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Teamwork

New York Times, Sunday, September 11, 1994

Author:
Louis Sabin
Editor:
Will Shortz
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Lou Sabin

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Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 72 Missing: {FQZ} This is puzzle # 111 for Mr. Sabin. Sunday freshness: 47%
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© 1994, The New York Times9/11/94 ( No. 16,378 )
Across
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Blacksmith's tool : RASP
5
Easter Island head, e.g. : STELA
10
Sacred symbols at Thebes : ASPS
14
Nutmeg's sister : MACE
18
"___ you!" (words in a tot's game) : ISEE
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Kafka novel, with "The" : TRIAL
20
Medicine Nobelist Severo ___ : OCHOA
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Impulse carrier : AXON
22
N.F.L. carrier? : BILLBOARDS
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N.F.L. lumber? : BROWNBREAD
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Outstanding feature : SALIENCE
27
Football-like : OVOID
29
Exercises : DRILLS
30
Ontario native : CREE
31
Make challah : BRAID
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Bandleader Kenton : STAN
33
Brownie ingredients, sometimes : PECANS
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Not slick : CRASS
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Laptop, e.g. : PORTABLE
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In agreement : ASONE
42
Supreme Court Justice from the N.F.L.? : SAINTTHOMAS
44
Foreign article : EIN
45
Words of wisdom : SAWS
46
Mountain pool : TARN
47
Memo sign-off : ASAP
48
Cosmetics applicator : WAND
49
It may have a ring : TUB
50
N.F.L. recruiters? : EAGLESCOUTS
54
Artist Andrea del ___ : SARTO
55
Plenty : OODLES
57
Copper source : CHILE
58
It sounds on the hour : CHIMER
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Words : LYRIC
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Painters' needs : PAILS
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Contend with : RIVAL
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Juntos : CABALS
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"___ the Conqueror" (1988 Best Foreign Film) : PELLE
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Devoted swain : ADORER
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Do penance : ATONE
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N.F.L. transportation? : JETAIRPLANE
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King Arthur's steward Sir ___ : KAY
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Laugh-a-minute : RIOT
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Bit of saltwater? : TEAR
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Ill-favored : UGLY
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Queen of the heavens : HERA
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Suffix with consist : ENT
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When an N.F.L.er is feted? : PATRIOTSDAY
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Go by car : MOTOR
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Some flower beds : ROSARIES
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Antibacterial virus : PHAGE
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Chap : PERSON
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"Buffalo ___" (old song favorite) : GALS
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Like a flophouse : SEEDY
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Gives the heave-ho : CANS
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Annual report listing : ASSETS
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Put on the line : AIRED
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Film holder : CASSETTE
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Cuddly N.F.L. mascot? : GIANTPANDA
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N.F.L. subduers? : LIONTAMERS
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Roberts of "Star 80" : ERIC
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Reggie and Michael Jackson, e.g. : IDOLS
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Dropping the ball, e.g. : ERROR
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Trapped like ___ : ARAT
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Just say no : DENY
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A canonical hour : NONE
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Actor Aiello : DANNY
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Bering Sea port : NOME
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Cookout fare : RIBS
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Minor place : ASIA
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Deal in : SELL
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Christian symbols of charity : PELICANS
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Diamonds : STONES
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Harness strap : TRACE
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Brian Friel's home : EIRE
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Stripling : LAD
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Slowpoke : ALSORAN
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Biting : ACRID
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Like show horses : SHOD
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Explosive sound : POW
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Hazard : SANDTRAP
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Daughter of Pericles, in Shakespeare : MARINA
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Double or triple feat : AXEL
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Welsh product : COAL
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They're sometimes loose : ENDS
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Orchestra member : OBOIST
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Copyright treaty city : BERNE
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Katzenjammer Kids, e.g. : BRATS
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Like all outdoors : VAST
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Pickling agent : BRINE
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Biological bodies : SOMAS
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Yesterdays : PAST
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The Bible's "hairy one" : ESAU
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N.F.L. footwear? : COWBOYBOOTS
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Van Doren and Van Vechten : CARLS
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It goes par avion : POSTE
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Where some N.F.L.ers shop? : BEARMARKETS
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Drop frame : LINTEL
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Soothsayer's home : ENDOR
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Solomonic : SAGE
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Moves by rail : HAULS
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Powders : TALCS
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Put aside : WAIVE
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Ancient magistrate : EDILE
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50's actress Gia : SCALA
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Kind of beans : CHILI
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Exxon Valdez, e.g. : OILER
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"Rocky" co-star : SHIRE
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Praying figure : ORANT
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Back-room fellow : CRONY
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Barrio resident : LATINO
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Bacteriologist J.R. ___ : PETRI
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Thoughtful soul : CARER
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Compote ingredients : PEARS
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Fish food : ALGAE
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"What's My Line" host John : DALY
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Leaps for Peter Martins : JETES
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Not thin : PUDGY
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Buck add-on : AROO
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Tall one : YARN
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Pilot's danger : TAILSPIN
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Quartet member : HORSEMAN
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Whitney's business partner : PRATT
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Covent Garden offerings : OPERAS
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Pat Boone's "___ I Love" : THEE
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Ready to be ridden : SADDLED
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The brainy bunch : MENSA
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Reuters, for one : AGENCY
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Turnover : PASTRY
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Edge : SIDLE
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Paternoster preceder : CANON
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Fossilized : AGED
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Stable parent : SIRE
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Pitcher Johnny : SAIN
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Not right now : ANON
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Skier's snow : CORN
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Mr. T's last name : TERO
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Amusement park transport : TRAM
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Villa d'___ : ESTE
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Trouble : ADO
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It can be in C.D.'s : IRA

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2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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