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WHERE THE GIRLS ARE

New York Times, Sunday, April 17, 1994

Author:
R. M. Hopkins
Editor:
Will Shortz
85-Down : It sends checks to A.A.R.P. members
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R. Max Hopkins

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Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 142, Blocks: 76 Missing: {JQXZ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Hopkins. Sunday freshness: 63%
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© 1994, The New York Times4/17/94 ( No. 16,231 )
Across
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Yacht heading : SSE
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Parson/author of note : WEEMS
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Odds and ends : STEW
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Churls : BOORS
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Kaye's "___ Big Girl Now" : IMA
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Incensed : HETUP
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Carpet surface : PILE
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Cove : ARMLET
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Opera for singer Cook? : BARBARASEVILLE
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Smallest amounts : MINIMA
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Sealed : SHUT
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Cosine's reciprocal : SECANT
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Modern transportation : MINIVAN
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Alternative to Midway : OHARE
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How Ms. Shore paid for dinner? : DINAHSCARD
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Chang's twin : ENG
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Cat ___ : BURGLAR
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Brooks or Allen : MEL
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Sun or moon : ORB
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Competitor of Pringles : LAYS
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Skillful, facetiously : EPT
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Muck : SLIME
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Refrain syllable : TRA
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Estevez film "___ Man" : REPO
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Comedian Sherman : ALLAN
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Soak : DRENCH
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Osso ___ (veal dish) : BUCO
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Didn't bid again : REPASSED
56
Mallorca Mrs. : SRA
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Low : MOO
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One-man Robert Morse play, 1990 : TRU
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Graced : ADORNED
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Presided over : CHAIRED
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Military headgear : BERET
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Provide lodging for : BILLET
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Man in a fez : SHRINER
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Stage shows : REVUES
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On ___ boat to China : ASLOW
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Fettered : CHAINED
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Façade feature : CEDILLA
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Model airplane, e.g. : TOY
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Battle stat. : MIA
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Flying formation : VEE
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Part of a chemical reaction : CATALYST
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Slight : SNUB
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Talk insincerely : PALTER
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Mounted lancer : UHLAN
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"What's the ___?" : RUSH
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LAX posting : ARR
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"Mighty Lak' a Rose" composer Ethelbert : NEVIN
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Rx writers : MDS
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Clinton Cabinet member : RENO
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Mideast grp. : PLO
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Scrooge's cry : BAH
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Hatfields and Mccoys, e.g. : ENEMIES
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Police department abbr. : DET
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Song for artist Bonheur? : ROSATRALEE
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Model material : BALSA
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People : INHABIT
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Beginning for 102 Across : ACORNS
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Results of 100 Across : OAKS
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They may be blank : STARES
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Folk song about an old gossip columnist? : IFIHEDDAHAMMER
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Hound : CANINE
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Singer Breton : TONI
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Dentist's supply, once : ETHER
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Gay Nineties, e.g. : ERA
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Hard rain? : SLEET
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Midterm, for one : TEST
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Apportioned : DOLED
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Nonacademic degree : NTH
Down
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Family member : SIB
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Wreck : SMASHUP
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Aviation legend : EARHART
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Lohengrin's request for an update? : WHATELSASNEW
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Auction follower : EER
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Greek H's : ETAS
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Reflected : MUSED
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Display item : SPECIMEN
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Kind of cord : SPINAL
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Cultivated land : TILTH
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Pipe fitting : ELL
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Minuscule : WEE
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Streaked gray, as an animal's coat : BRINDLE
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Popular science magazine : OMNI
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Solo at Popeye's wedding? : OLIVEYOUTRULY
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Hires new staff, in a way : REMANS
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Comic actor Arnold : STANG
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Abu Dhabi bigwig : AMIR
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Hamlet : BURG
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Roof topper : VANE
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Fairy queen : MAB
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Brit. decoration : OBE
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Miffed : SORE
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Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas ___ : CRANMER
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Ready to go : ALLSET
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Irritated : RILED
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N.Y.P.D. alert : APB
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Like Lear : MAD
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Intern : TRAINEE
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Density symbol, in Physics : RHO
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Sinkside device : DRAINER
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Provincetown catch : COD
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Angler's baskets : CREELS
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Waited longer than : OUTSAT
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Vestlike clerical garments : RABATS
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Early name in talking machines : EDISON
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Fictional aunt's padding material? : POLLYURETHANE
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Woody's boy : ARLO
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Running mate of 1972 : SHRIVER
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All the tea in China : CHA
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Rubicund : RED
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What Mrs. Lindberg got at the rooming house? : BEDANNEBOARD
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Demon's doing : EVIL
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Colleague of 86 Across : SHALALA
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Hire, as a lawyer : RETAIN
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Cousin of MI6 in spy stories : CIA
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Give birth, in a way : CALVE
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Speedometer info : MPH
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Friend of Fidel : CHE
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Hair arrangement : BUN
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Introduce, with "out" : TROT
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Given free range, as cattle : UNHERDED
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Moisture collector : SORBENT
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Vanishing delivery people : MILKMEN
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Piece of cake, maybe : DESSERT
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It sends checks to A.A.R.P. members : SSA
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Avis auto : RENTAL
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"Hey you!" : PST
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Spend time without one's wife, informally : BACHIT
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Salve ingredient : ALOE
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Polite address : MAAM
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Flying saucers : DISCS
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Seine tributary : OISE
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Precipitates : RAINS
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Put an ___ (halt) : ENDTO
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1990 Indy 500 winner Luyendyk : ARIE
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Satirist Mort : SAHL
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Initials in telecommunications : ITT
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"Friend or ___?" : FOE
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"___ Haw" : HEE
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Cheery yell : RAH

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

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