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New York Times, Monday, September 29, 1997

Author:
Randy Sowell
Editor:
Will Shortz
3-Down : Medieval helmet
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Randy Sowell

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 39 Missing: {JQVWX} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Sowell. Monday freshness: 65%
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© 1997, The New York Times9/29/97 ( No. 17,492 )
Across
1
Response to an insult : SLAP
5
Tibetan monk : LAMA
9
Snack chip : NACHO
14
Prefix with dynamic : AERO
15
Pastoral poem : IDYL
16
"Not you ___!" : AGAIN
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Expressway access : RAMP
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Big bag : SACK
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Saltine brand : ZESTA
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Attractions near the Nile : GREATPYRAMIDS
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Doorway : ENTRY
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Elderly : OLD
25
Orthodontist's org. : ADA
28
Sights around road repairs : TRAFFICCONES
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"Quiet!" : SHH
36
Fishing equipment : NET
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___ Ababa : ADDIS
38
Rural outing : HAYRIDE
41
Fine gold and enamelware : FABERGE
43
Viper : ADDER
44
Swiss peak : ALP
45
Question's opposite: Abbr. : ANS
46
1, 8, 27, 64, etc. : PERFECTCUBES
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That: Sp. : ESO
52
It's 21% oxygen : AIR
53
Stallone title role : RAMBO
57
Components of some auto engines : FOURCYLINDERS
62
Screen symbols : ICONS
64
Grand Dragon's group : KLAN
65
Barely passing grades : DEES
66
"___ and Punishment" : CRIME
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Table of contents, e.g. : LIST
68
___ spumante (wine) : ASTI
69
18 on a golf course : HOLES
70
Canyon effect : ECHO
71
Distribute, with "out" : METE
Down
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"Beetle Bailey" character : SARGE
2
Gain knowledge : LEARN
3
Medieval helmet : ARMET
4
Warhol's genre : POPART
5
Have trouble with esses : LISP
6
"An apple ___..." : ADAY
7
Sherlock Holmes's brother : MYCROFT
8
Acid neutralizer : ALKALI
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"Schindler's List" villain : NAZI
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Elderly : AGED
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Prophetess of Greek myth : CASSANDRA
12
Strike : HIT
13
"Put ___ Happy Face" : ONA
21
Scandinavian war god : TYR
22
1600, to Cato : MDC
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Condescend : DEIGN
27
Biblical beasts of burden : ASSES
29
Common conjunction : AND
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Finder's ___ : FEE
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Taxi : CAB
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"___ to the West Wind" : ODE
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Mold : SHAPE
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Devil's domain : HADES
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Swift watercraft : HYDROFOIL
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Third man in the ring : REF
40
Anger : IRE
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Winter bug : FLU
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Police alert, for short : APB
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Kind of paint : ACRYLIC
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Convertible or coupe, e.g. : CAR
48
Amuse : TICKLE
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White-tailed eagle : ERN
50
Iraq's Hussein : SADDAM
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Reagan Attorney General Edwin : MEESE
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Royals great George : BRETT
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Actor Davis : OSSIE
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"This one's ___" : ONME
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Applies : USES
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Whip : LASH
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"What's gotten ___ you?" : INTO
62
German "I" : ICH
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___-Magnon : CRO

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later.

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