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New York Times, Monday, November 9, 1998

Author:
Peter Gordon
Editor:
Will Shortz
40-Down : 1998 name in the news
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1299/5/19899/25/2024
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941.595201125%
Peter Gordon

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQVXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 28 for Mr. Gordon. Monday freshness: 4%
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© 1998, The New York Times11/9/98 ( No. 17,898 )
Across
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Step : STAIR
6
Canyon reply : ECHO
10
Place to plop down : SOFA
14
Vietnam's capital : HANOI
15
Sticky stuff : GOOP
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Building additions : ELLS
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Mimicking : APING
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Fraternity rush period : GREEKWEEK
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French article : LES
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Pulitzer winner James : AGEE
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Kitchen appliances : RANGES
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Took out to dinner : TREATED
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Trophy display room : DEN
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Young 'un : TOT
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Note excusing tardiness : LATEPASS
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Access AOL, e.g. : LOGON
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"___ Misbehavin'" : AINT
37
"Blondie" kid : ELMO
38
Rocky's nickname, with "the" : ITALIANSTALLION
41
Gangster's girl : MOLL
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What unfriendly dogs do : BITE
43
Mournful poem : ELEGY
44
Simple folk : PEASANTS
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Have a debt : OWE
47
Mauna ___ : LOA
48
Joining : UNITING
52
More convenient : EASIER
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Ever's partner : ANON
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Neither's partner : NOR
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Brand of cocoa : SWISSMISS
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With 61-Down, a California city : SANTA
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Bridge-crossing fee : TOLL
63
Pain in the neck? : ACHE
64
They bend in prayer : KNEES
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Sunburn soother : ALOE
66
Lascivious look : LEER
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Football gains : YARDS
Down
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Commandment word : SHALT
2
Become narrow : TAPER
3
Licorice flavor : ANISE
4
Charged atom : ION
5
Tubular pasta : RIGATONI
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Urged (on) : EGGED
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Apple leftover : CORE
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Farmer's tool : HOE
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Light musical work : OPERETTA
10
Stitched : SEWN
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Designer Cassini : OLEG
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Run away : FLEE
13
Questions : ASKS
19
"Citizen ___" : KANE
22
Understand : GET
25
Many of the Marshall Islands : ATOLLS
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"The Divine Comedy" writer : DANTE
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Shopping aids : LISTS
29
Blowgun ammunition : PELLET
30
"I cannot tell ___" : ALIE
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Visibility reducer : SMOG
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Walkman maker : SONY
33
Walk falteringly : LIMP
34
Siouan speaker : OTOE
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Big party : GALA
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Activist Bryant : ANITA
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Strange : ABNORMAL
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1998 name in the news : LEWINSKY
45
Pub offerings : ALES
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Lennon's mate : ONO
48
Racing great Al : UNSER
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Word with circle or city : INNER
50
Famous : NOTED
51
What Astroturf replaces : GRASS
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"Cómo ___ usted?" : ESTA
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M.P.'s quarry : AWOL
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Fodder holder : SILO
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___ of Wight : ISLE
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Wimbledon winner, 1975 : ASHE
59
Rocks, to a bartender : ICE
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See 60-Across : ANA

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1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later.

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