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New York Times, Tuesday, April 6, 1999

Author:
Stephanie Spadaccini
Editor:
Will Shortz
50-Across : Quip, part 3
TotalDebutLatest
441/27/197710/5/1999
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Stephanie Spadaccini

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQX} Spans: 3 This is puzzle # 39 for Ms. Spadaccini. Tuesday freshness: 18%
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© 1999, The New York Times4/6/99 ( No. 18,046 )
Across
1
Shih Tzus, e.g. : DOGS
5
One-time Chinese chairman : MAO
8
Hoopster Gilmore : ARTIS
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A Great Lake : ERIE
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Zeus's wife : HERA
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Stop : CEASE
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Dudley Do-Right's love : NELL
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Apiece : EACH
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Avignon's river : RHONE
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Quip about links lovers, part 1 : GOLFENTHUSIASTS
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Baseball bosses: Abbr. : MGRS
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Magazine income producers : ADS
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Beads worn by a nun : ROSARY
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Wish for a hot summer day : FAN
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"What the ___!" : HECK
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Keep away from : EVADE
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Gaels, etc. : CELTS
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Rap's Dr. ___ : DRE
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Quip, part 2 : HAVETHATFAIRWAY
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Consumed : ATE
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Old photo color : SEPIA
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Confiscate : SEIZE
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Eliot's Adam ___ : BEDE
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Lobsterlike : RED
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Made amends (for) : ATONED
47
"___ nuff!" : SHO
49
Get-ready work : PREP
50
Quip, part 3 : LOOKINTHEIREYES
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Dancer Ailey : ALVIN
59
Treaty preceders : WARS
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"A Doll's House" heroine : NORA
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Former Big Apple mayor Abe : BEAME
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Suffix with concession : AIRE
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St. Patrick's land : ERIN
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Goes it alone : SOLOS
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Cagy : SLY
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Wallop : DECK
Down
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Successor to 5-Across : DENG
2
Chocolate-and-cream cookie : OREO
3
Part of a fish : GILL
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Successful through one's own efforts : SELFMADE
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Beef, pork, etc. : MEATS
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St. Louis landmark : ARCH
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Hawaiian island : OAHU
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Bitter : ACRID
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Go over again : REHASH
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Town NNE of Santa Fe : TAOS
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"___ She Lovely?" : ISNT
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Understands : SEES
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Husband to Catherine, Anne, Jane, Anne, Catherine and Catherine : HENRY
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Marsh birds : EGRETS
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Big bag carrier : SANTA
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Therapeutic center, for short : REHAB
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Like some leaves : OVATE
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Used a piggy bank : SAVED
27
Malodorous : FETID
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___ Romeo (Italian auto) : ALFA
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Newsman Newman : EDWIN
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Fad : CRAZE
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Atwitter, with "up" : KEYED
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Superhero accessory : CAPE
35
Many a bridesmaid : SISTER
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Long-necked bird : HERON
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Unlocked again : REOPENED
44
Alaska native : ESKIMO
46
Get up : ARISE
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Dancer Gregory : HINES
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Actor Luke : PERRY
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Bell ___ : LABS
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Butter substitute : OLEO
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Race track shape : OVAL
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"___ the night before..." : TWAS
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Honor, as a conquering hero : HAIL
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In days of ___ : YORE
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Skater Heiden : ERIC
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Went under : SANK

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