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All-State

New York Times, Sunday, July 7, 1996

Author:
R. H. Wolfe
Editor:
Will Shortz
14-Down : Operas by Boito and Mascagni
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Robert H. Wolfe

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Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 138, Blocks: 75 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 28 for Mr. Wolfe. Sunday freshness: 30%
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© 1996, The New York Times7/7/96 ( No. 17,043 )
Across
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Visiting reporter's interviewees : LOCALS
7
Water vessel : EWER
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Mediterranean port : ORAN
15
Shelley's "___to Liberty" : ODE
18
It works like a charm : AMULET
19
Boy of Bogota : NINO
20
Simoleons : KALE
21
See 71-Across : HEN
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Rag : BERATE
23
Novel featuring Napoleon : ANIMALFARM
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Trucking indus. overseer : ICC
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Temperately : INDIANAMODERATION
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First word of Montana's motto : ORO
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Professional grp. : ASSN
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Romanian money : LEU
32
Will-wisp connection : OTHE
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Lathered : SOAPED
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Kind of bomber : STEALTH
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Mythical monster : ORC
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Language akin to Ojibwa : CREE
42
Bon___ : AMI
45
Montreal skaters, in the sports pages : HABS
46
Red-coated cheese : EDAM
49
How some hogs are raised : ONFEED
52
Theological subj. : REL
53
Baseball stat : ERA
54
Rob's wife on "The Dick Van Dyke Show" : LAURA
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Littlest : LEAST
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Name of four Scottish kings : MALCOLM
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Jam into : OVERCROWD
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Bushy clump : TOD
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Booking term : ALIAS
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Tropical maladies : AGUES
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Dinghy's thingies : OARS
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O, e.g. : TYPE
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Singer Simone : NINA
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Knitter's need : SKEIN
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Dress splendidly : ARRAY
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With 21-Across, symbol of madness : AWET
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"Love Makes the World Go Round" singer Jackson : DEON
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Silver skates boy : HANS
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Slipped : ERRED
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XX : SCORE
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Hindu mister : SRI
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So-called "Great Precious Conqueror" : DALAILAMA
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Place to put your feet up : OTTOMAN
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Lewis of Lamb Chop fame : SHARI
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Month in Paris : AVRIL
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Shooter ammo : PEA
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Part of a long-distance company's 800 number : ATT
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Aloud : SPOKEN
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Ted Williams wore it : NINE
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Brooklet : RILL
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Maiden designation? : NEE
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___eyed : SLOE
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Ecol. police : EPA
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Fouled offensively? : SMELLED
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Attribute of Athena : WISDOM
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Buyer's caution : ASIS
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"Oh, But___" (1946 song) : IDO
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Confederate Robert___ : ELEE
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Telecommunications giant : ITT
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Old corporate nickname : MASSACHUSETTSBELL
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Honorary letter : PHI
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Like Western land, to the pioneers : SETTLEABLE
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Sent : ELATED
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Poet's time of day : EEN
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Kind of chop : VEAL
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Print shop order : REAM
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Hardy figure : NATIVE
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Lobby sign : SRO
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Gaelic : ERSE
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Supporters of the 18th Amendment : DRYS
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Season___ : OPENER
Down
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Lips : LABIA
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Eclipses and the like? : OMENS
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Dairy dish : CURDS
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Author Robbe-Grillet et. al. : ALAINS
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"I___Song Go..." : LETA
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Anna of "Nana" : STEN
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House coats? : ENAMELS
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Be victorious : WINOUT
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Markey of "Tarzan" : ENID
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Ardent lover : ROMEO
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Showdown site : OKLAHOMACORRAL
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Canyon thrill-seeker : RAFTER
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Jai___ : ALAI
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Operas by Boito and Mascagni : NEROS
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#1 song of 1964 : OHIOPRETTYWOMAN
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Dictated : DECREED
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Convert secretly : ENCODE
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Feat of Klee? : ART
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Phone trio : MNO
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Baseball's Mr. Tiger : ALABAMAKALINE
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Puts one past : ACES
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"The Cosby Show" son and others : THEOS
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One addressed as "my lord" : EARL
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It can wait : HEAVEN
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Cockpit figure : COLORADOPILOT
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Actor Assante et al. : ARMANDS
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More grainy : MEALIER
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1995 Best Picture nominee : ILLINOISPOSTINO
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Yearly payment : DUES
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Flight board abbr. : ARR
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Full of dope : NEWSY
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Vogue : FAD
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Noted explorer : LOUISIANASALLE
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Actor James : CAAN
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Bloody, so to speak : RARE
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Make go : OPERATE
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Cold war period : DETENTE
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Actress Rowlands : GENA
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Two-handed snack : TACO
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Cut : SHARE
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Sides in Avalon Hill games : ARMIES
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Bring home : EARN
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Tired : STALE
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Terr. until 1889 : DAK
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Year in St. Peter's life : LVI
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Blab : TELL
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Cultivated : HOED
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Sexy walk : SLITHER
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Ransoms : REDEEMS
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Lifts : SWIPES
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Naples staples : PASTAS
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Lose : MISLAY
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Thrash out : DEBATE
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Meditation words : OMS
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Author___Binchy : MAEVE
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Reserve : ICE
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Archeological bit : SHARD
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Admit : LETIN
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Overseas student : ELEVE
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Tribal leader : ELDER
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Pun's finish : STER
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"Deutchland___alles" : UBER
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"...___'clock scholar" : TENO
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Midwife's action : SLAP

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