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New York Times, Monday, May 9, 1994

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Will Shortz
48-Down : "The Story of Civilization" author
TotalDebutLatest
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Sidney L. Robbins

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 43 Missing: {FJQXZ} This is puzzle # 160 for Mr. Robbins. Monday freshness: 15%
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© 1994, The New York Times5/9/94 ( No. 16,253 )
Across
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Mosque tops : DOMES
6
Lone Ranger attire : MASK
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Strike caller : UMP
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Dynamic : ALIVE
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"I cannot tell ___" : ALIE
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Mimic : APER
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Chinese principles : YINANDYANG
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Lavish party : GALA
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Tosspot : SOT
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Worships : ADORES
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Freshly : ANEW
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Life, for one : TERM
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Enlarge : WIDEN
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Soup dipper : LADLE
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Six-stanza poem : SESTINA
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Lily : ALOE
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Does, for example : DEER
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Knot of hair : BUN
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Procrastinator : DAWDLER
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Relative of the buttercup : ANEMONE
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Moral no-no : SIN
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Tentmaker of fame : OMAR
45
Kind of camera focus : AUTO
46
Modified : ADAPTED
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Mount : GETON
50
Sighed (for) : PINED
52
Playboy pie : NUDE
54
Took a taxi : RODE
55
Sound choice? : STEREO
57
Busy person around Apr. 15 : CPA
60
Smidgen that's smashed : ATOM
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Occasionally : NOWANDTHEN
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Greek letters : TAUS
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Kurdish home : IRAN
65
Throw out : EVICT
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N.Y. wintertime : EST
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Trapper's trophy : PELT
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Fires : SACKS
Down
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TV's "___ of Our Lives" : DAYS
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Hodgepodge : OLIO
3
Money maker : MINT
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"Uncle Tom's Cabin" girl : EVA
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Spot for 100 : SENATE
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Giuliani and others : MAYORS
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Equipped with a theft protector : ALARMED
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Trig function : SINE
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Barrels : KEGS
10
No longer bedridden : UPANDABOUT
11
Fracas : MELEE
12
Shrimp : PRAWN
15
Once more : AGAIN
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Successor to H.S.T. : DDE
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Telegram : WIRE
24
Lassies' partners : LADS
25
Jai ___ : ALAI
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Homeless : DOWNANDOUT
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Conducted : LED
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Melville novel setting : SEA
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Countdown start : TEN
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"Render therefore ___ Caesar..." : UNTO
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It's a gas : NEON
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Trucker's amount : LOAD
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Holy Roman, e.g.: Abbr. : EMP
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Squealer : RAT
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Alluring West : MAE
44
License extension : RENEWAL
47
Considers : DEEMS
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"The Story of Civilization" author : DURANT
49
Hollow stones : GEODES
50
Jabber : PRATE
51
Specks : IOTAS
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Bear's abode : DEN
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Quick cut : SNIP
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Ripped : TORE
57
In high style : CHIC
58
Captain Ahab of film : PECK
59
Busy ones : ANTS
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Initials of 1933 : TVA

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