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New York Times, Thursday, July 4, 1996

Author:
Joy L. Wouk
Editor:
Will Shortz
13-Down : Quit, in poker
TotalDebutLatest
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ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
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Joy L. Wouk

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQVXZ} Spans: 2 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 130 for Ms. Wouk. Thursday freshness: 14%
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© 1996, The New York Times7/4/96 ( No. 17,040 )
Across
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Fellow : CHAP
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Hardly a blabbermouth : CLAM
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"Saturday Night Live" bit : SPOOF
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Priest of the East : LAMA
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"Ritorna vincitor" singer : AIDA
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Form of electric power : HYDRO
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"I smell___!" : ARAT
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Farm feed : MASH
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On___(succeeding) : AROLL
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Swizzle stick : STIRRER
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Like some vans : ARMORED
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Longer-lived : SENIOR
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Interweave : PLAIT
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Expo '70 site : OSAKA
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California event : TREMOR
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Boccaccio's "Life of___" : DANTE
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Sills offering : ARIA
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Confine : CAGE
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Liquid fat : OLEIN
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Owned : HAD
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Greenland base : THULE
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Meeting of ministers association : OPEC
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Gump of the comics : ANDY
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Over : ENDED
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Tidbit : MORSEL
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Nicholas Gage book : ELENI
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News media : PRESS
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Part of a 10-Down : ROCKET
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Basketball strategy : DEFENSE
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Public face : PERSONA
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Be in harmony : AGREE
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Astronaut Bean : ALAN
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"What___God wrought!" : HATH
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Political alliances : BLOCS
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Fictional detective : MOTO
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Toast topper : OLEO
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Vision : SIGHT
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Fret : STEW
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Pottery : WARE
Down
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One may be easily dismissed : CLASS
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Author Bret : HARTE
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Vigorously : AMAIN
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July Fourth celebration features : PATRIOTICSPEECH
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Security equipment : CAMERA
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Fabulist : LIAR
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Spots : ADS
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Taj___ : MAHAL
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Former Israeli Prime Minister : SHAMIR
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July Fourth celebration feature : PYROTECHNICSHOW
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Air freshener target : ODOR
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Shield border : ORLE
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Quit, in poker : FOLD
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Baseball great Al : ROSEN
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Pro___ : RATA
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July Fourth celebration features : PARADES
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Songwriter Gus : KAHN
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Tennyson poem : MAUD
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Leer : OGLE
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He wrote "Ten Days That Shook the World" : REED
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Awful end : DOOM
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Rival rival : ALPO
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"___the twain shall meet" : NEER
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Pastoral poem : IDYL
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Martinelli or Caruso : TENOR
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Silk-trading city of France : ALES
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Conductor Ansermet : ERNEST
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Heretofore : ERENOW
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Fashion lines : SEAMS
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Australian critter : KOALA
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Pierce : ENTER
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California resort : TAHOE
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Taps or pats : DABS
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He, to Enrico : EGLI
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Kermit, e.g. : FROG
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Top of the head : PATE
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Auction offering : LOT

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