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New York Times, Friday, March 4, 1994

Author:
Betty Jorgensen
Editor:
Will Shortz
27-Across : Hot spots
TotalDebutLatest
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1.49276922%
Betty Jorgensen

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 42 Missing: {BFJX} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 71 for Ms. Jorgensen. Friday freshness: 10%
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© 1994, The New York Times3/4/94 ( No. 16,187 )
Across
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Spit the kabobs : IMPALE
7
___ Noel (holiday figure) : PERE
11
Nosy Parker : SNOOPER
12
Accommodating : PLIANT
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At her small condo, actress Glenn was ___ : INCLOSEQUARTERS
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"The ___ Progress" : RAKES
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1903 Nobelist : CURIE
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"Go, team!" : RAH
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Time for les vacances : ETE
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Mount : STEED
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Foreign-exchange cost : AGIO
23
Novelist Buntline : NED
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French friend's pronoun : TOI
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Failing : SENILE
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Hot spots : KILNS
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Levels : RAZES
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In her corset, actress Beatrice was ___ : STRAIGHTLACED
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Operetta composer : LEHAR
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Kind of cake : YEAST
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Cowcatcher : LARIAT
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Before time : EVE
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Friday, e.g.: Abbr. : SGT
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"___ may look on a king": Heywood : ACAT
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Hold forth : ORATE
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Broadway's "High ___" : TOR
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Cal. pages : MOS
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Kind of bar : SPACE
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V sign : PEACE
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The holiday gathering at actress Betty's was ___ : AWHITECHRISTMAS
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Bolt down : SECURE
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Click beetles : ELATERS
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Retreats : DENS
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Watch mechanism : DETENT
Down
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Natural : INNATE
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Chaffed : MOCKED
3
Axis end : POLE
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Army addresses : APOS
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Guitarist ___ Paul : LES
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Making a stand? : ERECTING
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Scotland yards? : PLAIDS
8
Republic since 1948 : EIRE
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Unloyal sort : RAT
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Make it keep going, and going, and ... : ENERGIZE
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Lorelei : SIREN
12
Unvarnished : PURE
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Finished second : TRAILED
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Canadian prov. : QUE
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Brake equipment : SHOES
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Recital works : SOLI
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Put on ___ : ANACT
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Miss America prop : TIARA
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Clean : ERASE
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Deadly reptile : KRAIT
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Skittish : SHY
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Dugongs : SEACOWS
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Drubbed : THRASHED
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Did not move decisively : TEETERED
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Wash : LAVE
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Source of fine fleece : LLAMA
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Gin hounds : TOPERS
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Bee's target : STAMEN
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Tyke's four-wheeler : GOCART
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Lock : TRESS
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Ethnic group : RACE
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"___ du lieber!" : ACH
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Knock for a loop : STUN
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Rel. of college boards : PSAT
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Cigar's end : ETTE
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Italian ___ : ICE
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Reunion, e.g. : ILE

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