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New York Times, Sunday, November 1, 1998

Author:
Robert Malinow
Editor:
Will Shortz
111-Down : Job legislation estab. in 1973
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Robert Malinow

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Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 77 Missing: {JK} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Malinow. Sunday freshness: 24%
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© 1998, The New York Times11/1/98 ( No. 17,890 )
Across
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___-Ashbury (hippie district) : HAIGHT
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Native Israelis : SABRAS
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Hunted : QUESTED
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Like some sports : INDOOR
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R-rated : STEAMY
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Not carried, as a burden : UNBORNE
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Giza resident falsifies travel documents? : EGYPTIANWARPSVISADATA
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Sci-fi author Lester ___ Rey : DEL
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Fashion : WAY
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Ragtime dance : ONESTEP
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Garbo's "The Mysterious Lady" co-star : NAGEL
30
Blazing : AGLARE
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Some platters : LPS
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Spring addressee, for short : IRS
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Fellow fears following strict code of conduct? : MANDREADSRIGIDETHIC
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Sandwiches for dessert : OREOS
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Earlier form of a word : ETYMON
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Mouth part : ROOF
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"Slither" star : CAAN
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Amigo : PAL
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"Reflections on Ice-Breaking" poet : NASH
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Composer Schoenberg : ARNOLD
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History of short-lived indiscretion made public? : BRIEFREDHOTPASTAIRED
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Certain grace : TACT
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Not 82-Down : OUT
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___ Tunas, Cuba : LAS
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Comment from the fold : BAA
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Wagner's father-in-law : LISZT
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Discovery : FIND
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Decision : CALL
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Jezebel : HUSSY
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Astonish : AWE
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Wrigley field? : GUM
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Fullest, slangily : MAX
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English Channel feeder : AVON
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Rising star's insecurity eased by weight loss? : DIETHELPSCOMERMANAGE
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Imbue with spiritual awareness : ENSOUL
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German coal-producing region : SAAR
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Friction reducer : OIL
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Hanks role : GUMP
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Some are green : TEAS
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Coca-Cola brand : FRESCA
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Hitchcockian : EERIE
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Emcee will never be forgotten? : HOSTEVERSHALLENDURE
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"Hurrah!" : OLE
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Composition of some sheets : ICE
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Number next to a plus sign : ADDEND
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Drill : BORER
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Where "Otello" premiered : LASCALA
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Contemporary of Duchamp : ARP
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First private engineering school in the U.S. : RPI
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Hubris alienates devoted comrades? : EGOREPULSESAVIDALLIES
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Late riser : LIEABED
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Like some glances : STOLEN
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Old Blood and Guts : PATTON
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Make an officer : INSTATE
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Overseas hunt : SAFARI
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Simon Legree : TYRANT
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Made tracks : HIED
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Seraph of Sèvres : ANGE
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Charming scene : IDYL
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Elephant group? : GOP
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Open military conflicts : HOTWARS
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Battlefield sorting : TRIAGE
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Application datum: Abbr. : SSN
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If everything goes wrong : ATWORST
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Hash house : BEANERY
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Barely done : RARE
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Woodstock gear : AMPS
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Part of S.S.S.: Abbr. : SYST
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One with a line : QUIPPER
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Little or young follower : UNS
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Israel's first U.N. delegate : EBAN
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Bar staple : SODA
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With 98-Down, Oedipus and Willy Loman : TRAGIC
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Key word : ENTER
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Has to do (with) : DEALS
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Auel heroine : AYLA
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Kruger National Park terrain : VELD
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Designer Simpson : ADELE
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Summer ermines : STOATS
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Amerind shoe : MOC
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Bahraini, e.g. : ARAB
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Imminent : NEAR
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German war admiral Karl : DONITZ
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"___ impressed" : IMNOT
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It's half the faun : GOAT
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P.D. employee : INSP
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Joyful dance : HORA
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Sidi ___, Morocco : IFNI
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U.S.M.C. one-striper : PFC
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Clever : ARTFUL
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Campus building : HALL
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Shelley's eyes : ORBS
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Pastoral expanses : LEAS
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"Saving Private Ryan" re-enactment : DDAY
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Have a date : EAT
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Syndicate head : DON
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Cabinet part, briefly : HUD
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Antipasto ingredient : SALAMI
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Stevedore : LADE
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Cry after a coin flip : IWIN
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Witnesses : SEES
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Sitters' headaches : IMPS
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Kind of wheel : CAM
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Let go : AXE
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Toots : HON
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Newly made : UNAGED
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Ristorante desserts : GELATI
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Folkways : MORES
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Montagne's opposite : VAL
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The Wizard's unveiler : TOTO
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Emerald and ruby : HUES
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Not 62-Across : SAFE
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"The Alienist" author : CARR
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Explorer Amundsen : ROALD
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Timothy Leary, to some : GURU
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Desert dignitary : EMIR
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Capital of Poland? : PEE
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Shut off : SECLUDE
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1964 Manfred Mann hit : SHALALA
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Body : CADAVER
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Contract tactic : ENDPLAY
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See 17-Down : HEROES
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Medallion meat : VEAL
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Best part : LEAD
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Transported : ENRAPT
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Old manuscript marks : OBELI
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Prepare to check E-mail, perhaps : LOGIN
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Was at the forum? : ERAT
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Faulkner's ___ Rivers : REBA
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Radiator sound : SSSS
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Job legislation estab. in 1973 : CETA
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From : ASOF
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Poet Dove : RITA
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Menial : PEON
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The Platters' "It ___ Right" : ISNT
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Canoodle : PET
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Kamoze of reggae : INI
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Missive: Abbr. : LTR

Answer summary:
10 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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