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Crafty

New York Times, Sunday, August 6, 1995

Author:
Manny Nosowsky
Editor:
Will Shortz
51-Down : Mountebank
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Manny Nosowsky

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 76 Missing: {JXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 42 for Mr. Nosowsky. Sunday freshness: 74%
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© 1995, The New York Times8/6/95 ( No. 16,707 )
Across
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A Marx brother : HARPO
6
Orpheus, Heracles et al : ARGONAUTS
15
Pronunciation symbol : SCHWA
20
Silver companion? : SCOUT
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Role : CHARACTER
22
Defense motions : PLEAS
23
Boat for a tipsy crew? : THETHREEMARTINILAUNCH
26
Needles : TEASES
27
Control tower datum: Abbr : ALT
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Eur. land : IRE
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Noted family in philanthropy : ASTORS
32
Certain radio stas. : FMS
34
'70s-'80s music genre : PUNKROCK
39
Bolger co-star : LAHR
40
In a big way : HUGELY
44
Prize for Toni Morrison : NOBEL
45
Strike out : FAN
46
Word between Friends : THEE
47
Head honcho : MRBIG
48
Without company : ALONE
49
Be beholden to : OWE
50
"War of the Worlds" base camp : MARS
51
Flop : FIASCO
52
Kid's ammo : PEAS
53
Hoskins role in "Hook" : SMEE
54
In ___ (going nowhere) : ARUT
55
Size up : RATE
56
Atomic bomb trial, briefly : NTEST
58
Leaf vegetable : CHARD
59
Put the cuffs on : NAB
60
Related (to) : AKIN
61
Microsoft product : DOS
62
Chickens to cook : FRIERS
64
Fall : AUTUMN
67
"Gee" plus : WOW
68
From Bratislava : SLOVAK
69
Podium-pounding speech : TIRADE
70
Gibson of "Braveheart" : MEL
71
Aachen abode : HAUS
72
Tricked : HAD
75
Three-time Presidential nominee : BRYAN
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Biblical monarchy : SHEBA
78
Author Rand et al. : AYNS
79
___-mutuel : PARI
80
Unimagined : REAL
81
Meter-watcher : POET
82
Russia's St. Alexander ___ : NEVSKI
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They pass bills : AYES
85
Business magazine : INC
86
Daughter of David : TAMAR
87
Witch : CRONE
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Rhone/Saône city : LYON
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Imprecise ordinal : NTH
90
Kind of driver : SLAVE
91
Write, as computer programs : ENCODE
93
Penthouse reader : MALE
94
Prepare : GETREADY
96
That, to Pedro : ESO
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Brit's word of surprise : BLIMEY
99
Baseball's Master Melvin : OTT
100
___ stretch (serve time) : DOA
102
Forbidden fruits, e.g. : TABOOS
105
Diagram error at a naval museums? : BARQUESUPTHEWRONGTREE
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Norelco competitor : BRAUN
115
Old office group : STENOPOOL
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Black Bears' town : ORONO
117
Captain of the Caine : QUEEG
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One who goes along : SYCOPHANT
119
Gettysburg general George : SYKES
Down
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F.D.R.'s successor : HST
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German "alas" : ACH
3
Potential perch : ROE
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Scotch : PUTTOREST
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Not yet named : OTHER
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Bridge honors : ACES
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'50s South Korean leader : RHEE
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Cheesecake feature : GAMS
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___ pro nobis : ORA
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Not wide: Abbr. : NAR
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Take the role of : ACTAS
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Gas or elec. co. : UTIL
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Canvas stretchers : TENTPOLES
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Asian honorific : SRI
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Diamond play? : SPARKLE
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Crossword maker, at times : CLUER
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Coop dweller : HEN
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Female enlistee, once : WAC
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Bit of air pollution : ASH
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Ill-considered : RASH
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Bedding : LINENS
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"M*A*S*H" director : ALTMAN
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Most of Libya : SAHARA
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With 36-Down gem of the Persian navy? : THERUBAIYACHT
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Caen cop : FLIC
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Naval expression of regrets? : MYGONDOLANCES
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Bad news for twin middies at Annapolis? : UBOATFLUNKED
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See 31-Down : OFOMARKHAYYAM
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Crows : CAWERS
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Fouled, in a way : KNEED
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Petty officer's petty remark? : UMIAKMESOMAD
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Au ___ (menu phrase) : GRATIN
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"Barnaby Jones" star : EBSEN
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Turtlenecks hide them : NAPES
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Mountebank : FRAUD
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Met home : SHEA
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Service station service : TOW
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Weeks in duo anni : CIV
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Dr. Michael on "Peyton Place" : ROSSI
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Russia's ___ Mountains : URAL
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Beat soundly : TAN
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Fly trap : WEB
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Refuses : SAYSNO
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Twice quinze : TRENTE
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Scotland yard? : METRE
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Devastation : HAVOC
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Biological ring : AREOLE
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Theme park name : DISNEY
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Deliver : BRING
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Industrial strength : HEAVYDUTY
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Handyman's work? : PALMISTRY
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Taste : PALATE
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Mr. Rubik : ERNO
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Mao follower : TSETUNG
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Black : EBON
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Lawn game played with mallets : ROQUE
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"... could ___ lean" : EATNO
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Commercial eye-catchers : LOGOS
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Crude group? : OPEC
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Occupational deferment category in the '60s draft : TWOA
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Schoenberg's "Moses and ___" : ARON
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Cloth measure : BOLT
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Letters on a charcoal sack : BBQ
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___ Islands, southwest of New Guinea : ARU
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___ Dawn Chong of "Quest for Fire" : RAE
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Snake sound : SSS
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'50s dance : HOP
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N.T. book : EPH
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Soldier for 7-Down : ROK
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Chemical suffix : ENE
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Sister of Selene : EOS

Answer summary:
10 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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