lascivious look : LEER
67
Football gains : YARDS
Down
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Commandment word : SHALT
2
Become narrow : TAPER
3
Licorice flavor : ANISE
4
Charged atom : ION
5
Tubular pasta : RIGATONI
6
Urged (on) : EGGED
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Apple leftover : CORE
8
Farmer's tool : HOE
9
Light musical work : OPERETTA
10
Stitched : SEWN
11
Designer Cassini : OLEG
12
Run away : FLEE
13
Questions : ASKS
19
"Citizen ___" : KANE
22
Understand : GET
25
Many of the Marshall Islands : ATOLLS
26
"The Divine Comedy" writer : DANTE
28
Shopping aids : LISTS
29
Blowgun ammunition : PELLET
30
"I cannot tell ___" : ALIE
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Visibility reducer : SMOG
32
Walkman maker : SONY
33
Walk falteringly : LIMP
34
Siouan speaker : OTOE
35
Big party : GALA
36
Activist Bryant : ANITA
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Strange : ABNORMAL
40
1998 name in the news : LEWINSKY
45
Pub offerings : ALES
46
Lennon's mate : ONO
48
Racing great Al : UNSER
49
Word with circle or city : INNER
50
Famous : NOTED
51
What Astroturf replaces : GRASS
52
"Cómo ___ usted?" : ESTA
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M.P.'s quarry : AWOL
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Fodder holder : SILO
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___ of Wight : ISLE
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Wimbledon winner, 1975 : ASHE
59
Rocks, to a bartender : ICE
61
See 60-Across : ANA

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1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later.

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