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New York Times, Monday, February 2, 1998

Author:
Gregory E. Paul
Editor:
Will Shortz
25-Down : Dinner rooster
TotalDebutLatest
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Gregory E. Paul

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 56 for Mr. Paul. Monday freshness: 0%
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© 1998, The New York Times2/2/98 ( No. 17,618 )
Across
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Cleopatra's love ___ Antony : MARC
5
Scrabble play : WORD
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Cosmetician Lauder : ESTEE
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On the briny : ASEA
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Verdi's "D'amor sull'ali rosee," e.g. : ARIA
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Con man : CHEAT
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List component : ITEM
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Datum : FACT
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Bronco catcher : LASSO
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Good-time Charlie : LIFEOFTHEPARTY
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Norway's capital : OSLO
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Embarrassing sound, maybe : RIP
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Mouse catcher : CAT
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Airedale, for one : TERRIER
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Volcanic fallout : ASH
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Playing marble : AGATE
36
Building wing : ELL
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Forearm bone : ULNA
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Mishmash : OLIO
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Coach Parseghian : ARA
44
Kingdom : REALM
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Fishing gear : NET
46
Chicago newspaper : TRIBUNE
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"Treasure Island" monogram : RLS
50
Wilt : SAG
51
Use Western Union, e.g. : SEND
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Noble one : SALTOFTHEEARTH
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Diamond weight : CARAT
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Bit of thatching : REED
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Like hen's teeth : RARE
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Martini garnish : OLIVE
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___ Spencer, brother of Princess Diana : EARL
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Stadium section : TIER
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Passover meal : SEDER
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"If all ___ fails..." : ELSE
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Child's Christmas gift : SLED
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Pony Express load : MAIL
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___ spumante : ASTI
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Coral ridge : REEF
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Alfred Hitchcock film appearance, e.g. : CAMEO
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Breakfast dish made on an iron : WAFFLE
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Patrick Henry, for one : ORATOR
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Rolling in dough : RICH
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Whom one goes out with : DATE
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Cream-filled pastry : ECLAIR
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Astute : SHARP
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Dry run : TEST
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"No problem" : EASY
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Ike's W.W. II command : ETO
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Bone: Prefix : OSTEO
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Suave competitor : PRELL
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Dinner rooster : CAPON
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Like a gymnast : AGILE
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Implied : TACIT
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Recovery clinic : REHAB
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Suffix with percent : ILE
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Where "I do's" are exchanged : ALTAR
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Tackle box item : SNELL
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Injures : HARMS
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Ring result, briefly : TKO
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Indian with a sun dance : UTE
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North Dakota's largest city : FARGO
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The first "T" of TNT : TRI
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"Goodnight" girl of song : IRENE
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Make ragged : TATTER
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Wedding workers : USHERS
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Pine leaf : NEEDLE
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Spartacus, e.g. : SLAVE
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Pub game : DARTS
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December 26 event : SALE
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Rainless : ARID
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At no cost : FREE
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Dabbling duck : TEAL
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Banister : RAIL
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Arbor Day honoree : TREE
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Group of cattle : HERD
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Comedian Bill, to friends : COS

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