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New York Times, Wednesday, June 23, 1999

Author:
Alan Olschwang
Editor:
Will Shortz
72-Across : Johnny Bench's team
TotalDebutLatest
1012/2/19973/14/2014
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Alan Olschwang

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {BJKQVXZ} This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Olschwang. Wednesday freshness: 21%
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© 1999, The New York Times6/23/99 ( No. 18,124 )
Across
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Railroad siding : SPUR
5
Israeli author ___ Oz : AMOS
9
Boxer's nickname : CHAMP
14
Cellar contents : WINE
15
Judah's mother : LEAH
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Woman's name meaning "loved" : AIMEE
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See 5-Down : ALDA
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Mezzo's colleague : ALTO
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Closes in on : NEARS
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Start of a quote by Booker T. Washington : YOUCANTHOLD
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Clear : NET
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Reverses a dele : STETS
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Oktoberfest souvenir : STEIN
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Dinosaur trapper : TAR
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Half an LP : SIDEONE
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Mitigates : ASSUAGES
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Does a butler's job : SEESIN
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Quote, part 3 : DOWN
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Quote, part 4 : IFYOU
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Quote, part 5 : DONT
44
1993 accord signer : ARAFAT
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Quagmires : MORASSES
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Highly influential : SEMINAL
50
Alter, in a way : HEM
51
Raingear brand : TOTES
53
Introduction to physics : ASTRO
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C.I.A.'s predecessor : OSS
61
End of the quote : DOWNWITHHIM
64
Fall guy : PATSY
66
Conked out : DIED
67
Speck : IOTA
68
Over : AGAIN
69
Modern pentathlon need : EPEE
70
Joie de vivre : ELAN
71
1944 battle site : LEYTE
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Johnny Bench's team : REDS
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Lucie's brother : DESI
Down
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Influences : SWAYS
2
Kitchen light : PILOT
3
Excessive : UNDUE
4
Change chemically : REACT
5
With 17-Across, Hawkeye Pierce portrayer : ALAN
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Get all mushy : MELT
7
Blue language : OATHS
8
Photographers' gigs : SHOOTS
9
Dr. Pangloss's pupil, in Voltaire : CANDIDE
10
Make haste : HIE
11
Quote, part 2 : AMAN
12
Unimportant : MERE
13
Nudnik : PEST
21
Early movie dog : ASTA
22
Workaholic's lack : LEISURE
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Cries out for : NEEDS
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Kin of vivace : AGITATO
29
Striped shirt wearer : REF
31
Chicano bears? : OSOS
32
Five after four : NINE
33
Tolkien forest creatures : ENTS
34
Actress Rehan and others : ADAS
35
Ticked off : SORE
36
Emulated Janet Evans : SWAM
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Not suitable : UNFIT
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Prefix meaning "with" : SYM
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Expression of excitement : OOH
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Painkiller : ANODYNE
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Latin trio member? : AMAT
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More salacious : LEWDER
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Sandpiper's cousin : SNIPE
54
Recoiled : SHIED
55
Oarlock : THOLE
56
Rudner and Moreno : RITAS
57
Muscat native : OMANI
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Iridescent stone : OPAL
59
Stuffing herb : SAGE
60
Quote, part 6 : STAY
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Herbicide's target : WEED
63
Time to beware : IDES
65
Obedience school command : SIT

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