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Joy To The World

New York Times, Sunday, December 25, 1994

Author:
Randolph Ross
Editor:
Will Shortz
89-Down : Bridge over the Grand Canal
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Randolph Ross

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 142, Blocks: 74 Missing: {Q} This is puzzle # 19 for Mr. Ross. Sunday freshness: 34%
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© 1994, The New York Times12/25/94 ( No. 16,483 )
Across
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Her Majesty: Abbr. : ELIZ
5
Euripedes tragedy : MEDEA
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Southwestern sights : MESAS
15
Wharton deg. : MBA
18
Feet : DOGS
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Anemic in the extreme : PALEST
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Double duty? : STUNT
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Auction conclusion : EER
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Season's greetings from Athens : KALACHRISTOUGENNA
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Jet affliction : LAG
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Oklahoma Indian : OTO
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___ bodkins : ODS
28
Paisley and Fleming : IANS
29
Subscribe to : BELIEVE
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Season's greetings from Seoul : CHOOKSUNGTAN
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Controversial coat material : SEALSKIN
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"Steppenwolf" author : HESSE
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Game show group : PANEL
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Mideast carrier : ELAL
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Wear well : LAST
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Store money : SCRIP
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Go out with a bang : SLAM
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Actor Mineo : SAL
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Uncle of note : SAM
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Oklahoma city : ADA
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Provide with information : CLUEIN
50
Mother of Horus : ISIS
52
Denton of "Our Miss Brooks" : CRENNA
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Season's greetings from Rome : BUONNATALE
57
Start for plop or plunk : KER
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Some steak orders : RARES
60
___ Rock (Australian tourist site) : AYERS
61
Major-league : BIGTIME
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Nagy of Hungary : IMRE
64
Season's greetings from Oslo : GLEDELIGJUL
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"Lucky Jim" author : AMIS
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Kind of tax : PAYROLL
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Desk-box words : INOUT
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Orange container : CRATE
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Jerk : TIC
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Season's greetings from Paris : JOYEUXNOEL
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Overcharged : SOAKED
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Half a train toot : CHOO
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Rules : REIGNS
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___ Friday : MAN
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Simile center : ASA
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Hwys. : RDS
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Gerald and Hodges : GILS
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Lunchtimes : NOONS
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Fort ___, Ontario : ERIE
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Diving position : PIKE
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"Inside the Third Reich" writer : SPEER
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First of a Roman trio : ICAME
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The other woman : MISTRESS
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Season's greetings from Madrid : FELIZNAVIDAD
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Marble : CATSEYE
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Babysitter's bane : BRAT
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___ du Diable : ILE
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Sixth-century date : DLI
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Street of film : ELM
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Season's greetings from Dublin : NOLLAIGSHONADHUIT
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J.F.K. info : ETA
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Travel book? : ATLAS
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Come to the fore : EMERGE
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___ homo : ECCE
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U.S.C.G. call : SOS
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City on the Aire : LEEDS
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Lee and Roosevelt : SARAS
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Unwelcome growth : WEED
Down
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"Mayor" author : EDKOCH
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Have no taste for : LOATHE
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Nome's domes : IGLOOS
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Eva's half sister? : ZSA
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Kangaroo pouches : MARSUPIA
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Biblical judge : ELI
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Create wardrobes : DESIGN
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What's left : ESTATE
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Without a key : ATONAL
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"No ___" (menu line) : MSG
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Sorbonne summer : ETE
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Ray : SUNBEAM
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Treat, as glass : ANNEAL
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Have car trouble : STALL
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Season's greetings from Oahu : MELEKALIKIMAKA
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MTV bad boy : BEAVIS
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Silver : ARGENT
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Third degrees : PHDS
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Red-and-white containers : COKECANS
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Adm.'s outfit : USN
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The Galapagos, e.g. : ISLAS
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C.I.A. predecessor : OSS
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Tot's timeout : NAP
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Point of view : SLANT
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"Tales From Shakespeare" writer : ELIA
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Cereal box abbr. : RDA
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E.M.K. is one : SEN
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Teutonic triumph : SIEG
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Lines : SCRIPT
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Biblical language : ARAMAIC
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Season's greetings from Manchester : MERRYCHRISTMAS
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Signaled : CUED
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Folk history : LORE
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Ready a rifle : UNSLING
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Descendants of Noah : SEMITES
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"___ was the sky so deep a hue": Warner : NEER
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Tournament pass : BYE
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Touch upon : ABUT
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Diamond girl : LIL
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Grayish green : RESEDA
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Comrade : ALLY
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O'Hara's home : TARA
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Day-___ : GLO
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Aware of : INON
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Accepts an invitation : GOES
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Summer mo. : JUL
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Spanish eyes : OJOS
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Acted craftily : CONNIVED
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Nobelist poet Karlfeldt et al. : ERIKS
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River to the Ubangi : UELE
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Greek consonants : XIS
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___ Tome : SAO
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"Golden Boy" playwright : ODETS
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Early times : MORNINGS
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1841 ballet : GISELLE
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Pince-___ : NEZ
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Lab work: Abbr. : SCI
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Hosts : EMCEES
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Bridge over the Grand Canal : RIALTO
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Mescal : PEYOTE
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Suit materials : SERGES
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Ambulance supply : PLASMA
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Choice word : EITHER
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Cite, as reasons : ADDUCE
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Spitefulness : MALICE
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With revisions : EDITED
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Kidney-related : RENAL
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'60s-'70s crime drama, with "The" : FBI
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Wings : ALAE
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Sonny : LAD
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Undignified mount : ASS
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"...man ___ mouse?" : ORA
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Chop : HEW

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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