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New York Times, Monday, April 3, 1995

Author:
Randall J. Hartman
Editor:
Will Shortz
31-Across : Alternatives to tricks
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Randall J. Hartman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQXYZ} Spans: 4 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Hartman. Monday freshness: 2%
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B
2
O
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T
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H
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O
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F
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T
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H
9
E
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H
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E
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N
13
A
L
O
O
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F
15
T
A
H
O
E
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A
P
E
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L
E
A
V
E
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I
T
T
O
B
E
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A
V
E
R
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M
O
D
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R
N
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H
U
B
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N
E
E
D
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R
A
N
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G
E
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I
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O
N
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S
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A
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D
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L
I
A
R
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T
R
E
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A
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T
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S
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A
T
E
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N
I
K
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T
A
B
O
O
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G
I
L
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L
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I
G
A
N
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S
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I
S
L
A
N
D
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A
L
T
A
R
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O
W
N
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T
E
A
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S
T
A
R
E
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S
48
W
A
G
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S
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E
S
S
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I
D
I
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S
T
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P
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S
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S
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O
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F
A
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E
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B
B
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S
O
L
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A
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C
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E
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T
H
E
T
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H
R
E
E
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S
T
O
O
G
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S
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A
I
L
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E
R
A
S
E
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F
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R
N
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G
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M
A
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T
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S
A
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© 1995, The New York Times4/3/95 ( No. 16,582 )
Across
1
The two together : BOTH
5
"Woman ___ Year" : OFTHE
10
Egg layer : HEN
13
Distant : ALOOF
15
Nevada lake resort : TAHOE
16
King Kong, e.g. : APE
17
TV oldie : LEAVEITTOBEAVER
20
Up-to-date : MODERN
21
Boston's nickname, with "the" : HUB
22
Require : NEED
23
Buffalo locale : RANGE
25
Charged particle : ION
27
Blue : SAD
30
Prevaricator : LIAR
31
Alternatives to tricks : TREATS
35
Dined : ATE
36
Suffix with beat or refuse : NIK
37
Verboten : TABOO
38
TV oldie : GILLIGANSISLAND
43
"I do" location : ALTAR
44
Possess : OWN
45
4:00 gathering : TEA
46
Gawks : STARES
48
Tail movements : WAGS
50
Double curve : ESS
51
Dictator Amin : IDI
52
Hitchcock's "The 39 ___" : STEPS
54
It might be a convertible : SOFA
57
Flood's opposite : EBB
59
Comfort : SOLACE
63
TV oldie : THETHREESTOOGES
66
Be bedbound : AIL
67
Expunge : ERASE
68
Plants with fronds : FERNS
69
Caught : GOT
70
Lusterless finish : MATTE
71
Glut : SATE
Down
1
Healing lotion : BALM
2
Bread spread : OLEO
3
Horned ___ (lizard) : TOAD
4
Move like a helicopter : HOVER
5
Giant Mel : OTT
6
TV oldie : FATHERKNOWSBEST
7
Grand amount : THOU
8
Middle Earth inhabitant : HOBBIT
9
Extra-wide shoe size : EEE
10
Possess : HAVE
11
Sporting blade : EPEE
12
Uncool fellow : NERD
14
Savage : FERAL
18
Diamond division : INNING
19
Temper, as glass : ANNEAL
24
Earth goddess: Var. : GAIA
26
Morsels : ORTS
27
Drawn-out tales : SAGAS
28
Inclined : ATILT
29
T.W.A. rival : DELTA
32
Lessen : ABATE
33
Musical sounds : TONES
34
Ice cream drinks : SODAS
39
Cowboy's rope : LARIAT
40
Angered : IRED
41
Police ___ team : SWAT
42
Swallow : INGEST
47
___ Club (conservationists' group) : SIERRA
49
Lampoon : SPOOF
53
Blackthorn shrubs : SLOES
54
Beau for a doe : STAG
55
Buckeye State : OHIO
56
Pool table cover : FELT
58
Finish ahead of : BEAT
60
Taj Mahal site : AGRA
61
Not worth a red ___ : CENT
62
Latin being : ESSE
64
Skirt edge : HEM
65
Discern : SEE

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