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New York Times, Friday, August 12, 1994

Author:
Norman S. Wizer
Editor:
Will Shortz
5-Down : Preserve
TotalDebutLatest
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Norman S. Wizer

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JKQVXZ} Spans: 2 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 21 for Mr. Wizer. Friday freshness: 1%
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© 1994, The New York Times8/12/94 ( No. 16,348 )
Across
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Irrational art : DADA
5
One of the Huxtables : CLIFF
10
Summer getaway : CAMP
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Not on the level : ALOP
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Radio-related : AURAL
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___ -Altaic (language group) : URAL
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Start of a quote by Will Durant : NOTHINGISOFTENA
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Isaac or Howard : STERN
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Put into difficulties : STRAITEN
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Old spy grp. : OSS
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"On Golden Pond" playwright Thompson : ERNEST
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Quote continued : GOODTHINGTO
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Prefix with valence : AMBI
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Jabir al-Sabah, e.g. : EMIR
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Take forcibly : USURP
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Local life : BIOTA
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Storm heading : ENE
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Pang : THROE
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Mount : STEED
43
Pedal pushers? : TOES
45
Greek peak : OSSA
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Quote continued : DOANDALWAYS
49
Shaver : PLANER
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Pricing word : PER
54
Touch a chord : RESONATE
57
Racket : NOISE
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End of the quote : AGOODTHINGTOSAY
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Crosses : TAUS
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In heraldry, having small projections in the upper corners : EARED
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Distribute : METE
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Glamour rival : ELLE
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Assemblies : DIETS
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Kind of money : SEED
Down
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Judo levels : DANS
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Much : ALOT
3
Fawn : DOTE
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Choice of Paris : APHRODITE
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Preserve : CAN
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Blockhead : LUG
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The blue of baby blues : IRIS
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Opposite of gormandize : FAST
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Small posy : FLORET
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Show rudeness in traffic : CUTIN
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Glacial formation : ARETE
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Shocks of a sort : MANES
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Spy of a sort : PLANT
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Split sec. : INST
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"Groovy" : FAROUT
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1967 Monkees song : SHE
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Yaks : GABS
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Drop : OMIT
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Reed : OBOE
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John Ciardi's "___ Man" : IMETA
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Curtain fabric : NINON
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Esurience : GREED
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Places for displaying wares : SHOWROOMS
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Constellation name : URSA
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Optimistic : ROSY
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They're sometimes split : PEAS
39
Arithmetic figure : ADDEND
44
Easy mark : SAP
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Stumped : ORATED
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Advanced : LENT
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Babble : PRATE
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Kind of eagle : LEGAL
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Nary ___ : ASOUL
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Constrictor : NOOSE
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Language akin to Shan : THAI
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Site of Galway Bay : EIRE
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Noncommittal response : ISEE
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Give a bellyful : SATE
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Surveyed : EYED
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Bottom line : NET
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Mdse. : GDS

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4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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