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New York Times, Saturday, June 26, 1999

Author:
John Wolting
Editor:
Will Shortz
14-Across : Food in Exodus 16
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John Wolting

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 64, Blocks: 35 Missing: {JQWXYZ} This is puzzle # 11 for Mr. Wolting. Saturday freshness: 67%
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© 1999, The New York Times6/26/99 ( No. 18,127 )
Across
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Dogged : HARASSED
9
Emulate a sailor : CUSS
13
Beat : OVERCAME
14
Food in Exodus 16 : MANNA
15
Put new parts on, in a way : RETROFIT
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Fine nets : TULLES
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Indian poet ___ Aurobindo : SRI
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Seven-time Best Actor nominee : PETEROTOOLE
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Jean Racine tragedy : ESTHER
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On the fence : NEUTRAL
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League divisions : MILES
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Test subject, often : STEROID
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Like 60 : EVEN
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Go directly and quickly : BEELINE
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"Waking ___ Devine" (1998 comedy) : NED
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One who litters : CAT
29
Slalom segment : ESS
30
Levantine land: Abbr. : ISR
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It's touching : CONTACT
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Grooving on : INTO
36
Light reading? : BOOKLET
37
Photography lens : MACRO
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Like Popeye vis-à-vis Wimpy : MANLIER
39
Express team? : PONIES
40
Arrivals after the fall : CAINANDABEL
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It has an adjustable nose : SST
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Twinings product : OOLONG
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Winner in a well-known upset : TORTOISE
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Three-time A.L. batting champ : BRETT
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Do one's darnedest : ENDEAVOR
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Remain : BIDE
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Promenades : SAUNTERS
Down
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Biblical quartet : HORSEMEN
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Antipathetical : AVERSIVE
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Like some shows in syndication : RETITLED
4
Music sheet abbr. : ARR
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Darrow defended him : SCOPES
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Comparatively careful : SAFER
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Issue : EMIT
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Negotiation result : DETENTE
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A soft drink may have one : CALORIE
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Confess in a big way : UNLOAD
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1500-meter winner at the 1964 Olympics : SNELL
12
Freelancer's enc. : SASE
14
Butchers' offerings : MUTTONS
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One in a trap? : TOURIST
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Campaign poster word : REELECT
21
Mothering type : HEN
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Like some scores : SETTLED
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Passing notes : BANKING
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Nuclear reactor need : COOLANT
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Sharp : INCISIVE
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Job change or marriage, psychologically speaking : STRESSOR
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Certain alarms : ROOSTERS
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Imply : CONNOTE
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Makes bubbly : AERATES
35
Ziering of "Beverly Hills 90210" : IAN
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Dealt with a leak, maybe : BAILED
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Like the golden calf : MOLTEN
38
Polynesian language : MAORI
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Concealed : PERDU
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He had 892 steals : COBB
41
___ Dea (Roman fertility goddess) : BONA
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Kind of grass : OAT

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