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New York Times, Thursday, December 15, 1994

Author:
Rich Norris
Editor:
Will Shortz
48-Across : Hired workers
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Rich Norris

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 35 Missing: {FVWX} This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Norris. Thursday freshness: 95%
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© 1994, The New York Times12/15/94 ( No. 16,473 )
Across
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Lotto lures : JACKPOTS
9
Warehouse: Abbr. : STOR
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Djibouti neighbor : ETHIOPIA
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Took it easy : LAZED
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Cut-and-dried : STANDARD
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Antiphon, for one : ORATOR
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Walrus feature : TUSK
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Logical abbr. : QED
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Provoke : ENRAGE
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Compass heading : ENE
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"The Age of Anxiety" poet : AUDEN
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Economize : SKIMP
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Smooth again, as soil : RERAKE
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Abba hit song, 1975 : SOS
30
Inverness negative : NAE
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Lively : KINETIC
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Bristle : SETA
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Treatment plan : REGIMEN
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Sisterly : SORORAL
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Make : EARN
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Precipitated, in a way : SLEETED
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Actress Joanne : DRU
43
Scandinavian flier : SAS
44
Hired supporters at a performance : CLAQUE
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Hired workers : HANDS
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Restless : ITCHY
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Young ___ (tots, in dialect) : UNS
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Tentacled mollusks : OCTOPI
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Informant : RAT
57
Switch's partner : BAIT
58
Lawyerdom : THEBAR
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Menu heading : ALACARTE
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Author Jong : ERICA
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One who's on the way out : DEPORTEE
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Observed : SEEN
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Lookouts, e.g. : ABETTORS
Down
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Court employee : JESTER
2
Bring into harmony : ATTUNE
3
Beer, sometimes : CHASER
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Twist : KINK
5
Seed vessel : POD
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Unintelligibility : OPAQUENESS
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Hackneyed : TIRED
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Most downcast : SADDEST
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Blackthorn : SLOE
10
Small mountain pools : TARNS
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Rock's ___ Mountain Daredevils : OZARK
12
Dental device : RETAINER
15
Church beliefs : DOGMATA
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Abrogate : REPEAL
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Actor ___ Tamiroff : AKIM
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Clamor : NOISE
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Related : AKIN
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Office need : SCOTCHTAPE
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Chou ___ : ENLAI
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Word with cream or ice cream : SODA
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Passionate : REDHOT
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Otologist's case : EARACHE
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Weight lifters, at times : GRUNTERS
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Count (on) : RELY
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TV actor Erik : ESTRADA
45
Book size, in printing : QUARTO
46
Minister, at weddings : UNITER
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Lauder et al. : ESTEES
49
Maynard's "good buddy" of 60's TV : DOBIE
50
Room : SPACE
52
Godwin's "The Adventures of ___ Williams" : CALEB
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Zagros Mountains site : IRAN
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One of the Simpsons : BART
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Hospital bed : COT

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1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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