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New York Times, Monday, April 26, 1999

Author:
Robert Dillman
Editor:
Will Shortz
70-Across : Watched what was wolfed
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Robert Dillman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JKMQXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 15 for Mr. Dillman. Monday freshness: 49%
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© 1999, The New York Times4/26/99 ( No. 18,066 )
Across
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In ___ land (spaced out) : LALA
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Dawn goddess : AURORA
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Or's opposite : AND
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Ready for business : OPEN
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George Burns's foil ___ Allen : GRACIE
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Hawaiian dish : POI
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Cheerful command from the bridge : WEIGHANCHOR
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W.W. II intelligence org. : OSS
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"Children of a ___ God" : LESSER
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God, in Islam : ALLAH
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Daytime host O'Donnell : ROSIE
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1967 Oscar winner Parsons : ESTELLE
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Composed command from the bridge : STEADYASSHEGOES
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Start of many German names : VON
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Deed : ACT
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Boise's state: Abbr. : IDA
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Furry companions : PETS
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Great white ___ : HERON
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Bert of "The Wizard of Oz" : LAHR
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Equal: Prefix : ISO
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Single, in Paris : UNE
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Restroom at the Cock & Bull : LOO
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Concerned command from the bridge : HARDTOSTARBOARD
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Most wicked : EVILEST
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1936 Olympics star Jesse : OWENS
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Raise a hemline, e.g. : RESEW
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___ d'etre : RAISON
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WSW's reverse : ENE
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Final command from the bridge : ABANDONSHIP
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California's Big ___ : SUR
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Fill a tank again : REFUEL
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Over, in Berlin : UBER
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"Amen!" : YES
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Watched what was wolfed : DIETED
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Look (over) : PORE
Down
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Ground-level : LOW
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King Kong, e.g. : APE
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Honolulu gift : LEI
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Land south of Hadrian's Wall : ANGLIA
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Turkish V.I.P.'s : AGAS
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Coffee dispensers : URNS
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Sprint : RACE
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Orangeish shades : OCHRES
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___ Grande : RIO
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Charged with gas : AERATED
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Space program to the moon : APOLLO
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Cash register key : NOSALE
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À la carte items : DISHES
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Listen to : HEED
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By-the-book : LEGAL
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Invitation inits. : RSVP
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Missouri River tribe : OTOE
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Dispatched : SENT
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Black eye : SHINER
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Louts : YAHOOS
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One-spot : ACE
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Walk vainly : STRUT
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Walk laterally : SIDLE
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___ first-name basis : ONA
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Wings: Lat. : ALAE
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Little Boy Blue's instrument : HORN
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Fishing poles : RODS
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Waitstaff overseer : STEWARD
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Religious dissent : HERESY
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Madison, in Manhattan : AVENUE
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Choirs may stand on them : RISERS
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Attack by plane : STRAFE
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Blessing : BOON
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Confesses (to) : OWNSUP
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"Sometimes you feel like ___..." : ANUT
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___ fixe : IDEE
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"Gone," at an auction : SOLD
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"___ Mir Bist Du Schön" (1930's hit) : BEI
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Cable movie channel : HBO
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Suffix with cash : IER
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Before: Prefix : PRE

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