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New York Times, Sunday, March 14, 1999

Author:
Martin Schneider
Editor:
Will Shortz
55-Across : Prefix with sphere
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Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 138, Blocks: 68 Missing: {QX} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 10 for Mr. Schneider. Sunday freshness: 78%
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© 1999, The New York Times3/14/99 ( No. 18,023 )
Across
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"The Cosby Show" co-star : RASHAD
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Priest's wear : ALB
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"Chicago Hope" actress : LAHTI
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Its symbol is an eagle: Abbr. : USPS
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Title subject of a 1994 film bio : EDWOOD
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One side of a ship : LEE
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Popular potato : IDAHO
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Legal plea, for short : NOLO
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SALATA : GREEKSALAD
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Republication : NEWEDITION
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Many wines : REDS
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100 cents, in Sri Lanka : RUPEE
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Grapefruit juice property : ACIDITY
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Common pasta suffix : INI
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Quite mad : POSSESSED
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Kitchen device : DRAINER
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Mortgage org. : FHA
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Goose sound : HONK
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Nickname : DUB
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United Nations sight : FLAG
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Typo : ERROR
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One learning method : OSMOSIS
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Water-___ : PIK
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Alphabet run : MNOP
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Prefix with sphere : HEMI
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Big name in rap : ICET
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Memory unit, for short : MEG
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Throng : GROUP
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Made uniform : EVENED
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Many people lie about it : SEASHORE
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Gandhi, e.g. : HINDU
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Flinch, say : REACT
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Suffix with respond : ENT
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Abbr. above zero : OPER
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What that is in Spain : ESA
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Highlands tourist spot : NESS
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Bunny man : HEF
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Counters : ABACI
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Obstacles for marauders : MOATS
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Pressing : CRITICAL
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Emergency surgery, for short : TRACHE
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European autos : AUDIS
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"Isn't ___ bit like you and me?" (Beatles lyric) : HEA
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"Don Pasquale" setting : ROME
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Fullest extent : HILT
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U.P.S.'ed : SENT
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Bit of chill : NIP
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Type-A : INTENSE
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1997 N.L. Rookie of the Year Scott ___ : ROLEN
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Clock-radio switch : AMFM
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Mex. Mrs. : SRA
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Bookbinder's leather : ROAN
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Letters at sea : USS
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Halo : AUREOLE
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High places? : OPIUMDENS
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TCHU TZIH : MANDARINORANGE
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Iran-contra org. : CIA
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Stiff drinks : BRACERS
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Like some bombs : SMART
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See 115-Down : ATEN
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Peripatetic leader : JOHNPAULII
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GHIACCIO : ITALIANICE
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Props in a Schwarzenegger flick : UZIS
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Fuse : SMELT
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Poet Hughes : TED
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Reverses : UNDOES
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Voice mail prompt : TONE
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Big section of a dictionary : ESSES
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Abilene-to-San Antonio dir. : SSE
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Sign in the middle of town : MAINST
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Get hold of again : REGRIP
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Glandular prefix : ADRENO
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KÖTTBULLAR : SWEDISHMEATBALLS
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Caretakers' equipment : HOES
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Thumbs-up response : AOK
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Periodontist's deg. : DDS
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Tempted : ALLURED
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Arose quickly : LEAPEDUP
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Sprinkle : BEDEW
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Vietnam War Memorial designer : LIN
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12-Down is one : ADE
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WAI HUA'AI : HAWAIIANPUNCH
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Stanley Falls' river : THECONGO
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First-aid item : IODINE
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Before : UNTIL
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"___ goes" : SOIT
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Feint : PLOY
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Royal wish : SON
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Some Wall St. traders : ARBS
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"Do ___?" (scaredy-cat's query) : IDARE
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Period : END
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Female octopi : HENS
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AKKULROALIT : ESKIMOPIES
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Pound sound : ARF
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1,500-year-old text : TALMUD
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Covers with fine black particles : SOOTS
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These get the biggest cheers : HOMETEAMS
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Parched : ARID
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Sign of conceit : BIGHEAD
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Mother of Poseidon : RHEA
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Seine feeder : OISE
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Sketches : SCENARIOS
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Parched : SERE
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Who shot J. R. : KRISTIN
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QOLI : PERSIANRUG
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MASERN : GERMANMEASLES
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Kennedy follower : ONASSIS
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Preserver : VEST
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Scott of the P.G.A. : HOCH
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"...___ saw Elba" : EREI
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Hightail it : FLEE
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Entr'___ : ACTE
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Going after : OUTFOR
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Lego, literally : IREAD
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Kind of traffic : THRU
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They may be assaulted on the street : EARDRUMS
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Divvies up accordingly : PRORATES
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A-K or L-Z, e.g. : TOME
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Org. that awards the Spingarn Medal : NAACP
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Year in Edward the Confessor's reign : MLI
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What I love, in song : APARADE
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Jitters : UNEASE
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Typesetting units : ENS
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Not dom. : INTL
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Reunion attendees : NIECES
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Clearest of head : SANEST
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Parson's place : MANSE
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Drops : OMITS
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Stupidhead : BOZO
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Nose: Prefix : RHIN
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Perry Como's "___ Love You So" : ANDI
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Project : JUT
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Martinique, par exemple : ILE
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With 112-Across, enthusiastic review : ITS
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Elementary ending : IUM
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Santa ___ : ANA

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 11 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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