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New York Times, Tuesday, January 18, 2000

Author:
Nancy Salomon
Editor:
Will Shortz
39-Down : Vain voyages?
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Nancy Salomon

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 38 Missing: {HJQV} Spans: 1 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 45 for Ms. Salomon. Tuesday freshness: 28%
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© 2000, The New York Times1/18/0 ( No. 18,333 )
Across
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Clear the blackboard : ERASE
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A pope may lead it : MASS
10
Ultimate diet : FAST
14
Kind of paint : LATEX
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Burn soother : ALOE
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"Coffee, Tea ___?" : ORME
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Result of a workout : SWEAT
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Starting point for a flight test? : NEST
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Roll-on target : ODOR
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C.P.A.'s : BEANCOUNTERS
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Edmonton's home : ALBERTA
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Plains Indian : PAWNEE
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Rita of "West Side Story" : MORENO
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Jewelry that's not kept in a safe : PASTE
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"Give it ___!" : AGO
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Photographer Adams : ANSEL
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New-car feature, for short : ABS
36
Potluck dinner dish : NOODLECASSEROLE
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Tackle a slope : SKI
42
"Merrily we roll ___" : ALONG
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Certain turn : ZAG
44
"___ Hope" (former soap) : RYANS
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Tea type : OOLONG
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Fund-raising effort : APPEAL
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Colony members : ARTISTS
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Features of many signs : BLOCKLETTERS
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Cartoonist Thomas : NAST
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Furrow former : PLOW
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Europe's "boot" : ITALY
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Novel ending? : ETTE
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Hindu music : RAGA
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Tea type : PEKOE
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Cattail, e.g. : REED
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Baseball's Vizquel : OMAR
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Pix : SNAPS
Down
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1997 U.S. Open winner Ernie : ELS
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Like sushi : RAW
3
Had a beef? : ATE
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Navy builder : SEABEE
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On the outside : EXTERNAL
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Food from heaven : MANNA
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Baldwin of "Prelude to a Kiss" : ALEC
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Fair-to-middling : SOSO
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Arrangements : SETUPS
10
Heels and loafers : FOOTWEAR
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"As You Like It" forest : ARDEN
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Camper's dessert item : SMORE
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To the point : TERSE
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When many people have lunch : ATONE
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Cole who was "King" : NAT
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"___ for All Seasons" : AMAN
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NBC's peacock and CBS's eye : LOGOS
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Babbler : BROOK
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Laugh waves : PEALS
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As well : ALSO
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Read a bar code : SCAN
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Stupid louts : BOZOS
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Writer's angle : SLANT
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Ran : DIRECTED
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Sleep sound : SNORE
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Vain voyages? : EGOTRIPS
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Poached edibles : EGGS
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Shoot the breeze : YAK
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Football star's title : ALLPRO
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Lend an ear : LISTEN
49
Li'l one : ABNER
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Diner serving : PLATE
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Mail, in Marseille : POSTE
52
Battling : ATWAR
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Jack of "Rio Lobo" : ELAM
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Robe : TOGA
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Wanted-poster letters : AKA
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Chop (off) : LOP
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"Absolutely!" : YES

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

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