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New York Times, Tuesday, August 19, 1997

Author:
Elizabeth C. Gorski
Editor:
Will Shortz
26-Down : Peacock's pride
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Elizabeth C. Gorski

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 17 for Ms. Gorski. Tuesday freshness: 20%
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© 1997, The New York Times8/19/97 ( No. 17,451 )
Across
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"Shoo!" : SCAT
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Bishop of old TV : SHEEN
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Like some furs : FAKE
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Forbidden: Var. : TABU
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Ballroom dance : TANGO
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Novelist ___ S. Connell Jr. : EVAN
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Gobs : ALOT
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Sharon of Israel : ARIEL
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Behind schedule : LATE
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Righteous Brothers' musical style : BLUEEYEDSOUL
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Cool fabric : LINEN
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Crisp fabric : TAFFETA
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Coda's place in a score : END
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House of ___ : DIOR
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Thingamajig : DOODAD
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Think about : PONDER
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Old-time actor Wallace ___ : REID
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1967 Van Morrison hit : BROWNEYEDGIRL
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Handel oratorio : SAUL
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Say again : REPEAT
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Teamed up (with) : ALLIED
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CD player maker : SONY
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Corp. giant : ITT
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They practice girth control : DIETERS
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Less convincing, as an excuse : LAMER
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Popular Southern vegetable : BLACKEYEDPEA
58
Lima's locale : PERU
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Sao ___ : PAULO
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Touch down : LAND
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1934 Pulitzer writer Herbert : AGAR
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Church officer : ELDER
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"Or ___!" : ELSE
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Big Apple section : SOHO
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Logician in space : SPOCK
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Sunbeams : RAYS
Down
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Place to start a ride : STABLE
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Check voicemail, perhaps : CALLIN
3
Be plentiful : ABOUND
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Student : TUTEE
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Judge's order : STAY
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Fabled fast starter : HARE
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Oklahoma city : ENID
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Discharge : EGEST
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Type of mutual fund : NOLOAD
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Took the bait : FELLFORIT
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One of Frank's exes : AVA
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Krazy ___ : KAT
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Opposite WSW : ENE
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Fund : ENDOW
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Sky light? : UFO
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German river : EDER
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Peacock's pride : TAIL
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Supplement : ADD
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Bed-and-breakfast : INN
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River through Frankfurt : ODER
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Juan Carlos and others : REYES
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Former Kremlin hotshots : POLITBURO
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Property taken back : REPO
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Hope-Crosby's "Road to ___" : BALI
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Govern : RULE
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Hideout : DEN
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Singer Crystal : GAYLE
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Down : SAD
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Sushi bar order : EEL
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Window treatments : DRAPES
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African antelope : IMPALA
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Wee : TEENSY
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Swaps : TRADES
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Resell at a profit : SCALP
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Philosopher Mortimer : ADLER
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Bit of praise : KUDO
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Util. bill : ELEC
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Duchess of ___ : YORK
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Dads : PAS
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Kind of maniac : EGO
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"Go, team!" : RAH

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