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Animal Fare

New York Times, Sunday, April 30, 1995

Author:
Warren W. Reich
Editor:
Will Shortz
87-Across : Ladies
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Warren W. Reich

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Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 73 Missing: {Z} This is puzzle # 14 for Mr. Reich. Sunday freshness: 23%
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© 1995, The New York Times4/30/95 ( No. 16,609 )
Across
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Play the stock market : INVEST
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Name in a directory : LISTEE
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Word of caution : BEWARE
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Woodsy shelter : LEANTO
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Joins : ENTERS
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Taxco wraps : SERAPES
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Slapping webbed feet, doing backflip into a stream, etc.? : OTTERNONSENSE
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Stalls : CARRELS
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Assault the nostrils : REEK
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Pain in the neck : PEST
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Edgar-winning mystery writer : MARSH
28
___ d'amore (baroque instrument) : OBOE
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Put up with : ABIDE
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Dweller along the Morava : SERB
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Killer whale : ORCA
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The Wilde-beest Weekly, e.g.? : GNUSPAPER
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Old-time leading lady Dolores : DELRIO
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Neighbor of China : LAOS
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Poetic contraction : EER
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Noted name in I.Q. testing : BINET
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Christians' ___ Creed : NICENE
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Coach : BUS
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Strand : MAROON
51
Rephrased : EDITED
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Altar part : RETABLE
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Act mawkishly : SLOBBER
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Hall of ___ : FAMER
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Defunct council : SOVIET
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Egyptian judge of the dead : OSIRIS
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Fishing equipment : FLYROD
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In-class work : NOTES
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Cpl.'s inferior : PFC
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Pull up : STOP
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Ancient meeting place : STOA
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Change: Abbr. : CTS
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Close-fitting hat : TOQUE
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More than irk : ENRAGE
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Share the marquee : COSTAR
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Toughened : INURED
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"___ Pyle, U.S.M.C." : GOMER
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Bush's predecessor : MONDALE
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Terry Bradshaw was one : STEELER
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Ladies : MADAMS
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Blotto : STONED
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Cultivate : HOE
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Add zing to : SEASON
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Papal headdress : TIARA
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Decline : SAG
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Gossip queen Barrett : RONA
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Gauchos' gear : RIATAS
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Hit that causes the fans to roar? : LIONDRIVE
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Moment: Abbr. : INST
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Nautical twist : SLUE
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Roman naturalist : PLINY
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Habitual procedure : ROTE
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Fish, in a way : TRAWL
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Gist : MEAT
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Kunta Kinte portrayer John : AMOS
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___ Islands (Guam and others) : MARIANA
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Halloween light that's a howl? : JACKALLANTERN
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Faculty : ABILITY
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Familiarize : ORIENT
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Seesaw : TEETER
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___ Day (July 1) : CANADA
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Uses, as influence : EXERTS
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Slips : ERRATA
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U.N. agency : ILO
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Capture : NET
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Vintner's need : VAT
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Summer months in Argentina : ENEROS
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Best Actress of 1982 : STREEP
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Color quality : TONE
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Novelist Deighton : LEN
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Motivated : INSPIRED
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Bucephalus, e.g. : STEED
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Made taut : TENSED
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Formerly, once : ERST
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Language suffix : ESE
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Den meal leftovers? : BEARBONES
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Sins : ERRS
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"Brillo Box" artist : WARHOL
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Friend of Fossey : APE
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Meth. or Luth. teaching : REL
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Weaver's path : ESS
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Less tame : SCARIER
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Safari sighting : OKAPI
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Hired soldier, in slang : MERC
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1993 N.B.A. Rookie of the Year : ONEAL
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Slow-moving New York City transportation? : BURROOFQUEENS
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___ facta (brave deeds): Lat. : BENE
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Curve balls : SLIDERS
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Bus that makes short hops? : RABBITTRANSIT
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Deep gulches, out West : COULEES
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Financial report heading : ASSETS
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Esteemed ones : GEMS
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The Yokum boy and others : ABNERS
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Kind of fire : ENEMY
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Spat : TIFF
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George Orwell's alma mater : ETON
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"Jude the ___" : OBSCURE
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Kimono sash : OBI
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1960-61 chess champ : TAL
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Salad ingredient : AVOCADO
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Ceremony : RITE
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Campus org. : ROTC
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It comes in bars : SONG
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Condemn : DOOM
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Bridge type : PONTOON
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Advertise : PROMOTE
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Kyushu volcano : ASOSAN
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Hebrew month : TISHRI
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Spitchcocks : EELS
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Name in appliances : AMANA
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H.S. proficiency test : GED
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Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
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Cable channel : TNT
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Start of a Christmas letter from Rudolph? : DEERSANTA
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Skiddoo : LEAVE
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Honer's target : EDGE
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Funicular : RAILWAY
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Contentious : MILITANT
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Johnny of the '40s Braves : SAIN
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Author Bellow : SAUL
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Queenly : ROYAL
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Loser at Châlons-sur-Marne in 451 : ATTILA
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Coined money : SPECIE
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Boring speaker : DRONER
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Roll : ROSTER
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Nonmaritime ship : LAKER
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Harpers Ferry event : RAID
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"Das Kapital" author : MARX
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Friend Down Under : MATE
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Bud : MAC
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Coarse fabric : ABA
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___ Tin Tin : RIN
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Average fellow : JOE
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O.C.S. grads : LTS
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Letter from Greece : ETA
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Emeritus: Abbr. : RET
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3-million-member sporting grp. : NRA

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6 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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