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New York Times, Thursday, March 26, 1998

Author:
Cathy Millhauser
Editor:
Will Shortz
17-Across : The Nativity, for one?
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Cathy Allis

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 34 Missing: {QX} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 41 for Ms. Allis. Thursday freshness: 21%
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© 1998, The New York Times3/26/98 ( No. 17,670 )
Across
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Head-shredded salad : SLAW
5
1993 Sinatra album : DUETS
10
Debatable : MOOT
14
Weather map area : HIGH
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Bay : INLET
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Car developer Ferrari : ENZO
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The Nativity, for one? : ANOINNSITUATION
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Busybody : YENTA
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Expend : USE
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Sierra ___ : LEONE
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46-Down's "The Dragons of ___" : EDEN
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Look-alikes : CLONES
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Empty clothesline's problem? : NOTHINGTOAIR
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In Europe, say : ABROAD
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Tapping target : WIRE
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Work surface, sometimes : LAP
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Flue residue : SOOT
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Rousseau work : EMILE
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Obi-Wan, for one : JEDI
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"Yo!" : HEY
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S.&L. protector : FDIC
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Cop's order : FREEZE
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What they said to Dumbo? : YOURESOEARED
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Accumulate money (for) : SAVEUP
49
Yeats's land : ERIN
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Like a roc : AVIAN
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Directly, directionally : DUE
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Icy : GELID
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Is a conscientious pest? : GETSTOIRKONTIME
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Smell ___ (sense wrong) : ARAT
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Summoned, on "ER" : PAGED
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Reliable : TRUE
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Louis, Carrie and Bill : NYES
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Dummy Mortimer : SNERD
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Big ___ Conference : EAST
Down
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Two-wheeled carriage : SHAY
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Pickup shtick? : LINE
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Greek-style contest : AGON
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Searing : WHITEHOT
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Racket : DIN
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Like some heroes : UNSUNG
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Ancient ally of Sparta : ELIS
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Béret holder : TETE
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TV actor Gilliam : STU
10
Falling star : METEOR
11
Whopper topper : ONION
12
Ultraviolet Index factor : OZONE
13
Hues : TONES
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Composer Boulanger : NADIA
19
40's-50's Yankees All-Star pitcher Reynolds : ALLIE
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Finished : ENDEDUP
25
Like : CAREFOR
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First auto to offer seat belts : NASH
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Word from the French for "high wood" : OBOE
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City near Albany : TROY
29
Doubly : TWICE
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It may be essential : OIL
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Sinister look : LEER
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Wood trimmer : ADZE
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Variegated : PIED
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Russian orbiter : MIR
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30's singer MacDonald : JEANETTE
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Wellspring : FOUNT
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Hold sway : REIGN
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Fermenting fungi : YEASTS
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Hunter : SEEKER
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"Cosmos" series creator : SAGAN
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"Charlotte's Web" boy : AVERY
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Bios of a sort : VITAE
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Gorilla researcher Fossey : DIAN
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Yen : URGE
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It's spent in Trent : LIRA
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Deejay Don : IMUS
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Insect repellent ingredient : DEET
58
Photo ___ : OPS
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Kooky : ODD

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