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Father's Day Special

New York Times, Sunday, June 16, 1996

Author:
N. N. Joline
Editor:
Will Shortz
53-Across : Lawn item
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Nancy Nicholson Joline

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Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 68 Missing: {X} This is puzzle # 76 for Ms. Joline. Sunday freshness: 56%
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© 1996, The New York Times6/16/96 ( No. 17,022 )
Across
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Boeing headquarters site : SEATTLE
8
Midshipmen rivals : CADETS
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Kind of orange : JAFFA
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Some cats : ANGORAS
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Unparalleled : UNIQUE
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Atlantic islands: Var. : FAROES
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*Harold Macmillian contemporary : KONRADADENAUER
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Protects, in a way : ARMORS
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North Carolina school : ELON
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First U.N. Secretary General : LIE
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Like some bands : ELASTIC
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Border : EDGE
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Lansbury role : MAME
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Item of value : ASSET
34
Broadcasting worry : DEADAIR
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*Flee : SKEDADDLE
39
*Froufrou : DOODADS
42
"N.Y.P.D. Blue" title: Abbr. : DET
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West Point byword : HONOR
44
"It___Fair" (1950 hit) : ISNT
46
Bakery selection : RYES
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Mini-spacecraft : POD
49
Core : ESSENCE
51
Wiped out : ERASED
53
Lawn item : CHAISE
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Multitude : SEA
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"___Help" (1974 song) : ICAN
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Ancient Persian teacher : ZOROASTER
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Rod : GAT
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*1919 children's classic : LADADOG
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Like some records : ALLTIME
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Neighbor of Leb. : ISR
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A little of this, a little of that : OLIO
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Verdi's "___tu" : ERI
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Censor's target : SMUT
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Jazzman Dickenson : VIC
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Not moving so much : STILLER
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*Uninhibited school : DADAISM
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Superlative ending : EST
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Brief fashion : MINIDRESS
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Edible seaweed : KELP
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Lettuce arrangement : BED
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Windows with more than a 180 (degee) view : ORIELS
85
Catches, in a way : LASSOS
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Figures in capes : TOREROS
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Forensic science tool : DNA
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On the hoof, in lunch counter lingo : RARE
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Agcy. since 1958 : NASA
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Plain : OVERT
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Swimwear item : BRA
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*Stream denizen : CRAWDAD
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*Drink since 1890 : CANADADRY
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17-Down, e.g. : REDHEAD
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Hunt of "Twister" : HELEN
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Feeler : TEST
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Contemporary of Bjorn : ILIE
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Oscar-winning director, 1974 : COPPOLA
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Rock producer Brain : ENO
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Prong : TINE
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Form a connection : LIAISE
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*Long time : FOREVERANDADAY
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Borrower's need : LENDER
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Portrayal in "They Died With Their Boots On" : CUSTER
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Famed bacteriologist : PASTEUR
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A Davis : OSSIE
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Guides : STEERS
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Gluck opera : ALCESTE
Down
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Benefit : SAKE
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Chemical compound : ENOL
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Nicknames : AGNOMENS
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Important weather news : TORNADOES
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La preceder : TRA
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Dished out : LADLED
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Actor Morales : ESAI
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Signal : CUE
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Two of six for Henry VIII : ANNES
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Called : DIALED
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Some circle : EQUATORS
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Calendar abbr. : TUES
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Barcelona-born architect : SERT
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Bump hard : JAR
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Having a heater : ARMED
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*MSG, e.g. : FOODADDITIVE
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Tabloid favorite : FERGIE
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Express : ASSERT
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Veneered : FACED
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Mergers and buyouts : DEALS
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Muckraker Tarbell et al. : IDAS
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Battle site of 1918 : MARNE
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"What fools these mortals be" writer : SENECA
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Hard-top : ASPHALT
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1994 Harry Connick Jr. album : SHE
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Flattens : KOS
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Stop working : DIE
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Court cry : OYEZ
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Finger: Sp. : DEDO
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Trafficked : TRADED
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Hop-drying kiln : OAST
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Talk-show features : CALLERS
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Cold-weather garb : ANORAKS
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Familiar raincoat wearer : COLUMBO
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Wimbledon sections : SEMIS
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Raise : ERECT
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Witness's words : IDO
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Some butters : RAMS
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Doohickey : GISMO
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Up : ASTIR
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*West Indies residents : TRINIDADIANS
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Concession attachment : AIRE
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Creasey's Scotland Yarder : GIDEON
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Arsenic accompaniment : OLDLACE
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Spoonful : SIP
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Bank claim : LIEN
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Strasbourg's locale : ALSACE
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Deli dish : SLAW
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Quartz variety : SARD
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Fall off, as support : ERODE
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Overwhelm : DEVASTATE
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Fish that can twine its tail : SEAHORSE
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Thrash : TAN
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Water conditions toxic to shellfish : REDTIDES
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Eight-time Norris Trophy winner : ORR
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Dump, so to speak : STY
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"Hair" co-lyricist : RADO
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More judicious : SANER
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Scratch pad? : BRILLO
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Counts : RELIES
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It's kept on track : RACER
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Expunge : DELETE
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Not keyed : ATONAL
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Fictional orphan : HEIDI
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Aussie tennis great : LAVER
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Subordinates to cpls. : PFCS
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Fit of pique : POUT
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Western wine center : NAPA
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Cosmo follower : NAUT
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Bronte heroine : EYRE
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Notice : SEE
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Hems' relatives : ERS
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Mil. medal : DSC

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4 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 5 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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