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New York Times, Wednesday, April 9, 1997

Author:
Norman S. Wizer
Editor:
Will Shortz
10-Down : Diplomat's dog?
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Norman S. Wizer

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 28 for Mr. Wizer. Wednesday freshness: 23%
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© 1997, The New York Times4/9/97 ( No. 17,319 )
Across
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Cheek : SASS
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Runs in neutral : IDLES
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Latitude : PLAY
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Woody's son : ARLO
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State capital or its river : BOISE
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Artist Magritte : RENE
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Ham operator's dog? : HEADSETTER
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Prefix with -hedron : OCTA
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Napkin's place : LAP
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Buffalo hunter : CREE
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Feast of Lots honoree : ESTHER
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Dam : WEIR
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Showing a fancy for : INTO
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Cooked cereal : FARINA
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Kind of roll : CRESCENT
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Think a thought : OPINE
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Reading, for a famous example : GAOL
35
Mishmash : OLIO
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Called the butler : RANG
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Not set : RUNNY
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Large green moth : LUNA
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Work units : ERGS
40
They're kept under lids at night : EYES
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___ the hills : OLDAS
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Drop in : STOPOVER
44
Least laugh-out-loud, as humor : DRIEST
45
Parroted : APED
46
Can't stand : HATE
47
Two-dimensional : PLANAR
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Future jr. : SOPH
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Leg. title : SEN
54
Kharagpur queen : RANI
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Hairdresser's dog? : SHAMPOODLE
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30's migrant : OKIE
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Flip chart site : EASEL
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Woolen caps : TAMS
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Farmer's locale? : DELL
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Metric unit : STERE
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Boxer's stat : TKOS
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Satirist Mort : SAHL
2
Gazetteer info : AREA
3
Big shot in ice hockey : SLAP
4
Lay turf : SOD
5
Locale of the Cantabrian Mountains : IBERIA
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Mother hen, e.g. : DOTER
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Low-cal : LITE
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Lubbock-to-Fort Worth dir. : ESE
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In a calm manner : SERENELY
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Diplomat's dog? : PROTOCOLLIE
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Poland's Walesa : LECH
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Kitty feed : ANTE
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Junior, e.g. : YEAR
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Scape : SCENE
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Peter and Paul: Abbr. : STS
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Pilot's dog? : WINGSPANIEL
25
Best Actor of 1990 : IRONS
26
Shouts on the links : FORES
27
Disjointedly : APART
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Spoken-word #1 hit of 1964 : RINGO
29
One administering corporal punishment : CANER
30
Shake off : ELUDE
31
Hirschfeld hidings : NINAS
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Brown : TOAST
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Reinforced with a rope : GUYED
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Exhibits dyslexia : REVERSES
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Lawn products brand : ORTHO
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W.W.II agcy. : OPA
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Parti-colored : DAPPLE
46
Noted marine watercolorist : HOMER
47
Egg on : PROD
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Cottage site : LAKE
49
Indigo dye : ANIL
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Enclosure with a MS. : SASE
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Neighbor of Minn. : SDAK
52
Pollster Roper : ELMO
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Hero of 60's TV and 80's film : NESS
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Toque, for one : HAT
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Six-time home run champ : OTT

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